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Re: [javascript-2] Boston JavaScript Meetup - Status and Future

From: rob larsen
Sent on: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 2:16 PM
With a  group this large our options are the grace of a university or the
grace of a company like IBM. How did the PHP group swing the IBM space?

As a side note, is anyone going to be attending An Event Apart? I am and
would love to meet up with any local JavaScripters who are going to be
attending...

Rob Larsen
http://drunkenfis...
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> I would also like to see the meeting get on the way and continue. I
> know that the PHP group meets at the IBM building in Cambridge which just
> a short walk from the Leachmere T stop. They can hold well over 100
> members easily. This may be worth looking into. Lets get em going.
>  
> Take care,
>  
> Ron
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> --- On Mon, 6/16/08, Jason Wadsworth <[address removed]> wrote:
>
> From: Jason Wadsworth <[address removed]>
> Subject: Re: [javascript-2] Boston JavaScript Meetup - Status and Future
> To: [address removed]
> Date: Monday, June 16, 2008, 11:27 AM
>
> I'd love to see more meetings. I doubt that all 80 people will show up
> to any given meeting, but there will still be a horde to deal with.
> So, we need someplace spacious, and it'd be nice if we could keep the
> meetings somewhere T-accessible.
>
> I don't have any specific ideas, but a good model might be the Boston
> Ruby Group. They use the office space of a start-up in Cambridge
> (Sermo) for the meeting . It'd be great to find some sort of
> sponsorship like that. Anyone have any ideas?
>
> - Jason
>
> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Robert Schultz
> <[address removed]> wrote:
> > I started the Boston JavaScript meetup group because I felt that it
> would
> be
> > a lot of fun to talk about the current state of JavaScript and where
> it
> was
> > headed.
> > We've had two meetings so far and both were a LOT of fun.
> >
> > Since our second meeting this group has grown to nearly 80 members!
> >
> > As awesome as that is, it also means that we've outgrown the location
> we've
> > used in the past which has a maximum capacity of about 25.
> >
> > I'm sending out this e-mail to ask if anyone would like to step up as
> an
> > organizer.
> >
> > What we need is someone who has access to a larger venue and the
> desire to
> > hold future meetups.
> >
> > I can flag any member of the group as an organizer which gives you
> the
> > ability to schedule meetings for the group.
> >
> > I'm also open to any other ideas that anyone has about the future of
> the
> > group and how to handle our growing size :)
> >
> >
> >
> >
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