# One day Ruby event in London, later this year. Interested?

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**Created:** [August 1, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-day-ruby-event-in-london-later-this-year-interested/144741 "2008-08-01T17:29:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-day-ruby-event-in-london-later-this-year-interested/144741/1 "2008-08-01T17:29:48Z")

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Hi all,

We’re thinking about putting a one-day Ruby event in London, later  
this year. We want to try putting together an event, but organise it a  
bit differently to regular conferences. In a nutshell:

- It should be cheap enough that you can pay for it from your own  
pocket without feeling bad
- It should be organised completely transparently, with the  
attendees deciding who’d talk and having a pretty good idea what  
they’re going to cover
- Any presentations should be relevant to the attendees, not self-  
indulgent war stories or anecdotes with little value beyond a vaguely  
warm fuzzy feeling.

Will it work? Who knows. To a large extent, it’s entirely up to you.

But before we get into any of that, we’d like to know if it’s  
something you’d be interested in. Please visit [http://rubymanor.org](http://rubymanor.org)  
and let us know.

Thanks!

James A.  
Murray S.

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**Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-day-ruby-event-in-london-later-this-year-interested/144741/2 "2008-08-01T18:38:59Z")

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Hello,

> war stories or anecdotes with little value beyond a vaguely warm fuzzy  
> feeling.
> 
> Will it work? Who knows. To a large extent, it’s entirely up to you.

It’s definitely possible. I helped to organize with another  
Vancouver.rb fellow a free (!) one-day Ruby (and Rails) (un)conference  
in January in Vancouver, B.C on the West Coast in Canada in the  
Americas and we will be back with in 2009! More @  
[http://rubycamp.wordpress.com](http://rubycamp.wordpress.com)

Cheers.

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**Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 9:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-day-ruby-event-in-london-later-this-year-interested/144741/3 "2008-08-01T21:41:48Z")

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Right country; wrong end. Sorry…

On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Gerald B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> > cover  
> > [http://rubycamp.wordpress.com](http://rubycamp.wordpress.com)
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> –  
> Gerald B. - Internet and Rails Professional - [http://rubybook.ca](http://rubybook.ca)

–  
Me, I imagine places that I have never seen / The colored lights in  
fountains, blue and green / And I imagine places that I will never go  
/ Behind these clouds that hang here dark and low  
But it’s there when I’m holding you / There when I’m sleeping too /  
There when there’s nothing left of me / Hanging out behind the  
burned-out factories / Out of reach but leading me / Into the  
beautiful sea