Chennai FUG (Flex User Group)

[prayank]

Hi All

I'm trying to help the community in Chennai get together.
Mr. Mani has very graciously offered to have Chennai FUG at this
premises.

We would like to start having regular meetings (at least twice a
month).

It would be great if Flex programmers from Chennai, would join the
FUG.

Those interested please reply to this thread.

Regards
Prayank
Adobe Evangelist (APAC)

[Anupam Shah]

Hi Prayank,
Any plans to start a Flex User Group in Pune?
I am really eager to participate in such activity.
Abdul can you help in this?

Regards,
Anupam

[karan]

Hi Prayank,
   Im based at chennai. I would love to join the Chennai FUG and be a active member of it. Im eager to join the group. When are you guys planning to start the group?

On 5/12/07, prayank <prayank...@gmail.com> wrote:

mindrulers.blogspot.com

[Prayank Swaroop]

I would like to have the first meeting on 8th June. That is when either me or Raghu from Adobe will be coming to Chennai.

Prayank

[karan]

So its 25 more days to go. Kindly provide us the details about the meeting in the coming days. Looking forward to hear more from you

--
regards
karan
mindrulers.blogspot.com

[Anantharaman Mani]

Thanks for the mail Prayank.

Its going to be lot of fun to support the Flex community in Chennai and to make it a thriving community.

We can use HeyMath conference room facility for flex community meeting.

Looking forward for grow a great flex community in Chennai.

~ Ananth

On 5/12/07, prayank < prayank...@gmail.com> wrote:

[sha]

Hi All,
This is a great news to the flex community in chennai. Please do
inform me about the venue and the date and time of the meeting.
Thanks,
Shajahan

[Abdul Qabiz]

Hi Anupam,

I have been traveling, hence late reply :)

We don't need anything special (fund, place etc) to start meeting, an
active meeting group is actual user-group. I am less bothered about
the official group... Passionate folks rather spend money from their
pocket to do things (coffee, snacks, tshirts etc) - watch Kathy
Sierra - creating passionate users :-)

An Active User Group is more important (than Adobe User group). Once
we are active, Adobe might choose us to list but I don't believe in
applying (anymore) without having anything and it doesn't make sense
to apply, if we are good we would be recognized but do we really need
to be :-)
BT! I have tried in past and it doesn't work and it's too much of
pressure (obligations of 1-2 meetings per month, website etc etc)
which we can't consistently take in our busy life (work + personal, if
any). We can manage to meet and do spend some quality time discussing
about Flex, related technologies and problems, that's more than
enough.

I talked to folks applied for AFUG, Ed Sullivan gave me details, I
have not heard from them after that. I would call them again, and if
you are in Pune, let's start meeting... We can start meeting in group
of 3-5 regularly at some place (my office, Cafe Coffee Day or
else-where).. The idea is to start with normal discussion (higher
level tech, competitors, socializing with each other etc) and later
get into more tech things...

We can do it slowly, because we all are busy and a consistent
light-weight meeting doesn't require much (time or effort)...

I would start a mail-thread to discuss the meeting plans of our first
meeting and I would also pull in other guys (who might not be on this
list).

BTW! There is BarCamp pune in June, we all can meet there and
speak/attend couple of sessions on Adobe Flex/Apollo. I am probably
going to speak on something, may be just basic but it's good
opportunity to let non-Flex guys know about Flex and if they like it,
they would develop using Flex..

Please let me know your suggestions f.ex:
How do you visualize these meetings?
What you expect?
How you think, it should be?

Sorry about little longer email, these are just my thoughts.

Thanks

-abdul

[Anupam Shah]

Hi Abdul,

Great to hear from you, I was not aware of the initiatives taken by you in Pune as I am new to Flex and really enthusiastic about it.
I completely agree to you that we should not apply till we dont have any thing to show on the ground level. and there is no point in taking too much pressure if we cant deliver.
I will be glad to follow your idea of meeting and socializing slowly and steadily first, Do write me about the date and time and venue for the meeting. I am eager to meet fellow folks working on Flex and would love to know there experience on Flex.

