December 2005 Regular Meeting
Date: Saturday, December 10, 2005.
Time: 1pm to 3pm- roughly.
Location: Grand Lake Neighborhood Center, Oakland.
Type:social.
Present:
Adrien Lamothe, Chris Yager, George Woolley,
Jon Seidel, Ken Chow, Mark Bole.
Activities:
* introductions: by each person of themselves.
* giveaways: 3 computers, an incredible number of books,
a minature vacuum, a mug.
* miscellaneous conversation.
Many Giveaways from: Chris Yager, Jon Seidel, Mark Bole
O'Reilly Media via Marsee Henon.
November 2005 Regular Meeting
Date: Saturday, November 12, 2005.
Time: 1pm to 3pm roughly.
Location: Grand Lake Neighborhood Center, Oakland.
Topic: OO.
Present:
Adrien Lamothe, George Woolley,
Henricus Holtman, Mark Bole.
Activities:
* introductions: by each person of themselves.
* giveaways: two Addison Wesley books from the Spring Into series
plus a technical magazine.
* discussion: of the Iterating Infusion book by Greg Anthony.
* short talk on the topic: Adrien Lamothe.
October 2005 Regular Meeting
Date: Saturday, October 8, 2005.
Time: 1pm to 3pm roughly.
Location: Grand Lake Neighborhood Center, Oakland.
Topic: PHP.
Present:
Arden Schaeffer, Chris Yager, Daniel Sabsay (guest speaker),
George Woolley, Henricus Holtman, Mark Bole, Mark Theodoropoulos.
Activities:
* introductions: by each person of themselves.
* giveaways: a recent O'Reilly Perl book,
a recent No Starch spam humor book,
an oversized coffee cup,
and still more markers.
* primary speaker: Daniel Sabsay.
* short talk: Mark Theodoropoulos.
September 2005 Regular Meeting
Date: Saturday, September 10, 2005.
Time: 1pm to 3pm roughly.
Location: Grand Lake Neighborhood Center, Oakland.
Topic: Perl (and related) humor.
Present:
Adrien Lamothe, Arden Schaeffer, Chris Yager, George Woolley,
Jon Seidel, Mark Bole, Michael Seidel, Tony Monroe.
Activities:
* introductions: by each person of themselves.
* giveaways: a recent O'Reilly PHP book,
4 old Perl books, an old Python book and more.
* problems: addressed some problems people had.
* short talks: Tony Monroe, Mark Bole, George Woolley
* discussion: re the talks, ...
August 2005 Regular Meeting
Date: Saturday, August 13, 2005.
Time: 1pm to 3pm roughly.
Location: Grand Lake Neighborhood Center, Oakland.
Topic (in theory mostly): modules.
Present:
Adrien Lamothe, George Woolley, Henricus Holtman,
Jon Seidel, Stephen Kolupaev.
Activities:
* introductions: by each person of themselves.
* giveaways: 3 recent (June-July) O'Reilly Perl books, 2 Linux magazines;
a pen, a keychain, a T-shirt, 9 bookmarks.
* problems: addressed 2 problems people had,
one regarding regex and one regarding Active State.
* discussion: of various topics including Linux and Open Source.
* pictures: taken mostly by Jon Seidel with his digital camera.
* looking at the future: meetings set through January.
August 2005 Special Gathering
Date: Tuesday, August 9, 2005.
Time: 2pm to ??.
Location: LinuxWorld, Moscone Center, San Francisco
Type: outing
Present:
George Woolley, Ken Chow,
Mark Bole, Michael Paoli, Paul Gerken
Actvities:
* We met up at the O'Reilly booth.
* There was some miscellaneous discussion.
* We wandered around the exhibits,
but not all in one group.
July 2005 Regular Meeting
Date: Saturday, July 9, 2005.
Time: 1pm to 3pm roughly.
Location: Grand Lake Neighborhood Center, Oakland
Topic: Perl 6
Present:
Chris Yager, George Woolley, Henricus Holtman, Mark Bole,
Paul Gerken, Stephen Kolupaev, Steve Kuo, Tony Monroe
Activities:
* introductions: by each person of themselves
* giveaways: 5 copies of Make, one bookmark :-)
and a copy of the Perl 6 Essentials book (2nd Ed.).
* talks on topic: Mark Bole, George Woolley
* discussion
* looking at the future: got topics for 2 more meetings
and a lightning talk volunteer.
June 2005 Regular Meeting
Date: Saturday, June 11, 2005.
