We have a comfortably sized, small group, with typically 6 to 12 people at meetings, but I think it would be nice to get some more mongers in the group. I suspect there is a not insignificant population of Perl users still in the area who are simply not aware of the group, or aren't aware that we're still here.
Plus, with Perl 6, there are opportunities to bring in people completely new to Perl who are curious about sampling a new language. Perl might be poised for a renaissance of sorts. Any suggestions on how we can reach out to find new people? We have reached new people through the Meetup group. We have currently 134 people in the group: http://www.meetup.com/Boston-pm/ Of those people, we typically get a couple RSVPs from there, and occasionally one of them follows through and attends a meeting. To get a noticeable increase in attendees from that channel we'd probably need to have more like 500 members. Do you work someplace with other Perl developers who don't know about Boston.pm? Have you told them about it? Even if they aren't ready to start attending meetings, just getting them to subscribe to the mailing list, join the Meetup group, or follow Boston.pm on social media: http://boston.pm.org/Follow+Us would be a good first start. If you or your colleagues haven't attended a meeting in a while, and Perl is still relevant to you, why not? Day conflict? SF.pm boosted their membership by mixing up the day of the week they hold their meetings. They switched to a floating day. Talk topics not compelling? Venue inconvenient? Are there other tech groups you belong to that might have an interest in Perl where you could cross-promote the group? If we wanted to do some direct outreach to area companies that have a bunch of Perl users, but no meeting attendees, what companies would you recommend we contact? -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA "Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting." http://www.theperlshop.com/ _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
