Joe, sig's, stands for special interest groups like CF, dfw has about 200 local chapters.
--- "Kelly, Joe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pardon my ignorance, but what are "sig's"? > > Thanks, > Joe Kelly > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Clement Cervenka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 1:28 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [spam?] Re: DFW CFUG Web Site > > 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 > === 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
