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Time: November 2, 2013 from 8:30am to 4:30pm
Location: Memphis
City/Town: Memphis
Website or Map: http://techcampmemphis.com/
Event Type: meeting
Organized By: Memphis JUG
Latest Activity: Oct 31, 2013
The local tech conference TechCamp Memphis is being held this weekend, November 2nd from 8am to 4:30pm. The cost of tickets is "pay what you want" with a minimum of $5. Links to buy tickets and additional information can be found at http://techcampmemphis.com/. The next meeting of the Memphis Java User Group will be held November 7th, Thursday at 6:30 pm. ** Note we are meeting on the 1st Thursday this month , not the 3rd. We will also not meet in December and will resume our normal 3rd Thursday schedule in January. ** Please RSVP at: http://www.meetup.com/memphis-technology-user-groups/events/139650272/ For our November meeting we are once again hosting the Memphis Super User Group meeting. During this meeting we will have collection of 20 minute, platform agnostic, development related talks. .NET, Python, PHP, and Ruby user group members have been invited to attend. This is a great opportunity to give a talk, especially if you haven't lately or ever done so. You can reach me on Twitter via @thomaslangston to reserve a slot. We are meeting at Southwest Tennessee Community College, 5983 Macon Cove Memphis, TN 38134. From I-40, exit at Sycamore View Road. Turn right at Macon road, then continue to the campus entrance. Take a left at the next road, then turn right. View Map We will be meeting in the Fulton Auditorium. The Fulton building is the first building you will pass on your right once you are on campus. The auditorium will be on the west side of the building. Please tell anyone at your company or school who might be interested! Thanks, Thomas Langston Memphis JUG thomas.langston@gmail.com
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