Re: [ cf-dev ] The state of ColdFusion in the UK

[Simon Horwith]

I know you may not realise it, ut 20 attendees isn't bad at all... I've presented/attended countless CFUGs... you'd be surprised how few people show-up for some CFUGs. ~Simon Simon Horwith CTO, Etrilogy Ltd. Member of Team Macromedia Macromedia Certified Instructor Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer Certified Flash MX Developer CFDJList - List Administrator http://www.how2cf.com/ Taz wrote: I mean we have a very few user groups (which I am not knocking). The main reason why we have few user groups is apathy. Stephen and I put a fair amount of our time and money into the Northern CFUG, and I think the maximum attendance at any meeting was 20... and that was probably because we were at Freeserve's (ahem, or Wanadoo or whatever) office and we were offering about 5 books and a licensed copy of CFMX. People just weren't interested... especially if it meant getting on a train to go to the meeting. This is obviously not a gripe against the user group's members. It costs money to get to meetings, and it's a night away from home where you could be watching the footie or something. But all credit to those who did turn up, sponsor meetings, share their offices, time, etc. I agree with you about MM though. They don't exactly have their finger on the pulse when it comes to the User Groups. Just look at the UK groups page on their site: http://tinyurl.com/38zko The Northern CFUG shut down last summer, and it's still advertised. We used to have to harass them for days to get them to advertise a meeting on their mailing list. But then the UK MM office is quite small, and I suspect that they were busy with everything else. Still... Blimey! Have I just replied to a post on the dev list? What is the world coming to? I'd better get back to talking crap on chat. Taz -- These lists are syncronised with the CFDeveloper forum at http://forum.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ CFDeveloper Sponsors and contributors:- *Hosting and support provided by CFMXhosting.co.uk* :: *ActivePDF provided by activepdf.com* *Forums provided by fusetalk.com* :: *ProWorkFlow provided by proworkflow.com* *Tutorials provided by helmguru.com* :: *Lists hosted by gradwell.com* To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]