Melbourne, Australia - Joomladay 24th Jan 2007

[absalom]

Joomla meeting in Melb sounds great I would certainly come along and I think a few other colleagues would come as well

Not sure what we all want to do or numbers attending but 3 quick ideas for a venue (just to stimulate discussion) are

Horse Bazaar digital bar in the city is geek friendly, serves drinks  and has free net access but could be noisy/smoky later  as  people come for after work drinks

I'd recommend the Horse Bazaar, and as said, it can get noisy / smoky later. I had a pretty good experience there last night with Melbourne Massive.

[ramb0]

Yep, I'd like to come too! 

[brad]

We've already got 3 venue's selected Depending on how many attends, we'll choose then.

[Tonie]

Shayne, I will arrive in Perth on january 15, and leave on the 25th. I have a rental car and should be in your hometown somewhere in the middle.

[RussW]

Tonie
  I take it you aren't popping in to Melbourne at all?

Shayne
  I might be in Perth Feb 5th-8th if you are around.

[Tonie]

Unfortunately no. Linda was tasked with choosing most of the spots to visit. I spent nearly a year in Australia, and the only place I haven't seen back then is the west. As always, holidays are too short.

[normdouglas]

I would love to attend, is it open to anyone?

Please provide more details, but Lock it in Eddie.

[brad]

I would love to attend, is it open to anyone?

Please provide more details, but Lock it in Eddie.

It is open to everyone, yes.
[me=brad]locks it in.[/me]

[melba]

I thought I just replied to this but it doesn't seem to have come up?

I'm keen - I'm just a newbie but trying to build two seperate sites at the same time so am interested in networking with other joomla-ers and learning about the world of joomla in general.

City is good option and flexible with dates.

[absalom]

I would love to attend, is it open to anyone?

Please provide more details, but Lock it in Eddie.

It is open to everyone, yes.
[me=brad]locks it in.[/me]

Methinks we need to work on a social networking app on the level of WD06 Connections / barcamping if we do this more often..

[RussW]

Brad

You got any idea of what dates you're going to be around in Melbourne yet?

[brad]

23, 24 or 25 Jan will suit me just fine.

[trevorburdon]

Will come along as well - but not the 26th please.  Am currently working on a new Joomla site for a charitable organisation, so would like to share experiences or find a mentor!

Regards

Trevor

[RussW]

Hey Brad,

How about you pick the date that best suits you as you are the out-of-towner and making the effort to come see us....

( bl***y foreigners coming down here, hope he's got a valid passport and visa :p    teehehehee ) 

As previously mentioned, late arvo, early evening would actually be best for me, but any of the mentioned dates is good.

[brad]

Let's go for Wednesday the 24th Jan 2007 3pm be ok?

[typera]

Guys, is the location decided?

[brad]

Guys, is the location decided?

We have a final 3 to choose from.. they are all in the CBD though.

[typera]

Great, CBD is easy.

[RussW]

24th is fine with me,  will see you all there....

[akede]

Hi all,

the date is confirmed 24th of Jan, right?

Are you going to make it more a community meeting event, or are you intenting to do presentations and classes like the events in Europe? I'm just asking to may be provide you with some info material which you might be able to use.

Someone was setting up a website? If yes which URL? (http://www.joomladay.org.au ?)

Thx for the feedback - looking forward seeing your pictures and news

Alex

[mkeeping]

You could of joined together with http://melbourne.ug.php.net and had a Joomla / PHP get together

[aRJAy]

OK... I'm down! (count me in)
I mentioned to Brad about this a while ago and am glad to be a part of helping in some way.
The city is a good venue to catch up but there are some really nice parts of St.Kilda (right on the beach) which would be great too.
The time of day is yet another thing. It's been mentioned that 3pm might be good. Well, 24th, 25th, and 26th are Wed, Thurs and Friday. It might be a little difficult for people to get away from work if they want to attend.
How would people feel about making it early evening? Say 6pm?

Cheers,
aRJAy

[RussW]

akede

Initially, I figured it was just an informal get-together, seeing as Brad was coming to Melbourne, good chance to meet and greet type thing.

Unless Brad had other idea's?

[typera]

Whilst on topic of locations, Belgian Beer gardens on St Kilda road are nice: http://www.belgianbeercafemelbourne.com/Beer_Garden.asp

Just thought might be easier to talk at places like this unlike most city pubs.

[brad]

akede

Initially, I figured it was just an informal get-together, seeing as Brad was coming to Melbourne, good chance to meet and greet type thing.

Unless Brad had other idea's?

No, that was Brad's idea
Happy to do a brief presentation on a few things.. but all in all, this is planned as an informal Joomla meetup to hopefully get the Joomladay concept rolling here in Australia in the future in a bigger way.

[manuman]

I'm afraid I'll be unable to attend. Some professional/personaly issues have unfortunately had to take precidence.

If there is any possibility of a skype hookup I could come in that way for a bit, I know at least a couple of people have issue's they would like to discuss and I'm more than happy to make myself available to do so.

Cheers
Shayne

[Wizzie]

The date and time for the Melbourne Joomla! day has be decided, it will be Wednesday, January 24th commencing at 2.30pm and concluding at 5.00pm.

Details of venue etc will be advised in due course.

[gavman]

Hi all,

Count me in, I'm happy to make it down on the 24th.

Cheers,
Gavan

[Wizzie]

I am a yes


If everyone can indicate if they will be coming or no would be great.

[typera]

Please count me in.