From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-10-27T21:53:47+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Potential Brit ruby meeting formally Chunky Bacon

Hi --

On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Hal Fulton wrote:

> Cameron, Gemma (UK) wrote:
>> Similar situation for most of the brits going to Denver!
>> 
>> I'll organise something if people want to meet up, but it seems there's
>> already so much going on that it's not necessary?
>> 
>> Again I am indeed a ruby n00by and even moreso to the ruby community,
>> apologies if stepping on any toes...
>
> Heavens, I'm certain you haven't stepped on any toes... unless it was
> some of those people with, you know, excessively large toes.
>
> There's no reason there can't be more than one Ruby group within
> X miles of each other. They can merge or stay separate or whatever
> the people want. A European group or a London group doesn't preclude
> any other group from existing.

Definitely.  Of course if you start calling your group LRUG, you
should probably stop :-)  But it's very hard for people to travel to a
meeting that's more than a few miles away, especially after a work
day, and therefore having more rather than fewer groups makes sense,
if there's interest.

As for events: I'm of the opinion that these, too, should proliferate.
Just watch for conflicts in time and place and naming.


David

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