[ug-discuss] User Group Update

[Jim Grisanzio]

With the addition of Shanghai and Seattle, we are now up to 36 user 
groups http://opensolaris.org/os/community/os_user_groups/osug-leaders/ 
on the site. Which is cool. We're growing.

Most groups have pages and lists on opensolaris.org, but a couple have 
pages and/or lists external to opensolaris.org, so I've tried to collect 
them all in one grid. I think I have everyone at this point.

We also currently have five groups that have hidden pages because they 
never got off the ground or their owners weren't ready yet or their 
owners changed their minds. So, maybe these will go in the future:

   Raleigh OpenSolaris User Group -- (hidden)
   South Africa OpenSolaris User Group -- (hidden)
   Rio de Janeiro OpenSolaris User Group  -- (hidden)
   NYC OpenSolaris User Group  -- (hidden)
   OpenSolaris User Group--Denmark -- (hidden)

Sun's Tech Days will help us establish a few more groups along the way, 
I'm sure. I have pinged he Korean team and will be traveling to Korea 
for that Tech Day. Hopefully, we'll be able to set up a group there.

If you look at Tech Days http://developers.sun.com/events/techdays/ 
you'll see that we have the opportunity to either set up a few more 
groups or to engage groups already there but who have been quiet:

   Seattle, United States September 6-8, 2006
   Shanghai, China September 22-24, 2006
   Beijing, China September 27-29, 2006
   Buenos Aires, Argentina October 23-25, 2006
   Seoul, Korea November 8-10, 2006
   Prague, Czech Republic November 14-16, 2006
   Hyderabad, India February 21-23, 2007
   Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 6-8, 2006
   London, United Kingdom March 14-16, 2007
   Atlanta, United States March 2007
   St. Petersburg, Russia April 2007
   São Paulo, Brazil April 17-19, 2007
   Mexico City, Mexico May 16-18, 2007

Jim