Tom,
I also am a telecommuter. My whole team is in Pennsylvania! And yes, I'm considering the same things you mentioned with one exception. I would look at this not like a 'splintering', but more like a 'multiplication'. When groups grow, they multiply and that keeps them growing. When groups get too large, some people will stop coming as a result. I'm involved in church ministry and this is a principle that is considered there and works just the same in the business world as well. I also think there will be some who want to attend both, and I think that's great! A separate meeting time of the month would definitely be prudent. I think it would be even appropriate to suggest that initially, we should just have a 2nd meeting of the DFWCFUG IN Ft. Worth and see what kind of attendance we get. That would be one way to start in my opinion. Dave From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Woestman Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 10:28 AM To: Dallas/Fort Worth ColdFusion User Group Mailing List Subject: RE: [DFW CFUG] Still need a new place to meet? 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
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