Raymond, It seemed as though things were heading this way, however, I still hold out hope that we could have something more cohesive. What I mean is, I could certainly see pdxrails as being a SIG (Special Interest Group) of pdxruby. Then we wouldn't have a duplication of websites, mailing lists, effort, etc.
After all, where would Rails be without Ruby? And of course Ruby has gotten a popularity boost from Rails. I definitely think that two different meeting a month would be a good thing: one oriented towards general Ruby topics and another very Rails/Web-development oriented, but both could be under the umbrella of pdxruby (and even a third which is oriented towards codefests kind of like what we're doing tomorrow). For an example: The Portland Mac group which has several meetings each month each oriented towards special interests, but all under the same umbrella (same website infrastructure, etc.) What do you think, would it work? Phil On 9/16/05, Raymond Brigleb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everybody! > > I promise this will be my last and only cross-posting to the two PDX > Ruby lists (I presume they're not quite consolidated yet)... my > apologies if this is annoying. > > I've really enjoyed the conversations, meetings, and projects that > the PDX Ruby group has offered. It's been, and will continue to be, a > great Ruby resource for Portland. > > Seems to me, though, that my goals, and the goals of some members, > are reaching beyond the boundaries of Ruby quite a bit. As has been > noted more than once on this list, the popularity of Rails has skewed > the group's membership and direction quite a bit. This kind of change > is inevitable, of course, but lately I've been thinking that Portland > would be better served by two parallel groups. PDX Ruby might better > retain its focus and harmony, IMHO, if there were also a Rails group. > > So that's what I'm offering. A complementary group which will focus > on Rails (and Ruby by extension of course!), web applications and > services, AJAX technologies, enterprise architectures, larger-scale > development and deployment, patterns, refactoring, and the business > community. I am hoping that some folks will find it a useful addition > to Portland's resources. > > Right now it's up and hosted with TextDrive. There's a mailing list > in place, please sign up for it if you're interested. We'll probably > plan meetings to complement the Ruby meetings, perhaps the third > Monday of the month or something like that, so that everyone has a > chance to enjoy both. > > I am very much hoping that no-one in the group considers this a bad > thing, I really am. I sincerely believe that the goals of Rails > fanatics are quite different from Ruby lovers, and two groups will > turn out to be better than one. I am sure that there are many, many > ways that these two groups, the "twin quasars of Portland" if you > will, can make each other stronger and more relevant to their > membership. > > So there you go. You can find the list by visiting pdxrails.org. I'd > love to hear everyone's thoughts, on either of the lists, or just > write to me directly. > > > Kindest regards, > Raymond > > > p.s. you can subscribe directly here: > http://lists.pdxrails.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxrails > _______________________________________________ > PDXRuby mailing list > [email protected] > IRC: #pdx.rb on irc.freenode.net > http://lists.pdxruby.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxruby > _______________________________________________ PDXRuby mailing list [email protected] IRC: #pdx.rb on irc.freenode.net http://lists.pdxruby.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxruby
