Scott, Count me in - I'm in Santa Cruz. Unfortunately, I'm leaving on Feb 8th for a month's vacation in New Zealand so won't be able to attend the initial meeting, but I would definitly be interested in attending any future meetings. Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>
On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Scott Rossi <[email protected]> wrote: > Are any of you LiveCode developers located in Northern California? > > Would you be interested in attending a LiveCode meetup in the hub of > Silicon > Valley? > > Over the last several months, I've had discussions with a Google colleague > of mine about the possibility of having Google host a LiveCode meetup. > Google often hosts outside events/activities, and while my friend was > willing to help facilitate an event, he was unable to find the proper > channels. Yesterday, some new info came to light, and we may be able to > arrange such an event. > > My original hope was simply to arrange a central location for a user group > meeting. But with RunRev's recent open source goal announcement, it > occurred to me that this could also be an opportunity to provide a LiveCode > introduction for folks who want more info, from developers who actually use > the platform. Google's Mountain View campus is centrally located in > California's Silicon Valley, so it's a prime location for such an event. > > What I would like to find out is: 1) If a meetup/event becomes possible, > how > many folks here would be interested in attending within the next 2 weeks; > and 2) if you are interested, would you be up for doing a short > presentation > on something you've built in LiveCode and/or how you use the platform? > (The > latter is definitely not a requirement.) > > Nor is being in Northern California a requirement -- any folks wishing to > participate from outside the area (such as the SoCal user group, or > anywhere > else) would be welcome. > > If you are interested in this happening and are available within the next 2 > weeks, please respond here or off list to me. I'd like to try to get a > head > count to provide to my friend in case Google wants some sense of bodies to > accommodate. Even if you cannot make it within the next 2 weeks, please > feel > free to respond as we don't yet have any official approval, but may be able > to arrange a later date. In my experience, outside events always take > place > in the evening after work, so take that into consideration. > > I should say again, nothing has been approved yet, but there is reason to > be > hopeful. Best case: we have a nice little informative event that perhaps > gets outside people onboard with LiveCode. Worst case: we get a room of 5 > LiveCoders chatting about arrays. :-) > > Thanks in advance for your responses. Let's see if we can make this > happen. > > Best Regards, > > Scott Rossi > Creative Director > Tactile Media, UX Design > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
