interest in this list?

> new owner appears.
>
> Please let us know.
>
> --
> Alvaro Herrera
>
>
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> The list is moribund. It had some good days a few years ago with the
> backing of Fujitsu FAST and personalities like Charles Duffy and Gavin
> Sherry
> (I imagine Charles Duffy is the owner you mention? I believe he's in
> India these days).
>
> I believe the list can be safely closed.
>
> Best regards,
> Stuart.
>
> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 4:06 AM, Alvaro Herrera
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Howdy Sydpuggers,
>>
>> The previous list owner's email for this list no longer works; in
>> fact,
>> the person in charge is not even in Sydney at all.  I wonder if
>> there's
>> still any interest in the SydPUG, and whether there's anybody who
>> would
>> like to be in charge of this list.
>>
>> If there's no interest, we will close the list to further activity,
>> until a new owner appears.
>>
>> Please let us know.
>>
>> --
>> Alvaro Herrera
>>
>> --
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>
>
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> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 07:28:52AM +1000, Philip Rhoades wrote:
>> People,
>>
>> Two things come to mind:
>>
>> - Is anyone interested in running an intro course on PL/pgSQL ? - I
>> have never really had DBs myself that needed this sort of
>> performance improvement but it would be a good thing to do.
>
> PL/pgsql is relatively simple as languages go.  Are there particular
> issues you've been having?

> People,
>
> Two things come to mind:
>
> - Is anyone interested in running an intro course on PL/pgSQL ? - I
> have never really had DBs myself that needed this sort of performance
> improvement but it would be a good thing to do.
>
> - I soon will need to set up large and growing DBs of large chunks of
> written text and be able to parse that for semantic meaning - it looks
> like Sphynx and Xapian would be more suited to this sort of stuff but
> it would be nice if I could stick to PG - any comments?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil.
>
>
> On 2013-04-09 23:23, Stuart Cooper wrote:
>> The list is moribund. It had some good days a few years ago with the
>> backing of Fujitsu FAST and personalities like Charles Duffy and
>> Gavin Sherry
>> (I imagine Charles Duffy is the owner you mention? I believe he's in
>> India these days).
>>
>> I believe the list can be safely closed.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Stuart.
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 4:06 AM, Alvaro Herrera
>> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>>> Howdy Sydpuggers,
>>>
>>> The previous list owner's email for this list no longer works; in fact,
>>> the person in charge is not even in Sydney at all.  I wonder if there's
>>> still any interest in the SydPUG, and whether there's anybody who would
>>> like to be in charge of this list.
>>>
>>> If there's no interest, we will close the list to further activity,
>>> until a new owner appears.
>>>
>>> Please let us know.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Alvaro Herrera
>>>
>>> --
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>>> To make changes to your subscription:
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>>
>>
>>
>> Links:
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>> [1] http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/sydpug
>

> Philip,
> LISAsoft has teamed up with EnterpriseDB to provide commercial
> support and services for Postgres in Australia and New Zealand.
>
> In particular, we have upcoming training in "Postgres Administration"
> and also comprehensive course on the spatial functionality provided by
> PostGIS.
> Details here: http://lisasoft.com/training-schedule
>
> If there is a demand for a PL/pgSQL introduction course, we'd be
> happy to add that to our list of courses. Are you aware of sufficient
> demand fill a classroom?

