[Steering Committee] Re-restarting the JUG

Jason Lee jason at steeplesoft.com
Mon Aug 1 10:09:28 PDT 2022


McAlister's Deli: https://okcjug.org/news/2022/re-kick-off-meeting.html

On 8/1/22 12:03, Paul Smith wrote:
> Wed at 11:30 and where exactly?
>
> I think that’s what I’ve come up with trying to piece the email chain 
> together.
>
> Paul
>
> On Fri, Jul 29, 2022 at 3:02 PM Jason Lee <jason at steeplesoft.com> wrote:
>
> Sweet. I'm going to mark it down as Wednesday, then. I'm going to add 
> a post to the web site, then email the main list about that. The 
> site's probably not quite ready yet, but it's good enough for now. :)
>
>     On 7/29/22 06:45, Brent Wilkins wrote:
>>     I can do Wednesday also. It'll be good to catch up.
>>
>>     On Thu, Jul 28, 2022, 22:00 Jason Lee <jason at steeplesoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>         Thanks. I was going to say the same thing. My vote's on
>>         Wednesday.
>>
>>         On 7/28/22 18:30, Ryan Hoegg wrote:
>>>         Let's nail it down. Both days work for me, Monday 12:15pm
>>>         and Wednesday 11:30.
>>>
>>>         Who's in for Wednesday??
>>>
>>>         On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 11:17 AM Jason Lee
>>>         <jason at steeplesoft.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>             Schedules have filled up this week, so let's plan on
>>>             11:30 NEXT week, either Monday, August 1, or Wednesday,
>>>             August 3, at McAlister's Deli
>>>             (https://goo.gl/maps/qpr5iAZyEiRkUesb8)?
>>>
>>>             On 7/23/22 9:30 AM, Ryan Hoegg wrote:
>>>>             Love the site! How about Panera at Independence or
>>>>             McAllister's? Wednesday? Friday?
>>>>
>>>>             On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 11:18 AM Jason Lee
>>>>             <jason at steeplesoft.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>                 Great. How does next week sound? Somewhere along
>>>>                 the Expressway seems to be central enough for
>>>>                 everyone, but I'm open so suggestion.
>>>>
>>>>                 Also, while I have everyone's attention, I've been
>>>>                 working on revamping the site. I grabbed a free
>>>>                 template (because I'm a geek and not a designer)
>>>>                 and put together this Jekyll site: https://okcjug.org/
>>>>
>>>>                 We can change the template, etc, but I think I
>>>>                 prefer the static approach. You wouldn't believe
>>>>                 all of the spam/hack changes made to the content
>>>>                 over the years. I've tried to clean it up, but
>>>>                 there's likely more still there...
>>>>
>>>>                 On 7/20/22 11:05 AM, Ryan Hoegg wrote:
>>>>>                 I like Wednesdays for lunch!
>>>>>
>>>>>                 On Tue, Jul 5, 2022 at 6:29 PM Jason Lee
>>>>>                 <jason at steeplesoft.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>                     Good afternoon! You know the drill: got busy
>>>>>                     at work and then was literally on PTO for 3/4
>>>>>                     of June. :P At any rate, getting back on
>>>>>                     things here.
>>>>>
>>>>>                     Ryan, if you want to take care of the
>>>>>                     Techlahoma application, that would be great. I
>>>>>                     don't mind doing it either, but we probably
>>>>>                     just need one of us to do it :P For the
>>>>>                     remainder of the year, we can hop around
>>>>>                     vagabond-style, or maybe see if Clevyr might
>>>>>                     be willing to host for a bit (or long term, I
>>>>>                     guess. They do a lot of that kind of thing,
>>>>>                     but I don't know what their general plan is in
>>>>>                     that regard).
>>>>>
>>>>>                       * The web site it completely hosed. Not sure
>>>>>                         how. I've been working on a non-WP setup
>>>>>                         (Jekyll + GH Pages), but PTO got in the
>>>>>                         way. I'll get back on that.
>>>>>                       * Twitter and GH creds secured (and stored
>>>>>                         in 1Password ATM. We can find a shared
>>>>>                         system at some point. LastPass or
>>>>>                         Bitwarden, maybe, as they're free)
>>>>>                       * Still haven't emailed the main list.
>>>>>                         Trying to decide if I should wait until
>>>>>                         there are more details, or just do it.
>>>>>                         Will probably do it tomorrow. :)
>>>>>
>>>>>                     More than happy to shoot for another lunch
>>>>>                     (Tues/Thurs are out for me, unless it HAS to
>>>>>                     be on one of those days :).
>>>>>
>>>>>                     On 5/5/22 11:41 AM, Ryan Hoegg wrote:
>>>>>>                     Hi sorry I missed it! I can handle the
>>>>>>                     Techlahoma UG application process but we're
>>>>>>                     on our own for 2022 I believe. Want to try
>>>>>>                     for another lunch?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                     On Tue, May 3, 2022 at 5:04 PM Jason Lee
>>>>>>                     <jason at steeplesoft.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         Indeed. MS has come a LONG way on the
>>>>>>                         Java front in recent years. I have
>>>>>>                         several friends from Sun/Oracle that are
>>>>>>                         working at Microsoft on Java projects
>>>>>>                         (and products). It's a whole new world. :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         On 4/26/22 10:27 AM, Les Martin wrote:
>>>>>>>                         The java team at MS has made some
>>>>>>>                         strides. The java support in vs code is
>>>>>>>                         a good example. In azure they have done
>>>>>>>                         quite a bit to support java in their
>>>>>>>                         serverless Functions (aws lambda). It's
>>>>>>>                         not always perfect, but they seem to be
>>>>>>>                         moving the right direction.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                         My last job was working on spring boot
>>>>>>>                         services deployed to azure functions. It
>>>>>>>                         wasn't as nice as the c# guys had it, no
>>>>>>>                         doubt. But overall I was impressed with
>>>>>>>                         what they had done.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                         /** something signature-like goes here */
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                         On Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 10:11 AM Brian
>>>>>>>                         Sheldon <brian.s.sheldon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                             this seems weird - ms & java?
