Don't call it a comeback...

[Mike Wolfson]

Wanted to touch base with everyone about the status of the group.  As you (hopefully) noticed, we haven't had a regular monthly meeting since the summer started.

We are planning on switching the group to a quarterly schedule vs. a monthly one.  While we were getting a few 'regulars' every month, the attendance was dwindling, and it is difficult to organize a quality meeting every single month.

We are going to have a theme for each 'Season', and plan that meeting around that theme.  Our goal is to create a technology agnostic event, concentrating around that theme.

The events we are planning (which can change based on your feedback):

'Tools' (Oct 19, 2013) - Special Saturday event.  We are coordinating with Google to hold a local 'DevFest'.  This will be a longer event (morning into early afternoon).  Details for this will be coming in a different email.

'Location' (Jan 15, 2014)

'Games' (Apr 16, 2014)

'Design' (July 16, 2013)

Some other suggestions for a 'Season Topic' have included: 'Hardware' or 'Business'.  Is there a general topic you think would be worth focusing on?  Let us know.

We hope everyone is enjoying their summer.  We know it will be a long time between events, but think the 'Southwest DevFest' should be worth the wait, and that a less frequent schedule will be better for the group in general. 

-M