Just a quick note to announce the formation of the Utah Ruby Users Group (http://www.urug.org). It is still in the nascent stages, with meetings, meeting places, and so forth undetermined, but if you live in Utah and have an interest in Ruby (or if you live outside of Utah and have an interest in Ruby in Utah ;)) please feel free to join the mailing list:
http://lists.urug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
IRC also available on Freenode at #urug.
- Jamis
And if that wasn't enough, this group unknowingly contributed 2
questions/answers to the 2005 IORCC Crossword Puzzle. Thank you!
any chance you could change the name to utah.rb? The whole RUG thing
seems a bit worn. 
On Apr 5, 2005 10:15 AM, Jamis Buck <jamis@37signals.com> wrote:
Just a quick note to announce the formation of the Utah Ruby Users
Group (http://www.urug.org). It is still in the nascent stages, with
meetings, meeting places, and so forth undetermined, but if you live in
Utah and have an interest in Ruby (or if you live outside of Utah and
have an interest in Ruby in Utah ;)) please feel free to join the
mailing list:http://lists.urug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
IRC also available on Freenode at #urug.
- Jamis
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thanks,
-pate
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We are often unable to tell people what they need to know, because
they want to know something else, and would therefore only
misunderstand what we said
- the Raven (George MacDonald, Lilith)
any chance you could change the name to utah.rb? The whole RUG thing
seems a bit worn.
Probably not. Yah, the "rug" thing is worn, but I think it fits the goal of the group. (The goal hasn't yet been formally stated, but part of it is to increase corporate awareness and adoption of Ruby, so the more conventional the name is, the better, I think.)
- Jamis
On Apr 5, 2005, at 11:55 AM, pat eyler wrote:
On Apr 5, 2005 10:15 AM, Jamis Buck <jamis@37signals.com> wrote:
Just a quick note to announce the formation of the Utah Ruby Users
Group (http://www.urug.org). It is still in the nascent stages, with
meetings, meeting places, and so forth undetermined, but if you live in
Utah and have an interest in Ruby (or if you live outside of Utah and
have an interest in Ruby in Utah ;)) please feel free to join the
mailing list:http://lists.urug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
IRC also available on Freenode at #urug.
- Jamis
--
thanks,
-pate
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We are often unable to tell people what they need to know, because
they want to know something else, and would therefore only
misunderstand what we said
- the Raven (George MacDonald, Lilith)
Two? I found one of them. What was the other one? (Are the answers to the puzzle published anywhere?)
- Jamis
On Apr 5, 2005, at 11:54 AM, iorcc@yahoo.com wrote:
And if that wasn't enough, this group unknowingly contributed 2
questions/answers to the 2005 IORCC Crossword Puzzle. Thank you!
pat eyler wrote:
any chance you could change the name to utah.rb? The whole RUG thing
seems a bit worn.
I'm struck by this being a *Utah* group, not a Provo or Salt Lake City, etc. group.
Makes me think of the local baseball team, the Arizona Diamondbacks. Not *Phoenix* Diamondbacks, mind you, but Arizona, the entire state.
Utah's a big place; how far do people typically travel for the group meeting?
James
PS
There is a Phoenix Ruby Users Group (Prug, I guess. Or phx.rb ).
Details available at http://ruby.meetup.com/26/
Next meeting: April 17
utah.rb is a pretty cool name!
-Jeff
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Subject: Re: [ANN] Utah Ruby Users Group
On Apr 5, 2005, at 11:55 AM, pat eyler wrote:
any chance you could change the name to utah.rb? The whole RUG thing
seems a bit worn.Probably not.
- Jamis
On Apr 5, 2005 10:15 AM, Jamis Buck <jamis@37signals.com> wrote:
Just a quick note to announce the formation of the Utah Ruby Users
Group (http://www.urug.org). It is still in the nascent stages, with
meetings, meeting places, and so forth undetermined, but if you live in
Utah and have an interest in Ruby (or if you live outside of Utah and
have an interest in Ruby in Utah ;)) please feel free to join the
mailing list:http://lists.urug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
IRC also available on Freenode at #urug.
- Jamis
--
thanks,
-pate
-------------------------
We are often unable to tell people what they need to know, because
they want to know something else, and would therefore only
misunderstand what we said
- the Raven (George MacDonald, Lilith)
pat eyler wrote:
> any chance you could change the name to utah.rb? The whole RUG thing
> seems a bit worn.
*sigh* I try an work the pun in and no one even groans.
Utah's a big place; how far do people typically travel for the group
meeting?
Well, most of the attendees are likely to be from the Salt Lake Valley
or the Utah Valley, so you're looking at about an hour's drive/bus
ride from one location to the other.
We're actually dealing with this in the Seattle.rb right now too.
We've started a supplemental meeting in South King County. Every
other month the folks from Kent, Covington, Federal Way, etc. get
together to do something Rubyish. (Next meeting is on the 16th, if
you're in southern King County or northern Pierce County, email me for
more info).
James
PS
There is a Phoenix Ruby Users Group (Prug, I guess. Or phx.rb ).
Details available at http://ruby.meetup.com/26/
I vote for the Phoenix Ruby Brigade ... Phoenix.rb
Next meeting: April 17
wish I could make it
On Apr 5, 2005 11:41 AM, James Britt <james_b@neurogami.com> wrote:
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thanks,
-pate
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We are often unable to tell people what they need to know, because
they want to know something else, and would therefore only
misunderstand what we said
- the Raven (George MacDonald, Lilith)
Haven't had a meeting yet, so I don't know. We're hoping to meeting somewhere between Salt Lake and Provo (prob. Sandy or Draper area). I'm thinking that people from Tremonton (northern Utah) and St. George (southern Utah) will probably not make the trip very often.
- Jamis
On Apr 5, 2005, at 12:41 PM, James Britt wrote:
pat eyler wrote:
any chance you could change the name to utah.rb? The whole RUG thing
seems a bit worn.I'm struck by this being a *Utah* group, not a Provo or Salt Lake City, etc. group.
Makes me think of the local baseball team, the Arizona Diamondbacks. Not *Phoenix* Diamondbacks, mind you, but Arizona, the entire state.
Utah's a big place; how far do people typically travel for the group meeting?