Re: Next meeting planning

Hey TorontoPUG-ers,

I would like to thank those of you who came out to the meeting
yesterday. Those of us in attendance agreed on alternating a social
gathering with a more formal presentation-based format, which I'd like
to plan out on the mailing list.

Next month, on July 28th, we will have a meeting at my workplace at
the Nulogy offices (Queen and Bathurst area - more details to follow),
with 2-4 presentations of 15-20 minutes each. Ideally, I think at
least one 'newbie' topic and one 'advanced' topic would provide
something for everyone.

If you have an idea for a topic, please let me (or the mailing list)
know, and let me know what you're considering presenting. I know Steve
Singer had a couple of ideas, and I would be willing to a presentation
on some of the tweakable parameters in PostgreSQL. I think there's
quite a bit of interest in replication and GIS, if anyone wants to
take either of those on.

The other thing I'd like to do it get more people to show up, both to
raise awareness of PostgreSQL, and to build a larger community. I've
identified a MySQL users group (http://mysql.meetup.com/10/) that we
might be able to talk with, let's try to look out for other groups as
well. Try to mention our group to any events or groups you visit over
the next month or so, and point them to our page and/or mailing list.

I look forward to seeing all of you next month!

~Ian Bailey
http://pugs.postgresql.org/torontopug

I've put a similar request on our web page:
http://pugs.postgresql.org/node/440

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Ian Bailey <ian(at)hardcircle(dot)net> wrote:
> Hey TorontoPUG-ers,
>
> I would like to thank those of you who came out to the meeting
> yesterday. Those of us in attendance agreed on alternating a social
> gathering with a more formal presentation-based format, which I'd like
> to plan out on the mailing list.
>
> Next month, on July 28th, we will have a meeting at my workplace at
> the Nulogy offices (Queen and Bathurst area - more details to follow),
> with 2-4 presentations of 15-20 minutes each. Ideally, I think at
> least one 'newbie' topic and one 'advanced' topic would provide
> something for everyone.
>
> If you have an idea for a topic, please let me (or the mailing list)
> know, and let me know what you're considering presenting. I know Steve
> Singer had a couple of ideas, and I would be willing to a presentation
> on some of the tweakable parameters in PostgreSQL. I think there's
> quite a bit of interest in replication and GIS, if anyone wants to
> take either of those on.
>
> The other thing I'd like to do it get more people to show up, both to
> raise awareness of PostgreSQL, and to build a larger community. I've
> identified a MySQL users group (http://mysql.meetup.com/10/) that we
> might be able to talk with, let's try to look out for other groups as
> well. Try to mention our group to any events or groups you visit over
> the next month or so, and point them to our page and/or mailing list.
>
> I look forward to seeing all of you next month!
>
> ~Ian Bailey
> http://pugs.postgresql.org/torontopug
>

On Tue, 24 Jun 2008, Ian Bailey wrote:

> Hey TorontoPUG-ers,

> If you have an idea for a topic, please let me (or the mailing list)
> know, and let me know what you're considering presenting. I know Steve
> Singer had a couple of ideas, and I would be willing to a presentation
> on some of the tweakable parameters in PostgreSQL. I think there's
> quite a bit of interest in replication and GIS, if anyone wants to
> take either of those on.

I should be able to handle a 20 minute presentation on any of:

-Replication options
-GIS/Postgis (geared at newbies, I'm no expert)
-Pl/Proxy

Other topic ideas:

-Vacuuming
-Monitoring postgresql (query logs, pg_stats, pg/snmp, nagios...)
-EXPLAIN
-pl/${favorite_language_here}

On Wed, 25 Jun 2008, Steve Singer wrote:

So it's a little over 2 weeks to the next meeting and this thread sort of
died.

Have any other speakers/topics come forward?
Have we decided what we want the lineup to be?
Should I start preparing a short talk on any of the below topics, if so
which one?

>
> I should be able to handle a 20 minute presentation on any of:
>
> -Replication options
> -GIS/Postgis (geared at newbies, I'm no expert)
> -Pl/Proxy
>

There have been no other topics coming forward, so at this point it's
just me and Steve.

There was some interest on replication at the last meeting, so
presenting on the options might be a good idea.

If anyone else would like to present, please let me know, or just post
to the group. I'll be posting the location and agenda around the
middle of this week, as I have an office with a projector that we can
use.

~Ian

On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 10:33 PM, Steve Singer <ssinger_pg(at)sympatico(dot)ca> wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008, Steve Singer wrote:
>
> So it's a little over 2 weeks to the next meeting and this thread sort of
> died.
>
> Have any other speakers/topics come forward?
> Have we decided what we want the lineup to be?
> Should I start preparing a short talk on any of the below topics, if so
> which one?
>
>>
>> I should be able to handle a 20 minute presentation on any of:
>>
>> -Replication options
>> -GIS/Postgis (geared at newbies, I'm no expert)
>> -Pl/Proxy
>>

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008, Ian Bailey wrote:

> There was some interest on replication at the last meeting, so
> presenting on the options might be a good idea.

Then a presentation on the different replication options it will be.
Everyone invite your friends.