John, If I may suggest, you may want to join Linkedin and start a local NY metro group. It's a great way to network and the individual groups can include calendars and such to help facilitate more focused, in person, networking. Doubt I'd be of much help to you, as I'm in Ohio, but i'd be happy to include you in my network. ( http://www.linkedin.com/in/bryankjohnson ) http://www.linkedin.com/in/bryankjohnsonBryan
>>> John Posada <jposad...@gmail.com> 1/29/2009 3:04 PM >>> Hi, guys...hope this isn't out of line for this list, but at times like these when everyone says network, network, netwiork, I'd like to reach out to the writers in the NY metro area. Some of us are out of work and looking, and some of you are working and trying to stay that way. I'd like to start a "club" that will meet in person for the purpose of finding/keeping/referring jobs. Maybe we can compare notes, maybe help each other critique each other's resumes and portfolios, pasing along opportunities for freelance work that may not be a fit for you but good for someone esle, yada yada. It's gotta be better than just sitting home, responding to Dice, and otherwise, contemplating our navels. What do you think? If there is enough interest, I can start up a Yahoo group just for this purpose and figure out scheduling for getting together maybe every 2 weeks? This is open to both those who are in positions and those who are not. Besides...what better way to meet socially and since it is job-search related, mostly tax deductable (but that's between you and your accountant) Respond off-list please and for the purpose I'm describing, please be in the NY metro area.. -- John Posada Senior Technical Writer NYMetro STC President Looking for the next gig. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ComponentOne Doc-To-Help 2009 is your all-in-one authoring and publishing solution. Author in Doc-To-Help's XML-based editor, Microsoft Word or HTML and publish to the Web, Help systems or printed manuals. http://www.doctohelp.com ( http://www.doctohelp.com/ ) Help & Manual 5: The complete help authoring tool for individual authors and teams. Professional power, intuitive interface. Write once, publish to 8 formats. Multi-user authoring and version control! http://www.helpandmanual.com/ --- You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as bryan.john...@motoman.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to techwr-l-unsubscr...@lists.techwr-l.com or visit http://lists.techwr ( http://lists.techwr/ )-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/bryan.johnson%40motoman.com To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-j...@lists.techwr-l.com Send administrative questions to ad...@techwr-l.com. Visit http://www.techwr ( http://www.techwr/ )-l.com/ for more resources and info. Please move off-topic discussions to the Chat list, at: http://lists.techwr ( http://lists.techwr/ )-l.com/mailman/listinfo/techwr-l-chat _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.