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Chicago Loop Meeting Place Locked & Loaded
(And it's free.)

Thank you to all those patient U.S. midwesterners  (including one sign-up from Iowa) who have been biding their time until we locked and loaded a JoomlaChicago! location.  It'll be a crisp, ONE-HOUR SESSION during the lunch hour, to get you in, on-target, and back to work. It promises to be high-energy, and very informative!

If you want to stay after to chat, no problem - we've got the room locked for another 30 minutes (till 1:30).  This is a FREE User Group session, but you must register (sign-up coming at http://www.JoomlaChicago.com):

Date and Time:

Wednesday, November 14
Noon - 1:00 PM (stay for another 30 minutes - optional
Acquity Group
Meeting Room 1 - Thank you, Acquity Group, who is contributing the room.
500 West Madison St
Suite 2200
Chicago, IL

Lunch: Bring your own box lunch.  There's a "Corner Bakery" downstairs in the main lobby, near the train station.
Dress: business casual
Internet Access: We have internet access in this room, which will hold up to 25 participants.
Limit: 25 participants


Agenda (tentative):

- Meet and Greet - lunch and introductions
- Joomla! Overview
- Latest News on the Street
- Showoff Session - see YOUR sites in action, online
- Profile - Dissect a site and figure out "How'd They Do That?"
- Wrap-up

We'll profile 2-3 major sites out there using Joomla! and dissect them from a creative, workflow, and a basic, "How'd They Do That?" standpoint.

500 West Madison is commonly known as either thr Ogilvie Station (formerly Northwestern Station).  So for all those who need to commute, it's a quick trip down the Metra, with NO CAB NEEDED, to get there.

Building security requires that you pre-register for this session. To sign up for the JoomlaChicago! Group, and to keep in touch, I've registered the domain http://www.JoomlaChicago.com, and will be using Joomla to create a site to promote what's going on in the US midwest. 


Cheers,

John Coonen
JoomlaChicago!
Sign on at http://www.JoomlaChicago.com

PS: Casual business attire is cool.

Hi John,

this is a kind of user group meeting for Joomla! correct?

In this case I would move it to a sub-forum, that's all ;-).

Alex

Hey folks, I'm big-time into non-profit websites. If you're close to Chicago, you may want to think about attending our first Joomla Users Group meeting on November 14th. It is NOT a marketing ploy - this is about Joomla, not other commercial versions (Blackbaud, Kintera, etc).  Kudos to them, but this is for folks using Joomla, wanting to learn more about it.

I've posted the info here, but you can go to http://www.JoomlaChicago.com too, to find out more.

Cheers,

John

Yup, Users Group (boy, I hate that term, but such is life).

You're invited too!

John,

This is good stuff!  Let us know how the reaction is in the community, might be good for a Great Lakes Joomla Day in the future!

Best,
Ryan

cozimek wrote:John,

This is good stuff!  Let us know how the reaction is in the community, might be good for a Great Lakes Joomla Day in the future!

Best,
Ryan

Yes Yes! A Great Lakes Joomla Day is a fabulous idea! How can I help?

Nicole

So how does one pre-register?  There are nothing on JoomlaChicago.com to do that...

The moderator moved my post...so sorry I didn't get back to y'all!  Apparently, I was cross-posting. I had promised my wife I'd stop doing that, but apparently, it didn't take.

To answer your question, there is NOW a sign-up form on the site at http://www.JoomlaChicago.com

This volunteer stuff is great, but one thing I'll need from the JChicago Group is some help keeping UP with the site itself, and all. 

Please do a nervous host a favor, and if you've got some interest in COMING to the User Group meeting, just SIGN UP NOW?  You won't regret it.

http://www.JoomlaChicago.com

Stay in the Loop on Joomla!