[ubuntu-us-mi] new michigan developers group forming: midevelopers.org

[Rick Harding]

Ever since I've started coming to meetings like MUG, MichiPUG, and the 
SRT Solutions lightning talks, I've found out there's a whole developer 
community out there. The thing is we get together, listen to a talk, 
drink some beer, but we don't actually do much actual code work. I've 
been pretty "self taught" when it comes to my developer skills and I'd 
like to see how others do things, share what I know, and grow in the 
process. Toward this end I want to start getting guys/gals together on a 
monthly basis. The groups is called MiDevelopers.org. The meeting day 
will be the last Thurs of every month. The first meeting of 
MiDevelopers.org is going to take place on June 26th at the Hamlin Pub 
on Sashabaw Rd just off of I-75.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&geocode=&q=hamlin+pub&near=&sll=42.732608,-83.379364&sspn=0.018189,0.046134&ie=UTF8&ll=42.732986,-83.379364&spn=0.018188,0.046134&z=15&iwloc=A&iwstate1=sscorrectthiscard

The idea will be to try to rotate the venue each month so we can get 
developers from the east side, ann arbor area, detroit area, etc. The 
diversity will be good for the group.

The general idea is to follow the example of the Chicago Programming 
Tonight meeting.
http://www.chicagolug.org/wiki/Programming_Tonight

You can bring your own project to work on, get advice about, or work on 
some shared projects. The first public projects for the first meeting 
will be to start up a web presence. We'll discuss what would work best 
for the group including a wiki, possible blog planet, and other content.

I'd also like to get ideas for potential locations for future meetings. 
Any location with wireless internet access should be considered a 
potential location. If there's a place by you, let me know and we can 
work on it.

For now, I've started a Google Group/mailing list to begin discussions 
on who is interested, what types of projects/code you might be 
interested in, and as a contact point for future mailings about upcoming 
meetings and get togethers.

http://groups.google.com/group/midevelopers

Please feel free to forward this to any developers/groups that might be 
interested.

Rick Harding
http://www.mitechie.com