An updated member/contact list (voluntary participation of course) will definitely be part of the new site.
Thanks, Matt On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 16:01:15 -0500, Jake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Personally, I'd like to see a members list with contact info/IM > info/Company/personal profile/etc. That way we can know who's actually > part of the group! > > > > Clement Cervenka wrote: > > >Hello fellow CF members, > > > > In response to Matt & Mark early posting for some > >ideas & suggestions so that the CF website and > >listserve can better serve our fellow CF members at > >large, I have posted some input below, so please feel > >free to post your feedback with regards to my ideas & > >suggestions. > > > >joe cervenka > > > > > >1. Have the coldfusionpro newsletter, free > >news-letter, is emailed 2 to 3 times an week, emailed > >to the groups listsever. Since this newsletter covers > >specific and general relative tropics on CF > >pro-gramming, this would at least keep the group > >updated on current trends as well as saving time and > >money attending those expenise seminars. Also this > >would be an great way for the members at large to post > >this input with regards to that day's tropic. > > > >2. For posting of job openig, some sig's use an self > >posting page for performing such tasks. The results > >can be viewed on the groups website page, or continue > >posting by cut & pasting on the current listsever. > > > >3. For posting of upcoming expos, events, seminars > >again some sig's are use self posting page for > >per-forming such tasks. General net/web, security, > >pro-gramming are the most reality tropics that are > >covered at these various events, or continue postings > >by cut & paste on the current listserver. > > > >4. They reason I am bring up postings of expos, > >events, seminars is that some sig's are able to offer > >group discounts to members by using an special > >assigned code for that particular event, that is > >inputed during the online or onsite registration > >process. The group discount is usualy provided may the > >vendors who are hosting and exhibiting at that event. > > > >5. I wish to address several related issues that I > >see developing within the programming community at > >large affecting various programming tasks; > > > > a. Job opportunites at various events, several > >vendors post notices wanting experienced programmers > >at these type of events. > > b. Secondary programming language skills, in > >essence you have some basic understanding of an > >secondary programming language such an c(+), PHP, > >java, pearl, asp.net so that you can interface your > >project with the main programming language. This trend > >is mainly aimed at small to medium companies or > >bus-iness at this time. > > c. Dual interface projects developments, in > >essence you may be developing your project primarly > >for website usage, but allowing for interacting with > >software, wireless, on-demand products and services, > >seems to be the coming market trends. > > d. Outsourcing various programming jobs, at this > >time is mainly targeting to medium to large companies > >or business at this time. At some of the events, this > >tropic is well disucssed, and debated. > > e. Search engine & redesigning websites are > >cur-rently the main tropics of discussions at > >programming events. Please bear this one fact in mind, > >when you redeisgn your website for what ever reason, > >in essence you are reprogramming its orginial > >programming. Weather to meat ADA standards, affect > >page ranking, etc. you will have to redesign and > >reprogram your website. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--- Matt Woodward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >>Very cool--we'll see if that makes sense in the > >>overall scheme of what > >>we want to do with the site. Unless we get a huge > >>"NO" vote on it on > >>the survey, we'll likely be using FuseTalk forums on > >>the new site as > >>an extension of the mailing list. > >> > >>Matt > >> > >> > >>On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 10:48:57 -0500, Jake > >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >>>If people are interested, I'm happy to donate a > >>> > >>> > >>copy of BlogFusion to > >> > >> > >>>the dfwcfug site. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>Mark Armstrong wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>The biggest group in the DFW area by far (that > >>>> > >>>> > >>has > >> > >> > >designers/photographers/illustrators/copywriters/etc) > > > > > >>is dsvc.org > >> > >> > >>>>Dallas Society of Visual Communications > >>>> > >>>>They have a "job" page that gets 50K uniques a > >>>> > >>>> > >>year. the CFUG should > >> > >> > >>>>consider one of these on the new site. they have > >>>> > >>>> > >>a forum too, although > >> > >> > >>>>its infopop and not CF. > >>>> > >>>>Mark > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>On Oct 21, 2004, at 10:37 AM, Matt Woodward > >>>> > >>>> > >>wrote: > >> > >> > >>>>>I think we could swing that--one of our members > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>mentioned perhaps > >> > >> > >>>>>contacting some of the graphic design user > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>groups in the area and > >> > >> > >>>>>swapping coding for design, which I think is a > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>great idea. I didn't > >> > >> > >>>>>see a local Dreamweaver or Fireworks UG though, > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>but there is a Flash > >> > >> > >>>>>group so as long as things didnt' go too > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>overboard with Flash, that > >> > >> > >>>>>might be cool. > >>>>> > >>>>>If you're serious about the suggestion, I'll > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>put up some coding time > >> > >> > >>>>>in exchange for a winning design! > >>>>> > >>>>>Matt > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 10:19:27 -0500, Mark > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> > >>>>>wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>How bout the prize to be "10 HOURS" of CF > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>programming!! : ) > >> > >> > >>>>>>mark > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>On