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As a member of the BAA London discussion group you are a co-owner of this page and can change it when you like. Views that you expect to provoke much discussion might go better at our [[http://groups.google.com/group/baa-london|GoogleGroup]], perhaps with a pointer to the thread here. Please leave a comment in the "edit comment field" as you make changes. As a member of the BAA London discussion group you are a co-owner of this page and can change it when you like. Views that you expect to provoke much discussion might go better at our [[http://groups.google.com/group/baa-london|GoogleGroup]], perhaps with a pointer to the thread here. Please leave a comment in the "edit comment field" as you make changes. This page will not change much until we have had these provocative exchange of views, but if you want to say something please feel free to say it here.
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The Edgar Wallace, 40 Essex Street,London WC2R 3JF [[http://edgarwallacepub.com/|click here]] for full venue details. There are usually two or three guest beers available.
The Knights Templar, 95 Chancery Lane, Off Carey Street, Near Fleet Street,Greater London, WC2A 1DT [[https://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/pubs/the-knights-templar-near-fleet-street/|full venue details]]- a word of warning as JD Wetherspoon has a dodgy security certificate & Firefox complains, but hey, they are a pub chain, not a software company. There are lots of guest beers available.

Next venue (for the BAPLA AGM) is the [[http://www.thealbionlondon.com/|Albion]] a Youngs pub.at 2/3 New Bridge Street, London, EC4V 6AA
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We have have recently changed from thee last Friday of the month to a Friday earlier in the month. We hope this will be quieter. We have have recently changed from the last Friday of the month to the last Monday. Let's see how that goes.
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As far as something that has only happened only a few times can have a norm we usually: Meet downstairs between 2 and 3pm; move upstairs about 3pm; '''either''' gather together for a themed meeting maybe using the large screen; '''or''' split into smaller groups around computers connected via the WIFI; around 4:30pm it becomes more difficult to hold a single meeting; so we split into smaller groups some going downstairs again. By the start of the meeting we should know who is going to record the meeting, by the end we should know what is going to happen at the next meeting.
=== What others do ===
The next few lines were added by EllisMorgan on 2 February 2009, is this the right place to ask these questions?
As far as something that has only happened only a few times can have a norm we usually: Meet downstairs between 2 and 3pm; move upstairs about 3pm; '''either''' gather together for a themed meeting (the Albion has large TV screen we can use for presentations); '''or''' split into smaller groups around computers connected via the WIFI, usually provided by PhilLast. Later on, it becomes more difficult to hold a single meeting (APLers being more difficult to keep in a single group that it is to herd cats); so we split into smaller groups, some going downstairs again. By the start of the meeting we should know who is going to record the meeting, by the end we should know what is going to happen at the next meeting.
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A group of about 15 (so far) APL users have started meeting once a month or so in London at the Edgar Wallace pub in the afternoon. The third meeting was held on Friday 30 January 2009 and some notes about it have been posted to the BAA London !GoogleGroup, see http://groups.google.com/group/baa-london

The next meeting will focus on "APL and Education" and the arrangements will be published soon.

I think the aims, records and announcements of these meetings would be more manageable if they were kept here, perhaps with the archive of past meetings being kept at BAA London as files. One advantage would be that we could jointly edit the documents without the "full audit" style of additional comments posted to to threads in groups. We could have three pages here BAALondonMeetings, BAALondonNextMeeting, BAALondonLastMeeting. Does this sound like a good idea?

I am posting pointers to the BAA London group here, at CLA (computer.language.apl !NewsGroup), and at the Dyalog Users Group. Are there other places I should consider?

This discussion moved to [[BAALondon|BAA London]]. 2009-03-03 23.18.33
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== What others do ==
See [[Community/UserGroups|Community/UserGroups]] for a list of user groups held in the WIKI
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There is another list at http://www.vector.org.uk/?area=comm
<<BR>> Because Devon was helpful enough to point me in that direction I have looked at NYCJUG. By the time you see this I will have started a thread in the Google Group about it.
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Devon, I will take a look and tell the others at Fridays meeting, thanks Ellis. <<Include(BaaLondonPublicyForMeetings,,to="^----")>>

Running BAA London

Introduction

RunningBAALondon is the page to use if you want to discuss what the BAA London group should do and how it should do it. It is a separate page so that people who just want to find out what the group does, with a view to coming to a meeting, do not have to bother themselves with all this.

Changing this page

As a member of the BAA London discussion group you are a co-owner of this page and can change it when you like. Views that you expect to provoke much discussion might go better at our GoogleGroup, perhaps with a pointer to the thread here. Please leave a comment in the "edit comment field" as you make changes. This page will not change much until we have had these provocative exchange of views, but if you want to say something please feel free to say it here.

A typical Meeting

When we are well organised actual details for the next meeting are in BaaLondon.

Usual venue

The Knights Templar, 95 Chancery Lane, Off Carey Street, Near Fleet Street,Greater London, WC2A 1DT full venue details- a word of warning as JD Wetherspoon has a dodgy security certificate & Firefox complains, but hey, they are a pub chain, not a software company. There are lots of guest beers available.

Next venue (for the BAPLA AGM) is the Albion a Youngs pub.at 2/3 New Bridge Street, London, EC4V 6AA

Usual Date

We have have recently changed from the last Friday of the month to the last Monday. Let's see how that goes.

Typical Agenda

As far as something that has only happened only a few times can have a norm we usually: Meet downstairs between 2 and 3pm; move upstairs about 3pm; either gather together for a themed meeting (the Albion has large TV screen we can use for presentations); or split into smaller groups around computers connected via the WIFI, usually provided by PhilLast. Later on, it becomes more difficult to hold a single meeting (APLers being more difficult to keep in a single group that it is to herd cats); so we split into smaller groups, some going downstairs again. By the start of the meeting we should know who is going to record the meeting, by the end we should know what is going to happen at the next meeting.

What others do

See Community/UserGroups for a list of user groups held in the WIKI
There is another list at http://www.vector.org.uk/?area=comm
Because Devon was helpful enough to point me in that direction I have looked at NYCJUG. By the time you see this I will have started a thread in the Google Group about it.

NYCJUG

Ellis - I run a monthly group here in New York City for J called NYCJUG (NYC J-Users Group): see http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/NYCJUG to see how we use the J wiki to post notices and meeting notes. Also, it wouldn't hurt to send a message to general@jsoftware.com to ask about posting meeting notices there (as long as you're not worried about possible infection.)

Also, you might want to list on Gary's Guide: http://www.garysguide.org/ and any other general, technical lists for your area of which you may be aware.

Good luck!

DevonMcCormick

Publicity For Meetings

Before each meeting we ask a group member to post its details in the following places:

here

BAALondon Google Group

comp.lang.apl

Dyalog Users Group

Vector

continued here

Members are encouraged to do the same in places we may not otherwise think of, and to post links to the WIKI there too. To avoid duplication this is where I know links have been put:

Gary's guide

and this...

continued here

A reminder should be sent to BAALondon Google Group and comp.lang.apl a week before the meeting.


CategoryBaaLondon

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