[Brug-talk] Welcome

[Werner Ramaekers]

Hello,

my name is Werner Ramaekers and i work at the R&D lab of VRT and have
been working with Ruby on Rails since December 2005.

I hope the Belgian Ruby User Group will be successful but i would like
to ask some questions regarding your mail.

I hope we can be as open as possible in expressing our views and hope
to encourage communication in this user group.

1.  The mail address you use is calamitates at gmail.com, you sign with
Peter without a last name and you talk about "We" in the mail as in :
"we are trying to set a date for the first week of October"

So i think it would be helpful to all to be clear about :
a. who is Peter ? does he have a lastname ? :)
b. who is the "we" in your mail,  i think you are asking for the
"brug" community to help out in creating something but i'm afraid
doing it this way will prove to be difficult.

As a long time background in Java starting in 1997 this is not the
first user group that i'm involved in, so i have some experience in
what kind off works and what doesn't  :)

Looking forward to a healthy and vibrant user group

Werner

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On 8/6/07, Calamitas <calamitates at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just wanted to wish you all welcome to brug-talk.
>
> Besides being an abbreviation of Belgian Ruby User Group, the name
> BRUG is intended to reflect our bigger goal: build a bridge between
> Ruby and Belgium. (Although maybe not obvious to those who don't speak
> Dutch.)
>
> Currently, we are trying to set a date for the first week of October.
> That's still relatively long from now, but it gives us time to
> organize things well. We are thinking of starting at 19h-19h30, but we
> can vote on that as it largely depends on when people can get here.
> Depending on the program, the meeting should last about 2 to 3 hours.
>
> Our main concern now is what that program will be. We welcome any
> suggestions. The program can be quite varied, ranging from hour-long
> in-depth technical presentations to short introductions to libraries
> you have used or have written yourself, but it should certainly not be
> limited to that. The program should probably be a good mixture of Ruby
> and Rails; the way I see it, Rails is a big part of Ruby, and vice
> versa. So, if you think you've got something interesting to tell your
> fellow Rubyists, let us know. If you know someone else who can tell us
> a few interesting things, let us know! Oh, and if you can get Matz or
> DHH to come over, definitely let us know!!! The first meeting probably
> shouldn't have the heaviest of programs though; it will be all about
> getting to know each other, about socializing, and we don't want
> people to just come here, listen to a few presentations, and leave.
>
> So... let the flow of topics commence!
>
> With kind regards,
> Peter
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