Totally viable ... Let's see how it falls out. Reach out to the original
poster. Put him/her in touch w/ Irregulars, etc.

What I personally (not speaking as a board member) feel is that UX != IxD
and thus if someone wants a specialized IxDA group it probably means they
agree with that.

BTW, there are so many software companies in Toronto and agencies, etc. It
is the largest city in Canada, no? I mean if Chicago (a comparable sized
city) can have 4 or 5 groups then so should Toronto.

- dave


On 10/22/07, Matthew Nish-Lapidus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I agree that an IxDA specific group is a great idea ... and in some
> cities there are probably enough people interested to support multiple
> groups, but so far in Toronto I haven't seen it.  The one existing
> group isn't very big, and I think the overlap between it and an IxDA
> group would be 100%.
>
> I'm not sure the Toronto IxD/UX community is large enough to support
> multiple groups... unless I'm just totally out of the loop.
>
> Now, maybe the existing UXIrregulars group could become the local IxDA
> outpost ...
>
>
> On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:09:46, David Malouf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I hear this a lot, "why start a new IxDA group in [my town]? there is
> > already [this org]."
> >
> > Most large cities already have some sort of UX group. What that
> > phrase doesn't take into account is that one of the primary reasons
> > for a face-to-face group to exist is to bring the virtual into the
> > real.
> [snip]
> > I have tremendous respect for good organizations on the ground in all
> > the cities of the world, but after now 4 solid years of existence, I
> > feel confident that every city that wants one should and could have
> > its own local face-to-face organization and that does not mean that
> > it intrinsically is competing. It is just doing what is the next
> > natural step. Being real and true to itself.
>
> --
> Matt Nish-Lapidus
> email/gtalk: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ++
> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattnl
> Home: http://www.nishlapidus.com
>



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