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*About Me*: http://compositecode.com/about *Twitter*: http://www.twitter.com/adron On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 12:14 AM, Kelly Leahy <kelly.p.le...@gmail.com>wrote: > Personally, I think the following happened: > 1) the first ALT.NET seattle meeting was SPECTACULAR and led a number > of us attendees (Justin, myself, Chris Bilson, Bobby, Tim, etc., etc. > - no offense to anyone I'm not mentioning) to want more and try to > form a local group. > 2) many of us that formed the initial local group were energized both > by the excitement from the large event and the fact that we were > meeting new "like-minded" individuals in our local area that I think > most of us didn't know. > 3) the first year or so of meetings following the original (April > 2007?) event were "get to know the rest of the group" and "share ideas > of how we personally like to do things", and "learn from others" > meetings. > 4) after a bit more than a year, we largely knew one another, didn't > have a lot of new people showing up at the meetings (actually, I think > we had way more attrition than newcomers in that first year), and I > would bet that most of us could probably start to predict what each > other would say on the miriad topics discussed at the typical monthly > meetings. > 5) we had another couple attempts at a big successful event (to mixed > reviews) but I think most people would agree that we never really had > another large event that lived up to the expectations we had after > that first one. This was despite excellent efforts from Justin, > Glenn, etc. to try to reproduce the "magic". > 6) by 2 or 3 years in, we still didn't have all that many newcomers, > and the attrition had gotten really high. In large part, you wouldn't > expect to see more than about 15 people on a good monthly meeting, and > some had less than 5 of us. There were some newcomers for sure, but > not enough to replace the people that stopped coming. > 7) at this point, I can't speak for other people, but I can say for > myself I almost expect to be able to predict the topics that will be > discussed, and if the people I expect to be at the meeting are > actually there, I'd bet I could even predict 90% of the conversation. > I think this is a testament to how clearly we have shared our views > and how dedicated many of us are to our beliefs - I don't think > there's anything wrong with this, it's just that we've already learned > most of our point of views! > > I personally have greatly enjoyed this group, and hope to get back to > hosting the annual BBQ even if we don't have any meetings anymore :) > > I feel like I have personally gained a great deal from this group both > in terms of learning, opening my mind to some of the ideas of ALT.NET, > and of course the pool from which to hire coworkers! Most of you know > that many of the ALT.NET originals have worked at my company now (or > are still working at my company) and I love working with most of them > too! My entire team is made up of people I met through ALT.NET and > we've built an amazing product together that I'm very proud of. > > I'd love to think that ALT.NET will continue, but I'm not sure that it > can unless there is an influx of new people and some new ideas to talk > about (and our lives get less busy somehow!). Personally, I think > sharing some of the things my team does would be very interesting, but > I don't really know how / when to do that given my schedule and our > other personal obligations... > > Sorry for the long email - this stuff just comes out when we start > talking about ALT.NET! > > Kelly > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Dave Foley <davidmfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This group, despite having a number of very smart people and some of the > > best programmers I know, has withered to the point that it contains only > a > > few announcements and some job spam that the moderators delete > periodically. > > The monthly meetups are a thing of the distant past. Basically, the > group is > > dead. > > > > What happened to it? > > > > Did it go mainstream? Are the ideas of ALT.NET so accepted at most > > organizations that this group is unnecessary? > > > > Did we all just leave for non-.NET technologies? Did disgust with > webforms > > and the like lead to the abandonment of Windows altogether? > > > > Was it subsumed by Software Craftsmanship or some other "movement"? > > > > Did it just get boring? > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/altnetseattle/-/5HDGdNhinAMJ. > > To post to this group, send email to altnetseattle@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > altnetseattle+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. > To post to this group, send email to altnetseattle@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > altnetseattle+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. 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