Hi, Jen. Two-and-a-half hours in each direction is a long commute for a Wednesday night; and the big Joomla Day falls on a Jewish holiday, so no-can-do. But I hope to meet all of you sooner or later. (Thanks for the pointer to www.bjoomug.org) --- Jordan Jen Kramer McKibben wrote: > > Jordan -- this Joomla Day features some great speakers, including Mitch > Pirtle, one of Joomla's founders; Elin Waring, president of Open Source > Matters, the foundation that runs Joomla; and Rob Schley, one of the current > core team developers who is working particularly hard on Joomla 1.6. Barrie > North, author of one of the first books on Joomla 1.5 and owner of SimplWeb, > Compass Designs, and JoomlaShack, will also be speaking. > > It's rare that we get such high quality and well-known speakers in our area > -- normally events like this happen in Boston or other larger cities. So we > are thrilled to be making this happen in Brattleboro. > > There is a train that goes to Brattleboro from Boston if you don't have a > car. There is information about that on our site, > http://newengland.joomladayusa.org. > > As for a regular Joomla User Group, Joomla! User Group New England meets the > 3rd Wednesday of each month from 5:30-7 PM at the Marlboro College Grad > Center in Brattleboro. There is also a Joomla! User Group New Hampshire > that meets at the University of New Hampshire in Durham > (http://joomlanh.ning.com) and the Boston Joomla Users Group, > http://www.bjoomug.org/, which meets in Harvard Square. > > This is the first conference on Joomla to be held in New England. There have > been others, but all have involved traveling some distance (Chicago, Las > Vegas, Denver, etc). If you are interested in Joomla, you should really > come. > > Thanks, > Jen > > ......................... > Jen Kramer McKibben > 4Web, Inc. > Creators of Highly Customized Joomla Websites > www.4webinc.com > 802-257-2657 > jen at 4webinc.com > Twitter: jen4web > Read our blog! www.joomla4web.com > > Join us in Chicago in May for CMS Expo: > http://www.cmsassociation.com/12.html > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jordan Lee Wagner [mailto:jordan at webjew.org] > Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 10:41 AM > To: Jen Kramer McKibben > Cc: hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Register Now: Joomla! Day New England, May 30, > Brattleboro VT > > I like the idea of a Joomla users group, and this event sounds like a good > fit for my interests; but the group meets too far away, and the big event is > on a Saturday, which is never possible for me. Does anybody know of similar > groups/events closer to Boston? > > Jordan Lee Wagner > support at trupod.com > Trupod.com > ElectronicMother.com > > > > > > Jen Kramer McKibben wrote: > >> ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's >> > area. > >> ** If you did, we all thank you. >> >> >> Join the Marlboro College Graduate Center (gradcenter.marlboro.edu) >> and Joomla! User Group New England (www.joomlanewengland.org for >> Joomla! Day New England on May 30, 2009, 9 AM to 4 PM. The cost is $45 >> and breakfast and lunch are included in the fee. >> >> Joomla! is one of the leading open source content management systems >> that money can't buy on the market today. >> >> Officially recognized by Joomla.org, this gathering is an opportunity >> for Joomla! experts from across the US to come to the Grad Center and >> talk about timely and engaging Joomla! topics, like building >> customized templates, social networking with Joomla, and creating your own >> > customized extensions. > >> Speakers include Mitch Pirtle, Elin Waring, Rob Schley, Barb Ackemann, >> Jen Kramer McKibben, and Barrie North. >> >> Read more about this exciting event and register at our website: >> http://newengland.joomladayusa.org >> >> Due to space limitations, enrollment is limited to 100 people. Hurry! >> Reserve your seat now! >> >> >> ......................... >> Jen Kramer McKibben >> 4Web, Inc. >> Creators of Highly Customized Joomla Websites www.4webinc.com >> 802-257-2657 >> jen at 4webinc.com >> Twitter: jen4web >> Read our blog! www.joomla4web.com >> >> Join us in Chicago in May for CMS Expo: >> http://www.cmsassociation.com/12.html >> >> >> >> >> > > > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: jordan.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 215 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20090306/b66088fd/jordan.vcf