From: Paul Lynch <paul@...>
Date: 2006-10-27T07:06:23+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Potential Brit ruby meeting formally Chunky Bacon

On 26 Oct 2006, at 17:53, Tom Armitage wrote:

> On 26/10/06, Paul Lynch <paul@plsys.co.uk> wrote:
>> The London Ruby group seems to be very much a stealth group.  If
>> newcomers to the community aren't aware of it (and it took me more
>> than 6 months before I heard about it), then there's room for a more
>> public forum.  RailsConf, on the other hand, was reasonably well
>> publicised.
>
> Well, the London Ruby Group is only of relevance to people in/near
> London, TBH. It's very much _not_ a stealth group, though; it mentions
> its existence here and it has very vocal members of the community. It
> also has a few _long-standing_ members of the Ruby community within
> it. They are very much not stealth, either.

Let's just say that LRUG doesn't advertise its existence on this  
list.  I didn't remember any posts, apart from a parenthetical  
mention relating to RailsConf last month, which might have been on  
the Rails list - and a search showed the most recent announcement was  
in November 2005.  Take that as a hint that this could be improved.

> it's just prudent to look for peers rather than assume you're the  
> only people interested in doing stuff.

I thought that's what they were doing; one has to start somewhere.

> It's not a case of raining on parades or treading on toes. It's just
> advice, and it's frustrating people charging into things.

OK, it just came across to me that way.

Paul