Re: rename 'working group', 'something better' ;

Surely, with talk of "pumpkings" the logical name for a Perl working group is a "patch", with obvious puns clearly available....

Regards,

Simon

-- 
No witty tag today.

>>> "David Pitts" <[email protected]> 23/07/00 06:06:12 >>>
I was thinking something along the lines of a posse.  I guess it could then
become The Perl Posse.  Sheriff Larry would lead the posse in rounding up
the criminal code and locking it away forever.
Thanks,

David
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Uri Guttman" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 12:12 AM
Subject: rename 'working group', 'something better' ;


>
> at gnat's (wonderful) party i was interested to hear larry and gloria
> say they both disliked the term 'working group' and they and others were
> interested in a better name. larry proposed 'cloysters' (sic) with the
> pun on pearl. other names bandied about include nursery (both with the
> growth and high energy dynamic meanings), tent (from sarathy) and
> kibbutz (a communal group). i entered 'group' into thesaurus.com and
> found one i like, conflux. it has the feeling of temporary and change
> with flux and the group is covered with con.
>
> anyhow, i just wanted to start a thread on this. patches welcome.
>
> uri
>
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