Blog entries tagged meetups

2010 schedule has been set

Victor Drover — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:57:23 +0100

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 makRead More...

Geraring up for JUG Milwaukee 2010

Victor Drover — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:45:55 +0100

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.

An ongoing issue in 2009 was schedRead More...

Weekly JUG meetings, now that's dedication!

Victor Drover — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100

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 thiRead More...

Joomla Milwaukee takes a confident first step

Victor Drover — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100

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).

Not only did people participate with queRead More...