[advocacy-discuss] New BW OSUG

[Jim Grisanzio]

On 02/24/09 10:32, Theo Schlossnagle wrote:
>
> 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.

Ok, you're all set. This is done.

Jim