Re: [UG-ADMINS] Nomad PHP
[email protected] (John Congdon)
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It will actually be interesting to see how the membership works out. I've heard all sorts of arguments from keeping meetups free to charging for them because you are providing a service. Good luck with it Cal. -- John Congdon e: [email protected] t: @sdphp f: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SanDiegoPUG/ i: irc://irc.freenode.net/sdphp For meetup information: http://www.meetup.com/SanDiegoPHP The information contained in this email communication may be confidential and legally privileged. This email is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient please do not read the information contained herein. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. On Apr 8, 2013, at 11:56 AM, Corey Ballou <[email protected]> wrote: > 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> >>> >>> >> >> > > > -- > Usergroup Coordination Mailing List (http://ug.php.net) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >