From pjf at perltraining.com.au Thu Dec 6 21:33:39 2001 From: pjf at perltraining.com.au (Paul Fenwick) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:02:29 2004 Subject: Melb.pm/LOTR get-together Message-ID: <20011207143338.C5502@mukc.org.au> G'day fellow Perl Mongers, I'm sure that some of you may have noticed that the Melb.pm list has been a little quiet as of late. I thought that it would be very nice to try and liven things up for 2002. Lord of the Rings / Fellowship of the Ring is being released on Boxing Day, and I think it would make a great excuse for a little Melb.pm get-together. Does anyone have any particular times when they would/would not like to see this movie? Seeing it on the day it's released has added social interaction of standing in line and watching people dressed up as hobbits. That sounds good to me. Of course, it would also make sense for a movie-viewing to form the first Melb.pm meeting of 2002. Talking of meetings, I'd love to see them get started again. Does anyone have any preferences for dates? I was thinking of the second Wednesday of each month, for no good reason in particular. Hmm, I wonder if anyone could volunteer a nice central location where meetings could be held? The hall at MyInternet would be ideal. (*hint hint*) For 2002 activities, I have a talk on redispatch in Perl that I'd be quite happy to present. I also have from reliable sources that we can expect Damian Conway (who needs no introduction) to give a talk in March for Melb.pm. That should be most interesting indeed! Hope that everyone will find the end-of-year period a relaxing one. Cheers, Paul -- Paul Fenwick | http://perltraining.com.au/ Director of Training | Ph: +61 3 9354 6001 Perl Training Australia | Fax: +61 3 9354 2681 From scottp at dd.com.au Thu Dec 6 22:07:38 2001 From: scottp at dd.com.au (Scott Penrose) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:02:29 2004 Subject: Melb.pm/LOTR get-together In-Reply-To: <20011207143338.C5502@mukc.org.au> Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday, December 7, 2001, at 02:33 , Paul Fenwick wrote: > Talking of meetings, I'd love to see them get started again. > Does anyone have any preferences for dates? I was thinking of the > second Wednesday of each month, for no good reason in particular. > Hmm, I wonder if anyone could volunteer a nice central location > where meetings could be held? The hall at MyInternet would be ideal. > (*hint hint*) I will be in that ! I will clear it here, but almost certainly ok. It requires volunteers to hold the doors open 3 * 15 minute blocks, as the doors shut at 5:30. > For 2002 activities, I have a talk on redispatch in Perl > that I'd be quite happy to present. I also have from reliable > sources that we can expect Damian Conway (who needs no introduction) > to give a talk in March for Melb.pm. That should be most interesting > indeed! Yes, as he did last year - the more often the better !!! > Hope that everyone will find the end-of-year period a relaxing > one. > Love the idea of the movie, but I don't think I will be able to make it :-( Scott - --- Scott Penrose Open source and Linux Developer http://linux.dd.com.au/ scottp@dd.com.au -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (Darwin) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8EECODCFCcmAm26YRAsrSAJ4us3HUgyg62NywB90GLR08zkHEiQCfUC7h 77HRNblVyBMJLhFc0vJnAZA= =1XYp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From jh_lists at fastmail.fm Thu Dec 6 22:43:40 2001 From: jh_lists at fastmail.fm (Jeremy Howard) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:02:29 2004 Subject: Melb.pm/LOTR get-together References: <20011207143338.C5502@mukc.org.au> Message-ID: <003901c17ed9$c032eb10$0101460a@optimaldecisions.com> > Lord of the Rings / Fellowship of the Ring is being released > on Boxing Day, and I think it would make a great excuse for a little > Melb.pm get-together. Does anyone have any particular times when > they would/would not like to see this movie? Seeing it on the day it's > released has added social interaction of standing in line and > watching people dressed up as hobbits. That sounds good to me. > Sounds good. Ideally a time that doesn't clash with the Boxing Day Test (i.e. after dark would be good). > For 2002 activities, I have a talk on redispatch in Perl > that I'd be quite happy to present. I also have from reliable > sources that we can expect Damian Conway (who needs no introduction) > to give a talk in March for Melb.pm. That should be most interesting > indeed! > It'll be good to have Damian back. Rob Mueller and I could possibly present a talk sometime next year. We're the main folks behind http://fastmail.fm , which seems to be becoming the one of the more popular email services for techie types around, at least based on the amount of activity on our forum: http://www.emailaddresses.