It was over a year ago that Michael Guterl (@mguterl) and I started Cincinnati.rb. Our inspiration was Seattle.rb, but we really didn’t get it right.

I think what is hurting us the most is the lack of a quiet cafe-style location near the center of Cincinnati where people can either choose to show up or not, and come or go as they choose.

We have had meetings at RecruitMilitary HQ and EdgeCase Cincinnati HQ, but those locations just feel uncomfortable for some reason, and meeting coordination is no fun.

A cafe in Kenwood or maybe even as far south as Norwood would be the ideal area, being generally central to the Cincinnati metro area. Can anyone think of a place somewhere around there that would be a good place for 2 to 20 geeks to gather with their laptops and code and hangout together on a Tuesday night?

So I was talking with Michael Guterl, about the lack of a true Ruby user group in town. Rather than complain about it, I whipped out http://cincinnatirb.org/.

There are some well-known Ruby people in town; I’m not one of them. Despite my lack of credentials, I do love Ruby and don’t totally suck, but more importantly, the time has come for a Cincinnati.rb.

Come one, come all, it’s open hacking night every night—we’re going to let the meeting drive itself to wherever it wants to go.

P.S. We’re flexible about meeting space, but we’ll kick it off at the RecruitMilitary HQ in Loveland on Nov. 17th for meeting #1 at least.

Drop us a note if you want to show up :)