From: ptkwt@... (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2006-01-13T13:58:05+09:00
Subject: Re: RUGS

In article <43C6CF70.6080608@neurogami.com>,
James Britt  <james_b@neurogami.com> wrote:
>J. Ryan Sobol wrote:
>> It's exhilarating to see all the RUG announcements, like this one.   
>> However, I'm saddened that I still haven't found an active group in  
>> Boston / New England.  :(
>
>Start one.

I second the suggestion.

>
>Really, it's not that hard, and people on this list will (I expect) give 
>you suggestions and pointers on getting one off the ground.
>
>I've been sort of stunned by the turn out for the Phoenix group, and  I 
>keep hearing from, and hearing about, more people who are interested.
>
>But someone has to start the ball rolling.
>
>Looks like you're elected. :)
>
>
>Here's one suggestion: Look for a Mac or Linux or some other geek-based 
>user group, and ask them to ask their members about joining a RUG.
>

Or another: find your local Perl mongers group and volunteer to do a talk on 
Ruby and or Rails.  I did that here in Portland a few years back.

I started PDX.rb back in 2002 and most of the time it was me and 2 or 3 other 
people.  That is, until this past April when we did a joint meeting with the 
Portland Perl Mongers on Rails.  Since then our attendence has generally 
ranged from about a dozen to 30+.

Rails is making it quite easy to find people who want to attend a RUG.  

Phil