About The Online ColdFusion Meetup

Welcome to the Online ColdFusion Meetup Group, hosted by veteran ColdFusion developer and troubleshooter, Charlie Arehart.

The ColdFusion Meetup is an online ColdFusion user group which tried to meet weekly, Thursdays at noon and/or 6pm US Eastern time, subject to speaker availability.

We're an officially recognized Adobe User Group and the world's largest CFUG, serving both those who do and don't have their own local CFUG. Our sessions, which have been led by several dozens of speakers, are presented online using Adobe Acrobat Connect and anyone may attend and view both the live event and the available recordings.

The CF community is known for a high degree of sharing, with many developers out there who love to share their knowledge and experience. Whether discussing the latest in CF features and techniques, or reviewing fundamentals and aspects of technology related to ColdFusion development, the Online ColdFusion Meetup is a place where CF developers can find great information to make their jobs better and their careers more satisfying.

Looking for the URL for the current meeting?

All meetings are held at the URL, http://experts.acroba.... Use the option there to "log in as guest", enter your name, and wait until just before the meeting starts to be let in.

Looking for Recordings of Meetings?

Meetings are recorded and the URLs are posted (usually within a day of the meeting) at http://recordings.col.... You can also see a list of all our past meetings.

Looking for a Podcast or other Download of Recordings?

We're still working on downloadable recordings. For now, we can offer FLV (Flash Video) format, but not MP3/MP4. Watch the recordings page (recordings.coldfusionmeetup.com) for more when available. If you'd like to understand the challenges and perhaps help solve them, I've set up a page discussing things.Your feedback is welcomed.

Spread the word

The URL for the group, if you want to share it, can be more easily remembered as http://www.coldfusion....

Speaking at the Meetup

If you'd like to present, please email me, charlie (at) carehart.org. For more details, see answers to common questions at http://tinyurl.com/cf....

Finally, if you have any thoughts or ideas for continuing to improve the group, please do share them either by email to Charlie, or in the forum if you'd like to have a group discussion.

Background: The CF meetup was started in Feb 2005 by Steven Erat, then of Adobe. In March 2007, he needed to step down from running the group, citing work pressures, and he handed the reigns to Charlie Arehart and Raymond Camden, two long-time contributors to the community. Their goal was to rekindle and carry on the tradition of finding the best in online CF presentations from developers around the world. Ray stepped down later in 2007 (busy helping the community in so many other ways, and we certainly thank him for all he's done!), and Charlie has continued to host the meetup since then.

As of April 2009. the two year anniversary since the group was rekindled, we've had nearly 80 presentations by dozens of speakers. Here's to many more years.

Member Discounts

Various companies offer discounts to Adobe user group members. See the discounts page for more info.