# Re: Potential Brit ruby meeting formally Chunky Bacon **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [October 27, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-potential-brit-ruby-meeting-formally-chunky-bacon/73855 "2006-10-27T16:43:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **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 27, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-potential-brit-ruby-meeting-formally-chunky-bacon/73855/1 "2006-10-27T16:43:46Z")
Thanks Paul but for now it might be best if I did just sit quietly in the corner like a good little girl. Thank you very much to the people who politely informed me of existing groups I can go along to. I’m glad that the profile of the brit ruby community has been raised and we’re all now aware of meetings and groups. It would be nice one day to get these groups and communities together for a few drinks in Blackpool, Bournemouth, Brighton (or some other seaside resort beginning with B) one summer… Plenty of time to plan. At least we know there’s some of us interested. ( : Would be a nice networking day if anything… 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 27, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-potential-brit-ruby-meeting-formally-chunky-bacon/73855/2 "2006-10-27T18:38:02Z")
On 10/27/06, Cameron, Gemma (UK) [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Thanks Paul but for now it might be best if I did > just sit quietly in the corner like a good little girl. Gemma, thanks for instigating a discussion on a grassroots Ruby national/regional UK meetup! Please feel encouraged by the conversation on this thread. All Ruby meetings started with a few people doing what you’ve just done, saying hey let’s meet up and chat about this Ruby thing - naming a date and place and the rest just sort of falls into place. Some reminiscing … I was at the first NYC Ruby group meeting at the beginning of 2004. That was one great guy, Francis H., saying hey let’s meet up. He’d been encouraged by other great people who’d been organizing RubyConf. We only averaged about 5 people a month that first year in New York, but it was the day of the month I most looked forward to! When I got to the UK, I was pleased to find many already interested in Ruby, and it didn’t take much effort for a few of us to turn that into a monthly meeting in London. Back to the point … I’m friends with Tom, and I feel his point was there’re lots of us in the UK and we’re all interested and available to help out. We’ve got contacts with people who’d love to come speak, and with organizations that might like to sponsor or be involved. > Thank you very much to the people who politely > informed me of existing > groups I can go along to. I’m glad that the profile > of the brit ruby > community has been raised and we’re all now aware of meetings and > groups. It would be nice one day to get these groups and communities > together for a few drinks in Blackpool, Bournemouth, Brighton (or some > other seaside resort beginning with B) one summer… Plenty of time to > plan. At our local meetings around the UK let’s discuss people’s interest in larger meetups. Maybe some will be encouraged to start a local meeting too! > At least we know there’s some of us interested. ( : > Would be a nice networking day if anything… I’m sure we’ll see a great meetup come of this! cheers, Rob McKinnon ---
**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, 8:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-potential-brit-ruby-meeting-formally-chunky-bacon/73855/3 "2006-10-27T20:08:11Z")
On 27/10/06, Cameron, Gemma (UK) [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Thanks Paul but for now it might be best if I did just sit quietly in > the corner like a good little girl. So: that kind of response totally wasn’t my intention. Paul thinks I was being rude, which made him angry. Well, I can kind of see why; my response was written in a more abrupt tone than I normally write in, probably because I was at work and in a hurry. At the same time: I probably misread your tone, too. My email tone, for record, is often quite dour, and I was only trying to point out currently existing Ruby groups who might be interested, and might be able to offer support. Also, I wanted to point out that there _is_ a Ruby community in the UK, however tiny. It’s still slightly emergent because Ruby’s profile in the UK has been (until last year) scarce to say the least, and a lot of the uptake in it is due to Rails. So pointing out groups like LRUG and the Manchester-area/Northern crowds is not a way of saying “hey, go here!” but a way of saying “there are other people who might be interested, too!” That was all. I’m sorry if offence was taken, as that wasn’t the intention; I’m also sorry if the purpose of my response wasn’t so clear. I, for one, would be a) interested in such a meeting and b) interested in making it a success (dependent on time and location, of course!). t.