Обсуждение: Utah (or perhaps SLC) PUG
I've been considering setting up a users group, and polling the locals to gauge interest. Several have suggested the best way to start might be to just set up a mailing list, publicize it a bit, and see who joins up. If the powers that be are willing, I'd like to request such a list. The most common prediction is that a database-inspecific group is probably the best place to start, because demand for something specific to PostgreSQL (or other databases, with the possible exceptions of Oracle and MySQL) is not expected to be very large. I'm not sure that's an accurate expectation, though, given proximity to, for instance, backcountry.com (I'm not associated with them and can't speak for them, obviously, but it wouldn't surprise me to find interested parties there). Anyway, would someone mind setting up a list for the effort, or if there are other thing sI need to do, to please let me know? Thanks to all. - Josh / eggyknap
On Dec 5, 2007 11:12 AM, Josh Tolley <eggyknap@gmail.com> wrote: > I've been considering setting up a users group, and polling the locals > to gauge interest. Several have suggested the best way to start might > be to just set up a mailing list, publicize it a bit, and see who > joins up. If the powers that be are willing, I'd like to request such > a list. Hi Josh, Welcome! I didn't see any replies on-list... Sorry if we all missed this! I believe Josh Berkus was out of the country when you sent your message. He should be back soon (or may be already), and then could help you with a user group mailing list. Josh, and others on -advocacy, may be able to connect you with some other PostgreSQL folks in your area. As far as starting a user group, I recommend talking a few people you know into having a meeting, picking a good day for all of you and then announcing your meeting on as many open-source related mailing lists and user groups you can find there locally. You can have a look at the archives of the PDXPUG or SFPUG blogs and mailing lists to get an idea of what we're doing. The blogs are at http://pugs.postgresql.org pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org is a good place to post your starting-a-group announcement and after-meeting synopsis. David Fetter will announce your meeting in the Local section of his weekly news announcements if you let him know about it in advance. You probably already know about this: http://www.utosf.org/ They seem like a great resource. Good luck, and happy to hear you're interested in starting a group! And if you're ever in the Portland area, get in touch! -selena -- Selena Deckelmann PDXPUG - Portland PostgreSQL Users Group http://pugs.postgresql.org/pdx http://www.chesnok.com/daily