Oakland Perl Mongers

Meetings

2003 Meeting Reports





#14 December 2003
Date: Tuesday, December 09, 2003.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm roughly.
Location: Robert Kuropkat's place 
Moniker: Giveaways 

Present: 
         George Woolley, Jon Seidel, 
         Ken Chow, Robert Kuropkat

Theme: Giveaways 
Agenda:
1. Introductions
   * introduction of themselves by each person present.
2. Giveaways (no lottery needed, lots of stuff for only 4 people). 
3. Lightning Talks by George and Robert.
4. Lots of discussion on a variety of topics.


#13 November 2003
Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2003.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm roughly.
Location: Josh Wait's place 
Moniker: The Anniversary (our first) 

Present: 
         George Woolley, John Cassady, 
         Joshua Wait, Larry Curry,
         Robert Kuropkat, Steve  Gelb, Tony Monroe

Theme: Open Sores Humor
Agenda:
1. Introductions
   * introduction of themselves by each person present.
2. Giveaways (no lottery needed, lots of stuff including 5 books). 
3. many laughs on the theme
   sometimes lead by George, Robert or Tony. 
4. Report on the MAC OS X Conference by Josh
   who won the lottery for a free ticket to attend.
5. Brief reminders that 
   * we are in the process of settling 
     on a regular meeting place
   * ideas for next year's meetings would be appreciated.   
6. Next Meeting: at Robert Kuropkat's place.


#12 October 2003
Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2003.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm roughly.
Location: Arden Schaeffer's place 
Moniker: The Parting (last meeting at Arden's)

Present: 
         Arden Schaeffer, David Wheeler, George Woolley, 
         Joshua Wait, Ken Chow
         Robert Kuropkat, Stephen Cataldo

Agenda:
1. Introductions
   * introduction of themselves by each person present.
2. Bricolage Presentation by David Wheeler
3. Discussion of Possible Future Locations


#11 September 2003
Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2003.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm roughly.
Location: Arden Schaeffer's place 
Moniker: Learning 

Present: 
         Arden Schaeffer, Dean Howard, George Woolley, 
         Janet Kobren, John Abbe, John Cassady, Joshua Wait, 
         Ken Chow, Tony Monroe

Agenda:
1. Introductions
   * introduction of themselves by each person present.
2. Giveaways and Lotteries 
   * a free pass to the MAC OS X Conference (Josh)
   * 3 O'Reilly books 
   * 2 September Linux magazines
   * Naked Lunch
3. Short Talks on the Theme: "How Did I Learn Perl?"
   * by Dean Howard, George Woolley, John Abbe, John Cassady, 
        Joshua Wait, Ken Chow, Tony Monroe


#10 August 2003
Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2003.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm roughly.
Location: Arden Schaeffer's place 
Moniker: Patterns 

Present: 
         Arden Schaeffer, Adrien Lamothe, Dean Howard,
         Edwin S, George Woolley, Joshua Wait, 
         Ken Chow, Tony Monroe

Agenda:
1. Introductions
   * introduction of themselves by each person present.
2. A Lottery 
   * two O'Reilly T-shirts and an O'Reilly coffee mug
3. LinuxWorld
   * short rehash 
4. Special Short Talk
   * Josh Wait: "stupid perl tricks" 
5. Short Talks on the Theme: "Design Patterns"
   * by Adrien Lamothe, Edwin S, George Woolley


August 2003
Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2003.
Time: 2pm to ??.
Location: LinuxWorld, Moscone Center, San Francisco
Moniker: The World 

Present: 
         Arden Schaeffer, Adrien Lamothe, Craig McLaughlin, 
         George Woolley, Ken Chow, Larry Curry,
         Robert Kuropkat, Stephen Cataldo*, Tony Monroe
         [Let me know if I didn't get this right.
         * Stephen was there, but didn't find the rest of us. :(]

Actvities:
   * Generally we met up at the O'Reilly booth.
   * Many of us met Marsee Henon.
   * We were never all together at the same time.
   * We went to other booths individually or in small groups. 


#9 July 2003
Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2003.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm roughly.
Location: Arden Schaeffer's place 
Moniker: The Literati 

Present: 
         Arden Schaeffer*, Adrien Lamothe, Edwin S*, 
         George Woolley, Karen Armstad, Ken Chow*, 
         Larry Curry*, Robert Kuropkat*, Tony Monroe
         [* = got a free O'Reilly book.]

