Welcome to the bi-monthly meeting of the Joomla Users Group! Please join us for mentoring and tip exchange between fans of the world's most popular web development tool!

NOTE: This meeting is on a Monday to avoid conflict with the PHP User group meeting.

NOVEMBER MEETING: Only one this month due to the holidays.

All welcome: Novices, tech-phobic business owners and web developers.

BRING: A laptop with WI-FI card if you have one.

PURPOSE: To provide peer support to help you create your dream site using Joomla!, one of the hottest open source content management systems available. Your imagination is the limit. Learn how to leverage a content management system to make profitable, sophisticated websites for little to no investment other than time.

LOCATION: New Meeting Location! Obzeet, a tropical restaurant and cafe with free WiFi access.

COST: In exchange for dining establishments allowing us to take up valuable space for extended amounts of time, we require that each person either

• Order something to eat OR
  
• If you are not eating, there is a $5 fee, which is given to the restaurant.
  

Your Organizer DOES NOT keep this fee. It goes to the waiter/restaurant to ensure that we can have our reservation and a premium location on a monthly basis.

AGENDA:

• Introductions: The meeting usually begins with brief introductions around the table.
  
  • Introduce Yourself
    
  • What is your name?
    
  • What do you do?
    
  • How long have you used Joomla?
    
  • Would you care to share the name/URL of a website or websites you're developing?
    
  • What do you hope to gain from these meetings?
    
  • Do you have any preferences for future meetings and times?
    
  
  
• Announcements: We usually take some time for announcements about Joomla, Joomla Events, or accomplishments.
  
• Topic of the Day: TBA
  
• Short Break: Our members are so absorbed in the meeting that we sometimes give them a break reminder to take a short break for trips to the restroom, food, etc.
  
• Mentoring: Mentoring includes all aspects of building a self-administered website using this popular, free (open-source) software. Developers are invited to assist organizers with mentoring novices. Please let us know when you arrive that you have advanced skills and what languages and technologies you know. Advanced developers will be invited to sign up for our referral/project list.
  
• WrapUp, Pay for food (single tickets), Networking, and Planning for the next meeting.