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1 State St, Suite 401
Providence, RI

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Parking is in the main lot in front of the building.

If you have a talk you’d like to present please post to the mailing list as usual.

If you haven’t yet, please signup for the RIRUG Google Group mailing list. The mailing list is where most discussion regarding meeting planning will happen and is also a great place for you to stay in touch with the Ruby community here in RI. Use the mailing list as a way to pick each others brains on development issues, new ideas, and anything else that crosses your mind.

Thanks to Matt Gillooly for talking about his experience during RailsRumble2008 and the Twitter client they created, Twalala. I’ve embedded the Sinatra Presentation I gave last night below. You can also download the full presentation at SlideShare. If you have any questions about Sinatra or Haml just send a note to the mailing list.

I want to give another huge thanks again to Wayne Franklin for letting us use the beautiful OfficeLAB space last night to host our meeting. If you or someone you know is looking for some co-working office space or needs a conference room to use, please get in touch with Wayne and utilize the great location he has setup.

Thanks also to Addison-Wesley for sponsoring the meeting and providing us with some Ruby books and a conference pass to give away. For everyone who was at the meeting, you can take advantage off the $200 discount to the upcoming “Voices That Matter: Professional Ruby Conference” in Boston this Nov 17-20 by using code “PRJUSER” when you signup for a conference pass.

Monday, October 27, 2008 we will be holding the first meeting at OfficeLab in Providence, RI. OfficeLab is located at 170 Westminster St. in the old Federal Reserve building.

The meeting will run from roughly 6pm – 8pm but you can start showing up around 5:30.

Addison-Wesley has been very gracious in sponsoring the first meeting. We will have several books from their Professional Ruby Series to give away as well as discounts and a free pass to the upcoming Voices That Matter: Professional Ruby Conference in Boston this November.

If you haven’t yet, please join the RIRUG Google Group and participate in the discussions taking place there.

If you plan to attend the first meeting, please reply either here below or on the Google Group mailing list so we can properly anticipate how many will show up.

If you are interested in giving a short (or long) presentation at the first or any future meetings, please let me know as well so I can coordinate that with you.

Hope to see you all there!

We still have a bit of work to do on the planning side – mainly lining up volunteers to speak and finding a date and location.

We’ll need a few people to volunteer to give a short talk or presentation since I haven’t been able to line a guest speaker up yet. The more volunteers the shorter everyone needs to talk. Maybe the first meeting can just be a simple “Drop your Pants” session where everyone gives a blitz talk on what projects they are currently working on??

Ideas? Comments? Suggestions?

Leave a comment if you are willing to give a talk and/or if you have any suggestions on a venue for the meetup.

Here is the original discussion thread on RI Nexus as well.