[LRUG] Ruby on Red

[Alex Heeton]

Yep, a few of our early attempts had the same problem (10 people RSVP yes,
5 turn up).

Unfortunately we pre-order the wine to get a nice range of bottles to
taste, so we have to commit to paying £80. It means we're now doing tickets
and can't offer refunds (give it to a friend if you can't make it at the
last minute). We'll have to see how that works out!

~Alex




On 26 July 2013 20:05, Alex Reis <alex at alexmreis.com> wrote:

> Love the idea!  We have a similar thing running in Belgium,
> http://rubyburgers.github.io/
>
> I've organized a small meeting myself for 8 (only 3 showed up, but then
> again Belgium is very city-centric and the community is not big), we all
> had a very good time, chatted about coding and life, but the S/N ration was
> definitely better than lots of people in a pub.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alex
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 6:01 PM, Alex Heeton <alex at heeton.me> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> As much as we love crowds and free beer, @BrendanMurphy and I fancy a
>> change.
>>
>> We've experimenting with "Ruby on Red" - a small 8-person meetup where we
>> focus on good discussion around Ruby, programming & tech in general. And
>> wine.
>>
>> Note: RECRUITERS ARE NOT WELCOME (even a developer building a team). If
>> your main reason for attending is to network and be selfish, the wine gods
>> will smite you down and your drink will turn to vinegar in your mouth.
>> Also, you won't be welcome again.
>>
>> We're hoping that some of you lovely lot will attend, and future events
>> can be sort of invite-only. The community will hold a password and share it
>> with other people who want to come and have a nice discussion.
>> *Maybe that's a dumb idea, we'll see :) *
>>
>> The next event is on Thursday (1st August) and we've had good feedback
>> from the couple we've done so far. It's £10 for a ticket, you can book a
>> place at rubyonred.eventbrite.co.uk
>>
>>
>> Hope to see a couple of you there,
>> ~Alex (& Brendan)
>>
>> P.S. There's another Design event - Design & Wine<http://www.designandwine.co.uk> -
>> and feel free to make suggestions for other meetups with silly puns for
>> names. Carber.NET? Java & Java?
>>
>>
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