> On 10/04/2013 7:28 AM, Philip Rhoades wrote:
>> People,
>>
>> Two things come to mind:
>>
>> - Is anyone interested in running an intro course on PL/pgSQL ? - I
>> have never really had DBs myself that needed this sort of performance
>> improvement but it would be a good thing to do.
>>
>> - I soon will need to set up large and growing DBs of large chunks of
>> written text and be able to parse that for semantic meaning - it looks
>> like Sphynx and Xapian would be more suited to this sort of stuff but
>> it would be nice if I could stick to PG - any comments?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Phil.
>>
>>
>> On 2013-04-09 23:23, Stuart Cooper wrote:
>>> The list is moribund. It had some good days a few years ago with the
>>> backing of Fujitsu FAST and personalities like Charles Duffy and
>>> Gavin Sherry
>>> (I imagine Charles Duffy is the owner you mention? I believe he's in
>>> India these days).
>>>
>>> I believe the list can be safely closed.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Stuart.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 4:06 AM, Alvaro Herrera
>>> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Howdy Sydpuggers,
>>>>
>>>> The previous list owner's email for this list no longer works; in
>>>> fact,
>>>> the person in charge is not even in Sydney at all.  I wonder if
>>>> there's
>>>> still any interest in the SydPUG, and whether there's anybody who
>>>> would
>>>> like to be in charge of this list.
>>>>
>>>> If there's no interest, we will close the list to further activity,
>>>> until a new owner appears.
>>>>
>>>> Please let us know.
>>>>
>>>> -- Alvaro Herrera
>>>>
>>>> -- Sent via sydpug mailing list ([hidden email])
>>>> To make changes to your subscription:
>>>> http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/sydpug [1]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Links:
>>> ------
>>> [1] http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/sydpug
>>
>
>
> --
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> Software and Data Solutions Manager
> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
>
> Think Globally, Fix Locally
> Geospatial & Data Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open
> Source
> http://www.lisasoft.com
>
>
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>
>
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> Cameron,
>
>
> On 2013-04-10 14:47, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>> Philip,
>> LISAsoft has teamed up with EnterpriseDB to provide commercial
>> support and services for Postgres in Australia and New Zealand.
>>
>> In particular, we have upcoming training in "Postgres Administration"
>> and also comprehensive course on the spatial functionality provided by
>> PostGIS.
>> Details here: http://lisasoft.com/training-schedule
>>
>> If there is a demand for a PL/pgSQL introduction course, we'd be
>> happy to add that to our list of courses. Are you aware of sufficient
>> demand fill a classroom?
>
>
> I was only speaking for me before the list was wound up . .
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil.
>
>
>> On 10/04/2013 7:28 AM, Philip Rhoades wrote:
>>> People,
>>>
>>> Two things come to mind:
>>>
>>> - Is anyone interested in running an intro course on PL/pgSQL ? - I
>>> have never really had DBs myself that needed this sort of
>>> performance improvement but it would be a good thing to do.
>>>
>>> - I soon will need to set up large and growing DBs of large chunks
>>> of written text and be able to parse that for semantic meaning - it
>>> looks like Sphynx and Xapian would be more suited to this sort of
>>> stuff but it would be nice if I could stick to PG - any comments?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Phil.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2013-04-09 23:23, Stuart Cooper wrote:
>>>> The list is moribund. It had some good days a few years ago with the
>>>> backing of Fujitsu FAST and personalities like Charles Duffy and
>>>> Gavin Sherry
>>>> (I imagine Charles Duffy is the owner you mention? I believe he's in
>>>> India these days).
>>>>
>>>> I believe the list can be safely closed.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Stuart.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 4:06 AM, Alvaro Herrera
>>>> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Howdy Sydpuggers,
>>>>>
>>>>> The previous list owner's email for this list no longer works; in
>>>>> fact,
>>>>> the person in charge is not even in Sydney at all.  I wonder if
>>>>> there's
>>>>> still any interest in the SydPUG, and whether there's anybody who
>>>>> would
>>>>> like to be in charge of this list.
>>>>>
>>>>> If there's no interest, we will close the list to further activity,
>>>>> until a new owner appears.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please let us know.
>>>>>
>>>>> -- Alvaro Herrera
>>>>>
>>>>> -- Sent via sydpug mailing list ([hidden email])
>>>>> To make changes to your subscription:
>>>>> http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/sydpug [1]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Links:
>>>> ------
>>>> [1] http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/sydpug
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cameron Shorter
>> Software and Data Solutions Manager
>> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
>> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
>>
>> Think Globally, Fix Locally
>> Geospatial & Data Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
>> http://www.lisasoft.com
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
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>> any part of it or otherwise disclose its contents to anyone. Please
>> advise the sender of your incorrect receipt of this correspondence.
>

