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London Joomla Group?

Post by janieluk » Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:04 pm

Hallo,

I was chatting with Waseem of Joomlashack at the LinuxWorld exhibition today, and came up with the idea of a regular monthly meeting for Joomla users in London. I know Drupal has a similar London meetup, which has apparently proved popular despite the smaller user base. I'd be up for setting up / running such an event, and would be happy to work with anyone else who want to contribute. I guess my questions are:

  • How many Joomla users are there in London? I'm guessing lots, but it would be useful to have some concrete info
  • Would it be possible to PM all users with London as their location in Joomla forum user profiles? What other ways of raising awareness might be useful / possible?
  • Are there any people with experience of organising Joomla events or any London-based Joomla experts who might be willing to offer advice and possibly assistance?

Look forward to hearing from anyone with suggestions. *awaits thunder of thousands of replies*

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Re: London Joomla Group?

Post by webamoeba » Thu Nov 02, 2006 3:38 pm

What sorta things would actually happen at a monthly meeting? Aint to far from London, but dunno what a meeting would really offer...???

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Post by janieluk » Tue Nov 07, 2006 3:33 pm

I guess it would depend on what people wanted. I didn't make it to the Drupal meetup last week as I was in the wrong part of the country, so can't draw directly from that at the moment. There could be demonstrations of joomla sites, group discussion or Q&A on various aspects of Joomla site development / management, or informal networking and sharing of experiences and problem resolution. With alcohol, hopefully  :P

I'm a bit worried that only having one response doesn't indicate a huge groundswell of interest in this idea tho'.

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Post by webamoeba » Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:51 am

lol, has to be said the response has been poor :(

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Post by janieluk » Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:12 pm

Ho hum. I'll be drawing a line under this now then. If anyone else wants to try and drum up some interest, feel free to count me in.

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Post by Switch » Mon Feb 26, 2007 3:37 pm

Surprised at the lack of interest, though the prospect of a monthly meet up does sound daunting. Perhaps start off with a tri-yearly meet up, i.e every four months?

Would anyone be interested in a meet up over / after Easter? I think London is a good meet up for most people in the Uk, being centralised in terms of transport links. I am actually staying in the south west (at university) and for me to go up to Leeds would have required me to go through London anyway.
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Re: London Joomla Group?

Post by brian » Mon Feb 26, 2007 3:59 pm

If I can tie it in with other commitments and travel arrangements I'd attend

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Post by joarvat » Sun Nov 11, 2007 1:46 am

Also not far from London and possibly interested in turning up some times.

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Post by flyingwombats » Thu Jan 03, 2008 8:27 am

I have just seen the link regarding joomla groups around the world and think the profile for this Idea could be much higher now. I and my team would be interested so thats 4. I know of a coffee shop just off covent garden with wireless access and great coffee, could be a venue.

Anyone wanting to meet up just add to this forum or email [email protected] and I will get in touch if we get past 10 and get dates together.

I would suggest the format would be socialising and chatting about areas of interest. Perhaps a problem fixing session which can continue when not in meeting. and perhaps ideas to raise funds etc for the joomla core team, we who use the system owe a lot to the system we use.

It would allow us to share contacts and client stories and hopefully have points of contact for future problem solving so we can all work that more efficiently.

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Post by elfanjo » Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:50 pm

Hi,
I just found the link too... you can definitely count me in !!

I would suggest the format would be socialising and chatting about areas of interest. Perhaps a problem fixing session which can continue when not in meeting. and perhaps ideas to raise funds etc for the joomla core team, we who use the system owe a lot to the system we use.

It would be brilliant !

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Post by flashlite » Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:56 pm

flyingwombats wrote:I have just seen the link regarding joomla groups around the world and think the profile for this Idea could be much higher now. I and my team would be interested so thats 4. I know of a coffee shop just off covent garden with wireless access and great coffee, could be a venue.

I would be interested too. Am just sending across an email to the address given.
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Re: London Joomla Group?

Post by flyingwombats » Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:51 am

Im up to 6 interested in a meeting in London...get to 10 and I will book a date and venue....any others interested?
Phil

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Post by da2 » Fri Jan 04, 2008 5:46 pm

Hi, Im based in north west london and am intersted in attending / helping organise the meetings.

I have some experience in this from my involvement in other user groups.

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Re: London Joomla Group?

Post by mtmeyrick » Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:21 pm

im interested also, im from ipswich so its head down on the train into london for the meet.

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Re: London Joomla Group?

Post by drclohite » Sun Jan 06, 2008 6:31 pm

HI Guys

I am interested and probably a couple of colleagues too, so you count me as one, but you may be able to get another two to come with me.

We are based around London, we have offices in Liverpool Street, so, very central and very interested. I was thinking of creating a London based Joomla day for the documentation on 1.5, but in reality, we are ready to play, but not to organise.
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So if anyone out there is interested in organising, let me know.

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Re: London Joomla Group?

Post by tomfox » Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:49 pm

Absolutely. I'd be up for it

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Post by elfanjo » Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:06 pm

flyingwombats wrote:Im up to 6 interested in a meeting in London...get to 10 and I will book a date and venue....any others interested?
Phil


How many is that now 10 ? 11 ?
:P :P :P

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Post by James990 » Sun Jan 20, 2008 8:11 pm

I have only just found this, but would be very interested in coming along. What do I do?

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Post by elfanjo » Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:35 pm

up !

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Re: London Joomla Group?

Post by James990 » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:23 pm

So we got any dates yet?


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