meeting tonight

[Ben Bleything]

So what's the deal? We never came to a decision in the last thread.

Are we having a formal meeting tonight or meeting for beers or what?
Where?

:)

Ben

[Thomas Lockney]

Post by Ben Bleything
So what's the deal? We never came to a decision in the last thread.
Are we having a formal meeting tonight or meeting for beers or what?
Where?

It seems at least a couple people had presentations to make, so if someone
still has a place for us to meet, then let's do that. Otherwise, I'm going
to suggest the Lucky Lab NW (on Quimby) as a possibly meeting place. Not
trying to rock the boat, just trying to move things to a decision. ;~)

[Ryan Jarvinen]

I know the Railsconf this month doesn't occur anywhere near the first
Tuesday. Has there been any discussion about some kind of informal meeting
during the conference week? I'll be in town (from Sacramento) for the
conference and to scout for work.

Post by Thomas Lockney

Post by Ben Bleything
So what's the deal? We never came to a decision in the last thread.
Are we having a formal meeting tonight or meeting for beers or what?
Where?

It seems at least a couple people had presentations to make, so if someone
still has a place for us to meet, then let's do that. Otherwise, I'm going
to suggest the Lucky Lab NW (on Quimby) as a possibly meeting place. Not
trying to rock the boat, just trying to move things to a decision. ;~)
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[Ben Bleything]

Post by Ryan Jarvinen
I know the Railsconf this month doesn't occur anywhere near the first
Tuesday. Has there been any discussion about some kind of informal meeting
during the conference week? I'll be in town (from Sacramento) for the
conference and to scout for work.

Yeah, there's been some discussion about that. If nothing else,
I'm going to be hosting some beer outings :)

Ben

[John Wilger]

Post by Thomas Lockney
It seems at least a couple people had presentations to make, so if someone
still has a place for us to meet, then let's do that. Otherwise, I'm going
to suggest the Lucky Lab NW (on Quimby) as a possibly meeting place. Not
trying to rock the boat, just trying to move things to a decision. ;~)

I just checked with the powers that be where I work, and we are
welcome to use the conference room here for a meeting tonight (and
possibly on an ongoing basis if we like the space.

The office is Color Technology, Inc, 2455 NW Nicolai St., Portland, OR
97210. Should be plenty of parking around 7pm, and there are a number
of places in NW Portland that we could converge on for the
after-meeting beers.

[John Wilger]

Post by John Wilger

Post by Thomas Lockney
It seems at least a couple people had presentations to make, so if someone
still has a place for us to meet, then let's do that. Otherwise, I'm going

I just checked with the powers that be where I work, and we are
welcome to use the conference room here for a meeting tonight (and
possibly on an ongoing basis if we like the space.
The office is Color Technology, Inc, 2455 NW Nicolai St., Portland, OR

So, who's gonna make the call on this one? If we're going to have a
formal meeting and want to use the space here at CTI, I'd like to know
by 17:00, because if we're not having a formal meeting then I'm
probably just going to head home after work.

[Thomas Lockney]

Post by John Wilger

Post by John Wilger
I just checked with the powers that be where I work, and we are
welcome to use the conference room here for a meeting tonight (and
possibly on an ongoing basis if we like the space.
The office is Color Technology, Inc, 2455 NW Nicolai St., Portland, OR

So, who's gonna make the call on this one? If we're going to have a
formal meeting and want to use the space here at CTI, I'd like to know
by 17:00, because if we're not having a formal meeting then I'm
probably just going to head home after work.

Ok, so let's do CTI at 7:00PM and then we can move to one of the local pubs
for beer afterwards. Sound good?

[John Wilger]

Post by Thomas Lockney

Post by John Wilger
I just checked with the powers that be where I work, and we are
welcome to use the conference room here for a meeting tonight
The office is Color Technology, Inc, 2455 NW Nicolai St., Portland, OR

Ok, so let's do CTI at 7:00PM and then we can move to one of the local pubs
for beer afterwards. Sound good?

Cool. The front doors will probably be locked by then. If you show up
and I'm not by the doors to let you in, you can either a) ring my
cellphone at 503-334-2583 or b) walk over to the back door and ring
the doorbell -- just tell whoever answers the door that you're here
for the Ruby meeting in the upstairs conference room.

[Grant Kruger]

Hi all,

My name is Grant and I'm new to Portland. I've been programming for
18 years or so, but the language I'm most familiar with is almost
unheard of here and I'm having to reinvent myself a little. Of all
the languages and approaches I've looked into, Ruby on Rails sounded
like the best of them and I very much want to get into Ruby. A
programmer friend in San Francisco told me that this group is the
largest Ruby group in the country and recommended that I join you at
today's meeting. Does this sound like a good idea for a Ruby rookie?
I certainly would very much like to be there and find out more (I'm
checking out rubyonrails.com at the moment).

Best,
Grant

Post by Ben Bleything
So what's the deal? We never came to a decision in the last thread.
Are we having a formal meeting tonight or meeting for beers or what?
Where?
:)
Ben
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[Ben Bleything]

Post by Grant Kruger
My name is Grant and I'm new to Portland. I've been programming for
18 years or so, but the language I'm most familiar with is almost
unheard of here and I'm having to reinvent myself a little. Of all
the languages and approaches I've looked into, Ruby on Rails sounded
like the best of them and I very much want to get into Ruby. A
programmer friend in San Francisco told me that this group is the
largest Ruby group in the country and recommended that I join you at
today's meeting. Does this sound like a good idea for a Ruby rookie?
I certainly would very much like to be there and find out more (I'm
checking out rubyonrails.com at the moment).

