Your Feedback / May Meeting Venue / CIJUG speakers' article published on IBM developerWorks

[Matt Vincent]

Improvements ------------------------------

We'd love to see more people on the mailing list show up at our in-person meetings!  To this end, what kind of meetings would you like to be a part of?  Please take a second to complete a short (just 4 questions) survey to let us know what you're interested in:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=pLbqbvvHGrPU01rJVYaIoA_3d_3d

May Meeting -------------------------------

We have a temporary venue change for our May meeting (since our regular meeting spot at DMACC is closed that day).  Hopefully we'll get some of you "downtowners" to show up since the group will be meeting in your neck of the woods.

 * When:  May 13th - 6:00-7:30 PM

 * Where: John and Mary Pappajohn Education Center -  Main Auditorium, RM 301, Inside the East entrance and at the the top of the stairs 

     - Address:  1200 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50309     ph: (515) 284-5588

     - Map Links:  http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&q=Pappajohn+Education+Center&fb=1&near=Des+Moines,+IA&cd=1&ll=41.58977,-93.615961&spn=0.030332,0.041757&z=15&iwloc=A0  --  http://www.dmhec.com/parkingmapsdirections.asp

 * Topic: TBD  (hoping to use your feedback above)

 * Sponsor: Midwest Technical Solutions  

Other -----------------------------------------

IBM developerWorks has published an article written by 3 recent CIJUG speakers and current employees here at Source Allies.  It details their experiences and best practices  developed for working with modern object-to-relational mapping tools.  IBM has made the article their "Top Story" on their Java Technology landing page and "Featured content" on their developerWorks home page .  It's always nice to get a little more of the Iowa tech sector represented on a global resource like this.  

Links to the articles:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-pop1/ --  Strategies and best practices for modern ORM tools

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-pop2/ --  Increase code reuse and enhance performance

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Matt