After reviewing the responses to our survey, Gabe and I are happy to announce the entire 2010 schedule for JUG Milwaukee.

As the year proceeds, we will finalize presenters for each topic.

• 02/10 – Extension Selection & Evaluation (Vic Drover)
• 03/10 – Joomla Ecommerce – Stores, Carts, Subscriptions, Downloads and Content (Gabe Wahhab)
• 04/10 – Editors: Compare & Contrast
• 05/10 - Joomla 1.6 Features & Upgrading
• 06/10 - Must haves extensions that make your life easier
• 07/10 - Web Metrics & Analytics – How do know how well your doing if you don’t know the score.
• 08/10 – Joomla Newsletter & eMail Extensions
• 09/10 - Content Organization:
• 10/10 - Security Standards, Tips & Tricks
• 11/10 - People Management
• 12/10 – SEO: How to rank high on Google

See you all at the next JUG!

As we look back at 2010, Gabe and I are pretty impressed at what you've all done at JUG Milwaukee in 2009. We've had 12 meetings and brought in impressive speakers from around the word.

Together, we've created a Joomla community in this area where we can come to learn, share and grow. 

As we look forward to 2010 however, we know we can do better. We can bring in more relevant speakers, and we can do a better job of planning the JUG.

I received an e-mail today from Joe Scarry of Arc Technology, one of the JUG MKE sponsors. Joe writes a blog for Joomla Chicago and today he was pointing out the recent JUG activity in Michigan.

I received Joe's e-mail while finalizing the agenda for JUG MKE #2 with the Agenda Committee and I guess all the JUG talk got me thinking about all the Joomla users meeting around the world. So I took a trip on over to the JUG calendar on Joomla.org. JUGs can post their upcoming meetings on this calendar and I noticed that JUG Cambodia meets EVERY Sunday. 

Well done guys, that's some real committment. Keep up the Joomlafication!

 What a day! Gabe and I have been working feverishly for the last 5 weeks to get the first Joomla Milwaukee meeting organized. It looks like our hard work paid off as over 35 people turned up. There were people of all interests and experience levels and were it not for the robust participation of the group, I might have thought folks just showed up for the free lunch (thanks Arc Technology for the grub and Joe for the great blog post).