The PHP BBQ tour 2009 is over. Some 145 people came to 7 meetings held in 7 different citties in Germany. The basic idea of having a series of barbecues, shortly before midsummer, to get together and having fun at a very relaxed atmosphere has worked out well.

People got connected. Some attendees came to the PHP user group meetings, who have never been seen at a regular meeting before. Some even travelled 1.5 hours per way to get to the events. Members of the user group Köln/Bonn took the opportunity to visit their friends in Dortmund and members of the user group Stuttgart have travelled to Karlsruhe for the first time.

People had fun. Look at the faces of those who came to the events, check out the photos. Due to bad weather conditions and rain showers there have been only two true BBQs. However, the BBQ …

The PHP BBQ Tour is almost over. There is one chance left for you to come to a BBQ and to meet Giuseppe Maxia, the Datacharmer and leader of the MySQL Community team. The closing meeting will be held today in Kiel at the restaurant (not in the garden, no real BBQ, just like in Munich!) of the Forstbaumschule at 16:00 CEST. Its a little change in the location but no change in time.

Change for Kiel (today): due to rainy weather conditions we meet at the Forstbaumschule restaurant not in the garden, no BBQ but a meeting, just like in Munich. Same time (16:00 CEST), almost the same place as before the change. Seats have been reserved, ask for Wendel/PHP.

We had to move the Kiel BBQ to the restaurant due to bad weather conditions. It is just like yesterday …

The PHP BBQ Tour is almost over. There is one chance left for you to come to a BBQ and to meet Giuseppe Maxia, the Datacharmer and leader of the MySQL Community team. The closing meeting will be held today in Kiel at the restaurant (not in the garden, no real BBQ, just like in Munich!) of the Forstbaumschule at 16:00 CEST. Its a little change in the location but no change in time.

Change for Kiel (today): due to rainy weather conditions we meet at the Forstbaumschule restaurant not in the garden, no BBQ but a meeting, just like in Munich. Same time (16:00 CEST), almost the same place as before the change. Seats have been reserved, ask for Wendel/PHP.

We had to move the Kiel BBQ to the restaurant due to bad weather conditions. It is just like yesterday …

The PHP UG Berlin has set a new record for the BBQ tour. They tried to collect more attendees than the user group in Munich, but Berlin failed. Some 30 is a little, if not much, less than 34 attendees. As one contest had been lost, the idea of a new contest came up: number of ordered beers. Berlin has won that one easily, if you count glasses. In Munich you get 1l of beer per glass and in Berlin it is more like 0.3l …

It has also been a very close race between Berlin and Munich in terms of PHP "VIPs". Check out the photos. At least five people should look familiar to you, if you have ever been at the PHP Unconference in Hamburg (12-13.09.2009), the PHP room at the …

The PHP UG Berlin has set a new record for the BBQ tour. They tried to collect more attendees than the user group in Munich, but Berlin failed. Some 30 is a little, if not much, less than 34 attendees. As one contest had been lost, the idea of a new contest came up: number of ordered beers. Berlin has won that one easily, if you count glasses. In Munich you get 1l of beer per glass and in Berlin it is more like 0.3l …

It has also been a very close race between Berlin and Munich in terms of PHP "VIPs". Check out the photos. At least five people should look familiar to you, if you have ever been at the PHP Unconference in Hamburg (12-13.09.2009), the PHP room at the …

The PHP BBQ tourcontinues. Come to one of the four remaining barbecues in Berlin (today, 18:00-23:00 CEST, Cafe Schönbrunn, note the prominent attendees listed on the wiki!), Dortmund (Friday), Hamburg (Saturday) and Kiel (Sunday). All three past evenings in Munich, Frankfurt and Karlsruhe have been quite similar in the way that most enjoyed meeting each other at the relaxed athmosphere of a BBQ. At Karlsruhe it has been a true summer night with temperatures beyond 20 degree celsius and glowflies!

I have been most impressed about those who had a travel time of an …

The PHP BBQ tourcontinues. Come to one of the four remaining barbecues in Berlin (today, 18:00-23:00 CEST, Cafe Schönbrunn, note the prominent attendees listed on the wiki!), Dortmund (Friday), Hamburg (Saturday) and Kiel (Sunday). All three past evenings in Munich, Frankfurt and Karlsruhe have been quite similar in the way that most enjoyed meeting each other at the relaxed athmosphere of a BBQ. At Karlsruhe it has been a true summer night with temperatures beyond 20 degree celsius and glowflies!

I have been most impressed about those who had a travel time of an …

The first "barbecue" of the PHP BBQ tour has been held in Munich. A little more than 30 attendees came to the Hirschgarten restaurant. Unfortunately we could not have a BBQ due to bad weather. Nonetheless the event has been a success: for some it has been the first PHP community event. And, of course, you always meet and greet "countless" well known PHP hackers. Let me name only two of them: Johannes Schlueter, who helped to organize the event and Pierre Joye (and Jana and Spooky), my host. Credits also go to Johann-Peter Hartmann from Mayflower, Nils Hitze and …

The first "barbecue" of the PHP BBQ tour has been held in Munich. A little more than 30 attendees came to the Hirschgarten restaurant. Unfortunately we could not have a BBQ due to bad weather. Nonetheless the event has been a success: for some it has been the first PHP community event. And, of course, you always meet and greet "countless" well known PHP hackers. Let me name only two of them: Johannes Schlueter, who helped to organize the event and Pierre Joye (and Jana and Spooky), my host. Credits also go to Johann-Peter Hartmann from Mayflower, Nils Hitze and …

It is as little as 8 hours before the first barbecue of the PHP BBQ Tour starts in Munich today (Hirschgarten - change: restaurant not BBQ area!). "Registration" for Munich is still open, you can still find last-minute details and add your name at http://www.silberkind.de/dokuwiki/phpbbq.

Last Minute change for Munich due to rain: we meet at the Hirschgarten restaurant not at the BBQ area. A seat reservation has been made for Wendel/PHP. Same time as before: 19:00 CEST. Almost the same location!
 

The BBQ Tour is a one week trip through some german PHP meet ups. The trip starts on …