It's been asked in the past and we've gotten crickets in response. Are you suggesting we advertise this somewhere else?
On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 12:08 AM, Russell Harris via Houston <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, June 5, 2015 10:26 am, Robert Stone via Houston wrote: >> How much interest would there be in doing an "activity" social meeting ... > > > Nowadays almost everyone is over-obligated to the extent that attendance > of even a "regular" PM meeting entails neglect of responsibilities or > other sacrifice. And some may be unable to justify the luxury of a purely > social PM meeting which provides no opportunity for learning Perl > resources and technique. > > But, with a bit of advertising, some PM meetings might be used as a > platform for both useful service and recruiting. > > In the early days of Linux, the task of installing Linux and configuring a > complement of applications and utilities to work together as a system > could be difficult and frustrating for the novice. To address the > problem, the Linux User Groups at Rice and U. of H. hosted at the > beginning of each semester an Installfest to which were invited both > students and the general public. This was back before everyone had a > high-speed Internet connection and an LCD monitor. A novice to Linux > could bring his system (complete with CRT monitor and printer) to the > Installfest and walk away with a properly-configured Linux system, with > whatever applications he desired loaded, configured, and functioning as a > system. While providing opportunity for association between members of > the LUG, the Installfest served to encourage fellow students and members > of the community to join the LUG. > > Perhaps PM could advertise an occasional "bring your problem to PM and let > the Perl experts get you pointed in the right direction" night. > > RH > > > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > Website: http://houston.pm.org/ -- Todd Rinaldo [email protected] _______________________________________________ Houston mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston Website: http://houston.pm.org/
