As posted earlier on Jan 20, the first meeting of our New York City
Perl 6 study group will be held:

Saturday, February 6, 1:00 - 3:00 pm

... with subsequent sessions to be held on the first Saturdays of
March, April, May and June.

Saturday, March 5
Saturday, April 2
Saturday, May 7
Saturday, June 4

Location (at least for first session):

d.b.a.
41 First Ave
Manhattan
between East 2 and East 3 Streets
http://tinyurl.com/gphhdja

I've been over to d.b.a. and verified that they have open access WiFi
via which I was able to get on IRC and to ssh to my server.  I've been
in touch with d.b.a. management; they are reserving two long tables in
the patio for us for these hours.  Don't drink alcohol if you don't
want to, but do order something from the bar.  No food served, but
okay to bring in sandwiches; there's a deli next door I've been
patronizing for 25+ years and if you're really hungry Katz's is
nearby.

Subway:

F-train to Second Ave; exit at First Ave (east) end of station

Be sure to check http://web.mta.info/weekender/lineview.html?r=f for
weekend train re-routings.

R.S.V.P:

Each of you who is receiving this email has RSVP-ed to me either
directly or through Charlie Gonzalez.  (One person has RSVP-ed for the
series but will miss the first session.)  I will be posting this event
on the New York Perl Meetup page
(http://www.meetup.com/The-New-York-Perl-Meetup-Group/), but you do
not have to RSVP again there.

Preparation for Meeting:

1. Try to get the Rakudo Star distribution of Perl 6 and Panda
installed on the laptop you will use at the session.  (Note:  This is
a collective work meeting, not a discussion meeting.  So the
expectation is that you will actually bring your laptop to the
meeting.)

Official instructions:
http://rakudo.org/how-to-get-rakudo/

Good blog post by Mike Friedman:
http://friedo.com/blog/2016/01/exploring-perl-6-up-and-running

Good blog post by David Farrell:
http://perltricks.com/article/207/2015/12/31/How-to-get-Perl-6-now

By our first meeting a new version of Rakudo Star should be available.
But if it is not, the 2015.11 version will suffice.

2. 3-prong power strips will be helpful.

3. Be ready to spend 2 minutes *max* describing what you've already
done in Perl6.  "Nothing" is a perfectly acceptable answer.

4. Think of what goals you would like to set for yourself for this
5-session group.

5. Think of what projects we might work on collectively during the
five sessions.

Reference:

This message will be posted at:

http://thenceforward.net/perl/misc/nyc_perl6/

Thank you very much.
Jim Keenan