> We also talked about creating an Adobe user with this group's email
> address and making it a member of the group so that posts to the
> groups page automatically appear here, and using the RSS feed from
> this group to populate threads back onto the groups page somewhere...

> But, yes, the more interactive approach sounds like a lot of fun!

> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Charlie
> Griefer<charlie.grie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > (posted to the Adobe Groups page at
> http://groups.adobe.com/posts/f533cfc3c2
> > , sending out for the benefit of those who may not be subscribed)

> > Hello All:

> > Quick recap of our first meeting at New Horizons:

> > There were some hiccups that we'll hopefully have fixed for upcoming
> > meetings.

> > The projector has a VGA adapter, and my laptop only had a DVI adapter.
> > The doors to the office building lock (from the outside) at 6pm.  I had
> to
> > stand guard to let people in.

> > In spite of the hiccups above, the presentation on Balsamiq Mockups went
> > well.  Everyone (all 3) seemed duly impressed with the capabilities and
> > functionality of the product.  We did *not* raffle off a license, as
> there
> > were only 3 people in attendance, and the stipulation for the free
> license
> > was a presentation to a group of at least 15.  Had there been 12 or so,
> it
> > might have been OK to fudge through.  Three would have been pushing it :)

> > We spoke briefly about the direction of the group, and my desire to make
> the
> > group more interactive.  Traditionally, at least in the groups that I've
> > been a part of, the agenda is... folks show up, listen to a speaker,
> maybe
> > ask a few questions, then take off.  I'd like to change that up a bit.
> > Maybe some meetings we'll just have roundtable discussions.

> > For example, the BACFUG's next meeting (tonight!) is on "Planning your
> > migration to a Framework".  I think it might be interesting to have a
> > discussion on why you might want to move to a framework at all.  What are
> > the relative pros and cons?

> > There was talk of having the group break up into smaller groups (which
> would
> > be better if more than 3 were in attendance) and take 5-10 minutes to
> solve
> > a Project Euler (http://projecteuler.net/) problem.  Then each group
> would
> > show their solution.  It would be interesting to see the different
> > approaches that different folks take to solve the same problem.

> > Some of you might have noticed that there's been a little bit of
> discussion
> > regarding OO usage in CF (yes, snark) :)  I think we have various skill
> > levels within the group, ranging from "very comfortable with OO" to "I'm
> > trying to get there" to "um... what?".  That might provide for another
> > fun-filled discussion.

> > I'm not against the idea of presentations, but if the presentations could
> be
> > more 'hands-on' lab-type presentations, that'd be ideal.

> > Thoughts?  Do people want that type of interactivity?  If so, I'm open to
> > ideas on subject/topics.  I'd like to get the next 4 meetings (which will
> > get us through 2009) set up.

> > Beer and chips at Casa Orozco after the meeting.

> > I'm going to leave the topic open for the next couple of days and see
> what
> > kind of feedback I get.  I'd like to have the topic for the next meeting
> > (Tues, August 4) posted by the beginning of next week at the very latest.
> > Your suggestions are welcomed, as are any feedback or comments.