I think we must separate out the conversation from Flex coder group as our conversation will be specifically addressed to the Pune Users.
My idea of these meetings is
1. Find out /Share the experiences that we had while working on Flex.
2. Some good ideas for the applications or component development.

I am fine with any venue that you choose. Do let me know when you plan to arrange for meeting and if there is any help is required from my side i will be glad to help.

I didnt know that barcamp is in June, can you please send me the url to register for the barcamp as i am eager to attend the barcamp.

Thanks for the detailed mail!
Cheers!
Anupam

[Abdul Qabiz]

Cool, would update you on dates.
Thanks,
-abdul

[Prayank Swaroop]

As for guys from Pune, if anybody is reading this one ... then Persistent Systems (Mr. Arun and Mr. Ram, copied on this mail) have very enthusiastically offered their premises to have Pune user group meetings! I will be traveling to Pune on 12th June, so lets try and meet up around that time and have a meeting there? Wot say ppl? Let the fun begin?

Cheers
Prayank

[Abdul Qabiz]

Sounds great. Keep us updated... June 12th sounds good...

For Pune folks, let's try to meet in Barcamp Pune also...

-abdul

[John Koch]

Hi everyone,

Just to clarify, there is no requirement to have 1-2 meetings per month
to be part of the Adobe User Group program. The basic requirement is
that each user group has a website that lists the group's basic
information and the dates of any upcoming events. Some user groups focus
more on online activity and have deep user group sites, active online
forums and regular online seminars. Other groups focus on regular face
to face meetings. Most groups have some combination of both. If your
group wants to have face to face meetings, remember that the more often
you meet, the easier it is for people to remember your group (say it's
the first Monday night of each month). This is one way to build momentum
around your user group.

Running a user group is definitely a commitment so I'd advise people in
a city who are considering making a user group to get together and talk
about it informally. Talk about what you hope to get out of running a
user group, talk about what you can contribute, how much time you can
spend on it, what skills you have to offer. Some user groups are run by
a group of people who share responsibilities for the user group. For
example, one person looks after the website, one person finds speakers
for the events, one person makes sure there are refreshments at the
meetings, one person focus on helping beginners to the technology, etc.
The roles in the user group could change every year to keep leaders from
getting bored in a particular role.

Here is an article I wrote about the Japan Flex User Group. This group
has a leader Satoshi Yokota and also a core group of leaders who assume
different roles in the group and cover for the others when they get busy
with a work project.
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/logged_in/jkoch_usergroups.html

There are many different ways to run a user group. If you want to start
slowly and grow the user group and then later apply to join the Adobe
User Group program, that's fine too. In my opinion, the best way is the
way that results in the most fun for leaders and participants. If you
have any specific questions about the Adobe User Group program, feel
free to contact me.

Have a great day!
John

John Koch
Developer Relations Manager - Asia
Adobe Systems
jok...@adobe.com

[vinay pillay]

Hi Abdul,
Can you give me the details of the upcoming bar camp in pune

[Anupam Shah]

I tried to find the dates on the barcamp.org but it has the past barcamp details there i think the site is still not updated.
Abdul can you please provide the url to register with dates.
Thanks in advance
Anupam

[Abdul Qabiz]

Details (Date and Venue) for next BarcampPune is being discussed, you
can keep yourself upto date by joining barcamppune Yahoo group.

I would, however, update here once I get to know.

Thanks

-abdul

[Anupam Shah]

Hi Prayank,
Looking forward to meet you in person.
Do keep us updated about your travel plans and any scheduled meeting in Pune.
Hope to see you soon
Cheers!
Anupam

[udayms]

Hi Prayank,
So, the meet is on 8th June...... Where would the location be?

