[Steering Committee] Fwd: Re: [OKC JUG] Let's try this again, but this time with gusto!

[Jason Lee]

Helps to type the address in correctly. :)



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Subject: 	Re: [OKC JUG] Let's try this again, but this time with gusto!
Date: 	Tue, 26 Sep 2023 14:27:09 -0500
From: 	Jason Lee <jason at steeplesoft.com>
Reply-To: 	jug at lists.okcjug.org
To: 	sc at jug.org, jug at okcjug.org



Good afternoon. Wanted to give this a bump to make sure everyone saw it. 
I've gotten a couple of offers for meeting places. Would love the help 
to tackle the rest now and moving forward! :)

On 9/21/23 5:56 PM, Jason Lee wrote:
>
> I am once again asking for you help to restart the Oklahoma City Java 
> Users Group
>
> Good afternoon, ladies and gents. I know we've been down this road 
> before, but I intend to not let it slip this time. :) I'd really like 
> to get this going in SOME fashion.
>
> The biggest concern -- as it was last time -- is a meeting location. 
> We had concrete options: Francis Tuttle on Reno, and David North 
> offered a room at Oklahoma Christian. I don't know if either of those 
> options are still viable, but I'll follow up off list. FT may be a bit 
> more work (and less flexible) to manage reservations, wheres OC may be 
> too far north (though it's basically just off of I-35). If anyone else 
> knows of a good option (or works for a company that can host us), 
> please let me know.
>
> The second is technology. It would be GREAT if we could stream, but 
> that may not be an option (and may be a plus, as then we can't get 
> lazy and not show up in person :). As long, then, as we have a room in 
> which we can hook up a computer to a screen, we should be golden. I 
> expect both options listed above should be good on the basic setup. We 
> can figure out streaming at some point.
>
> The next thing we need is speakers. I have some presentations for 
> conferences I can do, and I think Ryan offered a topic right before 
> leaving the country, and things fizzled out (my fault). I would love, 
> love, love new speakers, so... don't be shy.
>
> Finally, I'd like to know who is interested in actively helping. I 
> intend to be 100% transparent in how things are going, of course, but 
> I don't want to pester (or wait on ;) someone who has no interest or 
> time to help out (and that's fine. Life changes and gets busy, so 
> don't feel bad).
>
> I'd really love to get this thing back to our okcj-pandemic peak, so 
> I'm going to put the time into it to try to get it there. The more 
> help I have, the better. :)
>
> If you read this to the end, thank you for your time, and see Ryan 
> Hoegg for your gift certificate to The Sizzler.
>
> That's a joke. The thanks are not, though. :)
>
>
> -- 
> Jason Lee
> OKC JUG President
> 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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