I'm sort of in the same boat. I'll turn up regardless just to chat to people and hang out.
But I've been trying to pump attendance with other devs at work, and the first question for new attendees (who don't know anyone else) is always what are the topics. If they're not known or not finalized, then that's cool. But if we do know, it doesn't hurt to post them to the list On 29 July 2010 10:04, John Barton <[email protected]> wrote: > Can I just say I'm a bit sick of these lucky dip meetup announcements? > > I've got a range of things to choose from for thursday nights, and > less data makes for shittier decisions. It feels like a bit of > punishment for having a variety of interests, that I may miss > something awesome by not being part of the loyal few. > > I've no data at all to back it up, but I imagine this could be a > barrier to new attendees as well. When I was new to the group I came > for the talks, nowadays I mostly come for the company (but the talks > are still a big factor). > > Anyways.... just sayin' > > -jb > > On Jul 29, 8:10 am, Gareth Townsend <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's a trap! > > > > On 28/07/2010, at 6:17 PM, Ben Schwarz wrote: > > > > > > > > > Nope. No lists of speakers, you'll just have to arrive and see whats up > ☃ > > > > > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Julian Doherty < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Looking forward to it. > > > Do we have a list of talks for tomorrow posted anywhere? > > > > > On 28 July 2010 15:45, Ben Schwarz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Followhttp://twitter.com/rubyoceaniafor announcements also ;) > > > See you guys tomorrow night. > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<rails-oceania%[email protected]> > . > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<rails-oceania%[email protected]> > . > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<rails-oceania%[email protected]> > . > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<rails-oceania%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
