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Dear all,

The Joomla MUG is meeting again! I am proposing to hold our next meeting on Thursday, 23 August from 6:30-8pm at Food Inc at 360 Elisabeth St (wireless internet available). Map. The event is also on our website at www.joomlamug.org. Please register through this  website or reply to this thread.

Lawrence, who organized this meeting in the past, moved interstate. While he volunteered me to take over the Melbourne chapter of the Joomla community, I really look forward to meeting you all at one stage. The next meeting should be all about:

• networking
• meeting other joomla developers
• meeting joomla end users
• discussing hot topics
• 1.5 training for developers
• training for end users
• merging with other Australian Joomla User Groups
• and much more

If you have any other item you would like to see on the agenda, please let me know.

I also like to mention that Dinah, who looks after the Sydney User Group, runs an important survey on a Joomla 1.5 workshop for developers. If you haven’t done already, please complete the survey on http://joomladay.org.au/phpsurveyor/index.php?sid=1. Dinah and I also discussed the idea of hosting all Australian Joomla User Groups under one roof. Have a few thoughts about this.

I look forward to seeing you on 23 August.

Best wishes,
Matthias

Enjoy your meeting. If I'm ever down that way, I'll try to catch one...

Our October meeting (17/10) will be in the  [url=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=bank+and+ferrars,+south+melbourne,+vic,+australia&sll=-37.834433,144.955634&sspn=0.01049,0.020084&ie=UTF8&ll=-37.835547,144.956145&spn=0.01049,0.020084&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=1" target="_blank" title="Google Map"]Railway Hotel in South Melbourne[/url], corner of Bank and Ferrar St.
Topics include:

• Networking (bring your business cards  )
• Show cases of member's Joomla sites (Paul)
• Using Newsletter components (Akajoom) as strategic marketing tools (Patrick)
• Hot topics
• and much more...

This meeting is for developers, implementors, end users and whoever is interested in Joomla!. Everybody is welcome. Please register through http://www.joomlamug.org.

Here is probably your last chance to meet the Melbourne Joomla community in 2007:

We are having our Xmas dinner on Wed, 12/12 at 7pm at Pelicans Landing in beautiful Williamstown, overlooking Melbourne's skyline and the Royal Yacht club of Victoria. Everybody is welcome, partners included.

You find more details here.

See you all there,
Matthias

The next Melbourne Joomla User Group meeting is on Wed, 20 Feb 6:30 - 8:30.

Depending on numbers, it will most likely be at The University of Melbourne. If you intend to come, please drop a line in this Forum or at http://www.joomladay.org.au. The sooner the better...

Major topic for this meeting is Joomla hosting. I like to test ride and demonstrate the pros and cons of different providers, look into their backend and see what they have to offer.

Please come forward and show/tell us about your Joomla host and why you would, or not, recommend them. Godaddy and Rochen are already on the list. We can also demonstrate manual Joomla 1.5 installations for beginners.

We will be meeting again in the board room of the School of Earth Sciences at The University of Melbourne. You find all details in this article.
See you all there,
Matthias