I just got word from Alex Kemptems, Joomla! Events Team Leader that they have approved Joomla! being represented at the IT360 Expo.
We must now move into fast gear to get this event announced and organized.
1. Ian, can you organize a schedule of everyone who wishes to man the booth for April 8 & 9, 2008? Everyone please list your availability in this thread. Ideally it would be to have 3 or 4 people at any one time. It is almost too much work if there are only 2 people at any given time.
2. I am preparing an announcement for the Joomla! sites & forum. Who can publish the announcement on the Toronto JUG site?
3. Start brainstorming of who we can personally invite to this event and the Toronto JUG. (NO SPAMMING ALLOWED) ex. colleges & universities, other Open Source projects User Groups, friends & personal contacts, Business associations, etc... I'll let you continue brainstorming. When sending out invitations by email, please send it to a person, (ie address it to their name) so that our message is not considered spam. If you do not know their name, contact them to find out before sending emails.
4. Who can prepare a standardize invitation message that will be used to send invitations by email? The message must be approved by the JUG T. before it is to be used. (I will provide information for the announcement for the JUG T. site which could be helpful in preparing the invitation messages).
4. I will send Ian the Joomla! banner and flyers. Please contact me on skypewhen you have a minute.
5. It would be good if the JUG Toronto has a flyer to hand out with the groups objectives, email address: i...@toronto.joomla.ca. (I suggest not larger than a half page. This can be printed with a Lasor printer).
6. Who can keep an eye on the Joomla! Event's forum to respond to everyone who asks questions there about this event? 7. I have asked Ian to be responsible for the booth preparations. I, of course will be a resource person, for this event and will work closely with Ian.
8. It could be good to have a weekly skype conference for all who are interested in helping organize this event.
*What is Most Important:*
I'll have other things to add for the booth planning, but what is most important this week is getting the announcement published on the JUG T. Website and next few weeks to send out invitations as quickly as possible.
With 3 weeks before the Expo, it is *URGENT *tat we communicate to organize the event.
I would like to organize a Skype conference, Tues, March 18, 2008 at 7pm for all who would like to help organize and participate the Expo and evening presentation.
Who can participate tomorrow night? Please post your skype user name here in this email thread.
Thanks!
Michelle
I would like to call a skype conference, Wednesday
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Michelle Bisson <4joo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all,
> I just got word from Alex Kemptems, Joomla! Events Team Leader that they > have approved Joomla! being represented at the IT360 Expo.
> We must now move into fast gear to get this event announced and organized.
> 1. Ian, can you organize a schedule of everyone who wishes to man the > booth for April 8 & 9, 2008? Everyone please list your availability in this > thread. Ideally it would be to have 3 or 4 people at any one time. It is > almost too much work if there are only 2 people at any given time.
> 2. I am preparing an announcement for the Joomla! sites & forum. Who can > publish the announcement on the Toronto JUG site?
> 3. Start brainstorming of who we can personally invite to this event and > the Toronto JUG. (NO SPAMMING ALLOWED) ex. colleges & universities, other > Open Source projects User Groups, friends & personal contacts, Business associations, > etc... I'll let you continue brainstorming. When sending out invitations > by email, please send it to a person, (ie address it to their name) so > that our message is not considered spam. If you do not know their name, > contact them to find out before sending emails.
> 4. Who can prepare a standardize invitation message that will be used to > send invitations by email? The message must be approved by the JUG T. before > it is to be used. (I will provide information for the announcement for the > JUG T. site which could be helpful in preparing the invitation messages).
> 4. I will send Ian the Joomla! banner and flyers. Please contact me on > skype when you have a minute.
> 5. It would be good if the JUG Toronto has a flyer to hand out with the > groups objectives, email address: i...@toronto.joomla.ca. (I suggest not > larger than a half page. This can be printed with a Lasor printer).
> 6. Who can keep an eye on the Joomla! Event's forum to respond to everyone > who asks questions there about this event? > 7. I have asked Ian to be responsible for the booth preparations. I, of > course will be a resource person, for this event and will work closely with > Ian.
> 8. It could be good to have a weekly skype conference for all who are > interested in helping organize this event.
