From: Matt Pelletier <pelletierm@...>
Date: 2005-04-13T09:03:41+09:00
Subject: Re: [Rails] NYC Meetup?

You should sign up for both NYC groups.

First, Ruby-NYC, which covers anything ruby-related. This has
been around awhile.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruby-nyc/

Then, RubyOnRails-NYC, which I just started today.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rubyonrails-nyc/

Matt

Ramin wrote:
> I live in NY (Long Island) and I'm interested in Ruby/RoR meetup. Where 
> do I sign up?
> 
> On 4/12/05, *Matt Pelletier* < pelletierm@eastmedia.net 
> <mailto:pelletierm@eastmedia.net>> wrote:
> 
>     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
> 
>     pat eyler wrote:
>      > On Apr 12, 2005 3:40 PM, Matt Pelletier <pelletierm@eastmedia.net
>     <mailto:pelletierm@eastmedia.net>> wrote:
>      >
>      >>Hi Pat (and Paul, from earlier reply),
>      >>
>      >>Actually I did go to last month's Ruby Group (If you guys are
>     watching I
>      >>was the newbie). It was quite helpful, and I even came out with a
>     free
>      >>'Learn Ruby in 21 days' (thanks Francis), but my impression was
>     that it
>      >>was more oriented toward the language itself than to Rails, esp.
>     as it's
>      >>been around longer than Rails has existed. We talked about Rails
>     a bit,
>      >>but I don't want to inadvertantly steer those meetings into
>     discussions
>      >>just about Rails. So I will continue to attend them, but if there is
>      >>enough interest in NYC I'd like to start one that focuses on Rails
>      >>itself. There are plenty of developers here and I'd wager the
>     interest
>      >>is only going to grow.
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      > Actually I'm no where near NYC, so I didn't see you at the last
>     meeting.  ;^)
>      >
>      > I am concerned though that by starting Rails specific groups, we
>     fragment a
>      > community that is still fairly young.  I think having a RoR group
>     is a great
>      > idea, but I'd rather see it run in cooperation with an NYC.rb (or
>     whatever).  I
>      > think the new Rails folks can learn a lot from experienced
>     Rubyists, and the
>      > 'old timers' can certainly get a boost from the new folks that
>     RoR will bring
>      > in.
>      >
>      > just my $0.02
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      >>Matt
>      >>
>      >
>      >
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> - Ramin
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