On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 10:01:05 -0600, Dan Blackman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would love to see the group diversify. It's pretty clear that MM is > changing the landscape of development through the use of Flex and Flash > so to me it makes sense join forces with other groups.
I agree with this but I think it should be an occasional thing. There's always plenty of CF to talk about, and part of what I'd like to see happen is for us to do enough either general-interest CF-related topics and some mix of beginner topics so we might be able to better attract new members or folks who might be new to ColdFusion. This is part of what I was getting at with some of the survey questions (results very soon, I promise!). I think if we can start getting some show-and-tell type presentations or a forum in which people can ask questions about challenges they're facing it will be a good mix and maybe appeal to a broader range of people. > I like the idea of joint groups. I could even use some lessons in > design from the designer side of their group. :-) Absolutely--I think there's definite value here. I for one wouldn't like to see the CF group get diluted, however, but mixing things up would definitely be a good thing. > There's only so much Cf to talk about, at least for some of us who have > been using since the 2.0 release. Here's where I have to disagree--I think there's plenty of CF to talk about, and we have a pretty broad range of skills in the group and certainly in our geographic area. I personally would love to see more people involved with presentations, so if you have pretty deep knowledge about a particular area of CF and want to talk, please let me know. Everyone in the group can benefit from deeper knowledge of things they may only use occasionally or not had a chance to use yet (e.g. the CF discussion on the list recently), and if the experts in the group can start spreading their knowledge to beginners or less experienced people, that's definitely a good situation. I'm still wrestling with the best way to appeal to the broadest number of people, but in my mind there's absolutely no shortage of things to talk about with CF. Beyond the basic language features (tags, functions, CFCs) and "CF 101"-type presentations around this that some people might really appreciate, we can get into any number of more advanced areas of discussion like security, application architecture, OOP, design patterns, J2EE deployment, interacting with Java and .NET, CF vs. other technologies, and of course with Blackstone there's a whole new host of stuff we'll be able to talk about (and that's just off the top of my head!). The other new resource we have available to us is Breeze Live, and this is something that I think would be ideal for occasional joint meetings with the Flash UG. Patrick (as UG manager) and I (as a Team MM member) have pretty decent access to a host of folks in the community all over the world that we could tap to do presentations, and if it's a broader topic with a bigger audience, it gets even easier to talk experts outside our immediate geographic area to be willing to talk. Lots of avenues to investigate, and as always, if you have thoughts on any of this either send them to the list or to me directly. I think we have some really exciting opportunities ahead! 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