-Uday
http://flexed.wordpress.com

On 5/12/07, Prayank Swaroop <prayank...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Raghu]

Hi All,

Sorry for joining the meeting late.... I'll be in Chennai on June 8th
and we can do the Chennai FUG then.
I'm trying to work with Anantaraman to set up the place and time...
Its TBD as of now. Will let you guys know ASAP

Thanks
Raghu

On May 26, 9:07 pm, udayms <uday.tec...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Prayank,
> So, the meet is on 8th June...... Where would the location be?
>

> -Udayhttp://flexed.wordpress.com

>
> On 5/12/07, Prayank Swaroop <prayank.swar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I would like to have the first meeting on 8th June. That is when either me
> > or Raghu from Adobe will be coming to Chennai.
>
> > Prayank
>

> > On 5/12/07, karan <karan.pra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Hi Prayank,
> > > Im based at chennai. I would love to join the Chennai FUG and be a
> > > active member of it. Im eager to join the group. When are you guys planning
> > > to start the group?
>

[Anantharaman Mani]

Chennai FUG meet

Hi Folks,


Date: 8th June

Location: HeyMath Inc
Century Center, #75 T.T.K Road
Alwarpet, Chennai - 600 018
Phone: 9444931653

Timing I'll let Raghu pick a suitable time.

~ Ananth

[oviya selvan]

Hi Floks,

   Sounds...
         This is honey to my ear..Im awaiting for Chennai FUG meeting

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Regards,
Oviyan

Blog     :  http://www.oviyas.blogspot.com/
contact :  +919841141729

[Raghu]

I'm game.. I'll call Anantaraman and fix up a convenient time tomorrow
and update here.... Cant wait to meet you guys

Today we had the Bangalore FUG meeting.. It went great...

http://raghuonflex.wordpress.com/2007/06/01/bfug-01/

Raghu

On Jun 1, 6:22 pm, "oviya selvan" <srioviy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Floks,
>
> Sounds...
> This is honey to my ear..Im awaiting for Chennai FUG meeting
>

> On 5/31/07, Anantharaman Mani <ananthara...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Chennai FUG meet
>
> > Hi Folks,
>
> > Date: 8th June
>
> > Location: HeyMath Inc
> > Century Center, #75 T.T.K Road
> > Alwarpet, Chennai - 600 018
> > Phone: 9444931653
>
> > Timing I'll let Raghu pick a suitable time.
>
> > ~ Ananth
>

[Anantharaman Mani]

All interested in Chennai FUG meeting, can you please confirm you participation by mailing back to this mail?

~ Ananth

[Raghu]

Hi Guys,

I had a chat with Anantaraman...
We'll have it at 3pm at the following address, if its ok with you...

Date: 8th June

Time: 3 pm

Location: HeyMath Inc
Century Center, #75 T.T.K Road
Alwarpet, Chennai - 600 018

See ya all there...

Raghu

On Jun 2, 7:34 am, "Anantharaman Mani" <ananthara...@gmail.com> wrote:
> All interested in Chennai FUG meeting, can you please confirm you
> participation by mailing back to this mail?
>
> ~ Ananth
>

[udayms]

Yeppp... Count me in.... :)

[udayms]

There would be 3 of us from my company.....

-Uday

[karan]

Count me in..
And regarding the meeting, since it is scheduled in a weekday we might not have all the flex geeks from chennai attending it.
   How about rescheduling it to the weekend

--
regards
karan
mindrulers.blogspot.com

[Anantharaman Mani]

This is scheduled on Friday so that we can have Raghu kick-start the first meeting.

But, yes future FUG meeting is best when had on Saturday

~ Ananth

[sha]

hi,
i'll be present at the CFUG on 8th without fail :)
Thanks,
Shajahan

[venkatesan balasubramanian]

Hi friends,

i am a flex developer i want to meet all you peopeles.i am presently livining in chennai only.so can you inform about the meeting time and date.

venkat...@gmail.com

this ismy mail id..share useful flex information withme.

Thanks,

B.venkatesan

[Prasy]

Any latest camps as of now in chennai?

Thanks,

Prasanna

[Saravana Kumar]

Yea I am very much interested.

By

Saravanakumar Elango

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