Re: JJanuary 4, 2010 TriJUG board meeting notes

I actually live in Goldsboro :). The Red Hat campus is only about one  
hour drive and hence more convenient for me.

Happy New Year,
Hadrian


On Jan 6, 2010, at 12:41 PM, Pete Soper wrote:

> Sorry for the raw text, but the list blocks msgs over 40kb so a pretty
> file is out of the question. Also, as an FYI, the Mailman info for
> TriJUG's two email lists can be found at the URLs at the end of this  
> msg.
> -Pete
>
> Java Users Group (TriJUG) Board meeting January 4, 2010 9-9:30pm
>
> Attendees: Rob Cameron, Pete Soper (Lee Haslup sent his regrets)
>
> 1) Talked about trijug.org web page. The January meeting presentation
> title needs enhancement, but also need to get abstract info from DB.  
> But
> for sure Deutsche Bank (DB) had said several weeks back agreed that  
> they
> will cover their use of different languages and systems (e.g. C++,
> Jython, various J2EE-related software packages, etc) and not just  
> Java.
> Also, their RTP site will definitely not be the focus of the
> presentation. DB has been focused on a technical presentation all  
> along
> and is clear that Rob doesn't want any form of sales/marketing pitch.
> Rob expects to get abstract info from DB very shortly and will contact
> Manon and Bhanu to get the web page updated.
> 2) Discussion of possible speakers for future meetings. Rob will  
> follow up.
> 3) [Notice for interested readers to explain the next bullet item:
> TriJUG must move its meetings sometime after the January meeting to
> avoid major pain as Nortel sells the building TriJUG has recently been
> meeting in (NC0, in the corner of Davis Dr/54 on the opposite side  
> of 54
> from the place used for meetings for the past several years. The old
> "yellow wall" building's meeting room has been turned into a machine  
> lab
> and there is no suitable alternative in that building]
> 4) Discussion of Red Hat's gracious invitation to provide a meeting
> place for TriJUG meetings at their facility (presumably in the same  
> room
> that TriLUG uses on the NC State Centennial campus south of the  
> original
> campus). This site has a lot of positive aspects:
>  * Excellent parking
>  * A friendly, reliable, totally hassle-free environment to visit
>    (imagine: only ONE sign-in list!)
>  * A very comfortable room with good acoustics
>  * Nice PC projectors
>  * Tables/countertops designed to handle food and refreshments in
>    the room.
> On the other hand, the site location makes for a painful drive for  
> some
> folks coming from work or home, as it is in the SE portion of the
> triangle area. Of course many people on any side of the Triangle have
> had a harder drives to TriJUG meetings for many years (e.g. Chris  
> Brown
> lives in Clayton, and Hadrian Zbarcea lives in Fayetteville!)
> Meanwhile, the board is investigating other venues for discussion in  
> the
> near future.
>
> Decided to end the meeting at 9:30 and play with our kids.
> --------------
>
> Conference call beginning balance $12.57
> Guesstimated new balance = $9.70
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