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January 29Thursday
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CajunJUG
January 29, 2009 at 6:30pm – Celebration Church Hey everyone. We have a meeting coming up. We will be covering Java FX. We will meet at 6:30p and presentation will start at 7 We are located at: Celebration Church Room 208 2701 Transcontinental Dr… Organized by Alley Davis and Michael Levin | Type: meeting and presentation
April 16Thursday
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CajunJUG: Flex
April 16, 2009 from 6:30pm to 8pm – Celebration Church Fill out the form to rsvp at: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=cFdQTjc1V1dzR2hlN2hTRlU0cGlhQXc6MA.. This month James Ward will speak Topic: Title: Sexier Software with Fl… Organized by Allan Davis | Type: meeting
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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