[cap-talk] Capabilities SIG meetings in Silicon Valley?

[Mark S. Miller]

Russell Whitaker wrote:
> Howdy!  I've been lurking the last week or so since I subscribed to
> this list.  I'm very happy to see some old friends and acquaintances
> here.

Hi Russell, good to have you join us!


> The reason I'm breaking silence right now is to ask if anyone would be
> interested in having regular, monthly meetings of a "Capabilities SIG"
> (or some other, better name) hosted at Google's main campus in Mt.
> View, California... would this be welcomed?

Currently, much of the local capabilities crowd gather every Friday morning 
from 10-12 (and then continuing through lunch) at HP Labs in Palo Alto.[*] In 
order to draw some new people in, I think it would indeed be good to hold one 
of these meetings every month on the Google campus. Other Friday morning-ers: 
does this sound good?

Local cap-talkers: if you'd like to show up at the HP Labs Friday morning 
meetings, we gather in the lobby of 1501 Page Mill Dr starting about 9:50.


> I'm thinking something
> along the lines of the BayPIGgies meetings
> (http://www.baypiggies.net/) we also host here...
> 
> ...speaking of which, and only tangentially so: would anyone be
> interested in discussing Pyth-E (to my so-far-limited understanding, a
> cap-secure variant of Python) at one of the next BayPIGgies meetings?

The person doing this is Brett Cannon (cc'ed). "Pyth-E" is our suggested name 
for his project. Last I heard, he has yet to pick a name.

Brett, if you do speak at a BayPIGgies, please let us know. I'd certainly like 
to show up!


[*] The Friday morning discussions among much of the local capabilities crowd 
has been a mostly continuous weekly tradition starting in the mid 1990s at 
Agorics. Funny how easily traditions outlast companies.

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     Cheers,
     --MarkM