On Feb 23, 2009, at 5:30 PM, Harry J Foxwell PhD wrote: > Theo Schlossnagle wrote: >> A few of us at OmniTI would like to start a OSUG. There is on for >> the "DC" area, but it is based out of Northern Virginia and, given >> that the 270 split (a treacherous zone one must travel to get >> there) is considered by many to be the worst traffic in the whole >> of the United States, it seems unlikely that anyone from the >> Baltimore-Washington corridor would venture that far. >> >> We (OmniTI) have many advocates and currently host user groups for >> Javascript, PHP and PostgreSQL quite successfully. We have space >> available and a good track record of both consistent management and >> decent attendance for user groups. >> >> I realize that this user group would be pretty close to >> http://opensolaris.org/os/project/crosug/ >> though anyone from around here would know it isn't close at all >> with traffic. >> > I've organized the occasional meetings of CROSUG but I agree > that if there is sufficient interest "up North" then by all means > go for it! I'll even come up and present!
Sold! We'd so monthly meetings. I see plenty of content. We use all sort of opensolaris goodness and there are several others in the area that do the same. I think we could easily knock out the first 12 months of presenters without "searching" for anyone. -- Theo Schlossnagle Principal/CEO OmniTI Computer Consulting, Inc. Web Applications & Internet Architectures w: http://omniti.com p: +1.443.325.1357 x201 f: +1.410.872.4911
