On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 10:54 -0500, [email protected] wrote: > Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:50:33 -0800 (PST)
> That's a long list of how-to's. Yes, and all things that took a while for me to figure out. > Personally, I wouldn't want the monthly JUG meetings turned into basic > training sessions. Yes, that would stink. How about 10 minutes tops. Mini-demos > Steve of Alledia, who is sponsoring the refreshments for our meetings, > offers classroom training, and I have the tutorial site, Yes. IF we do beginner demos, we should direct people to some of those other sites, such as Alledia, our sponsor, and iteachme.com. Those are both great resources and perhaps the newcomer hasn't found them yet. > not to mention the hundreds of other resources out there, So many! How to choose with such limited time! > including our own InstallFest in January. > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:54:47 -0500 > From: Gary Mort <[email protected]> > Hmm... as an offshoot to that, it might be a better idea then to send a > welcome email to new users and mention the beginner resources available. > ESPECIALLY prominently mentioning those who are sponsoring things for the > group! And pointing out upcoming events like installfest > Great idea! _______________________________________________ New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php

