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  • Kathleen McDade 1:02 pm on July 30, 2010 Permalink | Reply
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    Hood River WordPress Meetup 

    We’ll be having our regular Portland meeting on August 19, but meanwhile, I wanted to let you know that Callie Carroll is hosting an informal WordPress meetup/unconference in Hood River this Sunday, August 1! Here’s the information from her email to our Google Group (I didn’t post her phone #/email, but you can contact her via Twitter or leave a comment here):

    For anyone interested in a short jaunt away from Portland this
    weekend, I am hosting a last-minute WordPress unconference/meeting/
    camp/chat, at 2pm on Sunday, at this location:

    Ground Coffee
    12 Oak Street
    Hood River, OR

    Hood River is family-friendly, and full of shopping and restaurants,
    so bring your non-WP-loving family and set them loose. Street parking
    is free on the weekends.

    Wifi is available, and coffee, beer, and sandwiches are sold on the
    premises at Ground. The shop can be very busy, so we will move to the
    semi-private office at the end of the hall if that’s more appropriate,
    and a sign will be posted to direct you. I don’t have a projector, but
    bring your laptop and a VNC client!

    RSVP to me privately via email, phone, SMS, or Tweet (@cusability), so
    I can get an idea of the size of the group, and plan on having enough
    chairs and tables.

    cbc

    –
    // Callie B. Carroll, MS-HCI //
    // User Experience Design //
    // http://www.cUsability.com //

     

  • Aaron 10:47 pm on January 15, 2009 Permalink | Reply
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    Portland WordPress User Group: Beginnings 

    Tonight we held our first meeting. Attendance was around 40 people from a variety of backgrounds and skill levels that ranged from one attendee who doesn’t yet have a blog but is interested all the way up through seasoned developers. Here’s a summary of some decisions and directions that were discussed:

    • Here we are. This is our blog presence. Subscribe to the RSS Feed and keep track of what’s going on.
    • A volunteer group is designing a theme for our site. We decided to launch the site immediately so we can begin publishing content; we’ll polish up the look and feel in the next few weeks.
    • We have a Twitter account: @pdxwp – we’re still deciding how to use it, and may throw this up as an item for discussion (on another blog post here).
    • Meetings will normally be held on the third Thursday of the month, from 6:00-7:30pm, at CubeSpace. A big thanks to CubeSpace for hosting us!
    • The February meeting will be on Thursday the 12th since the normal meeting day conflicts with Ignite Portland. RSVP for the February meeting on Upcoming.
    • The user group will be a good base from which to plan WordCamp Portland 2009, date To Be Determined.
    • We discussed a variety of meeting topic ideas. Stay tuned to find out what will be featured and when.
    • The idea of a Genius Bar available at each meeting was popular, with some folks offering to share their expertise for anyone who comes with questions.

    Keep an eye on this site for more information. A big thanks to all in attendance, I can’t wait to see what develops.

     

    • turoczy 7:00 am on January 16, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      Congratulations! Sounds like a great start.

      By the way, this theme kicks ass. What's it called?

    • Betsy Richter 7:18 am on January 16, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      Thanks, Aaron for spearheading this. Can't wait to see what happens next…

    • JustinS 4:20 pm on January 16, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      Despite the lack of booze, I'm excited. I just hope the people there who were new to blogging and WordPress weren't too turned off by all the policy/planning talk in this initial meeting.

      • ahockley 4:31 pm on January 16, 2009 Permalink | Reply

        Yeah, in theory that was the most boring and least WP-related meeting we'll ever have. Trust me, it'll get better.

    • Greg 9:08 am on January 17, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      I will mark my calendar and do my dead-level best to be there for future events. This sounds like a HELL of a gathering and I can't wait. :)

    • Justin Kistner 6:45 pm on January 19, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      Stoked to join the next meet up! Genius Bar sounds awesome :)

    • Dean 12:27 am on January 20, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      Is there a mailing list?

      • ahockley 3:34 am on January 20, 2009 Permalink | Reply

        We setup a Google Group but right now I'm thinking we might not use it. Given that it's a blog-based user group, I'd advise everyone to subscribe to the feed on this blog and that will be the method for announcements and information.

        • turoczy 5:26 am on January 20, 2009 Permalink | Reply

          Great idea. Agree.

          If email is a preferred delivery mechanism, though, you could enable "subscribe by email" through Feedburner or another service. Between that and Intense Debate "notify me… via email" you've got a mailing list. ;)

    • konya web tasarım 10:17 pm on January 30, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      thanks for all things and it is real comment

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