Re: [UG-ADMINS] Nomad PHP
[email protected] (Corey Ballou)
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Love the idea Cal. I think it's safe to say many of us with local user groups would still love to participate and join. Corey Ballou http://coreyballou.co @cballou On 4/8/13 2:55 PM, Ben Ramsey wrote: > This is great, Cal. Let us know how we can help. Perhaps we can share speakers, etc. > > -Ben > > > On Monday, April 8, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Cal Evans wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> http://nomadphp.com >> >> I wasn't quite ready to announce it yet but my friend David tweeted about >> it so I'm moving a little ahead of schedule. >> >> I wanted to announce Nomad PHP to this group FIRST. I apologize that I >> didn't do that. The reason I wanted to tell you first is I wanted to >> explain the idea behind Nomad PHP and assure you that I am not trying to >> compete with any local user group. >> >> Nomad PHP is targeted at 2 primary groups. >> >> 1: Those who do not have a local group but want to learn, share, and be a >> part of the wide area PHP community. This gives everyone the opportunity to >> belong to a User Group. My hope is that as more people join the mailing >> list, I can connect groups of local users that don't have a group so that >> they can form a local PHP User Group of their own. >> >> 2: Those who have a local user group but can't - for whatever reason - >> can't attend the meetings on a regular basis. This group I consider >> potential members of their regular group but may need a little push to >> start attending. As I collect demographics on the people who sign up for >> the mailing list, I hope to start encouraging people to attend specific >> groups in their area. >> >> Nomad is not a substitute for attending a local User Group. (It says that >> on the current screen) Attendance is $10 per meeting with a portion of each >> ticket going to the speaker. (Hopefully to fund their attendance a PHP >> conference) :) >> >> I'm not asking any of you to help me promote this, I don't want your >> existing users to join Nomad and stop supporting their local group. >> >> If you have any questions about Nomad PHP, feel free to post them here or >> email me privately. >> >> Thanks for all the great things you do for the PHP community! >> >> =C= >> >> -- >> *Read this book* before you hire a >> developer to build your website. >> *Avoiding a Goat Rodeo* <http://avoidingagoatrodeo.com> >> >> > >