Re: IXML user meetup - a proposal

Did we set a recurrent date and time for this?

Peter, 44° in Tours

On 16 June 2026 20:57:15 Bethan Tovey-Walsh <bytheway@linguacelta.com> wrote:
> Okay, excellent - sounds like there's at least some interest. I'll work out 
> how to set something up for the week after next and we'll have a trial run 
> (without Peter, sadly, but maybe we can make our first meeting awesome 
> enough that he'll get FOMO and never miss another ;) )
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> BTW
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> Dr. Bethan Tovey-Walsh
> linguacelta.com
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>> On 16 Jun 2026, at 18:14, Peter Flynn <peter@silmaril.ie> wrote:
>> I'd definitely be in for that but not for the next two weeks.
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>> On 16 June 2026 18:28:30 Bethan Tovey-Walsh <bytheway@linguacelta.com> wrote:
>>> Hi, iXMLers!
>>>
>>> I've been thinking for a while that it could be nice to have some kind of 
>>> iXML user meetups, where we can discuss projects and grammars, ask 
>>> questions and talk through problems, maybe do brief show-and-tell of what 
>>> we're doing with iXML. It could also provide an opportunity to ask 
>>> questions of the people who are actively working on the spec about what's 
>>> in the works for v.Next of iXML, or to talk to implementers about how their 
>>> processors work.
>>>
>>> (For me, I confess it would also provide better motivation to get stuff 
>>> done between CG meetings - two weeks is eternity when you're as time-blind 
>>> as I am!)
>>>
>>> To be clear - I'm not proposing an official Community Group meetup, and we 
>>> wouldn't be discussing anything officially. It would just be an opportunity 
>>> to chat, and share ideas, and maybe geek out a bit about grammars and 
>>> parsing and ambiguity and all that good stuff.
>>>
>>> What do people think about this idea? Might you be interested in coming 
>>> along? In particular, if you're an iXML user who doesn't regularly attend 
>>> the CG meetings, might you be interested in a user meetup?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> BTW
>>>
>>>
>>> ****************************************************
>>> Dr. Bethan Tovey-Walsh
>>> linguacelta.com
>>> Golygydd | Editor geirfan.cymru
>>> Croeso i chi ysgrifennu ataf yn y Gymraeg