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?forumid=17 FastMail.FM is written entirely in Perl running on mod_perl+Apache, and Rob and I wrote it completely from scratch over the past three years. I dunno what people are most interested in, but we could talk about mod_perl, or writing daemons in Perl (we've got lots of little Perl daemons all over the place and we've contributed lots to Net::Server and have developed Net::Server::Event), or we could talk about harnessing Perl modules (Damian suggested that we should write about this for perl.com, so if we ever got around to that it could be the start of a talk), or anything else anyone is interested in... Or I guess the other possible talk I could do would be about the Perl 6 RFC process--I was the chair of the p6-language-data group; although that's probably old news by now... From Adam.Clarke at StrategicData.com.au Thu Dec 6 22:57:12 2001 From: Adam.Clarke at StrategicData.com.au (Adam Clarke) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:02:29 2004 Subject: Melb.pm/LOTR get-together References: <20011207143338.C5502@mukc.org.au> Message-ID: <006101c17edb$a1ce3d30$3701a8c0@dealramh> Very interested in more meetings. Strategic Data would have 2-4 people there on a regular basis and we would be interested in doing the odd presentation. Happy to help with organisation if required, unfortunately our office doesn't really suit for a venue. Cheers Adam From simon at unisolve.com.au Thu Dec 6 23:53:14 2001 From: simon at unisolve.com.au (Simon Taylor) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:02:29 2004 Subject: Melb.pm/LOTR get-together In-Reply-To: <006101c17edb$a1ce3d30$3701a8c0@dealramh> References: <20011207143338.C5502@mukc.org.au> <006101c17edb$a1ce3d30$3701a8c0@dealramh> Message-ID: <0112071653140C.18298@acacia.unisolve.com.au> Hello all, > Very interested in more meetings. Strategic Data would have 2-4 people > there on a regular basis and we would be interested in doing the odd > presentation. We're also interested. Unisolve could bring up to 4 programmers to a meeting. Regards, Simon Taylor -- Unisolve Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Australia +61 3 9568 2005 From pjf at perltraining.com.au Fri Dec 7 00:48:20 2001 From: pjf at perltraining.com.au (Paul Fenwick) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:02:29 2004 Subject: PM meetings summary Message-ID: <20011207174820.A6629@mukc.org.au> G'day everyone, Well, I'd say that looked like a reasonable resurrection of the list, or at least a raise dead. :) Here's a summary of what we have so far for PM meetings next year. Proposed venue: MyInternet House in Blackwood St, North Melbourne (Thanks Scott!) Proposed time: 2nd Wednesday of each month, say 6pm? Possible talks: * Fastmail.FM - Jeremy Howard & Rob Mueller * Perl 6 RFC Process - Jeremy Howard * Perl Redispatch - Paul Fenwick * Something Good - Damian Conway (March) * Odd presentations - Adam Clark That number of potential talks in the course of a few hours is a very Good Thing. :) Anyone want to volunteer to go first? (You can all volunteer me if you like.) We've had one can't make it for Boxing Day LOTR, and the expression of interest for an evening session. I'm guessing that means it's reasonable time for everyone else? If anyone wants to come dressed as a camel to freak out all the people dressed as hobbits and elves, I think it would make a good laugh. :) Cheers, Paul -- Paul Fenwick | http://perltraining.com.au/ Director of Training | Ph: +61 3 9354 6001 Perl Training Australia | Fax: +61 3 9354 2681 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Cheers, Rob Rob Casey Cowsnet Internet and Professional Services http://www.cowsnet.com.au Phone: 613-9759-7823 Mobile: 0409-179-892 -----Original Message----- From: owner-melbourne-pm@pm.org [mailto:owner-melbourne-pm@pm.org] On Behalf Of Paul Fenwick Sent: Friday, 7 December 2001 5:48 PM To: melbourne-pm@pm.org Subject: PM meetings summary G'day