From deborah at fsf.org  Wed Nov  5 15:25:04 2008
From: deborah at fsf.org (Deborah Nicholson)
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:25:04 -0500
Subject: [San-Diego-pm] Nov 11th -- Vernor Vinge,
	free software and Pizza in San Diego!
Message-ID: <1225927504.26371.24.camel@ant>

Hello Perl Mongers!

The Free Software Foundation is hosting a pizza party in San Diego, on
Tuesday, November 11th, 6:30-8:30pm for FSF Associate Members and free
software enthusiasts. 

Chat about free software with Hugo Award-winning author, Vernor Vinge 
Hosted by the Free Software Foundation 
6:30-8:30pm at the Best Western 
411 Hotel Circle S, San Diego  

If you aren't already a member you can join online now at
<http://www.fsf.org/jf>

You don't have to RSVP, but we'd certainly appreciate it, tell us you're
coming by emailing membership at fsf.org 

Beer and both vegan and traditional cheese-covered pizza will be
available. The Best Western has free parking for drivers, and it's about
a ten minute walk from the Fashion Valley Transit Center for
non-drivers. 

I hope you'll come and of course, feel free to forward this message
along to other folks who you think would be interested.

See you there!

Deborah Nicholson
Membership Coordinator
membership at fsf.org


From rkleeman at energoncube.net  Thu Nov  6 12:28:45 2008
From: rkleeman at energoncube.net (Bob Kleemann)
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 12:28:45 -0800
Subject: [San-Diego-pm] Help us estimate the size of the Catalyst user base
	(fwd)
Message-ID: <20081106202845.GA10457@energoncube.net>

----- Forwarded message from Kieren Diment <zarquon at cpan.org> -----

From: Kieren Diment <zarquon at cpan.org>
Date: November 5, 2008 7:51:35 PM CST

Hi All,

Apologies for the cross-posting, I'm trying to representatives of as
many organisations as possible who use Catalyst as possible to reply
to this email.

We need your assistance to help estimate the number of users of
Catalyst.  Matt Trout and I have written a proposal for a Catalyst
book, and while we have a well known, credible publisher interested,
they want the assurance that the market for the book is large enough
to make it worth their while.

If you could take the time to provide the following information (I've
set reply-to to me for your confidentiality, and so that we don't
pollute the list with this stuff) this would be really useful.  I'll
also let you know the results of this survey when I have them.

I will treat this information in confidence, and will only use
aggregated data so that you or your organisation will not be
identifiable in the report I make on this data.

There are about 1000 subscribers on the catalyst mailing list, and I'd
hope for a response rate of about 10% (i.e. about 100 replies).  The
information I'm collecting is likely to result in an outcome that is
useful to you in a commercial way, so your participation would be much
appreciated.

Please try to ensure that only one person from your organisation
answers these questions.

1.  What country are you in?

2.  How many people are on your team?

3.  How many of those people are writing code with Catalyst?

3a.  If there are non Catalyst coders on your team, how many of the
whole team would you like to be writing Catalyst code?

4.  How many people using Catalyst on your team are subscribers to the
Catalyst mailing list?

5.  How many people writing Catalyst code on your team use the
#catalyst irc channel on irc.perl.org?

6.  These two questions are about the potential for the growth of
Catalyst usage in your organisation.

6a.  How many people do you think will be using Catalyst in your
organisation in 12 months time?

6b.  How many people do you think will be using Catalyst in your
organisation in 2 years time?

Thanks for your cooperation.  If you know of any teams who are users
of Catalyst but that do not subscribe to the Catalyst mailing list, or
are on the IRC channel, please forward this email to them.

Thanks.

Kieren Diment

----- End forwarded message -----

From rkleeman at energoncube.net  Tue Nov 11 14:32:10 2008
From: rkleeman at energoncube.net (Bob Kleemann)
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:32:10 -0800
Subject: [San-Diego-pm] Meetings, Meetings, and More Meetings.
Message-ID: <20081111223210.GA9567@energoncube.net>

Hello Fellow Perl Mongers,

Just a quick reminder that next Thursday is our monthly meeting.  We are
currently searching for other venues which will hopefully host us a little
better than the current venue.  Please let me or the list know if you have any
ideas.

Also, for those interested, tonight is a special event from the Free Software
Foundation.  You can find the details here:

http://www.fsf.org/events/sandiegoevent2008

Let me know if there are any questions.

From rkleeman at energoncube.net  Thu Nov 20 10:26:28 2008
From: rkleeman at energoncube.net (Bob Kleemann)
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:26:28 -0800
Subject: [San-Diego-pm] Meeting tonight!
Message-ID: <20081120182628.GA3312@energoncube.net>

Hello Perl Mongers,

I just wanted to send out a quick reminder that we're holding our typical
monthly meeting at 7 PM tonight at the Panera Bread by Mira Mesa Blvd and
I-15.  Come on by to bring your questions and thoughts.

Also, we're looking for new meeting space.  If you have any ideas on where
future meetings could be held, please let me or the group know.

I look forward to seeing you all tonight!