Comments on: User Groups – You know what they are, right?

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:16:59 +0000

I’m in Federal Way and have been to one SASPUG. It didn’t seem like Shounco was involved, not sure. I’d love to be more involved and my employer is fully behind me. The one problem is the distances to the meetings; they always seem to be an hour away (without traffic). To me it would seem the quality of the group is determined by the effort put in by the members, until now I haven’t done a thing. I�m a relative newbe but would be willing to help. Shoot me an email if you have any ideas.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:16:00 +0000

I’m in Federal Way and have been to one SASPUG. It didn’t seem like Shounco was involved, not sure. I’d love to be more involved and my employer is fully behind me. The one problem is the distances to the meetings; they always seem to be an hour away (without traffic). To me it would seem the quality of the group is determined by the effort put in by the members, until now I haven’t done a thing. I’m a relative newbe but would be willing to help. Shoot me an email if you have any ideas.

By: Registry Cleaners

Registry Cleaners — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:51:31 +0000

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By: Registry Cleaners

Registry Cleaners — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:51:00 +0000

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By: Steve Calvert

Steve Calvert — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:24:43 +0000

Jeff, I guess I’m lucky to be in Central Texas. Our VAR, MLC-CAD, has to be one of the best. They are always at our local user group meeting and have time to set down and discuss what’s going on. They put on great release parties. They understand the importance of an active user group.
Steve

By: Steve Calvert

Steve Calvert — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:24:00 +0000

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:29:29 +0000

Most of the users at my company I would say are just plain apathetic about our local user group.
My manager (who attends the meetings himself fairly regularly) has mentioned to me more than once that he really wished more of the guys would attend. But he can’t force them…
I think we are really lucky with our user group in that we have 3 VAR’s that participate.
Brian
http://www.cadfanatic.com/
**At my former employer, attending x-number of user meetings was included in my goals for the year, which went towards my bonus. I, personally, had no problem with this and didn’t think it was an undue requirement. Granted, I was already attending any meeting I could, but I’m just sayin’…

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:29:00 +0000

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:54:12 +0000

Good stuff man. Employers are often scared of headhunters getting their employees at the user group meetings. that is the number one most common thing I’ve come up against from day one.

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:54:00 +0000

Good stuff man. Employers are often scared of headhunters getting their employees at the user group meetings. that is the number one most common thing I’ve come up against from day one.