Absolutely! We welcome newbies, both to Ruby and to Portland. It
sounds like we may end up not doing presentations tonight (unless we can
find a space quickly), but you should definitely try to make it out!

Ben

[Grant Kruger]

Post by Ben Bleything
Absolutely! We welcome newbies, both to Ruby and to Portland. It
sounds like we may end up not doing presentations tonight (unless we can
find a space quickly), but you should definitely try to make it out!

Thanks Ben. I look forward to it.

Hans, "relative inexperience in Ruby" is more like "total
inexperience." On the meeting location, though I don't know how big
meetings usually are, I can recommend, despite only having been in
town a few months, rontoms on 600 E Burnside St. It is a big
warehouse-style bar that serves many local brews and has the ability
to cater to groups of varying sizes (I've been to a several functions
there, with the largest having been about 15-20 people I think). Ah,
since I wrote that John made what sounds like a great suggestion,
though clearly I'll leave that decision to all of you.

David and Mike, sorry that I was vague. The language I worked on is
called Natural (as in, I'm a Natural lover ;) ). It is primarily a
mainframe language, though it does have many sites using their PC
version too. It is not like Ruby or PHP in that it is owned and run by
a German company. I picked it up back home in South Africa (they are
found around the globe), before coming to work in many states around
the US. But it is high time I changed direction. Here in Portland I
am told that both the City of Portland and Nike use Natural, but I
have never found a job posting. I've also heard that State government
in Salem might be using Natural. I've used related products, like
Construct, an awesome code generator, and I regret to admit that I
have used the dreaded VB. I continue to do penance ;). Right now I am
also playing with PHP and MySQL.

Mike, on buying beers...maybe after I find a job ;). I looking hard
but the market seems quiet. Suggestions welcome.

Thank you all for the warm welcome. You made my day. I'm really
looking forward to it.

Grant

[David Mirly]

Ah, ok. Thanks. Yes, that's a different world than I live in. ;) I
do seem to recall, however, hearing the name once or twice before.

Again, Welcome!

Post by Grant Kruger
The language I worked on is
called Natural (as in, I'm a Natural lover ;) ).

[Hans Friedrich]

Grant,

Only Ruby Ninjas Need Apply!

Hah, actually, speaking for the group here, but we'd be delighted to
see you this evening. No worries on your relative inexperience with
Ruby. Meetings can run the gamut from beer and tech chat to the
minutiae of particular Ruby-specific cutting-edge stuff. Just hanging
out is fun, and your sure to pick up plenty by osmosis, especially
with your extensive tech background. Looking forward to meeting you
tonight. Stay tuned on the list - it sounds like the meeting location
for tonight is still actively being decided.

Cheers,
Hans

~~

Hans Friedrich
Binary Orange LLC :: Ruby on Rails Consulting, Web Development &
Marketing
http://binaryorange.com

503.440.9985

Post by Grant Kruger
Hi all,
My name is Grant and I'm new to Portland. I've been programming for
18 years or so, but the language I'm most familiar with is almost
unheard of here and I'm having to reinvent myself a little. Of all
the languages and approaches I've looked into, Ruby on Rails sounded
like the best of them and I very much want to get into Ruby. A
programmer friend in San Francisco told me that this group is the
largest Ruby group in the country and recommended that I join you at
today's meeting. Does this sound like a good idea for a Ruby rookie?
I certainly would very much like to be there and find out more (I'm
checking out rubyonrails.com at the moment).
Best,
Grant

Post by Ben Bleything
So what's the deal? We never came to a decision in the last thread.
Are we having a formal meeting tonight or meeting for beers or what?
Where?
:)
Ben
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[David Mirly]

Just curious, what is the "almost unheard of" language?

Thanks and welcome!

Post by Grant Kruger
Hi all,
My name is Grant and I'm new to Portland. I've been programming for
18 years or so, but the language I'm most familiar with is almost
unheard of here and I'm having to reinvent myself a little. Of all
the languages and approaches I've looked into, Ruby on Rails sounded
like the best of them and I very much want to get into Ruby. A
programmer friend in San Francisco told me that this group is the
largest Ruby group in the country and recommended that I join you at
today's meeting. Does this sound like a good idea for a Ruby rookie?
I certainly would very much like to be there and find out more (I'm
checking out rubyonrails.com at the moment).
Best,
Grant

Post by Ben Bleything
So what's the deal? We never came to a decision in the last thread.
Are we having a formal meeting tonight or meeting for beers or what?
Where?
:)
Ben
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[Mike McAulay]

You are welcome to come, but as the new guy you have to buy the beer.

Mike

p.s. I kid! Seriously though, what is the great and secret mystery
language of which None Dare Speak?

Post by Grant Kruger
Hi all,
My name is Grant and I'm new to Portland. I've been programming for
18 years or so, but the language I'm most familiar with is almost
unheard of here and I'm having to reinvent myself a little.