Member boards at UserGroup meetings; photo's, stories, etc.

One of the major problems that I find at User Group meetings is that it can be difficult to meet new people.  An example of this is that, prior to our last User Group meeting I had some e-mail correspondence with a fellow developer who was planning on attending; we both agreed that we should meet up at the meeting.  Once you are at the meeting though, it becomes very difficult to shout-out for the person with whom you wish to meet.  I noticed that sentiment is kind of echoed in this blog entry:

    http://weblog.sbibby.net/archive/2004/11/12/165.aspx

I think that User Groups should have a board where members are able to upload details about themselves such as: bio's, photo's, work experiences, etc.

This would be an ideal tool to help connect members and also for new members to view when they are joining groups.

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  • I agree with your comments wholeheartedly. For the user group meetings I go to, it seems that most people either: (a) arrive on their own and stay pretty quiet throughout; (b) arrive with coworkers and socialize with no one but them; (c) Arrive alone, but clearly already know some folks, perhaps from past meetings, perhaps from past jobs.



    There are obviously exceptions, there's usually those one or two people roaming the crowd, talking to folks, but this is more the exception than the rule. Is it any different down under?

  • Hi Scott... that's pretty much the same as you'd expect to see in the Australian User Group meetings.

  • Yes there should realize the reader to RSS my feed to RSS commentary, quite simply

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