[ajug-members] DevCon 2009: March 10 & 11

[Steve Finch]

As corny as it is, I love Atlanta JDK.

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 8:21 AM, SilverAnvil <silveranvil at gmail.com> wrote:

> Three more from me
>   Atlanta JUG Dev Kamp == Atlanta JDK
>   Atlanta Developer's Conference  or Atlanta Dev Con
>   The Lesser Atlanta Software Symposium - with a tip of the hat to
> Jay Zimmerman and NFJS
>
>
> 2008/10/28 Jason Chambers <yzxbmlf at gmail.com>:
>  > How about atl4j
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> > On Oct 28, 2008, at 2:21 PM, "Burr Sutter" <burrsutter at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > We are under contract with the Cobb Galleria for a big event on March
> 10th
> > and 11th!  We have interested sponsors & speakers already lining up like
> > Sun, JBoss/Red Hat, SpringSource, MuleSource and Thoughtworks.   I plan
> to
> > make a call into Oracle as well and if anyone has a contact at IBM we'd
> > welcome their involvement.
> >
> > In any case, one of the biggest to do items is coming up with a NAME for
> the
> > event.  JavaPolis recently became Devoxx (www.devoxx.com) and is our
> "model"
> > for this kind of event, we hope to grow up to be like the Belguim JUG one
> > day. ;-)  I have also spoken at a similiar event in Brazil
> > (TheDevelopersConference -
> > http://www.globalcode.com.br/index.jsp?pagina=Boletim200825) and
> numerous
> > JUGs around the US.  We can do this very well here in Atlanta due to our
> > airport (it is tough to get to the Belguim location) and quality of
> > facilities.  All we need is the creativity & energy to pull it off.
> >
> > It all starts with branding, we are looking for creative suggestions for
> a
> > "brand" name for our event.  Ideally one where we can have access to the
> > domain name to aid in the future growth and success of the event.  Our
> goals
> > are to always keep the quality of the speakers high, the topics relevant,
> > Atlanta-based location, the costs low and targeted at professional
> software
> > developers.
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> > Burr
> >
> > PS. The previous name of Java DevCon includes Sun's ticker symbol "java"
> so
> > we'll wish to avoid its usage going forward, especially as this event
> grows.
> > I hope to avoid this situtation:
> > http://bsnyderblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/javapolis-javoxx-devoxx.html
> >
> http://weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici/archive/2008/09/javapolis_javox.html
> >
> > This does not mean "Atlanta Java Users Group" needs to change its
> > name/branding - just the conference which we'll eventually operate as a
> > separate event from the day to day operations of the JUG.
> >
> >
> >
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