Bristol/Bath.pm (was Re: Perl 6?)

[Dave Cross]

Quoting Aaron Trevena <aaron.trevena at gmail.com>:

> On 17/10/2007, Dave Cross <dave at dave.org.uk> wrote:
>> Quoting Aaron Trevena <aaron.trevena at gmail.com>:
>>
>> > On 17/10/2007, Peter Haworth <pmh at edison.ioppublishing.com> wrote:
>> >> On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:29:12 +0100, Lyle - CosmicPerl.com wrote:
>> >> > David Cantrell wrote:
>> >> > > On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 02:16:12AM +0100, Lyle - CosmicPerl.com
>> >> > > wrote:
>> >> > > > At the moment my beyond work Perl time is being spent setting up
>> >> > > > a local Perl M[ou]ngers group ...
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Oh? Where?
>> >> >
>> >> > Bristol and bath, it's not ready yet... Got mailman setup today, but
>> >> > still got to do the site, etc...
>> >>
>> >> Doesn't Bath.pm already exist? OK, it looks a bit moribund, judging by
>> >> bath.pm.org and its mailing list.
>> >
>> > Yes - bath.pm already exists - Lyle subscribed, we said hello.
>> >
>> > Lyle ? If you're want to organise something, just email the existing
>> > bath.pm list. How about just getting a few people together in the pub
>> > for a drink and using the existing and working mailing list to
>> > organise that.
>>
>> That's pretty much what's happening. Lyle has taken over control of
>> Bath.pm (the previous leader had buggered off to Amsterdam!) and has
>> also volunteered to resurrect the dormant Bristol.pm. He's planning to
>> run them as a join Bath/Bristol group.
>
> An email to the existing lists would seem both sensible and at polite
> - quite why I heard about this through an offhand comment on london.pm
> I don't know.

Well, I suggest you wait and see what Lyle does.

>> Don't worry, the people behind pm.org are far too lazy (and I mean
>> that in the nicest possible way) to start setting up new groups where
>> ones already exist.
>
> Seems a bit pointless creating a standalone mailing list outside of
> the perl.org mailing lists that are listed and archived and well
> known.

Not sure why you think that is what has happened. Oh, actually perhaps  
I can. Lyle says above "Got mailman setup today". What he means is  
that he's been given the admin password to both of the existing  
mailman mailing lists (and the web sites).

This is all happening within the existing pm.org infrastructure. This  
kind of stuff goes on all of the time. Nothing at all to worry about.

Dave...