Jiva, Great idea... I'm not hot on the name, though - I had it first. Alan Pratt alan@azdev.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jiva DeVoe" To: ; Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 11:19 PM Subject: AZ Software Developers - A new group forming... > Greetings! > > Many of you know me from my work with the Phoenix Linux Users Group. > > Many of you also know that I am a software developer by profession, > and that I spend alot of time involving myself in the various > fascinating aspects of software development. > > Recently, while discussing coding with some of my friends, we all > arrived at the conclusion that what Arizona needs is a Software > Development users group, which could meet monthly for the purposes of > bringing GREAT software people together, and to generally improve the > quality of our craft in Arizona. > > Thus, we have decided to form such a group (we're calling ourselves > AZDEV for now). The purpose of this group will be following: > > To have meetings where developers can learn the latest techniques in > programming, and improve their craft. > > To extend knowledge about software development as far and wide in > Arizona as possible. > > To make Arizona the premier place to develop software (because of the > high quality of code which we will help to promote among developers > here.) > > To network with other great coders, to help get good practices spread > amongst our ranks! > > This group aims to be very technical and geeky in nature. JOIN US IF > YOU DARE! > > Anyway, if you're interested in getting involved in this group, we're > still very early in our formation. Please join our mailing list by > sending an email with a body of SUBSCRIBE to > azdev-request@devware.com. > > I encourage anyone interested in software development to join us! > > -- > Familiarity breeds contempt -- and children. > -- Mark Twain > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss