um... I mean "two" meetings a month... geesh... I guess I was *too* antsy to hit the big send button. :o)
Chris On 9/13/07, Christopher Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd do too meetings in a month, but I'd like to echo Tom's concerns about > splitting up the group. That doesn't mean that we shouldn't take some sort > of poll. I mean, look at how many folks showed up to listen to Ben. That > right there says that the area has enough CF developers to sustain two > groups. > > Personally, I live in Mansfield but work in both Arlington and Dallas. In > fact two of my clients are literally down the street and around the corner > from the current meeting place. Also, I know that Dave lives in Addison > (right?), and I have to admit to know having the first clue where that is in > relation to all these other meeting places that folks are suggesting, but it > seems we should give him some consideration as to where the meetings are. > > As I see it, there are a couple of reasons to change locations. > > 1. We're getting bigger. However attendance still seems to fluctuate. > There are still times when the current meeting place has just enough seats > for all of us. Like last Tuesday. > > 2. It would be *super cool* to have air conditioning and a *live internet > connection*. > > I think that a live internet connection would enable some slightly slicker > presentations (as far as demos go) and would also allow us to work out some > way for folks to remotely attend the meetings. > > Anyway. Them's my thoughts. :o) > > Cheers, > Chris > > On 9/13/07, Tom Woestman <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > Hi Dave, > > > > > > > > Being from the Fort Worth side and driving an hour to each meeting it > > would be great if the meetings were closer. However, I am concerned that we > > would not be able to maintain the necessary membership levels to keep both > > groups going if it splinters into two groups. Also, it has been challenging > > in the past to get enough folks to present on interesting topics and > > splitting that between two groups could dilute this further. > > > > > > > > Given the above, if you think it will work I would be for meeting at a > > different time in Fort Worth (maybe third Tuesday?) so that folks could > > attend both meetings if they chose. As a telecommuter, meeting in person > > with you folks is great social time for me and two meetings in a month would > > be fine here. > > > > > > > > Tom Woestman > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of * > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > *Sent:* Thursday, September 13, 2007 8:13 AM > > *To:* 'Dallas/Fort Worth ColdFusion User Group Mailing List' > > *Subject:* RE: [DFW CFUG] Still need a new place to meet? > > > > > > > > I'd like to bring up something that no one seems to be saying, but seems > > apparent to me. If this is a Dallas/Fort Worth CFUG, why aren't we finding > > a meeting location in the center of both cities? Like Arlington, for > > example. It seems to me that if the people from Dallas are the majority, > > and they always want the meeting held in Dallas, shouldn't it be the Dallas > > CFUG and maybe we should start a Fort Worth CFUG for those of us on the West > > side of the metroplex? > > > > > > > > I actually live and work in Arlington, but it takes a lot longer for me > > to get to any Dallas meeting place than it would Fort Worth. And yes, I > > know the majority are in Dallas, but maybe it's time we start talking about > > two separate meetings, one for fort Worth and another for Dallas? > > > > > > > > Maybe we should take a poll of how many people in the group are coming > > from the Fort Worth side and how many from the Dallas side. If it's a large > > enough group from Fort Worth, it might warrant having our own meeting over > > here. > > > > > > > > Looking for discussion…. > > > > > > > > Dave Phillips > > > > > > > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Tom Woestman > > *Sent:* Thursday, September 13, 2007 9:11 AM > > *To:* Dallas/Fort Worth ColdFusion User Group Mailing List > > *Subject:* RE: [DFW CFUG] Still need a new place to meet? > > > > > > > > Hi Rob, > > > > > > > > That would work great for me being as I live about 20 miles south of > > Fort Worth but I imagine the folks from Dallas might not like the drive > > J May we keep it in mind if we ever do a Fort Worth side of things > > meeting? > > > > > > > > Tom > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > *From:* > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Rob Love > > *Sent:* Thursday, September 13, 2007 5:53 AM > > *To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > *Subject:* [DFW CFUG] Still need a new place to meet? > > > > > > > > I can offer up our field office. > > > > > > > > 3417 Hulen St. > > > > Ste. 200 > > > > Ft. Worth, TX 76107 > > > > > > > > Let me know if you're interested. > > > > > > > > *Rob Love* > > *Scope Mapping LLC* > > *Cell (903) 647 1301* > > *Fax (817) 288 0713* > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Reply to DFWCFUG: > > [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list > > List Archives: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/ > > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/ > > DFWCFUG Sponsors: > > www.instantspot.com/ > > www.teksystems.com/ > > > > > > > -- > http://cjordan.us -- http://cjordan.us
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