oh my brain hurts, lame... fair enough its not a flex ug and a coldfusion ug but the impression i got is that most of the people who attended were pretty sharp.
I'd rock up on the basis of just to catch up with you guys. The meetings i've been to so far were pretty cool. Hope it gets sorted out. Bjorn ps. might skip the vista/mssql meeting though On 15/03/2007, at 10:13 AM, Steve Onnis wrote: > For your information I am in the process or talking with the > Microsoft guy about doing some presentations for us and organising > other presentations as there is no point having meetings without > presentations. > > Last year I put it out there to have a meeting just to get everyone > together to keep them going and no one wanted to come along. So it > is more of a realisation that unless there are presenters no one > will come. > > For me its less about presentations and more about the networking > aspect. Presentations are a bonus, especially when there are new > people wanting to join the group. It seems that the remaining > people that come to the meetings are somewhat advanced which I feel > is deterring newcomers which is why I want to pull the meetings > back and have more general stuff, which is why I am talking to the > Microsoft group and other groups. Stuff like a presentation on > Vista and SQL2005 and stuff like that which are more information > based rather than having technical topics like the FLEX ones, which > even made my brain hurt. > > For those who say "I'll only come if I like the topic" well that's > not being part of the group really in my view. You come because > you want to be part of the group, not because there is a personal > gain for you each and every meeting. > > So my drive this year is new members, not existing members. The > existing members by the sounds of it based on the feedback already > know the importance of the group and should be attending regardless > of topics. The important thing is growing the group again and > getting new members and pulling back in the old members who haven't > attended for a while, in both cfug and mmug. > > Rest assured I am working on things, but it just doesn't happen by > clicking your fingers, but if you all would like Mark to take it > over I'll leave that up to him. I know I have offered for him to > take more of a part in the running of the group but he didn't > really have the time. > > Steve > > From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Dale Fraser > Sent: Thursday, 15 March 2007 8:54 AM > To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com > Subject: [cfaussie] Re: OT: Melbourne CFUG > > Ok, > > > > I am interested in attending, Im sorry to say it, but I think > Steve is not running this effectively and is doing more harm good, > while he is a hell of a nice guy and has been doing all the work, > it took 6 months last year for the first meeting to be organized > and we are 3 ½ months into this year with no news. I think there > were only 4 or 5 last year in total, I attended them all they need > to me more regular. > > > > Now Ive mentioned this previously and then a meeting gets > organized, but I think thats not good enough any more and its > time to hand it over to someone. > > > > And rather than beat around the bush we need to organize this. As > the kind folk at NGA have offered their offices, I think it makes > sense that someone from there run it. > > > > I would like to nominate Mark Mandel to run the usergroup, he also > attended every meeting last year and I know that he is both > prepared to run it and would do a good job. But before this can > happen, Steve really needs to step aside and then anyone else > interested could step up also and we can vote if necessary on a new > UG Manager. I think Mark also needs to publicly step forward and > indicate if he would indeed accept the position if offered. > > > > Once again I would like to mention that I have respect for Steve > and we all appreciate his efforts over the years, but believe > strongly that the time has come for a change. > > > > Regards > > Dale Fraser > > > > http://dale.fraser.id.au/blog > > > > From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Lucas > Sent: Thursday, 15 March 2007 8:25 AM > To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com > Subject: [cfaussie] OT: Melbourne CFUG > > > > Hey Folks, > i know that there has been a lot of offtopic chatter this week, so > in an effort to drag it back on topic, I would love to hear from > anyone who is interested in meeting for a Melbourne CFUG. > > Now I know that there are people that have run this group in the > past but it seems to have dried up so I am just really waving a big > stick trying to work out if there is interest or if it is really > dead and there is no CF in Melbourne. We kinda have a venue that we > could use to run a meeting (it will cost us but don't let that put > you off just yet) but before we go too far, i don't want to tread > on toes... > > I would love to meet up and chat, shoot the breeze or even talk CF > with folks. I will be at WebDU if you are interested i reviving the > CFUG in Melbourne > > ok, that is it for now... > I am going to go and program now, on an non-adobe operating system, > on a computer not built by adobe, in a tool not built by adobe, in > a language that is not CF - so I am really going to go to hell > (sorry scott) > > -- > > Lucas > > http://www.thebitbucket.net > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. 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