Thread: MC Triangle PUG

Greetings,

During some discussions at Postrgres Open this week, a number of us
thought it would be a good idea to start (or is it revive) a PUG for the
NC Triangle (that's the Raleigh / Durham / Chapel Hill area for those of
you who don't live here :-) ). I understand that the first thing to kick
this off is a note to the advocacy mailing list, which is what I'm doing
here. If we get enough momentum, monthly meetings with a speaker and
refreshments would be a great goal. A longer term goal might be a
conference day - I don't think there is one held in the whole of the
SouthEast.

If people want to discuss, I'm currently sitting on an irc channel
called #trianglepug on Freenode. Offers of resources will be gratefully
received, I'm sure.

cheers

andrew

On 09/20/2013 11:33 AM, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> During some discussions at Postrgres Open this week, a number of us
> thought it would be a good idea to start (or is it revive) a PUG for
> the NC Triangle (that's the Raleigh / Durham / Chapel Hill area for
> those of you who don't live here :-) ). I understand that the first
> thing to kick this off is a note to the advocacy mailing list, which
> is what I'm doing here. If we get enough momentum, monthly meetings
> with a speaker and refreshments would be a great goal. A longer term
> goal might be a conference day - I don't think there is one held in
> the whole of the SouthEast.
>
> If people want to discuss, I'm currently sitting on an irc channel
> called #trianglepug on Freenode. Offers of resources will be
> gratefully received, I'm sure.
>
>

Of course, I fat fingered to original subject. *sigh*

cheers

andrew

Hi Andrew,

On Sep 20, 2013, at 11:33 AM, Andrew Dunstan wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> During some discussions at Postrgres Open this week, a number of us thought it would be a good idea to start (or is
itrevive) a PUG for the NC Triangle (that's the Raleigh / Durham / Chapel Hill area for those of you who don't live
here:-) ). I understand that the first thing to kick this off is a note to the advocacy mailing list, which is what I'm
doinghere. If we get enough momentum, monthly meetings with a speaker and refreshments would be a great goal. A longer
termgoal might be a conference day - I don't think there is one held in the whole of the SouthEast. 
>
> If people want to discuss, I'm currently sitting on an irc channel called #trianglepug on Freenode. Offers of
resourceswill be gratefully received, I'm sure. 

Glad to see the kickoff!  I would recommend starting a Meetup group on meetup.com to help organize the monthly events.
Doyou already have a mailing list or do you need one created?  The two avenues people are using are either using the
oneMeetup provides or having someone on the pg_infra team set one up.  Once you have a mailing list, I can add the NC
Trianglepug to our community list. 

Thanks,

Jonathan

On 09/20/2013 08:55 AM, Steve Singer wrote:
>
>> Glad to see the kickoff!  I would recommend starting a Meetup group on meetup.com to help organize the monthly
events. Do you already have a mailing list or do you need one created?  The two avenues people are using are either
usingthe one Meetup provides or having someone on the pg_infra team set one up.  Once you have a mailing list, I can
addthe NC Triangle pug to our community list. 
>
>
> Are there community funds available to cover the meetup.com fees?  As I recall a meetup.com organizer membership is
inthe range of $12 a month (which I think allows up to 3 groups). 

Hmmm.  I wonder if we can set up a 2nd group out of the SFPUG account.
Fetter?

--
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
http://pgexperts.com

Andrew,

Also, you already have your own song!

"Triangle PUG, Triangle PUG,
 Doing the things a triangle can.
 What's it like?  It's not important.
 Triangle PUG!"

--
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
http://pgexperts.com

On Sep 20, 2013, at 12:39 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:

> On 09/20/2013 08:55 AM, Steve Singer wrote:
>>
>>> Glad to see the kickoff!  I would recommend starting a Meetup group on meetup.com to help organize the monthly
events. Do you already have a mailing list or do you need one created?  The two avenues people are using are either
usingthe one Meetup provides or having someone on the pg_infra team set one up.  Once you have a mailing list, I can
addthe NC Triangle pug to our community list. 
>>
>>
>> Are there community funds available to cover the meetup.com fees?  As I recall a meetup.com organizer membership is
inthe range of $12 a month (which I think allows up to 3 groups). 
>
> Hmmm.  I wonder if we can set up a 2nd group out of the SFPUG account.
> Fetter?

I think it would be better to have PG.US support NC Triangle PUG directly, given the framework that has been put in
placeto support individual PUGs. 

Jonathan

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/>><br />>> Glad to see the kickoff! I would recommend starting a Meetup group on meetup.com to help organize
themonthly events. Do you already have a mailing list or do you need one created? The two avenues people are using are
eitherusing the one Meetup provides or having someone on the pg_infra team set one up. Once you have a mailing list, I
canadd the NC Triangle pug to our community list.<br />> <br />> <br />> Are there community funds available
tocover the meetup.com fees? As I recall a meetup.com organizer membership is in the range of $12 a month (which I
thinkallows up to 3 groups).<br /><br />Hmmm. I wonder if we can set up a 2nd group out of the SFPUG account.<br
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On 09/20/2013 12:42 PM, Jonathan S. Katz wrote:
> On Sep 20, 2013, at 12:39 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:
>
>> On 09/20/2013 08:55 AM, Steve Singer wrote:
>>>> Glad to see the kickoff!  I would recommend starting a Meetup group on meetup.com to help organize the monthly
events. Do you already have a mailing list or do you need one created?  The two avenues people are using are either
usingthe one Meetup provides or having someone on the pg_infra team set one up.  Once you have a mailing list, I can
addthe NC Triangle pug to our community list. 
>>>
>>> Are there community funds available to cover the meetup.com fees?  As I recall a meetup.com organizer membership is
inthe range of $12 a month (which I think allows up to 3 groups). 
>> Hmmm.  I wonder if we can set up a 2nd group out of the SFPUG account.
>> Fetter?
> I think it would be better to have PG.US support NC Triangle PUG directly, given the framework that has been put in
placeto support individual PUGs. 
>

OK. Let's get a PG hosted mailing list going. How do we go about setting
up the meetup stuff? Just do it and then bill PG.US?

Do we provide web space to PUGs?

cheers

andrew

> OK. Let's get a PG hosted mailing list going. How do we go about setting
> up the meetup stuff? Just do it and then bill PG.US?

Supposedly either SFPUG or PG.US can add you to their existing accounts
somehow.

> Do we provide web space to PUGs?

Not at present, no.

--
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
http://pgexperts.com