On Sat, 6 Jun 2015 00:08:36 -0500 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. We did do a "hackathon" several months back that was sort of used this way. The turnout was reasonable and a few people asked questions and got answers. When the group was newer, we used to make a point of saying that some time in the meeting is always devoted to helping people with problems. I, for one, have always assumed that, but I haven't pointed it out recently. G. Wade > 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/ -- Computer languages differ not so much in what they make possible, but in what they make easy. -- Larry Wall _______________________________________________ Houston mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston Website: http://houston.pm.org/