Time: 1pm to 3pm roughly.
Location: Grand Lake Neighborhood Center, Oakland
Main Activity: lightning talks and discussion
Present:
Chris Yager, George Woolley, Mark Bole,
Paul Gerken, Stephen Kolupaev
Activities:
* introductions: by each person of themselves
* giveaways: an O'Reilly book
and a bunch of bookmarks.
* lightning talks and discussion: all present
* looking at the future: discussed next meeting;
got two volunteers for lightning talks.
May 2005 Regular Meeting
Date: Saturday, May 14, 2005.
Time: 1pm to 3pm roughly.
Location: Grand Lake Neighborhood Center, Oakland
Theme: Dynamic Languages [cont'd]
Present:
Arden Schaeffer, Chris Yager, George Woolley,
Mark Bole, Paul Gerken, Tony Monroe
Activities:
* introductions: by each person of themselves
* giveaways: an O'Reilly book, a Paraglyph book
and an Apress sampler.
* discussion: of the theme
* looking at the future: discussed meeting time;
came up with plan for next 4 meetings
April 2005 Regular Meeting
Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2005.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm roughly.
Location: Connie's Cantina, Oakland
Theme: Dynamic Languages
Present:
Adrien Lamothe, Chris Yager, George Woolley,
Julian Triber, Kester Allen, Mark Bole,
Michael Paoli, Scott Gust
Activities:
* introductions: by each person of themselves
* giveaways: 5 O'Reilly books and 5 copies of Make
and a copy of SuSE Linux
* short talk off theme: Mark Bole (POE)
* short talks on theme: Kester Allen (MATLAB), George Woolley
* discussion: many questions and comments
* the future: 5 of us visited our future meeting place
* eating: Mexican food
March 2005 Regular Meeting
Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2005.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm roughly.
Location: Connie's Cantina, Oakland
Topic: POE (Perl Object Environment)
Present:
Adrien Lamothe, Chris Yager, Doug Habberstad, George Woolley,
Henricus Holtman, Jason Badger, Julian Triber,
Ken Chow, Kester Allen, Mark Bole, Mark Theodoropoulos,
Paul Gerken, Scott Gust, Tony Monroe, Zed Lopez
Special Guest: Janet Crosbie (Apress)
Activities:
* introductions: by each person of themselves
* giveaways: Apress T-shirts for all
* learning a tad about Apress: from our guest
* talk on POE: Tony Monroe
* eating Mexican food
February 2005 Regular Meeting
Date: Tuesday, February 8, 2005.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm roughly.
Location: Connie's Cantina, Oakland
Theme: Wikis
Present:
Adrien Lamothe, Alex Walker, Arden Schaeffer, George Woolley,
Jon Seidel, Julian Triber, Larry Currie,
Mark Bole, Mark Theodoropoulos, Michael Paoli, Munazza Bukhari,
Scott Gust, Steve Fink, Stephen Kolupaev, Tony Monroe
Activities:
* introductions: by each person of themselves
* giveaways (2 books, 7 very small books, 5 copies of ;login:,
6 packets of tea, a boxed copy of SuSE Linux 8.2)
* short talk on Python: Stephen Kolupaev
* short talks on the theme:
Mark Bole, Mark Theodoropoulos, Munazza Bukhari,
Steve Fink, Tony Monroe
* lively discussion of the theme
* eating Mexican food
January 2005 Regular Meeting
Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2005.
(same day as MacWorld outing)
Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm roughly.
Location: Connie's Cantina, Oakland
Theme: Python
Present:
Adrien Lamothe, Alex Walker, George Woolley,
Henricus Holtman, Linda R, Michael Paoli,
Paul Gerkin, Stephen Kolupaev, Tony Monroe, Zed Lopez
Activities:
* introductions: by each person of themselves
* giveaways (4 books, 1 very small book)
* presentations on the theme:
Zed Lopez, Stephen Kolupaev (just barely began)
* eating Mexican food
January 2005 Special Gathering
Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2005.
Time: 2pm to ??.
Location: MacWorld, Moscone Center, San Francisco
Type: outing
Present:
Arden Schaeffer (was there, but missed us),
George Woolley, John Cassady, Joshua Wait,
Michael Paoli, Stephen Kolupaev,
Brent ?, Glenn Bookout, Tracy ?
Actvities:
* We met up at the O'Reilly booth.
* There was some miscellaneous discussion.
* Glenn led some of us around the exhibits.
* Glenn got to meet & talk to Marsee about his group.
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