everyone, Well, I'd say that looked like a reasonable resurrection of the list, or at least a raise dead. :) Here's a summary of what we have so far for PM meetings next year. Proposed venue: MyInternet House in Blackwood St, North Melbourne (Thanks Scott!) Proposed time: 2nd Wednesday of each month, say 6pm? Possible talks: * Fastmail.FM - Jeremy Howard & Rob Mueller * Perl 6 RFC Process - Jeremy Howard * Perl Redispatch - Paul Fenwick * Something Good - Damian Conway (March) * Odd presentations - Adam Clark That number of potential talks in the course of a few hours is a very Good Thing. :) Anyone want to volunteer to go first? (You can all volunteer me if you like.) We've had one can't make it for Boxing Day LOTR, and the expression of interest for an evening session. I'm guessing that means it's reasonable time for everyone else? If anyone wants to come dressed as a camel to freak out all the people dressed as hobbits and elves, I think it would make a good laugh. :) Cheers, Paul -- Paul Fenwick | http://perltraining.com.au/ Director of Training | Ph: +61 3 9354 6001 Perl Training Australia | Fax: +61 3 9354 2681 From pjf at perltraining.com.au Tue Dec 18 19:56:31 2001 From: pjf at perltraining.com.au (Paul Fenwick) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:02:29 2004 Subject: LOTR homework Message-ID: <20011219125631.A23768@mukc.org.au> G'day everyone, I've done my homework on LOTR sessions. Village Cinemas on Bourke St have sessions at 7:15, 8:45, 10:45 and 12:15 on Boxing Day (26th December) evening. I don't know how late the cricket runs, but I'm guessing the 7:15 or 8:45 sessions are probably most suitable for people who'll be using public transport. The movie runs for 170 minutes. Anyone have any feelings one way or the other about session times? Apparently it's possible to book tickets over the phone on (03)9685-7111, but I haven't yet tried this. It's also possible to purchase tickets before the day at the cinema (in theory, any village cinema). I anticipate that tickets will sell out very fast, so purchasing tickets before the day is highly recommended. All the best, Paul -- Paul Fenwick | http://perltraining.com.au/ Director of Training | Ph: +61 3 9354 6001 Perl Training Australia | Fax: +61 3 9354 2681 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I've had a couple of people express interest in the 8:45 screening, and nobody object to any session, so it looks like 8:45pm at Village Bourke St on Boxing Day will be the place to be. Buying your tickets early is highly recommended. Likewise, if anyone arrives dressed as a camel I'm sure it will provide a good contrast to all the hobbits and elves we'll no doubt be seeing there, and will be an excellent way for fellow Perl-mongers to identify each other. :) Failing anyone arriving dressed as a camel, I'll be wearing a black SourceForge T-shirt and can be contacted on the day on 0417-058-179 if anyone's feeling lost. Look forward to seeing you all there, Paul -- Paul Fenwick | http://perltraining.com.au/ Director of Training | Ph: +61 3 9354 6001 Perl Training Australia | Fax: +61 3 9354 2681 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Jacinta From pjf at perltraining.com.au Tue Dec 25 19:06:30 2001 From: pjf at perltraining.com.au (Paul Fenwick) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:02:29 2004 Subject: LOTR dinner In-Reply-To: ; from jarich@perltraining.com.au on Mon, Dec 24, 2001 at 02:36:46PM +1100 References: <20011223151341.B12006@mukc.org.au> Message-ID: <20011226120630.A19705@mukc.org.au> G'day everyone, On Mon, Dec 24, 2001 at 02:36:46PM +1100, Jacinta Richardson wrote: > If anyone wants to meet for dinner beforehand, say so. I'm suggesting the > White Lotus restaurant on Victoria Street, just West of the Victoria > Market. This place is one of my favourite restaurants and always has good > food. I haven't checked whether they're open on Wednesday night yet > though. I'll post again when I know. > > So (tentatively) 6pm White Lotus restaurant? White Lotus is indeed open and a booking has been made. Currently it's booked under "Paul and Jacinta", but I'll mention to Peter (the owner) when we arrive that we might get a few people asking for Perl Mongers. :) Hope to see you there and/or at the movie. Cheers, Paul -- Paul Fenwick | http://perltraining.com.au/ Director of Training | Ph: +61 3 9354 6001 Perl Training Australia | Fax: +61 3 9354 2681