[Fwd: [Neworleans-pm] site up, meeting summary...]

[Brett D. Estrade]

Thanks, Donnie - this looks like an excellent summary.  I will post this
summary on our site, and anyone who wishes to edit or correct the text
can do so via the wiki.

Brett

On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 14:22:19 -0500, "Donnie Cameron"
<donnie at solomonstreet.com> said:
> Brett,
> 
> I don't remember the names of everyone that was there, and I encourage 
> anyone, especially Dave Cash, to post a better summary of the last New 
> Orleans Perl Mongers meeting. But here's one just in case. (For the 
> record, I'd love to have more than one meeting per month)
> 
> The meeting of June 11, 2004 was our second meeting. Five people
> attended.
> 
> - Dave Cash
> - David Martin
> - David Keeney
> - (Brett?)
> - Donnie Cameron
> 
> Although, in an effort to get to know each other, we discussed a variety 
> of subjects, five subjects dominated the meeting. To start, Dave Cash 
> informed us that O'Reilly wouldn't mind us using the Perl Camel on 
> T-shirts provided that we included some text next to the image. (Dave, 
> forgive me for not remembering exactly.)
> 
> Then, Dave informed us about some new books that O'Reilly had sent to 
> us. He presented an idea for a Distributive New Orleans Perl Mongers 
> library in which the books we collect are held by various members of the 
> group. A web page would keep track of who's got which book and members 
> that needed a book would be able to "check it out" on the web page and 
> physically secure it from the person that's holding it.
> 
> Later, we talked about SQLite and the advantages it might have over 
> complex SQL database servers like PostgreSQL. We visited the site and 
> discussed various aspects, features, and possible uses of the SQLite 
> library. Dave plans to test the SQLite library by using it to power the 
> web site for the Distributive New Orleans Perl Mongers Library.
> 
> We also discussed a program called Squiggly, which Donnie Cameron has 
> been developing in his spare time for the last few months. Squiggly 
> allows a developer to create web sites that interface with databases. 
> Several members provided important tips for improving Squiggly from a 
> techincal standpoint as well as good reasons for open-sourcing further 
> development of the program.
> 
> Toward the end of the meeting, we spoke a little about what a wiki board 
> is and exchanged tips relating to the CGI::Kwiki package.
> 
> The wiki board (neworleans.pm.org) was down after the meeting and for a 
> day or two following the meeting, but it was up soon after.
> 
> The Fair Grinds Coffeehouse provided an excellent atmosphere for the 
> meeting.
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [Neworleans-pm] site up, meeting summary...
> Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 12:30:49 -0600
> From: Brett D. Estrade <estrabd at yahoo.com>
> To: NewOrleans-pm at mail.pm.org
> 
> Dave,
> 
> Thanks for getting the site back up.
> 
> Also, would someone mind posting a meeting summary?  I can cut and paste
> it into the wiki if someone just wants to hammer it out to the
> list...thanks,
> 
> Brett
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