SPUG: April SPUG meeting

Brian Ingerson ingy at ttul.org
Tue Apr 20 11:05:24 CDT 2004


I guess this means I *won't* be presenting tonight?!?


On 19/04/04 22:25 -0700, Michael R. Wolf wrote:
> 
> SPUG is alive. Long live SPUG.
> 
> SPUG is reborn!!!
> 
>  -- There is a promised venue starting next month. (Details later)
> 
>  -- There are beginnings of a program schedule. (Details later)
> 
> All that's in the future. 
> 
> As for the present, let's have an April meeting.
> 
> Here's my suggestion for this month's meeting -- a chance to get
> acquainted, talk shop, talk business, shoot the breeze, find out where
> we are as a community, what we're up to, where we want to go, and who
> wants to pitch in. (Pheeww, that's a lot. Dig in where you're
> comfortable.)
> 
> When:   April 20 (the third Tuesday)
> Where:  Blue Star Cafe & Pub (Wallingford/Green Lake)
>         4512 Stone Way (NE corner of Stone Way and 45th St)
>         http://www.3dhospitality.com/bluestar/
> When:   6:30 - 8:30 (or beyond)
> Agenda:
>   - come when you can, leave when you have to
>   - meet/greet
>   - talk tech
>   - food, beer on your own $$
>   - tip well
> 
> As a lurker on other Perl Monger groups, I notice that many use this
> kind of format as their sole monthly formal meeting. It has many
> advantages:
>  - less pressure on *one* speaker
>  - don't have to listen to just one speaker
>  - peer-to-peer networking (the old fashioned people-oriented kind)
>  - full-duplex (geek-speak for a two-way conversation)
>  - interactive (everyone participates)
> 
> Much of our time together as the SPUG community has been spent like
> strangers at in a movie theater, due in large part to the layout of
> our previous venue*. As a way to shake it up a bit, let's sit across a
> table from each another, within ear shot, over a dinner, a beer, or a
> coffee and take stock of where we are individually and as a community.
> 
> I think it would be great if the following kinds of info just
> naturally fell out of the conversations:
> 
>  - topics for future meetings
>  - adjunct activities beyond monthly meetings
>  - leads for future speakers
>  - leads to undiscovered pockets of future SPUGsters
> 
> If they do, please take notes for future reference, but I'm not really
> attached to it. The meeting is really about an informal get-together
> to talk shop (for some definitions of "shop", especially if they
> relate to Perl and Open Source). We'll see what pops up, then take
> that step.
> 
> Please RSVP (http://spugwiki.perlocity.org/index.cgi?April2004Meeting)
> so that we can get the right size table.
> 
> Looking forward to seeing you at the meeting,
> Michael Wolf
> 
> 
> * Observation only, not a dig -- It was a great venue while it lasted.
>   Thanks, Dora.
> 
> -- 
> Michael R. Wolf
>     All mammals learn by playing!
>         MichaelRWolf at att.net
> 
> 
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