> It would be good to have a PG session.
>
> Catalyst would be happy to host this event. Our office is 89 York St
> in the city. We are just in the process of an office move so would be
> best in a few weeks.
>
> Happy to do a talk as well if required.
>  - We did an Oracle -> Postgres migration project for Moodle for a
> Queensland university last year which was an interesting case study.
>
> Any interest?
>
> n 10/04/13 15:00, Philip Rhoades wrote:
>> Cameron,
>>
>>
>> On 2013-04-10 14:47, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>> Philip,
>>> LISAsoft has teamed up with EnterpriseDB to provide commercial
>>> support and services for Postgres in Australia and New Zealand.
>>>
>>> In particular, we have upcoming training in "Postgres
>>> Administration"
>>> and also comprehensive course on the spatial functionality provided
>>> by
>>> PostGIS.
>>> Details here: http://lisasoft.com/training-schedule
>>>
>>> If there is a demand for a PL/pgSQL introduction course, we'd be
>>> happy to add that to our list of courses. Are you aware of
>>> sufficient
>>> demand fill a classroom?
>>
>>
>> I was only speaking for me before the list was wound up . .
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Phil.
>>
>>
>>> On 10/04/2013 7:28 AM, Philip Rhoades wrote:
>>>> People,
>>>>
>>>> Two things come to mind:
>>>>
>>>> - Is anyone interested in running an intro course on PL/pgSQL ? - I
>>>> have never really had DBs myself that needed this sort of
>>>> performance improvement but it would be a good thing to do.
>>>>
>>>> - I soon will need to set up large and growing DBs of large chunks
>>>> of written text and be able to parse that for semantic meaning - it
>>>> looks like Sphynx and Xapian would be more suited to this sort of
>>>> stuff but it would be nice if I could stick to PG - any comments?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Phil.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2013-04-09 23:23, Stuart Cooper wrote:
>>>>> The list is moribund. It had some good days a few years ago with
>>>>> the
>>>>> backing of Fujitsu FAST and personalities like Charles Duffy and
>>>>> Gavin Sherry
>>>>> (I imagine Charles Duffy is the owner you mention? I believe he's
>>>>> in
>>>>> India these days).
>>>>>
>>>>> I believe the list can be safely closed.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>> Stuart.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 4:06 AM, Alvaro Herrera
>>>>> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Howdy Sydpuggers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The previous list owner's email for this list no longer works; in
>>>>>> fact,
>>>>>> the person in charge is not even in Sydney at all.  I wonder if
>>>>>> there's
>>>>>> still any interest in the SydPUG, and whether there's anybody who
>>>>>> would
>>>>>> like to be in charge of this list.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If there's no interest, we will close the list to further
>>>>>> activity,
>>>>>> until a new owner appears.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please let us know.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- Alvaro Herrera
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- Sent via sydpug mailing list ([hidden email])
>>>>>> To make changes to your subscription:
>>>>>> http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/sydpug [1]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Links:
>>>>> ------
>>>>> [1] http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/sydpug
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -- Cameron Shorter
>>> Software and Data Solutions Manager
>>> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
>>> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
>>>
>>> Think Globally, Fix Locally
>>> Geospatial & Data Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open
>>> Source
>>> http://www.lisasoft.com
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> The contents of this email are confidential and may be subject to
>>> legal or professional privilege and copyright. No representation is
>>> made that this email is free of viruses or other defects. If you
>>> have
>>> received this communication in error, you may not copy or distribute
>>> any part of it or otherwise disclose its contents to anyone. Please
>>> advise the sender of your incorrect receipt of this correspondence.
>>

> People,
>
> I would be interested in going to some talks but eg I am not
> interested in an Oracle migration talk.  I could set up another Meetup
> group (on my account) for six months as a test - if someone else was
> prepared to be the main "organiser" - a Meetup group might reach a
> wider PG audience than this list has?
>
> Regards,
>
> Phil.
>
>
> On 2013-04-10 15:29, Andrew Boag wrote:
>> It would be good to have a PG session.
>>
>> Catalyst would be happy to host this event. Our office is 89 York St
>> in the city. We are just in the process of an office move so would be
>> best in a few weeks.
>>
>> Happy to do a talk as well if required.
>>  - We did an Oracle -> Postgres migration project for Moodle for a
>> Queensland university last year which was an interesting case study.
>>
>> Any interest?
>>
>> n 10/04/13 15:00, Philip Rhoades wrote:
>>> Cameron,
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2013-04-10 14:47, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>>> Philip,
>>>> LISAsoft has teamed up with EnterpriseDB to provide commercial
>>>> support and services for Postgres in Australia and New Zealand.
>>>>
>>>> In particular, we have upcoming training in "Postgres Administration"
>>>> and also comprehensive course on the spatial functionality provided by
>>>> PostGIS.
>>>> Details here: http://lisasoft.com/training-schedule
>>>>
>>>> If there is a demand for a PL/pgSQL introduction course, we'd be
>>>> happy to add that to our list of courses. Are you aware of sufficient
>>>> demand fill a classroom?
>>>
>>>
>>> I was only speaking for me before the list was wound up . .
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Phil.
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 10/04/2013 7:28 AM, Philip Rhoades wrote:
>>>>> People,
>>>>>
>>>>> Two things come to mind:
>>>>>
>>>>> - Is anyone interested in running an intro course on PL/pgSQL ? -
>>>>> I have never really had DBs myself that needed this sort of
>>>>> performance improvement but it would be a good thing to do.
>>>>>
>>>>> - I soon will need to set up large and growing DBs of large chunks
>>>>> of written text and be able to parse that for semantic meaning -
>>>>> it looks like Sphynx and Xapian would be more suited to this sort
>>>>> of stuff but it would be nice if I could stick to PG - any comments?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Phil.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2013-04-09 23:23, Stuart Cooper wrote:
>>>>>> The list is moribund. It had some good days a few years ago with the
>>>>>> backing of Fujitsu FAST and personalities like Charles Duffy and
>>>>>> Gavin Sherry
>>>>>> (I imagine Charles Duffy is the owner you mention? I believe he's in
>>>>>> India these days).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I believe the list can be safely closed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>> Stuart.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 4:06 AM, Alvaro Herrera
>>>>>> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Howdy Sydpuggers,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The previous list owner's email for this list no longer works;
>>>>>>> in fact,
>>>>>>> the person in charge is not even in Sydney at all.  I wonder if
>>>>>>> there's
>>>>>>> still any interest in the SydPUG, and whether there's anybody
>>>>>>> who would
>>>>>>> like to be in charge of this list.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If there's no interest, we will close the list to further activity,
>>>>>>> until a new owner appears.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please let us know.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -- Alvaro Herrera
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -- Sent via sydpug mailing list ([hidden email])
>>>>>>> To make changes to your subscription:
>>>>>>> http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/sydpug [1]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Links:
>>>>>> ------
>>>>>> [1] http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/sydpug
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- Cameron Shorter
>>>> Software and Data Solutions Manager
>>>> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
>>>> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
>>>>
>>>> Think Globally, Fix Locally
>>>> Geospatial & Data Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open
>>>> Source
>>>> http://www.lisasoft.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> The contents of this email are confidential and may be subject to
>>>> legal or professional privilege and copyright. No representation is
>>>> made that this email is free of viruses or other defects. If you have
>>>> received this communication in error, you may not copy or distribute
>>>> any part of it or otherwise disclose its contents to anyone. Please
>>>> advise the sender of your incorrect receipt of this correspondence.
>>>
>