> *What is Most Important:*
> I'll have other things to add for the booth planning, but what is most > important this week is getting the announcement published on the JUG T. > Website and next few weeks to send out invitations as quickly as possible.
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 7:33 PM, Michelle Bisson <4joo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all,
> With 3 weeks before the Expo, it is *URGENT *tat we communicate to > organize the event.
> I would like to organize a Skype conference, Tues, March 18, 2008 at 7pm > for all who would like to help organize and participate the Expo and evening > presentation.
> Who can participate tomorrow night? Please post your skype user name here > in this email thread.
> Thanks!
> Michelle
> I would like to call a skype conference, Wednesday
> On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Michelle Bisson <4joo...@gmail.com> > wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I just got word from Alex Kemptems, Joomla! Events Team Leader that they > > have approved Joomla! being represented at the IT360 Expo.
> > We must now move into fast gear to get this event announced and > > organized.
> > 1. Ian, can you organize a schedule of everyone who wishes to man the > > booth for April 8 & 9, 2008? Everyone please list your availability in this > > thread. Ideally it would be to have 3 or 4 people at any one time. It is > > almost too much work if there are only 2 people at any given time.
> > 2. I am preparing an announcement for the Joomla! sites & forum. Who can > > publish the announcement on the Toronto JUG site?
> > 3. Start brainstorming of who we can personally invite to this event and > > the Toronto JUG. (NO SPAMMING ALLOWED) ex. colleges & universities, other > > Open Source projects User Groups, friends & personal contacts, Business associations, > > etc... I'll let you continue brainstorming. When sending out invitations > > by email, please send it to a person, (ie address it to their name) so > > that our message is not considered spam. If you do not know their name, > > contact them to find out before sending emails.
> > 4. Who can prepare a standardize invitation message that will be used to > > send invitations by email? The message must be approved by the JUG T. before > > it is to be used. (I will provide information for the announcement for the > > JUG T. site which could be helpful in preparing the invitation messages).
> > 4. I will send Ian the Joomla! banner and flyers. Please contact me on > > skype when you have a minute.
> > 5. It would be good if the JUG Toronto has a flyer to hand out with the > > groups objectives, email address: i...@toronto.joomla.ca. (I suggest not > > larger than a half page. This can be printed with a Lasor printer).
> > 6. Who can keep an eye on the Joomla! Event's forum to respond to > > everyone who asks questions there about this event? > > 7. I have asked Ian to be responsible for the booth preparations. I, of > > course will be a resource person, for this event and will work closely with > > Ian.
> > 8. It could be good to have a weekly skype conference for all who are > > interested in helping organize this event.
> > *What is Most Important:*
> > I'll have other things to add for the booth planning, but what is most > > important this week is getting the announcement published on the JUG T. > > Website and next few weeks to send out invitations as quickly as possible.
I've been very quiet lately due to illness. I'm sure I'll be fine by
the time it360 comes around but right now I am having a serious battle
health wise.
I will schedule to be available for the Skype conference.
I hope some more Toronto people will jump in here.
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 12:29 AM, JoeJoomla <joejoo...@joejoomla.com> wrote:
> Hi Michelle,
> I've been very quiet lately due to illness. I'm sure I'll be fine by > the time it360 comes around but right now I am having a serious battle > health wise.
> I will schedule to be available for the Skype conference.
> I hope some more Toronto people will jump in here.
I am new to the group, and was only yesterday thinking it would be great to put together a Toronto User Group for Joomla. While I am not up to the point of coding components and plugins. I have been using Joomla for the last 3 years and am using both 1.0 and 1.5 on a number of website I have created and manage.
My wife and I run our own conference and event management company. We specialize in online event registration, website design/hosting and conference technical support. As a branch, we have recently just created Canada's first multi-day ultra race (www.runthemoose.com), which will take place in August this year. We hope to stage more of these events in the future.
I am intersted in helping out with the group and even doing a day at IT360 if you could do with the support. I am able to make the conference call tonight if would like to include me. My Skype name is "mob_rich"
I look forward to meeting you all some time soon.
