CFDevCon
Wow, I know it was only a mini conference but it packed a punch. I do want to say thanks to Russ and Niklas for the event and making it a great day. I also want to say hi to everyone I met and took the time to chat, too many mention (and remember) :o) oooo that tequilla can't of been good for me.
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Hello Andy,
Met you last night. Top day... this is just a quick comment to say hello.
I was just kinda surfin around on CFDeveloper and on Frappr looking at where people are n stuff. Funny though ... I went to Andy Jaretts Friend Map and there is only one person on there - which is you! :)
Met you last night. Top day... this is just a quick comment to say hello.
I was just kinda surfin around on CFDeveloper and on Frappr looking at where people are n stuff. Funny though ... I went to Andy Jaretts Friend Map and there is only one person on there - which is you! :)
Shame I couldn't make it down to the conference, but glad to see it all went well.
And yeah, I echo your comments on why these folks don't attend the User Groups here in the UK.
You've got the UKCFUG, Thames Valley and ScottishCFUG ...
And yeah, I echo your comments on why these folks don't attend the User Groups here in the UK.
You've got the UKCFUG, Thames Valley and ScottishCFUG ...
I think it is a case of geography - the 2 user groups are located at either end of the country and it makes it impractical for those in the middle of the country to attend.
I did talk to a few people yesterday though who may be interested in forming a northern england group covering basically the M62 corridor, so we will have to see if that comes to fruition.
I thoroughly enjoyed myself yesterday - and winning an ipod was the icing on the cake :-)
I did talk to a few people yesterday though who may be interested in forming a northern england group covering basically the M62 corridor, so we will have to see if that comes to fruition.
I thoroughly enjoyed myself yesterday - and winning an ipod was the icing on the cake :-)
Michael,
I used to run a Northern England User Group.
I live in Newcastle. I ran meetings here, Leeds, York and Edinburgh for something like 2 years with the help of a friend and colleague.
In the end I had to give it up. The turn out was near non-existant - no one location was good enough for the members and they refused point-blank to travel to a neighbouring city eg. the folks in Leeds wouldn't come to York, those in York wouldn't come to Newcastle or Leeds and so on. It was soul destroying.
I now run the Scottish CFUG with Andy more as an online UG with the occasional get-together and a full blown conference at the end of May next year. While I think on it.... The next SCFUG meeting is 8pm Thursday 23rd of Nov - Rob Gonda will be giving us a CF/AJAX presentation.
I used to run a Northern England User Group.
I live in Newcastle. I ran meetings here, Leeds, York and Edinburgh for something like 2 years with the help of a friend and colleague.
In the end I had to give it up. The turn out was near non-existant - no one location was good enough for the members and they refused point-blank to travel to a neighbouring city eg. the folks in Leeds wouldn't come to York, those in York wouldn't come to Newcastle or Leeds and so on. It was soul destroying.
I now run the Scottish CFUG with Andy more as an online UG with the occasional get-together and a full blown conference at the end of May next year. While I think on it.... The next SCFUG meeting is 8pm Thursday 23rd of Nov - Rob Gonda will be giving us a CF/AJAX presentation.