> Hi Alvaro,
>
> I am interested in maintaining this list. I have been involved with
> this
> list from the beginning. In recent times haven't had much time to
> allocate to this activity, but I am planning to change that.
>
> I am more than happy to take ownership of the list and manage it.
>
> Rgds,
> Arul Shaji
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [hidden email]
>> [mailto:[hidden email]]
> On
>> Behalf Of Alvaro Herrera
>> Sent: Tuesday, 9 April 2013 4:07 AM
>> To: [hidden email]
>> Subject: [sydpug] interest in this list?
>>
>> Howdy Sydpuggers,
>>
>> The previous list owner's email for this list no longer works; in
> fact, the
>> person in charge is not even in Sydney at all.  I wonder if there's
> still any
>> interest in the SydPUG, and whether there's anybody who would like to
> be in
>> charge of this list.
>>
>> If there's no interest, we will close the list to further activity,
> until a
>> new owner appears.
>>
>> Please let us know.
>>
>> --
>> Alvaro Herrera
>>
>>
>> --
>> Sent via sydpug mailing list ([hidden email])
>> To make changes to your subscription:
>> http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/sydpug

> Rgds,
> Arul Shaji
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [hidden email]
>> [mailto:[hidden email]] On
>> Behalf Of Philip Rhoades
>> Sent: Friday, 12 April 2013 1:28 PM
>> To: [hidden email]
>> Subject: Re: [sydpug] interest in this list?
>>
>> Arul,
>>
>> Would you be interested in doing the Meetup organising too if I set
>> up the
>> group?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Phil.
>>
>>
>> On 2013-04-09 10:46, Arulappan, Arul Shaji wrote:
>>> Hi Alvaro,
>>>
>>> I am interested in maintaining this list. I have been involved with
>>> this list from the beginning. In recent times haven't had much time
>>> to
>>> allocate to this activity, but I am planning to change that.
>>>
>>> I am more than happy to take ownership of the list and manage it.
>>>
>>> Rgds,
>>> Arul Shaji
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: [hidden email]
>>>> [mailto:[hidden email]]
>>> On
>>>> Behalf Of Alvaro Herrera
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, 9 April 2013 4:07 AM
>>>> To: [hidden email]
>>>> Subject: [sydpug] interest in this list?
>>>>
>>>> Howdy Sydpuggers,
>>>>
>>>> The previous list owner's email for this list no longer works; in
>>> fact, the
>>>> person in charge is not even in Sydney at all.  I wonder if there's
>>> still any
>>>> interest in the SydPUG, and whether there's anybody who would like
>>>> to
>>> be in
>>>> charge of this list.
>>>>
>>>> If there's no interest, we will close the list to further activity,
>>> until a
>>>> new owner appears.
>>>>
>>>> Please let us know.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Alvaro Herrera
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
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>>>> changes
>>>> to your subscription:
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>>
>> --
>> Philip Rhoades
>>
>> GPO Box 3411
>> Sydney NSW 2001
>> Australia
>> E-mail:  [hidden email]
>>
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