From: Lloyd Zusman <ljz@...>
Date: 2005-04-13T08:23:39+09:00
Subject: Re: NYC Meetup?

Matt Pelletier <pelletierm@eastmedia.net> writes:

> Pat,
>
> I fully agree about learning from the 'elders', and that cooperation and
> cross-talk should be encouraged from the start. I don't think
> fragmenting interests is too much of a concern at this point, though, as
> anyone coding for RoR is likely to be pretty interested in Ruby as a
> language anyway. I certainly am. In fact I plan to encourage anyone
> coming to the RoR to go to the NYC.rb as well. Depending on the size of
> the interest (I have 4 ppl so far), maybe we'll ask the NYC.rb leader
> (Francis I know you're on ruby-talk) to set aside some time for each
> meeting just to focus on RoR.
>
> My rationale for wanting to start a Rails-specific group is that the
> ruby-nyc group is for the language, and those members have interests
> that don't necessarily deal directly with the web. While they would
> probably be interested to hear new members talk about Rails (and they
> were when I did so), I wouldn't want to alienate them by hogging the
> discussion about the Web.
>
> Since this is going to the Ruby-talk list... any Ruby folks there
> interested in a NYC meetup?
>
> Matt

I live in NYC and I'd love to attend Ruby meetups here when I can.

I also prefer not to fragment the group.


-- 
 Lloyd Zusman
 ljz@asfast.com
 God bless you.