# Re: Potential Brit ruby meeting formally Chunky Bacon

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-potential-brit-ruby-meeting-formally-chunky-bacon/73725>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 26, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-potential-brit-ruby-meeting-formally-chunky-bacon/73725 "2006-10-26T17:58:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![CameronS\_Gemma\_SUK](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/45deac/32.png) [@CameronS\_Gemma\_SUK](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/CameronS_Gemma_SUK)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-potential-brit-ruby-meeting-formally-chunky-bacon/73725/1 "2006-10-26T17:58:16Z")

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Apologies, I’m a n00b.

At least people are more aware that there _is_ stuff going on, for  
instance I’m going along to a meeting in manchester which should be fun!

Gem

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**Author:** ![CameronS\_Gemma\_SUK](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/45deac/32.png) [@CameronS\_Gemma\_SUK](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/CameronS_Gemma_SUK)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 6:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-potential-brit-ruby-meeting-formally-chunky-bacon/73725/2 "2006-10-26T18:06:17Z")

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On 10/26/06, Cameron, Gemma (UK) [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Apologies, I’m a n00b.

And apologies again as I’m not a Brit, and likely won’t be able to come  
to a UK RubyConf no matter how much I’d like to.

> Gem
> 
> On 26/10/06, Cameron, Gemma (UK) [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
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> Britain tends to end up as part of the European Ruby scene right now  
> (which is no bad thing). Euruko is next weekend in Germany, and is dirt  
> cheap (and might still be taking places if you fancy a jaunt east);  
> RailsConf Europe was in London six/seven weeks ago (but RailsConf Europe  
> 2007 will be in Germany).

There’s no reason not to try to put together a nice little regional  
conference  
though, maybe just a Saturday get together with the various extant Ruby  
brigades. Who knows, you might have som much fun you want to do it  
more often. (And maybe you’ll be able to gather in a few of the lost  
Rubyists  
who don’t know what other great Ruby stuff is happening in the UK.)

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**Author:** ![CameronS\_Gemma\_SUK](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/45deac/32.png) [@CameronS\_Gemma\_SUK](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/CameronS_Gemma_SUK)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-potential-brit-ruby-meeting-formally-chunky-bacon/73725/3 "2006-10-26T18:56:22Z")

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I’ve been going to the Scotland ruby group, which has been running for a  
few months now. Probably some people who would be interested in a  
conference in the UK from that.

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**Author:** ![CameronS\_Gemma\_SUK](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/45deac/32.png) [@CameronS\_Gemma\_SUK](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/CameronS_Gemma_SUK)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 12:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-potential-brit-ruby-meeting-formally-chunky-bacon/73725/4 "2006-10-27T12:49:25Z")

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On 26 Oct 2006, at 16:55, Cameron, Gemma (UK) wrote:

> Apologies, I’m a n00b.
> 
> At least people are more aware that there _is_ stuff going on, for  
> instance I’m going along to a meeting in manchester which should be  
> fun!

That’s GeekUp which is a mixture of geeks, PHP, and Ruby guys. Quite  
a bunch of so do Ruby, but it’s not dedicated 100%. No bad thing, IMHO.

See you there, I’m the 6’ tall bald guy in his late twenties. 🙂