[Steering Committee] Status?

[Brent Wilkins]

Jason,

I have often wondered if the JUG would ever return. I would love to see it
keep going but I'm open to what everyone thinks we should do.

On Fri, Jan 21, 2022, 14:09 Jason Lee <jason at steeplesoft.com> wrote:

> Good afternoon, ladies and gents, and happy new year. :)
>
> I've been getting some emails from various conferences, etc. talking about
> JUGs and active leaders, etc, which made me think of my favorite (if
> dormant) JUG, so I thought I'd do a status check. We haven't met in many,
> many moons for a number of reasons, the chief being COVID, I guess, and
> we're all busy, so before we know it, we're months, maybe even a couple of
> years without a meeting.
>
> What should we do with the JUG? Currently, the only concrete part about
> the JUG is the domain. Our Techlahoma membership has lapsed, and it seems a
> lot of our leadership have moved on to non-Java technologies (traitors! :).
> Is the OKC JUG something we feel needs to be revived, or should we pour out
> a 40 of A&W and officially call it a day? I know there are many logistics
> that would have to be worked out for a revival, and that could be a lot of
> work, but, at the same time, many of us have put a lot of work into this
> thing over the years, so I don't want to see it just limp into history. If
> it does do that, it deserves a proper farewell. :)
>
> If we DON'T want to revive (which is fine. seriously), then I'm going to
> let this domain reg expire in June and save myself a whole $16/yr, though
> I'll probably just blow that on a date night with my wife. :)
>
> Either way really is fine with me, but I wanted to make a semi-formal
> effort to see what others' thoughts were.
>
> That's all I have for now. I hope you all are doing well! :)
>
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