I have learned that in order to make it successful you have to be willing to do a lot of work yourself. People do not want to spend thier time for free. The benefit of you doing this though is that you tend to get a good reputation as long as you try to run the group decently. So even though you are doing tons of free work, your name is known now in local circlies. At least I hope that's what it is doing. It's hard work, and I wish I had more help, but all you need is a website to tell users about the group, a place for meetings, and then a speaker. After that it's all gravy, all the cfug groups will help you out. Presentations that are already done, there are speakers that go to different cfug to tell them about new ideas, products, and Macromedia send people out all the time.
Robert Everland III Dixon Ticonderoga Web Developer Extraordinaire -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 11:02 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Anyone from Orlando not in the CFUG? I tried to get a CFUG up and going here in Buffalo and we actually had an orgianization meeting scheduled and it then fell through. I'll agree that a CFUG is a wonderful thing... I'm still subscribed to the email list for the D/FW group. The problem here (when we tried to get one started in Buffalo) was time. Hatton Raymond Camden wrote: > Then I'd consider this an opportunity. ;) When I was launching the one > here in Virginia, I got a _lot_ of help from Macromedia, and this was > before I worked for the company. If you don't have a CFUG in your area, > simply contact us and we can help you launch it. The person in charge of > the CFUGs is _very_ helpful. > > ======================================================================= > Raymond Camden, Principal Spectra Compliance Engineer for Macromedia > > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo IM : morpheus > > "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Jeffry Houser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 9:30 AM >>To: CF-Talk >>Subject: RE: Anyone from Orlando not in the CFUG? >> >> >> : whine, whine, whine: All three Connecticut ones went >>DOA in the past >>year. >> >> A quick search of the link below, Connecticut isn't even >>listed ( usually >>it is between Colorado and Delaware ) >> >> It also looks like there are no Macromedia user groups in >>Idaho, Maine, >>Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, and >>West Virginia. >> >>At 09:26 AM 3/27/2002 -0500, you wrote: >> >>>As a general follow up to this - anyone NOT in a CFUG is _really_ >>>missing out on a wonderful exprerience. I encourage everyone not >>>attending a CFUG to go to >>> >>http://www.macromedia.com/v1/usergroups/ and >> >>>see if a UG is in your area. >>> >>> > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