Cheers, Richard : )
_____
From: toronto-jug@googlegroups.com [mailto:toronto-jug@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michelle Bisson Sent: 18 March 2008 08:36 To: toronto-jug@googlegroups.com Subject: [Toronto-JUG] Re: IT360 Expo : booth planning.
Thanks Ian & Joe!
Anyone else?
Michelle
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 12:29 AM, JoeJoomla <joejoo...@joejoomla.com> wrote:
Hi Michelle,
I've been very quiet lately due to illness. I'm sure I'll be fine by the time it360 comes around but right now I am having a serious battle health wise.
I will schedule to be available for the Skype conference.
I hope some more Toronto people will jump in here.
I'm available at 7pm. My skype name is philippe.snell. I don't have
a microphone, but if I can join with just text chat I would like to do
that. Sorry, I'm new to skype, but I would like to help for it360.
On Mar 18, 8:36 am, "Michelle Bisson" <4joo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 12:29 AM, JoeJoomla <joejoo...@joejoomla.com> wrote:
> > Hi Michelle,
> > I've been very quiet lately due to illness. I'm sure I'll be fine by
> > the time it360 comes around but right now I am having a serious battle
> > health wise.
> > I will schedule to be available for the Skype conference.
> > I hope some more Toronto people will jump in here.
Oooohh... I don't have a microphone either... I had assumed we would just do text chat.
One thing we need to discuss, I think... is that they seem to have changed things a little bit this year, so that people need to be given a pass by an organization to get in for free, rather than before, where you could register online and get a free pass.
I'll do my best to see you guys tonight! Should be there. Ian
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 9:32 AM, p...@envoguecomputers.com <
> I'm available at 7pm. My skype name is philippe.snell. I don't have > a microphone, but if I can join with just text chat I would like to do > that. Sorry, I'm new to skype, but I would like to help for it360.
> On Mar 18, 8:36 am, "Michelle Bisson" <4joo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks Ian & Joe!
> > Anyone else?
> > Michelle
> > On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 12:29 AM, JoeJoomla <joejoo...@joejoomla.com> > wrote:
> > > Hi Michelle,
> > > I've been very quiet lately due to illness. I'm sure I'll be fine by > > > the time it360 comes around but right now I am having a serious battle > > > health wise.
> > > I will schedule to be available for the Skype conference.
> > > I hope some more Toronto people will jump in here.
It is still my understanding that we can register online to get a free pass. Plus, all those who will be organizing the booth and evening session needs to have a separate exibitor badges. It is either/or : Trade show pass or Exibitor badge.
Since there will be several of us online tonight, we'll do text only chat. Anyone who cannot make it, I will post our conversation in an email to the group.
For planning this event, we will need to form 3 teams. You can be on 1, 2 or 3 teams, (whatever your availability)
Booth Team : Leader Ian MacLennan (ideally to have 3 people man the booth each day.) You can volunteer for 1 day or both days.
Birds of a Feather Team (organized by the oomla! User Group Toronto) Leader : Joe Sonne Evening Session Tues. April 8, 2008 (I am still confirming the time slot - we might not have a choice. I should have the time confirmed in a day or two. It could be any time after 4:30pm. I am expecting about a 2 hour session) We will have access to a room with projector,
Introduction presentation (10-15 minutes) of Joomla! and the Joomla! User Group Toronto 1. 1st presentation - 30 - 45 minutes : subject: How to create a basic Joomla! Website? Who is giving the presentation? ______________________ Ian did a great session last year, so it could be similar. Whoever gives the presentation, 2. 2nd presentation (Optional) : subject _____________________________ Who is giving the presentation? ______________________ 3. Other help ___________________ 4. Other help ___________________ 5. Other help ___________________ Discussion period - 1 hour
Communications Team a) to send out email invitations to this event. b) to contact the media (email) about this event - I should be getting a contact list of medias from IT360. There should be about 15 contacts on this list. You can expand the list to any media that is not on the list.
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Ian MacLennan <ianlen...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oooohh... I don't have a microphone either... I had assumed we would > just do text chat.
> One thing we need to discuss, I think... is that they seem to have > changed things a little bit this year, so that people need to be given a > pass by an organization to get in for free, rather than before, where you > could register online and get a free pass.
