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Joomla! Texas User Group

Calling all Texans to build a User Group or several dpending on how spread out we are. 
Texas is a big place, so we may need to form JUGs for Austin, Dallas, and Gulf Coast areas depending on where everyone is.

Being the growing technological power as we are, it's time to show our pride and our prowess for web design and all things Joomla!

With rumours abound that Austin will be a future host of Joomla Day, it would be only fitting to meet them with our own dedicated group(s).

Chew on it a little, let me know where you're at and how far you can travel and any ideas for the initiation of a user group.

We have the beginnings of a user group in the Dallas Fort Worth area as an offshoot of the Dallas Internet Entrepreneur Meetup Group. (Meetup.com)

So how goes the battle?

We are getting a regular turnout and have launched a separate meetup rather than being a subteam for the Internet Entrepreneur group.  We've seen a lot of interest in what Joomla has to offer and have received some interest from local PHPers as well. We're about to launch a Joomla!Dallas / Fort Worth web site as well.

So it's going pretty well. 

I've been dealing with costly health issues for the past couple months, so I haven't been able to move on an Austin group.

I should be able to do something soon, I'm wrapping up recover/therapy.

Austin is like a second silicon valley, so I know I could garner plenty of interest in J! once I get back on me feet.
Not to mention, I'm anticipating a lot of interest from potential customers as well- there's a lot of techs and geeks with every skill besides coding, and they have leaning on wordpress for far too long 

Any more progress in Austin or Dallas? 

I'm interested in the progress in this as well - any progress on either front?

--edit----
A little more research into the MeetUp.com group that Geekette mentioned shows that a spinoff Joomla Users Group - DFW was created and from that I found they have a new website at:
http://www.joomladallas.org/

Thanks, Joshua. We've got a lot of talented folks, but there is SO MUCH to learn, and so few folks who are truly in the know when it comes to the most relevant core group activities.

I apologize for not updating this thread when we launched our new website.  We're hoping to build a strong Joomla! community in the DFW area and just launched http://www.joomladallas.org recently.  We're using Meetup.com to schedule our meetings because it's a good way for people with similar interests to connect locally.

If you are local to the Dallas / Fort Worth area, our next meeting is:

• Date: Monday, January 7
• Time: 7:00pm.
• Location: Cafe Brazil,(190 and Coit), 200 Coit Rd., Plano, TX
• RSVP: http://webdesign.meetup.com/490/

Any plans for anything in Central Texas ...