<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi all,</div><div><br></div><div>There are tube strikes for most of next week (see <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/campaign/strikes">https://tfl.gov.uk/campaign/strikes</a>) that mean we’re moving the meeting to the following Monday 15th September so it’s easier to attend.</div><div><br></div><div>We’ll be in the same venue (Vonage on Bonhill Street), at the same time (6 for 6:30, done by 8), but the agenda will be slightly different: we’ll still hear about “Inheriting Gems” from Karl Lingiah but we won’t be able to hear Harry Lascelles talk on "Extreme Versioning” any more. We’ve rescheduled Harry to October though, so we will get to hear it, just not in September.</div><div><br></div><div>This does mean we have space for at least one more talk, or a couple if they’re 10 minute lightning talks style. Please get in touch (<a href="mailto:talks@lrug.org">talks@lrug.org</a>) if you think you’ve something to say - we on the organising team, and the attendees will be super grateful if you can share something with us!</div><div><br></div><div>We’ve updated the website, <a href="https://lrug.org/meetings/2025/september/">https://lrug.org/meetings/2025/september/</a> and ticket site <a href="https://www.tickettailor.com/events/lrug/1819832">https://www.tickettailor.com/events/lrug/1819832</a> with the new details. If you have registered but can no longer attend you _should_ be able to self serve on cancelling your ticket if you follow a link in the original email. Otherwise just get in touch with us on <a href="mailto:organisers@lrug.org">organisers@lrug.org</a> and we’ll sort it.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Murray & the rest of the organising team</div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 1 Sept 2025 at 13:17, Murray Steele <<a href="mailto:murray.steele@gmail.com">murray.steele@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>Pinch and a punch for the first of the month. </div><div><br></div><div>The pinch is a reminder that the September LRUG meeting is in a week’s time on the 8th of September. 6pm doors for 6:30 start at the Vonage offices on Bonhill Street (it’s between Old Street and Moorgate tube stations). We have two great talks lined up: “Extreme Versioning” by Harry Lascelles and “Inheriting Gems” by Karl Lingiah. More details on the talks and venue at <a href="https://lrug.org/meetings/2025/september/" target="_blank">https://lrug.org/meetings/2025/september/</a> and you can sign up for a free ticket at <a href="https://www.tickettailor.com/events/lrug/1819832" target="_blank">https://www.tickettailor.com/events/lrug/1819832</a></div><div><br></div><div>The punch is our general call for talks and venues for our upcoming meetings. </div><div><br></div><div>For venues we have Bloom & Wild hosting us on Monday October 13th, but we need venues for all the meetings after that (Mondays November 10th, December 8th, January 12th, February 9th etc…). We don’t need much - space for 20-50 folk (more for Feb as that’s usually a big meeting) - some kind of screen to present via, wifi for the presenters so we can run it through a zoom call to capture the slides + voice and get a “free” recording. Anything more than that (food, drink, better AV) is a bonus! Get in touch at <a href="mailto:sponsors@lrug.org" target="_blank">sponsors@lrug.org</a> and we’ll sort things out. You can even fill out a form to let us know about your venue: <a href="https://forms.gle/PmNKntNR5MDxka8V9" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/PmNKntNR5MDxka8V9</a></div><div><br></div><div>For talks we need stuff to fill those meetings. Perhaps you got rejected from the 2025 conference season and want to share you talk with us anyway? Perhaps you want to rehease something you’re thinking of proposing for the 2026 conference season? Perhaps you’ve got an idea for a practical event? Perhaps you’ve recently learned how some gem or part of a gem, or even single method in the standard library works and want to share that? Perhaps you’ve written a play imagining what the rubygems server is like behind the scenes if we anthropomorphised all the gems (nokogiri is defintely grumpy, httparty is on a constant party bender, rails is nouveau riche, minitest has a chip on its shoulder, etc…). Whatever it is get in touch at <a href="mailto:talks@lrug.org" target="_blank">talks@lrug.org</a> and we’ll give you whateer help you want to that idea into something that fills a slot at a future meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>See you on the 8th!</div><div><br></div><div>Murray & the rest of the organising team</div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 21 Aug 2025 at 10:41, Frederick Cheung via Chat <<a href="mailto:chat@lists.lrug.org" target="_blank">chat@lists.lrug.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div>just to let you know that we now have a second talk for September:</div><div><br></div><div>* "Inheriting Gems" by Karl Lingiah</div><div><br></div><div>Full details as always at <a href="https://lrug.org/meetings/2025/september/" target="_blank">https://<span><span>lrug</span></span>.org/meetings/2025/september/</a> - join us for talks, pizza and more.</div><div><br></div><div>There is space to speak in october, november, december and beyond - if you'd like to talk or have an idea for an alternative activity (quiz, pairing exercise, something else) please get in touch with <a href="mailto:talks@lrug.org" target="_blank">talks@lrug.org</a></div><div><br></div><div>See you on the 8th!</div><div><br></div><div>Best</div><div><br></div><div>Fred & the rest of the organising team</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM Murray Steele via Chat <<a href="mailto:chat@lists.lrug.org" target="_blank">chat@lists.lrug.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi folks,<div><br></div><div>Our September meeting will be on Monday 8th September, hosted by Vonage in their offices on Bonhill Street, just off City Road between Old St and Moorgate tube stations. Doors at 6, to start at 6:30 and be done by 8pm (although we’ll head to a local pub after that to continue the evening).</div><div><br></div><div>We have one talk confirmed:</div><div><br></div><div>* “Extreme Versioning” by Harry Lascalles</div><div><br></div><div>There will be another talk, we are just waiting on the defails which we should get next week and will share then. Don’t worry if you were keen to speak - there’s another LRUG in October, November, December etc… and we’d love to get you booked in. Reply to this or email <a href="mailto:talks@lrug.org" target="_blank">talks@lrug.org</a> and we’ll get it sorted.<br></div><div><br></div><div>More details on the talk and meeting in general at <a href="https://lrug.org/meetings/2025/september/" target="_blank">https://lrug.org/meetings/2025/september/</a> </div><div><br></div><div>To attend you need to do the following:</div><div><br></div><div>1. Read the code of conduct available at <a href="https://readme.lrug.org/#code-of-conduct" target="_blank">https://readme.lrug.org/#code-of-conduct</a></div><div>2. Register for a place via ticket tailor at <a href="https://www.tickettailor.com/events/lrug/1819832" target="_blank">https://www.tickettailor.com/events/lrug/1819832</a></div><div>3. Turn up at the Vongage offices on the 8th between 6pm and 6:30pm</div><div>4. Mingle before the talks start and make new #rubyfriends</div><div>5. Sit quietly and attentively during the talks</div><div>6. Applaud thunderously when speakers come to the stage and finish their talks</div><div>7. etc…</div><div><br></div><div>Hope to see you there!</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Murray & the rest of the organising team</div></div></div></div></div></div>
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