> I'll do my best to see you guys tonight! Should be there. > Ian
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 9:32 AM, p...@envoguecomputers.com < > p...@envoguecomputers.com> wrote:
> > I'm available at 7pm. My skype name is philippe.snell. I don't have > > a microphone, but if I can join with just text chat I would like to do > > that. Sorry, I'm new to skype, but I would like to help for it360.
> > On Mar 18, 8:36 am, "Michelle Bisson" <4joo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Thanks Ian & Joe!
> > > Anyone else?
> > > Michelle
> > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 12:29 AM, JoeJoomla <joejoo...@joejoomla.com> > > wrote:
> > > > Hi Michelle,
> > > > I've been very quiet lately due to illness. I'm sure I'll be fine by > > > > the time it360 comes around but right now I am having a serious > > battle > > > > health wise.
> > > > I will schedule to be available for the Skype conference.
> > > > I hope some more Toronto people will jump in here.
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Michelle Bisson <4joo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all,
> It is still my understanding that we can register online to get a free > pass. Plus, all those who will be organizing the booth and evening session > needs to have a separate exibitor badges. It is either/or : Trade show pass > or Exibitor badge.
> Since there will be several of us online tonight, we'll do text only > chat. Anyone who cannot make it, I will post our conversation in an email > to the group.
> For planning this event, we will need to form 3 teams. You can be on 1, 2 > or 3 teams, (whatever your availability)
> Booth Team : Leader Ian MacLennan (ideally to have 3 people man the booth > each day.) You can volunteer for 1 day or both days.
> Birds of a Feather Team (organized by the oomla! User Group Toronto) > Leader : Joe Sonne > Evening Session Tues. April 8, 2008 (I am still confirming the time slot - > we might not have a choice. I should have the time confirmed in a day or > two. It could be any time after 4:30pm. I am expecting about a 2 hour > session) We will have access to a room with projector,
> Introduction presentation (10-15 minutes) of Joomla! and the Joomla! User > Group Toronto > 1. 1st presentation - 30 - 45 minutes : subject: How to create a basic > Joomla! Website? Who is giving the presentation? ______________________ > Ian did a great session last year, so it could be similar. Whoever gives > the presentation, > 2. 2nd presentation (Optional) : subject _____________________________ > Who is giving the presentation? ______________________ > 3. Other help ___________________ > 4. Other help ___________________ > 5. Other help ___________________ > Discussion period - 1 hour
> Communications Team > a) to send out email invitations to this event. > b) to contact the media (email) about this event - I should be getting a > contact list of medias from IT360. There should be about 15 contacts on this > list. You can expand the list to any media that is not on the list.
> I will create a few Google docs so that we can plan this event and have > the team leaders with editing rights.
> Michelle Bisson > Joomla! Core Team Member
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Ian MacLennan <ianlen...@gmail.com> > wrote:
> > Oooohh... I don't have a microphone either... I had assumed we would > > just do text chat.
> > One thing we need to discuss, I think... is that they seem to have > > changed things a little bit this year, so that people need to be given a > > pass by an organization to get in for free, rather than before, where you > > could register online and get a free pass.
> > I'll do my best to see you guys tonight! Should be there. > > Ian
> > On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 9:32 AM, p...@envoguecomputers.com < > > p...@envoguecomputers.com> wrote:
> > > I'm available at 7pm. My skype name is philippe.snell. I don't have > > > a microphone, but if I can join with just text chat I would like to do > > > that. Sorry, I'm new to skype, but I would like to help for it360.
> > > On Mar 18, 8:36 am, "Michelle Bisson" <4joo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Thanks Ian & Joe!
> > > > Anyone else?
> > > > Michelle
> > > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 12:29 AM, JoeJoomla <joejoo...@joejoomla.com> > > > wrote:
> > > > > Hi Michelle,
> > > > > I've been very quiet lately due to illness. I'm sure I'll be fine > > > by > > > > > the time it360 comes around but right now I am having a serious > > > battle > > > > > health wise.
> > > > > I will schedule to be available for the Skype conference.
> > > > > I hope some more Toronto people will jump in here.