>>>>>>>                             https://www.meetup.com/global-java-at-microsoft-meetup-group/events/285377548/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=braze_adhoc&utm_campaign=mmrk_alleng_all_eventpromotion_microsoft_americas_04262022&utm_term=nurture&utm_content=lp_meetup
>>>>>>>                             <https://www.meetup.com/global-java-at-microsoft-meetup-group/events/285377548/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=braze_adhoc&utm_campaign=mmrk_alleng_all_eventpromotion_microsoft_americas_04262022&utm_term=nurture&utm_content=lp_meetup>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                             On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 9:27 PM
>>>>>>>                             Jason Lee <jason at steeplesoft.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                                 Good evening! I'm sitting here
>>>>>>>                                 in my hotel in Atlanta after the
>>>>>>>                                 closing of Devnexus 2022. I got
>>>>>>>                                 to talk to several
>>>>>>>                                 friends/acquaintances that lead
>>>>>>>                                 various JUGs to see how things
>>>>>>>                                 are going for them, and I'm
>>>>>>>                                 re-enthused about restarting our
>>>>>>>                                 JUG. Several people have
>>>>>>>                                 expressed interest in doing so,
>>>>>>>                                 but nobody has made the move to
>>>>>>>                                 do so, therefore, if I may be so
>>>>>>>                                 bold, I'm just going to do it.
>>>>>>>                                 Here's my plan:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                                  1. Unless someone just REALLY
>>>>>>>                                     wants to instead, I'm going
>>>>>>>                                     to appoint myself president
>>>>>>>                                     and get this kick started. :)
>>>>>>>                                  2. I will reach back out to
>>>>>>>                                     Techlahoma to see where
>>>>>>>                                     things stand on UGs these
>>>>>>>                                     days and see if we can
>>>>>>>                                     restart that relationship.
>>>>>>>                                  3. I'm going to pick a time and
>>>>>>>                                     day of the week and start
>>>>>>>                                     planning sessions (this will
>>>>>>>                                     depend both on the outcome
>>>>>>>                                     of the discussion above and
>>>>>>>                                     my personal schedule :),
>>>>>>>                                     most likely presenting
>>>>>>>                                     myself to help get things going.
>>>>>>>                                  4. I'd like to assemble a board
>>>>>>>                                     to help govern things, but I
>>>>>>>                                     know people are busy, so I'm
>>>>>>>                                     happy to press on alone if
>>>>>>>                                     needed. Please don't make me. :)
>>>>>>>                                  5. I am going to export the
>>>>>>>                                     content of our old
>>>>>>>                                     WordPress-based site and
>>>>>>>                                     rebuild it with a static
>>>>>>>                                     generator (e.g., JBake or
>>>>>>>                                     Jekyll) and host it under an
>>>>>>>                                     OKCJUG org on GitHub.
>>>>>>>                                  6. I will try to regain access
>>>>>>>                                     to the OKCJUG GitHub and
>>>>>>>                                     Twitter accounts (*Brian
>>>>>>>                                     Sheldon*: Do you remember
>>>>>>>                                     the credentials for either?
>>>>>>>                                     You're the only other person
>>>>>>>                                     I can think of that had those).
>>>>>>>                                  7. I'm going to look at other
>>>>>>>                                     JUGs and reach out to my
>>>>>>>                                     contacts there to see what
>>>>>>>                                     other digital capabilities
>>>>>>>                                     we may be lacking and try to
>>>>>>>                                     get those going.
>>>>>>>                                  8. Once details have started to
>>>>>>>                                     come together, I'll email
>>>>>>>                                     the main JUG list to
>>>>>>>                                     announce those details. I
>>>>>>>                                     will likely, though, make a
>>>>>>>                                     teaser announcement in the
>>>>>>>                                     coming days.
>>>>>>>                                  9. I will try to figure out
>>>>>>>                                     what I've forgotten and do
>>>>>>>                                     that too.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                                 I am going to have lunch
>>>>>>>                                 (hopefully not by myself :) at
>>>>>>>                                 Jason's Deli on NW Expressway at
>>>>>>>                                 11:30 on Wednesday (4/20) to
>>>>>>>                                 discuss these items with anyone
>>>>>>>                                 interested. Lacking any negative
>>>>>>>                                 feedback, concerns, etc., I'm
>>>>>>>                                 going to press on, so if you
>>>>>>>                                 have any of those, chime up here
>>>>>>>                                 or come to lunch next Wednesday
>>>>>>>                                 and harangue me in person. :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                                 -- 
>>>>>>>                                 Jason Lee
>>>>>>>                                 http://jasondl.ee
>>>>>>>                                 http://jasondl.ee/twitter
>>>>>>>                                 http://jasondl.ee/in
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                             -- 
>>>>>>>                             "I am born with obligations to serve
>>>>>>>                             the past, present, and future
>>>>>>>                             generations, and the planet herself"
>>>>>>>                             Stan Rushworth
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>>>>>>                         Jason Lee
>>>>>>                         https://jasondl.ee
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>>>>>                     http://linkedin.com/in/jasondlee
>>>>>
>>>>                 -- 
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