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    We are VanRuby, the Vancouver Ruby &amp; Rails meetup group. Since 2007, we hack on open source / personal projects, and organize talks to learn from each other. All skill levels are welcome!
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  <a href="http://www.meetup.com/vancouver-ruby/" class="btn btn-lg btn-danger">Join our community</a>
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     Meetups
     <small>and counting...</small>
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    <p>We get together once a month to talk about awesome things happening in the Ruby community. <a href="http://www.meetup.com/vancouver-ruby/">Join our meetup group</a>.</p>
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    <h2><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-bullhorn"></span> Submit a Talk!</h2>
    <p>Want to talk at an upcoming VanRuby? <a href="https://github.com/vanruby/talks">Check out our Talks repo</a> and submit a proposal. We welcome all backgrounds and levels of experience.
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    <h2><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-heart"></span> Cool People</h2>
    <p>If you love Ruby or hacking on things, you're in good company! Vancouver has a friendly, bustling Ruby and open source community.</p>
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      <h2>Connect</h2>

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        <strong>Mastodon:</strong> we are <a rel="me" href="https://ruby.social/@vanruby">vanruby@ruby.social</a>. Please hashtag #VanRuby when talking about anything VanRuby related - especially at our events.</p>
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        <strong>Slack:</strong>
        We hang out in #ruby on the Vancouver Developers slack community. The invite page is down so ask someone at the meetup for an invite.
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      <h2>Next meetup</h2>
      <p>Sign up at <a href="http://www.meetup.com/vancouver-ruby">our Vancouver Ruby Meetup page …</a></p>
      <p>We run a meetup every once in a while, with a speaker presentation or lightning talks from people in the community.</p>

      <p><a href="http://www.meetup.com/vancouver-ruby/" class="btn btn-lg btn-danger">Join up to stay in the loop!</a></p>
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