Oakland Perl Mongers

Meetings

2004 Meeting Reports



December 2004 Regular Meeting
Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2004.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm roughly.
Location: Connie's Cantina, Oakland 
Type: Social

Present:
   Adrien Lamothe, Arden Schaeffer, 
   George Woolley, Kester Allen, Joshua Wait,
   Henricus Holtman, Linda R, Ming Yin,
   Paul Gerkin, Stephen Koulupaev, Zed Lopez

Activities:
   * introductions: by each person of themselves
   * giveaways (8 books)
   * conference report: Joshua Wait (Mac OS X)
   * short presentation: Kester Allen  (on a CPAN module he wrote)
   * miscellaneous technical and social discussions
   * eating Mexican food
   
November 2004 Regular Meeting
Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2004.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm roughly.
Location: Connie's Cantina, Oakland 
Theme: Perl 6 and Parrot 

Present:
   Adrien Lamothe, George Woolley, Jon Seidel, Kester Allen,
   Steve Fink, Stephen Koulupaev, Tony Monroe

Activities:
   * introductions: by each person of themselves
   * giveaways (2 books, an Active State CD, and a recent Perl Journal)
   * talks on the theme: George Woolley, Kester Allen, Steve Fink
   * eating Mexican food
   
October 2004 Regular Meeting
Date: Tuesday, October 12, 2004.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm roughly.
Location: Connie's Cantina, Oakland 
Theme: Goodbye to Robert

Present:
   Adrien Lamothe, Arden Schaeffer, Art Abrahams,
   George Woolley, Kester Allen, Joshua Wait,
   Mark Theodoropoulos, Michael Paoli, Robert Kuropkat, 
   Steve Fink, Stephen Koulupaev, Tony Monroe, Zed Lopez

Activities:
   * introductions: by each person of themselves
   * giveaways (5 books, 1 T-shirt, a stack of old Perl Journals)
   * talking about (location, future meetings and whatever)
   * saying goodbye to Robert 
   * eating Mexican food
   
September 2004 Regular Meeting
Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2004.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm roughly.
Location: Robert's Place, Alameda 
Theme: Hashes        

Present:
   Adrien Lamothe, George Woolley, Mark Theodoropoulos, 
   Michael Paoli, Robert Kuropkat, Steve Fink, 
   Stephen Koulupaev, Zed Lopez

Activities:
   * introductions: by each person of themselves
   * giveaways (3 books, 3 T-shirts)
   * short talk: Mark Theodoropoulos 
   * on the theme: Steve Fink, Zed Lopez   

   
August 2004 Regular Meeting
Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2004.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm roughly.
Location: Robert's Place, Alameda 
Theme: Maintenance (again)        

Present:
   George Woolley, Mark Theodoropoulos,
   Michael Paoli, Robert Kuropkat, Steve Fink

Activities:
   * introductions - by each person of themselves
   * giveaways 
     (including 6 books, a Red Hat cap & a Pogo T-shirt)
   * recaps
       - LinuxWorld
       - OSCON: Mark Theodoropoulos 
   * on the theme: George Woolley, Robert Kuropkat   
   * Perl 6: Steve Fink

   
August 2004
Date: Thursday, August 5, 2004.
Time: 11am to ??.
Event: LinuxWorld
Location: Moscone Center, San Francisco 

Present:
   George Woolley, Michael Paoli, Robert Kuropkat

Activities:
   * met at O'Reilly booth 
   * said hi to Marsee Henon
   * talked some 
   * mostly visited booths on own 
   
July 2004 Regular Meeting
Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2004.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm roughly.
Location: Connie's Cantina, Oakland 
Theme: none        

Present:
   Colin Cheline, George Woolley, 
   Ken Chow, Michael Paoli

Activities:
   * introductions - by each person of themselves
   * giveaways
   * eating Mexican food 
   * informal discussion

   
June 2004 Regular Meeting
Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2004.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm roughly.
Location: Robert Kuropkat's Place, Alameda 
Theme: Maintenance

Present:
   Alex Walker, Colin Cheline,
   George Woolley, Ken Chow, Michael Paoli, 
   Robert Kuropkat, Steve Kolupaev

Agenda:
   * introductions - by each person of themselves
   * giveaways
   * two talks by Robert Kuropkat on the theme 

   
May 2004 Regular Meeting
Date: Tuesday, May 11, 2004.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm roughly.
Location: Connie's Cantina, Oakland 
Type of Meeting: social

Present:
   George Woolley, Robert Kuropkat, Michael Paoli

Activities:
   * introductions - by each person of themselves
   * giveaways - of several books
   * eating Mexican food
   * talking

   
April 2004 Regular Meeting
Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2004.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm roughly.
Location: Josh Wait's Place

Present:
         Benjamin Elijah Griffin, George Woolley, 
         Joshua Wait, Mark Theodoropoulos, Michael Paoli

Theme: Perl & Postmodernism
Agenda:
   * Introductions - by each person of themselves
   * Giveaways - but noone wanted any of the things. :(
   * short talk by Mark Theodoropoulos
   * discussion of theme by all present


March 2004 Regular Meeting
Date: Tuesday, March 9, 2004.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm roughly.
Location: Josh Wait's Place

Present: 
         Benjamin Elijah Griffin, George Woolley, John Seidel, 
         Joshua Wait, Ken Chow, Marcelo Carvalho,
         Michael Bailey, Robert Kuropkat, Steve Kolupaev,
         Tony Stubblebine (speaker)

Agenda:
   * Introductions - by each person of themselves
   * Giveaways including three copies of Tony's book
     and something for everyone
   * Talk by Tony Stubblebine on
     "Regular Expression Best Practices"


February 2004 Regular Meeting
Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2004.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm roughly.
Location: Josh Wait's Place

Present: 
         Benjamin Elijah Griffin, George Woolley, John Cassady, 
         John Seidel, Joshua Wait

Theme: Alternatives to Regular Expressions
Agenda:
   * Introductions - by each person of themselves
   * Giveaways
   * Short talks on the theme
     by Benjamin Elijah Griffin, George Woolley & Joshua Wait


January 2004 Regular Meeting
Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2004.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm roughly.
Location: Josh Wait's Place

Present: 
         Benjamin Elijah Griffin, George Woolley, John Cassady, 
         Joshua Wait, Robert Kuropkat

Agenda:
   * Introductions - by each person of themselves
   * Giveaways
   * Talk on Using Perl for CGI by Josh Wait
   * Next Meeting


January 2004 Special Gathering
Date: Tuesday, January 7, 2004.
Time: 2pm to ??.
Location: MacWorld, Moscone Center, San Francisco

Present: 
         Arden Schaeffer, Bruce De Benedictis  
         George Woolley, John Cassady, Joshua Wait 

Actvities:
   * We met up at the O'Reilly booth.
   * There was some discussion, particularly about CGIs.
   * From the O'Reilly booth, people went in different directions. 
   * Bruce and George heard David Pogue speak.