---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dick Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, May 13, 2008 at 9:04 PM Subject: [scala-user] Bay Area Scala Enthusiasts (BASE) - Meeting 1 - The one not about Scala* To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bay Area Scala Enthusiasts (BASE) - Meeting 1 - The one not about Scala* This first meeting was really just a setup session to figure out what form future meetings would take, time and day and communication resources (like the Google group: http://groups.google.com/group/scala-base ). Agenda Day/time (second Tuesday of each month, for now) - any clashes, preferences? For now, the day and time stand. It is possible a slightly later time (6.30?) might be settled on depending on attendees ability to get to the Googleplex by the starting time, but for now 6pm on the second Tuesday of each month is OK. Venue Google in Mountain View is fine, but given the desirable format of future meetings, a room with a boardroom or meeting style setup is preferable to the eyes-forward presentation room we used this time. Dick will find an alternative room we can use for future meetings, assuming a limit of 30 people for the first few meetings. Format With a small group, and with limited volunteer time available for organization, it was agreed that the typical meeting would be more of a hack-session or show-and-tell focus, informal and with minimal prep necessary. As time goes on, and the group gets larger (if it does) we could look into getting speakers lined up, but for now the feeling was that a gathering to talk about Scala, help each other learn, demo cool things and maybe do the odd lightning talk or two would be fine. Gauge interest We had close to a dozen attendees who showed up for a very short meeting that they were pre-warned would be an admin only meeting to get things rolling. Given that response, it looks like we will get attendees in the double figures even for our first meetings. The room booked will cope with more than 30 participants for the initial meeting just in case we get a large response, and if we need a larger room going forward it can be organized. Corp support - food etc. It is typical for user groups held at Google to have food and refreshments laid on for attendees. This requires extra planning, corporate approval and of course budget, and it was decided that for the first few meetings we would not try until we get a feel for number of attendees and are able to set up a repeating request for such support. In the meantime, please plan accordingly for meetings (grab food on the way or plan to eat afterwards - snacks and drinks are available from Google though in a pinch). Volunteers to help Given the simple organizational requirements of the initial format (show up with a laptop, ready to hack, talk and share) the call for volunteers was not very insistent. In time, if more organization is required, we will revisit that and put the call out again as necessary. Getting the word out Please let everyone you think might be interested in the user group know that the meetings will be held at Google (room to be announced) in Mountain View, on the second Tuesday of each month, starting at 6pm (and going on until 8 or 9 - most likely finishing around 8.30). Name After some debate we settled on the name BASE (Bay Area Scala Enthusiasts) as having the best acronym that fit. Plus it sounded coolest. Communication During the meeting we set up a Google group that members can subscribe to. Because the name "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" was already taken, we called the group: scala-base http://groups.google.com/group/scala-base Please subscribe to the group and encourage anyone who is interested in becoming a member of Base to do so as well Carl Quinn and Dick Wall are initial administrators. If anyone else wants admin status (and the responsibility that comes with it), let one of us know on the list. Other information Over the weekend I was messing with Ning (after seeing their stuff at JavaOne). I set up an initial social network for what I called http://svscala.ning.com - while the name will certainly need changing, I wonder if something like Ning might be good for a home page. Alternatively we could easily set up Google apps for your domain, using scala-base as the name of the org. Any opinions are welcome on this group. Thanks to everyone who came to this first, very short, very administrative meeting. If you were there, please mention it on the scala-base group when you join up, as it would be good to have a record. (* Note that while the title of this meeting is the one not about Scala, it seems that Lex and Toby in Atlanta actually did talk quite a bit of talking about Scala and how great it is. Since they were on mute at the time, this doesn't count). -- Dick Wall Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gmail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: dickwall AIM: QuaintRcky Co-Host of the Java Posse: http://javaposse.com Blog: http://dickwallsblog.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to "Bay Area Functional Programmers" To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bayfp?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
