Yep, local groups can be great. (And thanks for the shout outs, Billy and James.)
And funny that Billy complained that your group soon became him talking all the time. I’ve avoided that with the online CF Meetup, but its been like pulling teeth to get speakers—which makes no sense to me. There are so many conference speakers who’ve put the time in to create sessions. Why not offer them online to be recorded? Or as has been noted here, either local group or the online meetup are just as suited to people giving a new talk, even if they’ve never spoken before or not often. Lots of local user groups are struggling in recent years, but as Billy has said there’s real value in getting together just to socialize, in ways that can’t be met with social media. But different strokes, so, hard to please everyone. :-) /charlie From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Billy Cravens Sent: Wednesday, August 2, 2017 04:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [houcfug] Coldfusion DEAD Question Charlie has been doing this for years: https://www.meetup.com/coldfusionmeetup/ A small local group's advantage is proximity and networking. If you're going to be virtual, might as well cast a wider net. Billy Cravens On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 3:53 PM, <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: That’s what I don’t get – this is 2017 – why not meet virtually via Skype, Slack, Discord, etc. – sure, human interaction is fun and all, but you have a greater chance of everyone attending, and you can share docs and present just like you would if everyone met in person. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Houston ColdFusion Users' Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
