[Beds] January Meeting

[Andy Clements]

Hello Everyone

Back on the list, won't be able to make Thursday due to a prior engagement.

What have I missed ?  Do people still meet on irc ?

Regards
Andy Clements
andy at ancl.org


On Tuesday 11 January 2005 16:25, Neil Darlow wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> A Happy New Year to you all and apologies for the lateness of this posting
> (which is a side-effect of my switch from Mandrake to Gentoo - where does
> the building stop and configuration begin?).
>
> I will be happy to meet at the Pilgrims Progress Public House, Bedford,
> this Thursday 13th, from 8:00PM onwards.
>
> How about a little competition? The challenge is to create a utility to
> e-mail a meeting notification to the list once a month. It should include
> the date of the second Thursday of the month (as I have previously done)
> and inform the list one week earlier.
>
> Let's limit implementations to shell script and interpreted languages
> (runtime compiled languages are permitted) to keep the scale small and
> submit your (tested as far as the mailer command) source to the list for
> everyone's amusement.
>
> There's no prize for the winner other than the kudos of having
> notifications sent out by your code - which will be appropriately
> acknowledged.
>
> Happy hacking and see you on Thursday.
>
> Regards,
> Neil Darlow