
I'm in town this week, is there any interest in getting together for an informal dinner on, say, Wednesday night? Zach

At or around Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:02:16 -0400, Zach Beane said:
I'm in town this week, is there any interest in getting together for an informal dinner on, say, Wednesday night?
I can't speak for others, but I don't think I can make it tomorrow (Wed.). But I have been arranging for a talk, which looks like it's going to be next week (probably Thursday). It's been suggested that we should perhaps just meet once a month on a set day (the nth foo-day of the month), regardless of whether a formal talk has been arranged. If there's no talk, then we could do tutorials, lightning talks, informal sharing of recent cool hacks, or just dinner. We haven't used this model in the past, but the idea has been growing on me. What do other people think? -- Alex

Alex Plotnick <shrike@netaxs.com> writes:
At or around Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:02:16 -0400, Zach Beane said:
I'm in town this week, is there any interest in getting together for an informal dinner on, say, Wednesday night?
I can't speak for others, but I don't think I can make it tomorrow (Wed.). But I have been arranging for a talk, which looks like it's going to be next week (probably Thursday).
It's been suggested that we should perhaps just meet once a month on a set day (the nth foo-day of the month), regardless of whether a formal talk has been arranged. If there's no talk, then we could do tutorials, lightning talks, informal sharing of recent cool hacks, or just dinner. We haven't used this model in the past, but the idea has been growing on me. What do other people think?
I like it. Other groups do this (LispNYC and Lisp Toronto), it might be good to get info from them about how it's been working out. Zach

I like how LispNYC alternates monthly between a social event and a "formal" talk / presentation. Keith M Corbett On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Zach Beane wrote:
Alex Plotnick <shrike@netaxs.com> writes:
At or around Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:02:16 -0400, Zach Beane said:
I'm in town this week, is there any interest in getting together for an informal dinner on, say, Wednesday night?
I can't speak for others, but I don't think I can make it tomorrow (Wed.). But I have been arranging for a talk, which looks like it's going to be next week (probably Thursday).
It's been suggested that we should perhaps just meet once a month on a set day (the nth foo-day of the month), regardless of whether a formal talk has been arranged. If there's no talk, then we could do tutorials, lightning talks, informal sharing of recent cool hacks, or just dinner. We haven't used this model in the past, but the idea has been growing on me. What do other people think?
I like it. Other groups do this (LispNYC and Lisp Toronto), it might be good to get info from them about how it's been working out.
Zach

On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 09:12:03AM -0400, Alex Plotnick wrote:
It's been suggested that we should perhaps just meet once a month on a set day
Just had a death in the family yesterday so I'm tied up again for this one, but I love the idea of a regular monthly gathering. -- Mason Loring Bliss mason@blisses.org Ewige Blumenkraft! (if awake 'sleep (aref #(sleep dream) (random 2))) -- Hamlet, Act III, Scene I
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Alex Plotnick
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Keith M Corbett
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Mason Loring Bliss
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Zach Beane