Quentin Hartman wrote:
Well, as I mentioned this is something of an "itch" I've had since I moved to the area in 2001 or so. About a year ago it got "serious" during a discussion that I had with Hal Pomeranz. We both saw a need for this sort of group and decided that we needed to do something about it. In December / January it came up again and we identified a few people we knew in the community who we thought would be good drivers for such an effort. We ended up working with Matt Jarvis, Mike Cherba, and Toby Person to do the initial planning. We were quiet about it the initial planning simply because we wanted to avoid the "noise with no substance" phenomena that you alluded to. Looking forward to seeing you at the first meeting. :)
I see myself more as a worker bee than as a 'founder' - hoping to bring my 6+ years experience as head of the local SAO to the table in hopes of helping out... I'm really looking forward to getting involved and connecting with a wide range of contemporaries in the area...
The IT Professional Forum is for people that do Real Work - something I found lacking with the SAO a lot of times...
And don't forget that the informal networking will be a big part of what we do as well...
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