On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 10:31 PM, der.hans wrote: > Am 10. Jan, 2010 schwätzte Alan Dayley so: >> The reality is that there are now a great many different groups and >> events in the Phoenix valley.  Each of them could attract the some of >> the same sorts of people as the others.  And there are so many it is >> no longer possible to have a certain evening "reserved" for any one >> event. > > There are lots of days open. This is the second event they've scheduled > the same night as a nearby event that has now been going for over a > decade. No, there are not. Monday - As the beginning of the work week, no group chooses Monday because it kills attendance before you even start. See Friday. Tuesday-Thursday - These are the much preferred days for an evening tech gathering. Friday - As the end of the work week, no group choose Friday because that's when everyone parties or whatever. See Monday. Saturday-Sunday - These usually are for longer events that take several hours. So, we have three days in the middle of the week to have an evening meeting. 12 days per month. Just 12. A sampling of groups and topics from those meeting regularly in the Phoenix valley taken from http://meetupstogoto.com: Refocus Phoenix: Third Wednesday of every month Social Media Club: Second Thursday of every month Stealthmode Partners: Second Monday of every month Creative Coffee: Last Tuesday of every month Phoenix OpenCoffee: Every Thursday morning Gangplank: Hacknight on Wednesdays Creative Connect: Second Tuesday of every month AIGA Arizona Radiate Phoenix Pecha Kucha: Phoenix Phoenix InDesign User Group Web Design & Development Group: Third Monday of every month ASP.NET User Group: Second Tuesday of every month Arizona SharePoint Professionls Group: Last Thursday of every month Arizona Security Practitioners Forum: Fourth Monday of every month Silverlight User Group: First Wednesday of every month Phoenix Android Developers Meeting: Fourth Thursday of every month Xcode Phoenix - Cocoa and OSX Developer Group: Second Thursday of every month SQL Server Users Group: Second Wednesday of every month Phoenix Rails Phoenix Ruby User Group: Second Monday of each month Arizona Flash Platform User Group: Fourth Wednesday of every month Arizona Coldfusion User Group: Fourth Wednesday of every month Phoenix Linux User Group: Dev - First Thursday, East - Second Thursday, West - Fourth Wednesday of every month Phoenix Java User Group: Second Wednesday of every month Arizona PHP User Group: Fourth Tuesday of every month Phoenix Python User Group Arizona Macintosh User Group Southeast Valley .NET User Group: Fourth Thursday of the month Phoenix Linux User Group: Four meetings a month Phoenix iPhone: First Wednesday of every month NSCoder Night: Every Tuesday Startup Drinks: Second Tuesday and last Thursday of every month TiE Arizona: Second Wednesday of every month, quarterly mixers Markamp Tiny Army: First Wednesday of every month Phoenix SEO Meetup Group Arizona Media Buzz American Marketing Association - Phoenix Chapter: Fourth Wednesday of every month Enterprise Network: Third Thursday of every month Phoenix Friday Nights: Every Friday And that is not all of the groups in Phoenix. And that's ignoring more traditional business groups in which some of the PLUG audience may be involved. Overlap will happen. Just have to keep offering quality stuff and people will come if they are interested. >> I see this as a good thing.  More choice, more energy, more community. > > I see it as annoying. Intentional conflicting times is not community > building. Intentional? You're saying HeatSync Labs researched when PLUG was meeting and purposefully chose the same day just to conflict with PLUG. I don't believe that at all. They chose a day that worked for their needs and the venue schedule. Alan --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss