Also, everything sounds good as far as i'm concerned. (dates, times, etc)
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Roberto Serrano <ohr
...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Androids,
> Per the discussion below, Kevin Harris is proposing to host a meeting
> together - instead of the my original idea of two separate meetings in
> tandem.
> The meeting would take place Saturday June 6th from 3 to 6PM.
> In addition, since there was a decent amount of people interested in a
> "starting from scratch kind of presentation" for our next meeting, I
> proposed that and they are also interested in that approach as well.
> I would love to have a more advance presentation as well, but if no
> developer wants to step up, we will have a two part intro session, as
> described in the thread.
> Finally, it seems that Barcamp will take place on July 10th.
> Please, let me know what do you think.
> Roberto
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Kevin Harriss <special.ke...@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, May 13, 2009 at 2:04 PM
> Subject: Re: June 6 meeting
> To: Roberto Serrano <ohr...@gmail.com>
> Sounds good.
> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Roberto Serrano <ohr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Cool, I will send and email to the androids mailing list and I will let
>> you
>> know sometime tomorrow to confirm.
>> Thanks!
>> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Kevin Harriss <special.ke...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> I think that hands on approach would work out great. I think maybe a
>>> quick intro/overview of the Android OS and architecture would be a
>>> good thing to cover.
>>> Kevin
>>> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Roberto Serrano <ohr...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Thanks Kevin!
>>> > For the next meeting, based on the comments from yesterdays meeting, we
>>> > are
>>> > thinking in doing a basic introduction to developing with Android (how
>>> > to
>>> > setup the SDK, tools provided by it, etc). I am going to try to find a
>>> > second more advanced speaker as well - if this fails I will probably do
>>> > a
>>> > second level to that first session (how to do a basic app with intro
>>> > to
>>> > layouts, maybe some basic storage, and intents, etc).
>>> > I don't think it will be a problem to do the two meetings in one. Let
>>> > me
>>> > know if this hands on approach would be something the group might be
>>> > cool
>>> > with. Also, do you think we would need to provide a intro to the
>>> > Android OS
>>> > and architecture?
>>> > Let me know.
>>> > Thank you!
>>> > Roberto
>>> > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Kevin Harriss
>>> > <special.ke...@gmail.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >> Hey Roberto,
>>> >> Our meetings usually from from 3:00pm-6:00pm and then we go out for
>>> >> food and drinks. If you want you can probably hold you meeting at
>>> >> 1:00pm before or we can just have a joint meeting with the two groups
>>> >> and have the presentations be done from the Chicago Androids group.
>>> >> This might be a better solution since I know a lot of our members are
>>> >> interested in Android and might not be able to attend the meeting at
>>> >> 1pm but probably could attend it if it was in conjunction with the lug
>>> >> meeting.
>>> >> We are looking to hold barcamp on the weekend of July 10th. We hope
>>> >> to have a date hammered out sometime within the next two weeks and
>>> >> then I will let you know. I think an Android code sprint would be
>>> >> awesome.
>>> >> Kevin
>>> >> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Roberto Serrano <ohr...@gmail.com>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >> > Hi Kevin,
>>> >> > I am pretty sure we are going to setup next Chicago Androids meeting
>>> >> > on
>>> >> > June
>>> >> > 6 tagging along Chicago Lugs. I see that your meeting is setup to
>>> >> > start
>>> >> > at
>>> >> > 3PM. How long do they usually go? You think it would be possible
>>> >> > to
>>> >> > start
>>> >> > ours at 5PM or 1PM? Ours should be 1:30 to 2 hrs long.
>>> >> > Thanks a lot for offering hosting the meeting!
>>> >> > Roberto
>>> >> > PS> When do you think Barcamp will happen this summer? Chicago
>>> >> > Androids
>>> >> > is
>>> >> > thinking of hosting a presentation or/and code sprint. Let me know
>>> >> > if
>>> >> > you
>>> >> > need any help following up to get the UIC venue.