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I joined a Perl user group for a very short time. I live in a rural area and drove a couple hours to attend a meeting. It wasn't at all what I expected. It was
by oblib 7y ago
I joined a Perl user group for a very short time. I live in a rural area and drove a couple hours to attend a meeting. It wasn't at all what I expected. It was basically a Larry Wall fan club.
I have no problem with Larry or fan clubs. They're just not my thing.
- lizmat 7y agoFWIW, I think you've touched on a problem with longer existing user groups: they turn into meetings of long-time friends that like each other's company, but have little to do with the original reason of coming together.