The end of the West Michigan Ruby Training, v1.0

[billgathen]

Sadly, Keith and I have decided for various personal and business reasons to end the monthly Ruby training meetup.

We've had hundreds of people come through to get their first taste of Ruby, and a number have continued their studies outside of class to land full-time Ruby dev positions!

It's been a good 2-1/2 years, and as always we heartily recommend everyone start/continue attending the regular Ruby Meetup on the 1st Monday of every month.

If this news breaks your heart, please chat with Adam Kolkman at the regular meetup and see what you can come up with to extend and enhance what we started. This Github Organization will remain available indefinitely and there are plenty more resources and ideas on http://billgathen.com under the "Ruby" menu item.

Thanks to everyone who made this so worthwhile, and keep writing Ruby!

• Bill

[ThomasBush]

Bill & Keith,

I am very sad to see this end. Just wanted to say thank you so much for
hosting, teaching, and feeding us all! I learned so much and get to write
ruby code everyday as a result of attending your meetup.

Thanks so much for all you have done,
Thomas

On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Bill Gathen notifications@github.com
wrote:

Sadly, Keith and I have decided for various personal and business reasons
to end the monthly Ruby training meetup.

We've had hundreds of people come through to get their first taste of
Ruby, and a number have continued their studies outside of class to land
full-time Ruby dev positions!

It's been a good 2-1/2 years, and as always we heartily recommend everyone
start/continue attending the regular Ruby Meetup
http://www.meetup.com/mi-ruby/ on the 1st Monday of every month.

If this news breaks your heart, please chat with Adam Kolkman at the
regular meetup and see what you can come up with to extend and enhance what
we started. This Github Organization will remain available indefinitely and
there are plenty more resources and ideas on http://billgathen.com under
the "Ruby" menu item.

Thanks to everyone who made this so worthwhile, and keep writing Ruby!

• Bill

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[DavidBechtel]

Thank you Bill and Keith!

You introduced me to Ruby, and I have continued to use what I learned. Your patience and dedication to helping more people become Ruby developers is greatly appreciated.

You guys are my role model and I hope one day to pass it along.

Best regards,

Dave Bechtel

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On Aug 20, 2015, at 2:55 PM, Bill Gathen notifications@github.com wrote:

Sadly, Keith and I have decided for various personal and business reasons to end the monthly Ruby training meetup.

We've had hundreds of people come through to get their first taste of Ruby, and a number have continued their studies outside of class to land full-time Ruby dev positions!

It's been a good 2-1/2 years, and as always we heartily recommend everyone start/continue attending the regular Ruby Meetup on the 1st Monday of every month.

If this news breaks your heart, please chat with Adam Kolkman at the regular meetup and see what you can come up with to extend and enhance what we started. This Github Organization will remain available indefinitely and there are plenty more resources and ideas on http://billgathen.com under the "Ruby" menu item.

Thanks to everyone who made this so worthwhile, and keep writing Ruby!

Bill
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[dwieringa]

Thanks Bill for your contributions! It was a great community service
you guys offered. Beyond teaching us skills, you also illustrated what
it meant to be a great community member.

On 8/20/15 2:55 PM, Bill Gathen wrote:

Sadly, Keith and I have decided for various personal and business
reasons to end the monthly Ruby training meetup.

We've had hundreds of people come through to get their first taste of
Ruby, and a number have continued their studies outside of class to
land full-time Ruby dev positions!

It's been a good 2-1/2 years, and as always we heartily recommend
everyone start/continue attending the regular Ruby Meetup
http://www.meetup.com/mi-ruby/ on the 1st Monday of every month.

If this news breaks your heart, please chat with Adam Kolkman at the
regular meetup and see what you can come up with to extend and enhance
what we started. This Github Organization will remain available
indefinitely and there are plenty more resources and ideas on
http://billgathen.com under the "Ruby" menu item.

Thanks to everyone who made this so worthwhile, and keep writing Ruby!

• Bill

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[DavidBechtel]

Bill.... I just noticed that it says "End of ... v1.0" Does that mean you have plans for v2.0???

[billgathen]

Dave: nope. I hope someone takes up the reins at some point, but 2.0 will be built by a team other than us. :)