[LA.pm] Fwd: hollywood.pm.org

[Duong Vu]

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From: Duong Vu <duong.v at gmail.com>
Date: Feb 1, 2006 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: [LA.pm] hollywood.pm.org
To: Robin Rowe <rower at movieeditor.com>


I personally think LA is too big to be served by one PM.  I would like to go
to a LA PM meeting some times  but I often find it too out of the way.  Living
in San Fernando Valley, I was very happy to see that a valley PM is
coming soon ... until I soon realise coming soon means never.  At least I've
been waiting for what seems like forever.

Hollywood can be consider part of the valley.  In which case, if no one is
doing anything with http://valleyperl.pm.org/, maybe you should request to
take that over.  If you do, I'll do what I can to help out.

I tried to find some contact info of people behind valleyperl but didn't find
anything other then a link to Valkaryn Internet Group.  If anyone knows
anything about this group and what progress they are making in getting it
up and running, please let me know.

Sincerely,

Duong Vu



On 2/1/06, Robin Rowe <rower at movieeditor.com> wrote:
> Just FYI, in case there are rumors going around about hollywood.pm.org.
>
> I applied to pm.org to get hollywood.pm.org recently. That was initially
> granted but quickly rescinded after Robert Spier's objection. According
> to pm.org manager Dave Cross, having more than one Perl group in any
> metropolitan area is against their policy. In rejecting my request for
> hollywood.pm.org, Dave said that over a hundred Perl groups listed have
> gone away due to lack of interest. He plainly doubted another group here
> could be supported. When I pointed out that Los Angeles is a 465 square
> mile area, Dave said that London is 600 square miles and served very
> well by just one Perl group.
>
> Before anyone here offers any suggestions, I'm not seeking advice how to
> run my life. Dave Cross suggested I air any complaints I might have
> about how la.pm.org is run, that is, become a critic. Many from
> support at pm.org wrote me to suggest I should volunteer my time to work
> for Robert, apparently in a belief that putting incompatible
> personalities on the same team could result in harmony.
>
> Nobody has time for critics and I certainly don't have time to be one. I
> believe it's important to have like-minded people running a volunteer
> organization. I'm not upset and have no reason to care what pm.org decided.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Robin
>
>
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