Hmm, i'm on two schools of thought personally. 1. Macromedia should get behind it more, but keep in mind world-wide, there is a lot of CFUG groups, Having said that they do interact with the managers and give them tidbits of information not for general public disection.
That and when theirs a roadshow or a MM Sales Engineer within the area, they tend to present at CFUG meetings sometimes (well I remember Robin used to be a familiar face when in brisbane sometimes back in the day) - not sure now, seen as though MM Australia has consolidated its staff roster a little. 2. People attending meetings for a self-agenda is fine in my book. I have been on both ends, one looking for a job and the other recruiting, and have found CFUG to be a nice resource for HR purposes. Secondly, Its not worth my time personally attending a CFUG meeting that has no value for me? its not a club, its a group meeting. I promote and present at my local CFUG, so i do contribute back, but at times i just don't find it worthwhile to attend (to no fault @ Darren or anything like that). The CFUG managers do their best to get new speaker/content each meeting but sometimes i think they should just simply let a meeting go once and a while if their is no content. At anyrate, "why" people attend is up to them, its really of no consequence. Sooner or later they may come back or simply find its not for them. Putting restrictions on who attends and why seems a bit aggressive. I attend if i think i can get someting out of it (content, network, socialise etc) but at the same time i admit, i do present on the odd occassion (so its a give/take). Keep in mind that if the meetings have bland content, people may not feel like attending, if it has rich content (ie say "pre-FLEX beta preso" or "pre-Blackstone beta" preso etc) then yeah you might find people come out of the woodwork to have a looksie. Point is, content is king and if you have a medoke amount then folks may just attend for nothing else then a good networking exercise? is that bad? no not really its of one of the many reasons why CFUGs are around. (My opinion: If content is lacking, why not have the meeting at a pub or dinner out or something like that, god knows we all do not want to attend a meeting of no value...as most of us get that daily at our work(s) - well i haven't in a long time, but i have in the past...) Scott Out. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 24/10/2004 02:29:26 PM: > > I get that sooo much, it almost makes me sick. > > What are CFUG's really for? Two things mainly; to promote interest in > cold fusion and to share ideas about the development of software using > cold fusion. If a developer comes to a CFUG looking to get back into > using cold fusion why is that a bad thing? CFUG's should be for > everyone, newbies, guru's, IT managers, curious folk who thought there > might be a free beer involved - everyone. And yes even those ppl looking > to network for a job. 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