[LRUG] RailsConf pre-drinks

[Scott Rutherford]

Hi all,

Pizza On Rails (www.pizzaonrails.com) are holding a "large" event that
night, the email should be going round later today.

Hopefully that will attract a lot of the conference attendees (a few of
the visitors are already on its mailing list), so come along to that -
all are welcome.

Scott

On 14/8/2006, "Murray Steele" <murray.steele at gmail.com> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>As there'll be loads of rubyists (rubyeans? rubes? rubots? what *is* the
>right word here?) around for RailsConf Europe I thought that it might be an
>idea to organise some kind of LRUG-"branded" meetup/event for the evening
>before the conference.  Given that the following 2 days are going to be
>fairly presentation heavy (at least for those of us attending) it seems like
>a simple meetup in a pub might be the best idea, lest we get
>PowerPoint/Keynote/Homegrown-written-in-XUL-slide-application fatigue too
>early.
>
>For anyone attending this will be a chance get to get to know everyone
>before the conference starts.  Perhaps even talk to some of the speakers
>before the event to help you decide which talks to attend (with 4-talks per
>session, I know I'm having dilemmas).  On a more mischievous note I'm sure
>if we get at least one of the speakers drunk enough, we could make them
>accept a bet to do their presentation through the medium of interpretive
>dance or gangsta rap (or both!).
>
>For anyone not attending this would be a great opportunity to network with
>the Rails-igentsia before the conference begins so you won't have to deal
>with in-jokes and discussions about talks you haven't heard (unless you've
>been hyper-keen on the RSS and consumed the 0-day blogz about the event) at
>anything that might happen on the conference nights "proper".
>
>Also, it might just be fun.  There'll be Booze! Crisps! Maybe even Nuts and
>for those lucky few Scampi Fries!!
>
>Anyway, now that I've sold both attendees and non-attendees on the idea,
>some "specifics" of my plan:
>
>If we can get the word out to the rest of the attendee community and given
>the size of last months LRUG meetup it looks like there is potential for
>quite a few folk attending, so a pub with a room / area we could book
>(hopefully one that doesn't require a ridiculous bar-spend promise or
>deposit) would be the best plan, rather than just blindly turning up and
>hoping for space (even on a Wednesday night it could be  stretching it).
>Ideally close to the conference venue as I assume most out-of-towners will
>be staying close-ish to the conference venue.  Of course any recommendations
>for further afield (within reason) are welcome as I'm not sure there are any
>"nice" boozers that close to the venue.
>
>So:
>
>a) anyone up for this? - no point even thinking about organising it if we
>don't think anyone would want to turn up from LRUG.  If we can't muster
>enough folk from our own home turf then what's the likelihood of any
>incoming railers turning up?.  It'll be fun, what else could you possibly be
>doing on a Wednesday evening in September?
>
>b) anyone got any suggestions for a suitable pub / bar in the area - I work
>close by so I can sample them on the way home (anyone who wants to join the
>newly formed LRUG Pub Selection Committee is of course welcome)
>
>Cheers,
>
>Muz