[Steering Committee] Re-restarting the JUG
Jason Lee
jason at steeplesoft.com
Mon Jul 25 09:17:11 PDT 2022
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
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>>>> http://jasondl.ee/in
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>> Jason Lee
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>> https://twitter.com/jasondlee
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>> http://linkedin.com/in/jasondlee
>>
> --
> Jason Lee
> https://jasondl.ee
> https://twitter.com/jasondlee <https://twitter.com/jasondlee/twitter>
> http://linkedin.com/in/jasondlee
>
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Jason Lee
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