Agenda:
1. Introductions
   * introduction of themselves by each person present.
2. A Lottery 
   * winners: Edwin S, Adrien LaMothe
3. Miscellaneous
   Book for putting up OS X Banner: several suggestions
   Books for group from O'Reilly: gave out 5
   LinuxWorld 
   PBML move to Las Vegas: no problems reported
4. Theme: Readable Code 
   * short talk by Edwin S 
   * short talk by George Woolley
   * short talk by Robert Kuropkat


June 2003 (actually a get together of sig-beer-east-bay)
Date: Monday, June 23, 2003.
Time: 7:30pm to ?.
Location: Chevy's Restaurant in Emeryville 
Moniker: The Parting 

Present: 
         Arden Schaeffer, Adrien Lamothe, Belden Lyman,
         David Alban, David Fetter, George Woolley, Maka (Tia's daughter) 
         Mike Lewis, Tia (Mike's friend), Venece (Belden's wife)

Theme: saying goodbye to Mike Lewis who is moving to Las Vegas
Activities: eat, drink, talk, say goodbye


#8 June 2003
Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2003.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm roughly.
Location: Arden Schaeffer's place 
Moniker: Improvisation 

Present: 
         Arden Schaeffer, Adrien Lamothe, Baila Emlein, Dan ??, 
         Edwin Sakumoto, Jerome Waters, Josh Wait, Ken Chow, 
         Michael McMillan, Robert Kuropkat, George Woolley
         [Spelling corrections requested.]

Agenda:
1. Introductions
   * introduction of themselves by each person present.
2. A Lottery (our first)
   * winners: Baila and Josh
3. Theme: LWP 
   * mini-talk by George Woolley
   * mini-talk by Robert Kuropkat
   * mini-talk by Michael McMillan 
   * lightning talk by Adrien LaMothe


#7 May 2003
Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2003.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm roughly.
Location: Arden Schaeffer's place 
Moniker: The Fart with a Heart

Present: 
         Arden Schaeffer, Adrien Lamothe, Mark Theodoropoulos, 
         Rob Helmer, Robert Kuropkat, George Woolley

Agenda:
1. Introductions
   * introduction of themselves by each person present.
2. Playing with Perl Culture
   * with all present participating.
L. Next Meeting 
   * 7:30pm to 9:30pm on June 10, 2003
Reference: notes from before meeting


#6 April 2003
Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2003.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm roughly.
Location: Arden Schaeffer's place 
Moniker: The Guide on the Side

Present: 
         Arden Schaeffer, Adrien Lamothe, 
         David Alban, David Fetter (the guide on the side)
         Frank Gilkeson, Stephen Cataldo, George Woolley

Agenda:
1. Introductions
   * introduction of themselves by each person present.
2. "A Few Ways To Do It: Some Perl Techniques"
   * with all present participating.


#5 March 2003
Date: Tuesday, March 11, 2003.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm++.
Location: George Woolley's place 
Moniker: Chaos

Present: 
         Arden Schaeffer, Adrien Lamothe, Belden Lyman,
         David Alban, David Fetter, Dean Howard,
         George Woolley

Theme: Our Future

Some of Topics:
1. Introductions
   * introduction of themselves by each person present.
2. Meetings (the main topic) 
   * location
   * speakers, guidelines for speakers? 
3. Related Groups 
   * does Berkeley.pm exist?
   * ambassadors
   * translators
4. Mailing Lists
5. Planned Off-Topic Items
   * Larry in a performance March 23rd
   * passing on "Free as in Freedom" 
6. Unplanned Off-Topic Items


#4 February 2003
Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2003.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm roughly.
Location: Arden Schaeffer's home
Moniker: 007 

Present: 
         Arden Schaeffer (our host)
         David Fetter, Dan Meriwether (the speaker), Dean Howard
         George Woolley, John Cassady, Larry Currie,
         Michael McMillan, Mike Lewis, Monique Moore-Racine,  
         Susan (?), Tia (?)

Agenda:
1. Introductions
   brief introduction of themselves by each person present.
2. Lightning Talks
   none
3. Talk on "writing LWP agents" by Dan Meriwether. 
4. Reports
   none
5. After the Meeting
   some of us stayed around for a short time and talked 
   and ate goodies provided by our hosts.


#3 January 2003
Date: Tuesday, January 14, 2003.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm roughly.
Location: Village Restaurant
Moniker: The Banquet

Present: Adrien Lamothe*, Belden Lyman*, David Alban*,
         David Fetter*, George Woolley*, John Upland,
         Larry Currie, Mike Lewis*  
         [* = got a free O'Reilly book.]

Agenda:
1. Introductions
   brief introduction of themselves by each person present.
2. Lightning Talks
   by Adrien LaMothe, David Fetter.
3. Talk on "Using OO Modules: Comparing Functional & OO Interfaces"
   by Belden Lyman.
4. Reports
   * Perl Basics Mailing List by Mike Lewis.