I knew about the Scarborough event last night, but unfortunately, it conflicted with a commitment that I couldn't break. It's definitely something I'd consider attending, like the New Haven event.
~ ryan ~
On Jan 13, 2006, at 8:18 AM, Brian Buckley wrote:
Last night the Maine group had a Ruby meetup in Scarborough, ME (south of
Portland). Nick Stuart did a nice demo and discussion of Rails.I drove up for it from Hampton, NH.
-Brian
Thanks for the pep talk, James. However, I should mention that I've been on the ground level for a half-a-dozen clubs / organizations: initiative is one of my strengths. From my experiences, I've observed that my start-ups tended to have a difficult time convincing people to stick around longer than a meeting or two when the club's leaders weren't seasoned veterans. Conversely, we couldn't find places large enough to hold meetings for my start-ups that had experienced people at the top. From this, I've concluded that most people come to their first meeting expecting that some of the organizers to be at their skill level or higher.
That's why I don't yet feel comfortable starting a Ruby-focused group on my own.
~ ryan ~
On Jan 13, 2006, at 8:39 AM, James Edward Gray II wrote:
On Jan 12, 2006, at 11:58 PM, J. Ryan Sobol wrote:
Although I enjoy leading an initiative, I still feel pretty green to the language and don't yet feel comfortable starting a Ruby-focused group on my own.
Why not?
Leading the group doesn't require you know much of anything about Ruby. It requires you be the contact point and planner. You ensure that meetings are scheduled and content is ready for them. This is a service you can provide for those that do know Ruby better than you, which in turn allows you to learn from them. All it takes is a little drive...
Thanks for the pep talk, James. However, I should mention that I've
been on the ground level for a half-a-dozen clubs / organizations:
initiative is one of my strengths. From my experiences, I've
observed that my start-ups tended to have a difficult time convincing
people to stick around longer than a meeting or two when the club's
leaders weren't seasoned veterans. Conversely, we couldn't find
places large enough to hold meetings for my start-ups that had
experienced people at the top. From this, I've concluded that most
people come to their first meeting expecting that some of the
organizers to be at their skill level or higher.
Maybe you can use this to your advantage. What about trying to start
a Learning Ruby group. You could try running a reading group around
Programming Ruby, or Learn to Program with Ruby. After several
meetings you (the group) might be interested in morphing it into a
full blown Ruby Brigade.
A group like this might be able to draw some folks from other
computing groups in the area. While I'm not a fan of meetup.com,
I think they're a good place to trawl for potential Ruby Brigade members.
You might also check out www.gnhlug.org which seems to have a
number of not linux specific things going on. Perhaps posting to
the Rails list would help as well, it often seems that folks on the
Rails list forget/don't know that ruby-talk exists.
That's why I don't yet feel comfortable starting a Ruby-focused group
on my own.
Well, hopefully you can find/gather a small core and turn it into a
Ruby Brigade.
On 1/13/06, J. Ryan Sobol <ryansobol@gmail.com> wrote:
~ ryan ~
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thanks,
-pate
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At RubyConf there was an individual, I believe from San Diego, that said he
had a lot of experience with starting user groups and was willing to assist
anyone that had questions about the process. He might be able to assist you
with planning and details. Does anyone remember who that was?
Michael Trier
At RubyConf there was an individual, I believe from San Diego, that said he
had a lot of experience with starting user groups and was willing to assist
anyone that had questions about the process. He might be able to assist you
with planning and details. Does anyone remember who that was?
well, there are 12 of us listed here:
http://www.43things.com/things/view/92040
I'm not sure who said it at RubyConf though.
On 1/13/06, Michael Trier <mtrier@gmail.com> wrote:
Michael Trier
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thanks,
-pate
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