[Phpwm] Interested in joining the group

[Gavin Kimpson]

Thanks for quick response!

Yeah I certainly like the idea of food & drink (who doesnt lol), as
for the three questions, can I choose the topic, a-la Mastermind style
:)

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Alex Mace <alex at hollytree.co.uk> wrote:
> You forgot providing copious food at technical meetings - PSL have set
> a standard and I feel we should maintain it ;-)
>
> Welcome Gav. We shall ask you questions, 3 questions. Once you have
> correctly answered them you shall be elevated to "PHP Wizard" and
> allowed to join the group.
>
> Kidding, (I hope) obviously. :)
>
> On 12 Feb 2009, at 12:01, David Goodwin wrote:
>
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>> Gavin Kimpson wrote:
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> I am local to Birmingham and would be interested in joining the group
>>> to meet up with other developers and maybe learn a thing or two! :)
>>>
>>> How often do you run events in Walsall, Wolverhampton or Birmingham
>>> areas?
>>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Gavin (and the other people who have joined in the last day or two)
>>
>> I try to organise meetings on a monthly basis - normally the 2nd
>> Tuesday
>> of a month at 7:30pm. They alternate between social and technical.
>> Technical ones aim to have someone talking about $project/$technology
>> and don't strictly need to be about PHP (e.g. we had a talk about
>> django
>> not so long ago, and our next one will be on MySQL). Social meetings
>> seem to involve going to a Toby Carvery, having a beer and eating as
>> much as possible.
>>
>> Generally our meetings tend to be in Birmingham, Bromsgrove or
>> Coventry.
>> I'd be happy to run a meeting further 'up north' but finding a
>> suitable
>> venue for technical meetings is a pain. (Social meetings are easy as I
>> just need to find a pub!). Hence our meetings tend to be where there
>> is
>> a company where list members work and are prepared to make available
>> conference-like facilities (projector, internet, power and not too
>> much
>> background noise).
>>
>>
>>
>> There's no 'formal joining process' for the group - aside from
>> participating in the mailing list and turning up to meetings every
>> once
>> in a while :)
>>
>>
>>
>> thanks
>> David.
>>
>> - --
>> David Goodwin
>>
>> [ david at codepoets dot co dot uk ]
>> [ http://www.codepoets.co.uk       ]
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