Re: [Boston.pm] we can meet at mit

2005-07-11 Thread John Saylor
hi ( 05.07.08 17:57 -0400 ) Ricker, William: > use Boston::Cambridge; that would undoubtedly create a disturbance in the force ... -- \js oblique strategy: do something boring ___ Boston-pm mailing list Boston-pm@mail.pm.org

Re: [Boston.pm] we can meet at mit

2005-07-11 Thread John Saylor
hi ( 05.07.08 17:40 -0400 ) Uri Guttman: > few mit people seem to be active in pm. they must all think perl is > lisp's ugly but smarter step sister! :) no- they just can't get any corporate money using perl ... -- \js oblique strategy: accretion

Re: [Boston.pm] we can meet at mit]

2005-07-08 Thread Bob Clancy
Uri Guttman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Uri] maybe being listed on the groups at mit page Uri] will get us new members. Hello, I should probably announce my presence (lurking on this list for a month or two). I'm relatively new to using Perl, but I had been slowly studying it over the years.

Re: [Boston.pm] we can meet at mit

2005-07-08 Thread Jerrad Pierce
I know trekking out to BC was a major disincentive for me :-P But there are all sorts of interesting things, for example overlap between Perl Monks and Perl Mongers or size of PMs. I was in Paris for the past six months and Paris.PM is about 8 people; only two of which are monks and one's not

Re: [Boston.pm] we can meet at mit

2005-07-08 Thread Ricker, William
> response. so i say we just annex cambridge.pm and make it a wholy owned > subsidiary of boston.pm. That would mean putting it as Boston/Cambridge.pm as in use Boston::Cambridge; ? Bill ___ Boston-pm mailing list Boston-pm@mail.pm.org

Re: [Boston.pm] we can meet at mit

2005-07-08 Thread Uri Guttman
> "CD" == Chris Devers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: CD> On Fri, 8 Jul 2005, Jeremy Muhlich wrote: >> cambridge.pm looks pretty defunct, based on their website... CD> I was being facetious :-) CD> I think they've come up on the list before. As I recall, no one here had CD> ever had

Re: [Boston.pm] we can meet at mit

2005-07-08 Thread Jerrad Pierce
Hooray! Meeting at my alma-mater Maps of MIT are at http://whereis.mit.edu If a specific room is set I could also produce a custom map (I have all the data) -- H4sICNoBwDoAA3NpZwA9jbsNwDAIRHumuC4NklvXTOD0KSJEnwU8fHz4Q8M9i3sGzkS7BBrm

Re: [Boston.pm] we can meet at mit

2005-07-08 Thread Uri Guttman
> "CD" == Chris Devers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: CD> Waitaminute, if we're going to meet at MIT, which is in Cambridge, CD> then do we need to set up some kind of arrangement with Cambridge.pm ? CD> CD> CD>

Re: [Boston.pm] we can meet at mit

2005-07-08 Thread Chris Devers
On Fri, 8 Jul 2005, Jeremy Muhlich wrote: > cambridge.pm looks pretty defunct, based on their website... I was being facetious :-) I think they've come up on the list before. As I recall, no one here had ever had any contact with them, which is weird, considering how many Boston.pm members

Re: [Boston.pm] we can meet at mit

2005-07-08 Thread Jeremy Muhlich
cambridge.pm looks pretty defunct, based on their website... Maps to E51: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=E51 http://maps.google.com/maps?q=70+memorial+dr,+cambridge,+ma=en -- Jeremy On Fri, 2005-07-08 at 16:11 -0400, Chris Devers wrote: > Waitaminute, if we're going to meet at

Re: [Boston.pm] we can meet at mit

2005-07-08 Thread Chris Devers
Waitaminute, if we're going to meet at MIT, which is in Cambridge, then do we need to set up some kind of arrangement with Cambridge.pm ? The contact is James Wm. Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Heh. -- Chris Devers

Re: [Boston.pm] we can meet at mit

2005-07-08 Thread Uri Guttman
> "CD" == Chris Devers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: CD> On Fri, 8 Jul 2005, Uri Guttman wrote: >> i just got info about meeting at mit and it looks like we will be >> able to get a room there with no problems. CD> Great! Thank you for organizing this. CD> So, any idea how soon we

Re: [Boston.pm] we can meet at mit

2005-07-08 Thread Chris Devers
On Fri, 8 Jul 2005, Uri Guttman wrote: > i just got info about meeting at mit and it looks like we will be able > to get a room there with no problems. Great! Thank you for organizing this. So, any idea how soon we could have another meeting? It's been a while... -- Chris Devers

Re: [Boston.pm] we can meet at mit

2005-07-08 Thread Ricker, William
Excellent news! > the contact i spoke to recommends rooms in building E51 Yes, that's the building the BLU.ORG uses also. Quite nice, handy. > which has a free parking lot next to it (after 3pm) Not big, but large enough. No ballgames either. > and is close to the > kendall stop on the

[Boston.pm] we can meet at mit

2005-07-08 Thread Uri Guttman
hi all, i just got info about meeting at mit and it looks like we will be able to get a room there with no problems. all we need is a loose affiliation like an alumnus (which we have several). the rooms have projectors and screens. the contact i spoke to recommends rooms in building E51 which