Yep, meeting with Steve Onnis on Monday where we'll go through all the things to be done and get moving on things like the survey.
Cheers Peter On 5 February 2010 18:04, Dale Fraser <d...@fraser.id.au> wrote: > Yep, > > Peter is setting up such a survey, I agree that the time question would be a > good one to include. > > Regards > Dale Fraser > > http://dale.fraser.id.au > http://learncf.com > http://flexcf.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:cfaus...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Matthew > Sent: Friday, 5 February 2010 3:15 PM > To: cfaussie > Subject: [cfaussie] Re: CFUG Melbourne for 2010 (Post CFDrinks 3 Feb) > > Hi Dale > > I personally feel that 7pm is too late. 6pm would be too earlier for > some people so I'd go for 6.30. But lets see what others have to say. > Perhaps the best way to get feedback would be to run a survey? The > survey could include questions on Time, Location, Topics, Should we > merge with Flex, Who should supply the beer etc > > Cheers > Matthew > > On Feb 5, 3:06 pm, "Steve Onnis" <st...@cfcentral.com.au> wrote: >> Matt >> >> Thanks for the feedback. I don’t think I have been to a meeting that > kicked >> off that late.....but anyways... >> >> We will certainly take your feedback on board and appreciate you taking > the >> time to write all that.... >> >> Steve >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Matthew [mailto:matthewbchamb...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Friday, 5 February 2010 2:56 PM >> To: cfaussie >> Subject: [cfaussie] Re: CFUG Melbourne for 2010 (Post CFDrinks 3 Feb) >> >> Hi Peter / Dale >> >> Peter: Thanks for taking over the reins and good luck with running >> CFUG Melbourne. Thanks to Mark for all your efforts in the Melbourne >> (Oz) community. >> >> Not wanting to be negative but Dale has asked for feedback so here's >> mine (hopefully it is constructive). I've only attended a few times >> and the main reason I haven't made the effort to come back is because >> the running of the session was disorganised. On one occasion I turned >> up and no one appeared to know if a session was on (yet it was >> broadcast on this list). Eventually people turned up and finally at 8 >> or 8.30 it kicked off and I think we finished at 10 or later. I was a >> new dad at the time and depraved of sleep so didn't absorb a lot that >> late at night. >> >> Don't get me wrong, I appreciate that CFUG is voluntarily run and it >> takes up a lot of time organising meetings however for me to attend >> I'd like to see it run on time, have a clear topic and aim to finish >> on time. So those who came for info get what they're after and the >> rest can hang around for a drink. >> >> As for topics, I'd like to see more advanced topics covered. Even >> beginners can take a lot from an advanced subject. At worst it all >> goes over their head but you'd be surprised how much rings a bell when >> you go learn it on your own. >> >> Subjects I'd love to see covered would be: >> 1. CF Admin / JVM optimisation / tunning >> 2. Crash/timeout/hang diagnosis and repair with FusionReactor/ >> SeeFusion/MAT, analysing heap dumps, stack traces etc. >> 3. CF OOP (I'm thinking more architecture then frameworks i.e. “How to >> avoid an anaemic domain model”, writing code to unit tests) >> 4. Software development (version control, bug management, Ant) >> >> As for Flex: it may be a good idea for boosting numbers but if I'm >> completely selfish I'd much rather have advance CF stuff covered. >> >> That's my 2c, I hope it helps. >> >> Cheers >> Matthew >> >> On Feb 4, 4:04 pm, "Dale Fraser" <d...@fraser.id.au> wrote: >> > Good summary Peter, >> >> > I would like to hear from people on this list who either have never > attend >> > the user group or rarely attend. >> >> > What would it take to get you to a user group, or why don't you attend. >> >> > Is it location, time, content, other? >> >> > Regards >> > Dale Fraser >> >> >http://dale.fraser.id.auhttp://learncf.comhttp://flexcf.com >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:cfaus...@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf >> >> > Of Peter Robertson >> > Sent: Thursday, 4 February 2010 3:06 PM >> > To: cfaussie >> > Subject: [cfaussie] CFUG Melbourne for 2010 (Post CFDrinks 3 Feb) >> >> > As planned (9 of us if I can count) gathered last night for CFDrinks >> > at Fad Gallery in Melbourne. >> > Thanks to all who attended and to Rocket Boots for picking up the bar >> > tab. >> >> > By the way, for those of you who missed this piece of news, Mark >> > Mandel has stepped down from co-managing the Melbourne CFUG and I have >> > stepped in to work with Steve Onnis for this year. Mark, thanks for >> > all your hard work, and we look forward to seeing you as often as >> > you're able to make it to the CFUGs. >> >> > Steve and my roles will be very roughly divided between communication, >> > booking speakers, etc (me) and general logistics and sponsorship >> > (Steve). >> >> > Aside from drinking, we discussed where the Melbourne CFUG might go >> > this year and resolved that there will not be a formal CFUG this >> > month, and that we'll kick off in earnest for March. >> > Other than that, no hard-and-fast decisions were made as we'd like to >> > involve as many of you as possible in shaping the group. >> > Included in the things we tossed around were: >> >> > - VENUE: >> > Dale on behalf of Cog State once again generously offered >> > their board room. >> > Cog State will be moving into the CBD later in the year, >> > so this would satisfy centrality. >> > Would people prefer a room at a bar (provided noise >> > levels, suitable projection, etc could be managed)? >> >> > - SCOPE: >> > Given the demise of both the Adobe and Flex UGs here in >> > Melbourne, should we provide coverage across the Adobe dev space and >> > incorporate at least Flex? >> > There was a general feeling that this would bring >> > benefits to both camps. >> >> > - FORMAT: >> > Various formats were kicked around, including 1 main >> > presentation plus discussion, 2 presentations, 1 main plus 1 small >> > presentation, etc. >> > Some of us would also like a casual, social opportunity >> > to have a drink and talk afterward. >> >> > - SPEAKERS / TOPICS: >> > As always, we'll be looking for people prepared to >> > present on a topic of interest. Please put yourself forward if you'd >> > like to offer. >> > We'll also be asking you what sorts of topics you'd all >> > like covered. >> >> > Steve Onnis and I will be organising a survey shortly to get a clear >> > handle on what people want. 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