Codetown ::: a software developer's community
                    Time: April 23, 2015 from 6pm to 8pm
                    Location: Eden Bar
                                            Street: 1300 S Orlando Ave
                        City/Town: Maitland, FL 32751
                        Website or Map: http://www.orlandojug.com
                        Phone: 321-252-9322
                                        Event Type: jug, meeting
                    Organized By: Michael Levin
                    Latest Activity: Apr 23, 2015                
We have a special guest speaker. Chris Schaefer of Sarasota Software Engineers (fmrly SunJUG) will give a talk! 
Experiences Leading a User Group
 
 Abstract
 User groups are a great way to get out and network with other people in the industry locally, listen to presentations and participate. User groups are also similar to open source projects as community members and their contributions drive the group’s success. Contributions could be in form of presentations, attendance, event coordination help, sponsorships, and anything else that benefits the group as a whole.
 
 I took over as the leader of the “Sarasota Java Users Group” (SunJUG) at the end of 2013, which as of 2015 has evolved into the “Sarasota Software Engineers User Group” (SSEUG).  Having no prior experience organizing a user group, a number of lessons have been learned and many changes have been made along the way.
 
 During this talk we will walk through the timeline from when I first became involved as the organizer, the good, the bad and where we are now. Not only will we look at my experience with the organizational aspect of leading a user group but also how group members can play an active and important role just as with an open source project.
 Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.
 Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.
Created by Michael Levin Dec 18, 2008 at 6:56pm. Last updated by Michael Levin May 4, 2018.
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