[Steering Committee] Re-restarting the JUG

Jason Lee jason at steeplesoft.com
Fri Jul 29 13:02:21 PDT 2022


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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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>                         past, present, and future generations,
>>>>>>                         and the planet herself" Stan Rushworth
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>>>>>                     -- 
>>>>>                     Jason Lee
>>>>>                     https://jasondl.ee
>>>>>                     https://twitter.com/jasondlee
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>>>>>                     http://linkedin.com/in/jasondlee
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>>>>                 -- 
>>>>                 Jason Lee
>>>>                 https://jasondl.ee
>>>>                 https://twitter.com/jasondlee
>>>>                 <https://twitter.com/jasondlee/twitter>
>>>>                 http://linkedin.com/in/jasondlee
>>>>
>>>             -- 
>>>             Jason Lee
>>>             https://jasondl.ee
>>>             https://twitter.com/jasondlee
>>>             <https://twitter.com/jasondlee/twitter>
>>>             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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