Yesterday I attended the first Israeli Ruby enthusiasts meeting. Despite many problems in its organisation - it was very successful. It was in the format of a barbeque in a villa in Hertzliyah, an informal chat, an informal introduction and then a round of some future expectations and planning. Since the meeting is currently hosted at Google Groups (%-)), and I'm subscribed there from my gmail.com account which I also dislike, here are my impressions and pieces of advice.

There's a lot of good advice in Rick Moen's "Recipe for a Succesful Linux User Group" and I suggest that people go over it, because while the Rubyers seem enthusiastic, they've made some classical mistakes.