[Steering Committee] Re-restarting the JUG

Jason Lee jason at steeplesoft.com
Thu Jul 28 19:58:07 PDT 2022


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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>>>>>
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>>>
>>         -- 
>>         Jason Lee
>>         https://jasondl.ee
>>         https://twitter.com/jasondlee
>>         <https://twitter.com/jasondlee/twitter>
>>         http://linkedin.com/in/jasondlee
>>
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