[Southampton-pm] Perl Mongers, Wednesday, 8pm

[Warren Humphreys]

<AOL>Me too</AOL>

I won't got into the details here, but ask me about both Southampton and Portsmouth Uni on Wednesday - I might have a couple of very useful contacts.

Warren


On 4 Jun 2013, at 10:43, "Duncan Garland" <duncan.garland at ntlworld.com> wrote:

> Hi Tim,
> 
> I didn't try Southampton University, you were going to do that one. It took
> me several attempts to get in contact with Portsmouth University because the
> IT people wouldn't return my calls or answer my emails. I eventually
> succeeded when I went in via the careers department and they got Dr Scott to
> contact me.
> 
> The proposal has always been to go there in the autumn. That's what Dr Scott
> suggested and that's what I put in the post. What we need to do now is to
> decide whether we really want to do something and what it should be.
> 
> Dr Scott's email offers says they would like to hear about "any gaps in our
> curriculum" and offers the opportunity to "present to one of our staff
> meetings to set out your concerns". I don't have the skills to do that. I
> can't start telling a university where they are going wrong. I'd look a
> fool.
> 
> That's why I suggested doing something more informal. Just get somebody to
> stump up some sponsorship for beer and sandwiches and go in and meet some of
> the students. Find out the lie of the land, perhaps not even do a
> presentation the first time. Just take in a couple of laptops in case
> somebody wants to demonstrate something.
> 
> I don't think supporting any students will be a problem. That can be done
> over the internet.
> 
> The objective will be to drum up interest in Perl or to establish that it
> can't be done.
> 
> I would like to telephone Dr Scott in the next few weeks with some feedback.
> I can't do that at the moment because I don't know who I represent. I told
> him I represented a group of a dozen Perl professionals called Southampton
> PM. That might not be true, perhaps I just represent myself.
> 
> All the best.
> 
> Duncan 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Southampton-pm
> [mailto:southampton-pm-bounces+duncan.garland=ntlworld.com at pm.org] On Behalf
> Of Tim Retout
> Sent: 03 June 2013 23:02
> To: southampton-pm at pm.org
> Subject: Re: [Southampton-pm] Perl Mongers, Wednesday, 8pm
> 
> I think if we are going to have a meeting at a university, we need to be
> clear as to the reasons, and what we are looking to achieve.
> 
> I do like the argument around drumming up more graduate applicants for Perl
> jobs, but I don't think any students are likely to commute to our meetings
> from Portsmouth once a month, so I think it will be hard for us to offer
> support to any interested students.  If it were Southampton University, it
> might be different, but I know you had trouble getting in touch with anyone
> there.
> 
> As I recall, student societies tend to go quiet in the summer ('cos it's
> either exam time or holidays).  September/October might be the best time to
> go into a university, when all the gullible freshers are still keen.  But we
> would need to make the student contacts ahead of time to get this organized.
> 
> 
> On 3 June 2013 21:53, GARLAND DUNCAN <duncan.garland at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> I'll be there.
>> 
>> Before the last one I posted some stuff in our Google Community about 
>> going into Portsmouth University to talk to their computer club. Nobody
> replied.
>> Shall I forget about it?
>> 
>> 
>> On 3 June 2013 15:44, Lance Wicks <lw at judocoach.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hopefully I'll be there this time. :-)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> Sent:
>>> Mon, 3 Jun 2013 08:06:50 +0100
>>> Subject:
>>> [Southampton-pm] Perl Mongers, Wednesday, 8pm
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> It's that time again! We'll be meeting at the Platform Tavern on 
>>> Wednesday for more discussion of Perl
>>> 
>>> Lately I've been working on looking after my super-cute daughter. :) 
>>> But I also went to OpenTech in London, and saw some quite interesting
> things...
>>> 
>>> Hope to see you all there!
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Tim Retout <tim at retout.co.uk>
>>> 
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