I often have a similar conflict with a different thing that often meets on Tuesdays. On Feb 24, 2016 10:33 PM, "Rachel Adler" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm new to Perl and haven't had a chance to come to a meeting yet, but I > know that the second Tuesday of the month is also the time that the Boston > Ruby Group meets. I'm interested in both languages, and I'm probably not > the only one who has this conflict. > > Best, > > Rachel > > Rachel Adler > 401-474-1665 > > On 24 February 2016 at 22:17, Tom Metro <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Boston-pm mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm > _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
