[racket] Boston Area Meet Up

> Does anyone have something in particular they'd like to present about? In
> mid-December, I should have enough data for a talk about using Racket to do some
> Machine Learning on public transit data.
>
> Does anyone else have something more concrete and ready to go?

I have a few Racket-related topics about which I could make a 10
minute presentation.

Assuming Racket 6 is out by then, that could be some good material, too.

> People with opinions, what do you think of the format? My first idea is to have
> a talk followed by an outing to a local eatery. Thoughts on other formats?

I think that's a good format.

Just FYI, not saying it's better, the handful of meetups I've been to
so far all used a format like:

Weeknight
6:00: Network.
6:30: Pizza.
7:00: A half dozen 10 minute presentations.
8:00: Network/bye

This seems to work well for people stopping by after work, and leaving
the rest of the evening for family or a big dinner or whatever people
want to do. Sometimes there's an optional go-to-nearby-bar-X after.

A gotcha is finding some company to sponsor pizza. If the crowd
includes entrepreneurs, it seems a law firm or other services provider
will do it.

But even if that would be a good format, eventually, maybe that's not
the way to kick it off.

On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 7:11 PM, Daniel King <daniel.zidan.king at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Greg Hendershott
> <greghendershott at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I've attended a few things in Boston via Meetup.com, lately.[1]  I've
>> thought, dang, I wish there were one for Racket.
>
> My thoughts exactly ;)
>
>> Question for NEU folks, or others with local space: If someone like
>> Daniel did the organizing, could you provide some space?
>
> So we can definitely get space at NEU and I could look into Harvard space if
> that's more convenient for folks.
>
> People with opinions, what do you think of the format? My first idea is to have
> a talk followed by an outing to a local eatery. Thoughts on other formats?
>
> Does anyone have something in particular they'd like to present about? In
> mid-December, I should have enough data for a talk about using Racket to do some
> Machine Learning on public transit data.
>
> Does anyone else have something more concrete and ready to go?
>
> Are weeknights better than weekends?
>
> --
> Dan King