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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://vinspired.com/">http://vinspired.com/</a> are a charity that uses rails, helping out 14-25 year olds find jobs and get on the career ladder.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Drop Jenni Young: (<a href="mailto:Jenni.Young@vinspired.com">Jenni.Young@vinspired.com</a>) an email if you’d be interested in helping them out.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best, Louis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-1ai5sV1KG8aGlNMFhKM3JwLWc"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>IMPORTANT: The many Dangers of uploading your CV to a job board</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://goo.gl/1lkpD"><span style='color:white'>http://goo.gl/1lkpD</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:white'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=TableGrid11 border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;border:none'><tr style='height:224.6pt'><td width=670 valign=top style='width:502.85pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:black;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:224.6pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>[Louis Goff-Beardsley]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> > Ultra-Specialised Independent Ruby-on-Rails Recruitment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> > Software Sales, Business Development & AC Acquisition for the RoR community.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> > LinkedIn:</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/louisbeardsley"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white'>http://www.linkedin.com/in/louisbeardsley</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> > Skype/</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Googletalk/Jabba: LouisRoR@gmail.com</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> > Email: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><a href="mailto:LouisRoR@gmail.com"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white'>LouisRoR@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> > Mobile: </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> 07449 324 851 ¦ </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Land Line: 01183 276 608</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> > Twitter:</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/LouisRoR"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white'>@LouisRoR</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>– Below is ASCII Art that will go totally wrong in plain text :(</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>__________ __ __ __________ <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>\______ \_____ |__| | ______ \______ \ ____ ____ <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> | _/\__ \ | | | / ___/ | _// __ \_/ ___\ <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> | | \ / __ \| | |__\___ \ | | \ ___/\ \___ <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> |____|_ /(____ /__|____/____ > |____|_ /\___ >\___ ><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>IRC: LouisGB - irc.freenode.org #LRUG, #NWRUG, #ruby, #rubyonrails<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="skype:louisgb1?add"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=118 height=23 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.gif@01CD8901.667998B0" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/buttons/add_green_transparent_118x23.gif"></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/LouisRoR"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=88 height=20 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CD8901.667998B0" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/louis.beardsley/Desktop/LouisRoRTag.JPG"></span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>“Louis found my dream job for me. He took a lot of time to get to know me and what I was looking for. He’s obviously got a lot of connections and was able to offer me a variety of roles. Louis actually knows what he’s talking about when it comes to Ruby-on-Rails, which is pretty much unique for a recruiter. He gave me advice on what course of action is best for me, helped me rewrite my CV as I was underselling myself and prepared me for my interviews. Highly recommended!” </span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://uk.linkedin.com/in/louisbeardsley"><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Michal K – Now Developer @ Reevoo - May 9, 2012</span></i></a></span><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. This email (and any attachment) may be confidential and legally privileged. Access and/or use by others is unauthorised and may be unlawful. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. Contents of this email should not be disseminated, distributed or copied.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> chat-bounces@lists.lrug.org [mailto:chat-bounces@lists.lrug.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ronny Ager-Wick<br><b>Sent:</b> 02 September 2012 02:57<br><b>To:</b> London Ruby Users Group<br><b>Cc:</b> Asfand Yar Qazi<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [LRUG] Not for profit organizations using Ruby<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Just out of curiosity, why do you ask?<br>Please don't find this offensive (geeks wouldn't, but I don't know if you're a geek or not), I mean well. It's just that I find it hard to see the need for such information, and also, I think you'll have a hard time getting it, as I doubt many of the non-profits using Ruby are part of LRUG, or even know they're using Ruby.<br>If you're thinking of using Ruby for a project, but want to make sure other non-profits are also using it, then first of all, why is this relevant?<br>If you, for example, are thinking of switching to NGK spark plugs in your car, are you asking NGK forums whether other non-profits are also using NGK plugs? It's about as relevant as whether other non-profits are using the programming language you're thinking of using...<br><br>Anyway, you may have a very relevant reason for asking the question. If you do, I suggest explaining it to us to make it easier to help. Hence the reason for the original question - why do you ask?<br><br>Cheers,<br>Ronny.<br><br><br>On 02/09/12 06:26, Asfand Yar Qazi wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p>I work at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridgeshire, a charity funded organization that performs genome research. I was curious about what other not-for-profit organizations use Ruby for their development needs?<o:p></o:p></p><p>I know that Nature Publishing use Ruby, but I'm not sure they're a not-for-profit.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Thanks<o:p></o:p></p><p>Asfand Yar Qazi<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Chat mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Chat@lists.lrug.org">Chat@lists.lrug.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org">http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>