Congratulations, it sounds like you all had an experience to remember in Amsterdam. I've had a quick look at some of the slides (and photos); these seem to back up my hunch! It's already been around 6 months we since we started-up the http://jweekend.co.uk/dev/LWUGReg/ monthly London events ( http://jWeekend.co.uk jWeekend with http://herebebeasties.com Al Maw ). We have had varying attendances to date and our guests have told us how much they have enjoyed the events and presentations (although most of our lot seem to be too shy to post about it ;-). Maybe looking ahead, we can also organise an annual event where we try to get together our London Wicket Users Group event with yours and those of anyone else in the "region" who can make the trip to wherever we decide to run such an event; a European Wicket event peut-etre? jWeekend would be happy to contribute to the funding and organisation of this event too. If we give people plenty of notice and have a nice set of presentations lined-up, I imagine we'd have quite an event on our hands! Regards - Cemal http://jWeekend.co.uk http://jWeekend.co.uk
Arje Cahn wrote: > > Hi all, > > Thanks for all your kind words. I did have an excellent time last friday, > and I'm very happy to hear everyone else did too. > > There were just a couple of things that didn't really work out - like the > hackaton for example. Maybe it's because it was the first time, maybe it > was because we were running an afternoon/evening show instead of the whole > day. I'd like to do that differently next time. Also, I think the > programme was quite pressing, given that it was at the end of the week > *and* at the end of the day. Next time, I'd like to have some more kick > ass demoing on stage just to keep up the vibe. I was exhausted afterwards > :) > > But it was incredible to have so many people show up and stick around > until 11 PM. At the peak, I counted 74 people in the room and given the > fact that we had 92 people signed up, I think that was much more than we > could've ever wished for. It says something about the community and the > project when sending out 2 emails (one to the user list, one to the NLJUG > list) is enough to bring together such a crowd. > > It also says something about the type of event - low barrier, easy access, > and free. Community driven. It makes an excellent addition to the much > broader targeted ApacheCon conferences [1], attracting new people to the > Apache communities. > > I'm looking forward to the next edition :) > What if we just block the same room again around the ApacheCon Europe in > April? Not to be an alternative to ApacheCon - rather as an addition. This > will give people even more reason to attend the ApacheCon. > > Let me know. > > Thanks everyone! > > -- Arjé Cahn, Hippo > > > > [1] http://www.eu.apachecon.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Wrapping-up-the-Amsterdam-Wicket-Meetup-tf4943779.html#a14154539 Sent from the Wicket - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
