NYCPHP Meetup

[Mark Simko]

On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 10:54 -0500, joomla-request at lists.nyphp.org wrote:
> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:50:33 -0800 (PST)

> That's a long list of how-to's.

Yes, and all things that took a while for me to figure out.

>   Personally, I wouldn't want the monthly JUG meetings turned into basic training sessions.

Yes, that would stink. How about 10 minutes tops. Mini-demos

>   Steve of Alledia, who is sponsoring the refreshments for our meetings, offers classroom training, and I have the tutorial site,

Yes. IF we do beginner demos, we should direct people to some of those
other sites, such as Alledia, our sponsor, and iteachme.com. Those are
both great resources and perhaps the newcomer hasn't found them yet.

>  not to mention the hundreds of other resources out there,

So many! How to choose with such limited time!

>  including our own InstallFest in January.
> 

> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:54:47 -0500
> From: Gary Mort <garyamort at gmail.com>

> Hmm... as an offshoot to that, it might be a better idea then to send a
> welcome email to new users and mention the beginner resources available.
> ESPECIALLY prominently mentioning those who are sponsoring things for the
> group!  And pointing out upcoming events like installfest
> 

Great idea!