FYI: Can't attend RubyConf

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I am an enthusiastic supporter of Ruby
and a big believer in the Ruby Conference.
I was there last year, and the synergy was
amazing.

I was trying to get my finances in order
so that I could go this time… but things
just keep piling up.

As some of you know from offlist, I have
not had a “real” job for 14 months now.
That’s supposed to change in a week or so,
but it’s rather too late.

I salute those of you who attend this year,
and I promise I will be there in spirit.

Would have been good to see Dave, Andy, Matz,
David, et al., again. Would have been great
seeing FreeRIDE debut. I was eagerly looking
forward to all the talks. (Except my own.)

Someone please take a video camera with you.
And please make the talks available online
somewhere if possible.

Cheers,
Hal

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Hal, I’m sorry to hear this. I agree, last year’s conference was
amazing, and I’m also looking forward seeing everyone again at this
years version. Perhaps we can send you a postcard. :slight_smile:

So … Who is planning on being at RubyConf this year? Anyone want to
admit to signing up. … For what its worth … I’ll be there.

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On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 19:31, Hal E. Fulton wrote:

I am an enthusiastic supporter of Ruby
and a big believer in the Ruby Conference.
I was there last year, and the synergy was
amazing.

I was trying to get my finances in order
so that I could go this time… but things
just keep piling up.

–
– Jim Weirich jweirich@one.net http://w3.one.net/~jweirich

“Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct,
not tried it.” – Donald Knuth (in a memo to Peter van Emde Boas)

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I’ll be there! I had to miss it last year, and don’t want to miss it
again.

-pate

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On Sat, 12 Oct 2002, Jim Weirich wrote:

On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 19:31, Hal E. Fulton wrote:

I am an enthusiastic supporter of Ruby
and a big believer in the Ruby Conference.
I was there last year, and the synergy was
amazing.

I was trying to get my finances in order
so that I could go this time… but things
just keep piling up.

Hal, I’m sorry to hear this. I agree, last year’s conference was
amazing, and I’m also looking forward seeing everyone again at this
years version. Perhaps we can send you a postcard. :slight_smile:

So … Who is planning on being at RubyConf this year? Anyone want to
admit to signing up. … For what its worth … I’ll be there.

–
– Jim Weirich jweirich@one.net http://w3.one.net/~jweirich

“Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct,
not tried it.” – Donald Knuth (in a memo to Peter van Emde Boas)

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Hi –

So … Who is planning on being at RubyConf this year? Anyone want to
admit to signing up. … For what its worth … I’ll be there.

Here’s the list:

Michael B. Babbitt Daniel Berger David Black
George Bowden Paul Brannan James Britt
Jonathan Brown Avi Bryant Gennady Bystritsky
Martin Chase Sean Chittenden Tom Clarke
Ryan Davis Pat Eyler Lee Fischer
Jim Freeze Steven Gibson Michael Granger
Curt Hibbs Eric Hodel Andrew Hunt
Lyle Johnson Larry Kelly Richard Kilmer
Stephen Legrand Meihua Liang Michael Libby
Jonas M Luster Ian MacLean Brian Marick
TAKAHASHI Masayoshi Yukihiro Matsumoto Patrick May
David McCorkhill Yahya H. Mirza Frank Mitchell
Allen Mitchell HIRONOBU SUZUKI Jonathan Sillito
William Sobel John Springer Why The Lucky Stiff
Chris Stokes Dan Sugalski Nathaniel Talbott
Dave Thomas Phil Tomson Steve Tuckner
Jim Weirich Clayton Wozney Daniel Wu

David

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On Sat, 12 Oct 2002, Jim Weirich wrote:

–
David Alan Black
home: dblack@candle.superlink.net
work: blackdav@shu.edu
Web: http://pirate.shu.edu/~blackdav

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I’ll be there! I had to miss it last year, and don’t want to miss it
again.

Same here. This time I have the time and money; Seattle is closer to me (at
the moment) than FLA, too.

James

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-pate