From: Daniel Berger Date: 2002-04-28T02:20:45+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby Camps and a Ruby Day (ideas) "Pat Eyler" wrote in message news:Pine.LNX.4.30.0204271239520.882-100000@bigfun.whirlycott.com... > > > Would it be worth considering holding multiple ruby gatherings in > > > different areas concurrently? Each could focus on a specific topic > > > working, learning, and socializing together (and maybe ircing between the > > > groups). At the end of the sessions, each group could present ideas, > > > docs, new code, whatever back to the larger ruby community. We could pick > > > a day (or a long weekend), call it World Ruby Day, and get to work. > > > > Maybe worth considering, but I guess my reservation is that the more > > complex a plan, and the broader the consensus it requires, the less > > likely it is ever to happen. I think Ruby camps (or whatever) should > > be encouraged to spring up whe[rn]ever possible. That wouldn't > > necessarily mean that what you're envisioning could never happen -- > > just that if people are eager to meet and have little codefests, it > > would sort of be too bad for them not to just go ahead with it. > > Hmm, yes this is true. I wasn't thinking about trying to supplant the > Ruby Camps, but to compliment them. I think they serve similar ends but > probably target different groups (I'd guess that there is some overlap > though.) > > I'll keep chewing on the idea and see what I come up with ... thoughts, > suggestions, criticism, etc. are welcome. The Perl community has such a beast, called "Perl Mongers", where people at or near (usually) major cities can get together and have little get togethers to talk about Perl stuff. Thus you have the London.pm (pm = perl monger, a play on 'perl module'), Minneapolis.pm, etc. Generally, this seems to to consist of one or two people giving a presentation, followed by beer drinking. I think that one person from the area more or less volunteers to run it, sets up a mailing list, and mails out invites or requests for presentations. I think the average gathering happens about onc e a month (depending on the group). You can find a sample page here - http://minneapolis.pm.org/ or http://london.pm.org/ Now, we just need to replace "monger" with a word that starts with 'b'. Regards, Dan