I'm so pumped about the turnout at last night's meeting. It might be the best turnout I've seen at any meeting since I've been involved with this user group. This is impressive considering that we had 3-5 "regulars" who couldn't make it. We had more "new faces" than regulars.
Many commented that Monday is a better day for them. We'll definitely keep this in mind. Many find the Galleria location easier to get to. I'm happy that our relationship with our new building sponsor is a good one. Please consider our location sponsor, CTREC Hilton, for your training needs (www.ctrec.com) Many commented that the social media efforts, particularly Linked In announcements, led them to our meeting. I want to thank Marlon with Paladin, who has helped out immensely in this area. We hope to improve our efforts in the social web, increasing the ways we utilize resources such as Twitter and Facebook. Many pointed out that the subject was the reason they came. Since I was the presenter, I'm humbled by this, and hope that I have this kind of reception when I present the same topic on Saturday at cf.Objective(). In the coming months, we are definitely going to be focusing on bringing presentations that meet the needs of our community. In June, one of the authors of the CFWACK, John C. Bland III, will be presenting on CF on Wheels (CF version of Ruby on Rails). In July, CF Security Expert Pete Freitag will be talking about CF security, and will be giving away licenses to his company's CF firewall and security monitoring services. I hope to have additional presentations in June and July from two of the major cloud infrastructure providers, jElastic and CloudBees. As we welcome in a large number of those new to ColdFusion, we will start having more "ColdFusion 101" presentations. For the senior CF developers in our group, I'd encourage you to help in this: while you're helping others learn, you're advancing your own career by mastering the art of technical presentation. Please contact me if you'd like to help. I've posted photos from the meeting at http://www.meetup.com/HoustonCFUG/photos/8253882/ Billy Cravens [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Houston ColdFusion Users' Group" discussion list. To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit http://groups.google.com/group/houcfug?hl=en
