From: ptkwt@... (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2004-11-06T17:13:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Local Ruby Groups (was Re: Ruby and civil political discussion? (Re: [OT] US Presidential  Election))

In article <FF700712-2F64-11D9-9389-000A95BA45F8@grayproductions.net>,
James Edward Gray II  <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
>On Nov 5, 2004, at 1:23 PM, Francis Hwang wrote:
>
>> Yes, and also don't forget to think about starting a local Ruby group 
>> if there isn't already one in your area. I started one in NYC a year 
>> ago. It's quite small (the biggest meeting was 7 people), but 
>> extremely rewarding.
>
>If you don't mind my asking, how did you locate members?  I would love 
>to get a local group going, but I have no idea how to find Ruby 
>programmers nearby.  Any tips you might have would be helpful.

We've got a Ruby group going here in the Portland (OR) area as well.  We 
probably average about 5 people.  I would suggest that you find a local 
Perl Mongers group (that's what they call it here) if you are familiar 
with Perl and after they get to know you a bit suggest that you would be 
interested in doing a presentation on Ruby.  After that you might be able 
to get some people interested in a Ruby group.

Phil