[MSLUG] Boston Lisp meeting teleconference
Marc Feeley
feeley at iro.umontreal.ca
Thu May 3 07:24:20 EDT 2012
On 2012-04-21, at 7:11 PM, Marc Feeley wrote:
> Hello everyone. It is high time to plan the next meeting! Unfortunately I don't have a presenter lined up.
>
> On the other hand, I was contacted by François-René Rideau who runs the Boston Lisp meetings (http://fare.livejournal.com/120393.html). He has proposed that we try to arrange a teleconferencing setup so that we can join their meeting. I'll be testing the Google Hangout software to see if it is suitable for this.
>
> The next Boston Lisp meeting is on Thursday May 17 at 6PM. The main attraction is Zach Beane who'll talk about Quicklisp.
>
> So I'd like to know who is interested in coming. We'll meet at the usual place (Université de Montréal).
I have only received 2 positive answers. If you are interested in having a teleconference with the Boston Lisp group on May 17, please speak up!
Marc
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Francois-Rene Rideau <fare at tunes.org>
> Date: Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 23:59
> Subject: [Pl-seminar] Boston Lisp Meeting: Thursday 2012-05-17 Zach
> Beane on Quicklisp
> To: pl-seminar at lists.ccs.neu.edu
>
>
> Boston Lisp Meeting:
> Thursday 2012-05-17
> Zach Beane on Quicklisp
>
> http://fare.livejournal.com/166595.html
>
> A Boston Lisp Meeting will take place on Thursday, May 17th 2012 at 1800 at MIT
> 32-D463 (Star conference room). Zach Beane will speak about Quicklisp.
>
> Additionally, we will have two Lightning Talks. James Knight will discuss his
> ideas on how Common Lisp hackers could better collaborate. François-René Rideau
> will present recent Common Lisp hacks including ASDF 2.21, λ-reader,
> inferior-shell, and more.
>
> 1 Zach Beane on Quicklisp
>
> Quicklisp is a library manager for Common Lisp. It works with your existing
> Common Lisp implementation to download, install, and load any of over 700
> libraries with a few simple commands. http://www.quicklisp.org/beta/
>
> Zach Beane, also known as Xach, is a Common Lisp hacker known for the cool toys
> he builds and his "just do it" attitude.
>
> 2 Lightning Talks
>
> At every meeting, before the main talk, there are two slots for strictly timed
> 5-minute "Lightning Talks" each followed by 2 minutes for questions and
> answers.
>
> James Knight will discuss his ideas on what Common Lisp hackers could do to
> improve how they share software.
>
> François-René Rideau will present recent Common Lisp hacks: xcvb, asdf,
> package-renaming, asdf-encodings, asdf-bundle, λ-reader, reader-interception,
> inferior-shell, rpm, fare-memoization, fare-utils.
>
> 3 Time and Location
>
> The Lisp Meeting will take place on Thursday, May 17th 2012 at 1800 (6pm) at
> MIT 32-D463 (Star conference room).
>
> The Star conference room, MIT 32-D463 on the fourth floor of the Ray and Maria
> Stata Center, 32 Vassar St, Cambridge MA 02139. NB: there are two sets of
> elevators, you want to use those on the south-western side, further away from
> Main St.
>
> MIT map: http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=32
>
> Google map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Stata+Center,+Vassar+Street,+Cambridge,+MA
>
> Many thanks go to Professor Gerald J. Sussman for arranging for the room, and
> to MIT for welcoming us.
>
> 4 Dinner
>
> We don't have any sponsors to offer us dinner, but we're big boys and can
> provide for ourselves. Before we start the conference, we'll organize a big
> pizza order, where those who want can chip in; after the conference is when
> we'll eat it.
>
> 5 More about the Meeting
>
> We are resuming the Boston Lisp Meeting after a hyatus of over a year and a
> half.
>
> We're always looking for more speakers. The call for speakers and all the other
> details are at: http://fare.livejournal.com/120393.html Volunteers to give
> Lightning Talks are also sought. http://fare.livejournal.com/143723.html
>
> For more information, see our web site http://boston-lisp.org/ For posts
> related to the Boston Lisp meetings in general, follow this link:
> http://fare.livejournal.com/tag/boston-lisp-meeting
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>
> Please forward this information to people you think would be interested. Please
> accept my apologies for your receiving this message multiple times. My
> apologies if this announce gets posted to a list where it shouldn't, or fails
> to get posted to a list where it should. Feedback welcome by private email
> reply to fare at tunes.org.
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