# Re: Potential Brit ruby meeting formally Chunky Bacon **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [October 26, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-potential-brit-ruby-meeting-formally-chunky-bacon/73730 "2006-10-26T18:18:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**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, 6:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-potential-brit-ruby-meeting-formally-chunky-bacon/73730/1 "2006-10-26T18:18:18Z")
Similar situation for most of the brits going to Denver! I’ll organise something if people want to meet up, but it seems there’s already so much going on that it’s not necessary? Again I am indeed a ruby n00by and even moreso to the ruby community, apologies if stepping on any toes… Gem ---
**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, 6:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-potential-brit-ruby-meeting-formally-chunky-bacon/73730/2 "2006-10-26T18:38:20Z")
Brighton based, and have been trying to flush out a few others for a regular get together. Am definitely up for other meet ups though. I occasionally make the train journey up to LRUG. (is anybody counting?) ---
**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, 1:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-potential-brit-ruby-meeting-formally-chunky-bacon/73730/3 "2006-10-27T01:53:15Z")
Cameron, Gemma (UK) wrote: > Similar situation for most of the brits going to Denver! > > I’ll organise something if people want to meet up, but it seems there’s > already so much going on that it’s not necessary? > > Again I am indeed a ruby n00by and even moreso to the ruby community, > apologies if stepping on any toes… Heavens, I’m certain you haven’t stepped on any toes… unless it was some of those people with, you know, excessively large toes. There’s no reason there can’t be more than one Ruby group within X miles of each other. They can merge or stay separate or whatever the people want. A European group or a London group doesn’t preclude any other group from existing. In Austin, there is a Ruby group and a Rails group. The latter hardly is aware of the former. But whatever. 😉 Hal ---
**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, 2:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-potential-brit-ruby-meeting-formally-chunky-bacon/73730/4 "2006-10-27T14:41:32Z")
On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Hal F. wrote: > some of those people with, you know, excessively large toes. > Sideshow Bob uses Ruby??? 🙂 > > There’s no reason there can’t be more than one Ruby group within > X miles of each other. […] We need more of them. Go ahead and organize something. require “british\_public\_transport\_rant” There’ll be people who can’t get to some given meeting wherever it is put, so the more the better. ``` Hugh ``` ---
**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, 3:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-potential-brit-ruby-meeting-formally-chunky-bacon/73730/5 "2006-10-27T15:21:36Z")
On 10/27/06, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > should probably stop 🙂 But it’s very hard for people to travel to a > meeting that’s more than a few miles away, especially after a work > day, and therefore having more rather than fewer groups makes sense, > if there’s interest. Having just been part of the (very amicable) splitting of URUG into two meeting groups (with a third on the way), I agree whole heartedly with Dave and Hal. Let me give some URUG background that might be mined for advice. URUG is the Utah Ruby U. Group, our mailing list sites at just over 100 members. We used to meet midway (roughly) between Salt Lake City and Provo (they’re about 45 minutes drive time apart), and we had ~30 people showing up to meetings. During the spring, we decided to break up into the UtahValley.rb (Provo and surrounding areas) and the slc.rb. the combined attendance is probably around 35 or 40 now. We took a bit of a dip at first, but seem to have climbed out of that and all of the groups are doing pretty well. We meet on different nights and some folks go to both meetings. We keep planning on regular joint meetings (quarterly, or something), but they just haven’t happened yet. If it hasn’t happened by then, next May, I’m going to throw a URUG.rbbq! We’re also working on a MountainWest RubyConf which we’re hoping to run in mid-March 2007. It looks like there’s another group brewing up in the Layton/Ogden area (30 minutes or so north of Salt Lake City), and we may end up with one down in St. George (4 hours south) before too long as well. Both of these groups (and any others that end up forming) are welcome in the URUG umbrella. Hopefully having an umbrella group will help us share ideas (and speakers), organize joint activities, and keep on growing throughout Utah. > As for events: I’m of the opinion that these, too, should proliferate. > Just watch for conflicts in time and place and naming. In addition to watching out so that you avoid the bad stuff that David’s mentioned, look out for opportunities to work together. Two or three Ruby brigades can do a lot better job at putting together a hacking weekend, or a regional conference than one group can. ---
**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, 2:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-potential-brit-ruby-meeting-formally-chunky-bacon/73730/6 "2006-10-27T14:55:34Z")
Hi – On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Hal F. wrote: > some of those people with, you know, excessively large toes. > > There’s no reason there can’t be more than one Ruby group within > X miles of each other. They can merge or stay separate or whatever > the people want. A European group or a London group doesn’t preclude > any other group from existing. Definitely. Of course if you start calling your group LRUG, you should probably stop 🙂 But it’s very hard for people to travel to a meeting that’s more than a few miles away, especially after a work day, and therefore having more rather than fewer groups makes sense, if there’s interest. As for events: I’m of the opinion that these, too, should proliferate. Just watch for conflicts in time and place and naming. David