I left a comment on Adam's blog - but essentially the more quality CF content, the better. If Adam/Adobe think it's a possibility based on what he saw when he was here for the CFCAMP events, then I'm all for it.
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 6:51 AM, Mark Mandel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Kai Koenig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Best of luck with that... >> >> >> I haven't been at CFUnited Europe so can't really say a lot about >> it, but my impression from bloggers and voices I've heard from >> Europe was that it apparently turned out to be much smaller and less >> impressive than expected etc. Not sure what the reasons were, but I >> think quite a few people regard CFUnited to be a very commercial >> event (I'm not saying that it is, just observing here). Conferences >> such as webDU or Scotch just have a different charm imho because there's >> a community behind them and they "share the love". > > Just to point out here - cf.Objective() is about as community driven > as it comes, and most of the people on the steering committee and who > help out, are pure volunteers. > > I have to also point out that cf.O is specifically tailored to being a > intimate conference, and have had several conversations with key > people who organise the conference about how they don't want it to get > too big, and lose that 'family feel' that comes with a set number of > people. > > I think you are getting confused between cfUnited and cf.Objective, > and I have to say, there is a world of difference. > >> >> If there really is a demand for more advanced CF topics/conferences >> in ANZ, I'd rather suggest convicing Geoff to add a dedicated >> cf.objective() track to webDU 2009 - mixed branding, yeah, but make >> it one large event. > > I believe this is something that is being considered, but I can't say > for sure, and I don't think there has been any talk with Geoff yet. > > Honestly, I'm a little bit surprised at the negative attitude - for an > area of the world that quite regularly complains about how little > attention it gets from Adobe in regards to CF, I would have thought > that people would have jumped at the opportunity to have a CF specific > conference in the ANZ area. > > Also considering, from what I've seen anyway, that the ANZ region > tends to lack in the framework / advanced / enterprise skills area, > something to help gain momentum in this area would be highly > beneficial, if not crucial, for the ANZ CF community. > > Mind you, that's just my opinion and my experience - maybe an > integrated track at webDU is the way to go, or maybe nothing at all. I > just figured with the relative success of the CFCamps (and how quickly > they were put together), the CF community was up for more content to > be handed to them. > > Mark > > -- > E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > W: www.compoundtheory.com > > > > -- Kay Smoljak business: www.cleverstarfish.com coldfusion: kay.smoljak.com personal: goatlady.wordpress.com | heapsbad.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
