[advocacy-discuss] New BW OSUG

[Theo Schlossnagle]

On Feb 23, 2009, at 5:30 PM, Harry J Foxwell PhD wrote:

> Theo Schlossnagle wrote:
>> A few of us at OmniTI would like to start a OSUG.  There is on for  
>> the "DC" area, but it is based out of Northern Virginia and, given  
>> that the 270 split (a treacherous zone one must travel to get  
>> there) is considered by many to be the worst traffic in the whole  
>> of the United States, it seems unlikely that anyone from the  
>> Baltimore-Washington corridor would venture that far.
>>
>> We (OmniTI) have many advocates and currently host user groups for  
>> Javascript, PHP and PostgreSQL quite successfully.  We have space  
>> available and a good track record of both consistent management and  
>> decent attendance for user groups.
>>
>> I realize that this user group would be pretty close to http://opensolaris.org/os/project/crosug/ 
>>  though anyone from around here would know it isn't close at all  
>> with traffic.
>>
> I've organized the occasional meetings of CROSUG but I agree
> that if there is sufficient interest "up North" then by all means
> go for it!  I'll even come up and present!


Sold!

We'd so monthly meetings.  I see plenty of content.  We use all sort  
of opensolaris goodness and there are several others in the area that  
do the same.  I think we could easily knock out the first 12 months of  
presenters without "searching" for anyone.

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Theo Schlossnagle
Principal/CEO
OmniTI Computer Consulting, Inc.
Web Applications & Internet Architectures
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