Oct 14, 2004, at 5:21 PM, Matt Woodward > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>wrote: > >> > >> > >>>>>>>Hi folks, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>The CFUG board has decided to overhaul our > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>group's web site, so we > >> > >> > >>>>>>>want your ideas! If there is specific > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>functionality on the site that > >> > >> > >>>>>>>you'd like to see, new features, etc. please > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>send an email to the list > >> > >> > >>>>>>>in response to this message (or feel free to > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>email me directly). We > >> > >> > >>>>>>>already have plans to add forum software that > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>would augment the > >> > >> > >>>>>>>mailing list and give people an additional > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>way of keeping up with our > >> > >> > >>>>>>>CFUG. We have several other ideas bouncing > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>around, but any > >> > >> > >>>>>>>suggestions you folks have would be > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>fantastic. We want to make the > >> > >> > >>>>>>>web site as useful as we can. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>On that note, I'd like to solicit members (or > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>any good designers you > >> > >> > >>>>>>>know ...) for new logo and site design ideas. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >> Some of us don't > >> > >> > >>>>>>>usually get much into the design side of > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>things, but I know we have > >> > >> > >>>>>>>some creative folks on the list who will have > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>some great ideas. We'll > >> > >> > >>>>>>>be nailing down the details of this soon, but > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>what I envision is > >> > >> > >>>>>>>letting members vote on both the logo and the > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>site design once we get > >> > >> > >>>>>>>submissions, and I'm sure we can come up with > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>a prize of some sort for > >> > >> > >>>>>>>the winner. (I'll personally sponsor one if > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>nothing else!) The > >> > >> > >>>>>>>details of how this will work may change but > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>I wanted to get the word > >> > >> > >>>>>>>out now so people can start thinking on this. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>So let's start coming up with some nice site > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>and logo designs, and > >> > >> > >>>>>>>please send them to me directly. Let's do > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>screenshots for now because > >> > >> > >>>>>>>that will make the voting easy. We'll give > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>everyone until December 1, > >> > >> > >>>>>>>2004 to submit your ideas and we'll do online > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>voting in early > >> > >> > >>>>>>>December. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>Let me know if you have any questions. I'm > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>looking forward to seeing > >> > >> > >>>>>>>what ideas and designs you come up with for > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>the site! > >> > >> > >>>>>>>Thanks, > >>>>>>>Matt > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>-- > >>>>>>>Matt Woodward > >>>>>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>>>>http://www.mattwoodward.com > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >>>>>>>To post, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>>>>To unsubscribe: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm > >> > >> > >>>>>>>To subscribe: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm > >> > >> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >>>>>>To post, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>>>To unsubscribe: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm > >> > >> > >>>>>>To subscribe: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm > >> > >> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>-- > >>>>>Matt Woodward > >>>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>>http://www.mattwoodward.com > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >>>>>To post, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>>To unsubscribe: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm > >> > >> > >>>>>To subscribe: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm > >> > >> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >>>>To post, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>To unsubscribe: > >>>> > >>>> > >>http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm > >> > >> > >>>>To subscribe: > >>>> > >>>> > >>http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm > >> > >> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >>>To post, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>To unsubscribe: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm > >> > >> > >>>To subscribe: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm > >> > >> > >>> > >>> > >>-- > >> > >> > >> > >=== message truncated === > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! > >http://vote.yahoo.com > >---------------------------------------------------------- > >To post, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To unsubscribe: > > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm > >To subscribe: > > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > To post, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe: > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm > To subscribe: > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm > > -- Matt Woodward [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattwoodward.com ---------------------------------------------------------- To post, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm To subscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm
