To all Umbraco enthusiastics located in the Benelux. The wonderful Codegarden 09 is just behind us and during Codegarden 09 I talked to several people about setting up a new Umbraco Benelux Meetup. Please reply to this topic if you are interested and would like to attend this meetup.
Date & Time
Needs to be scheduled. October seems nice, not too close to Codegarden 09 and after the holidays.
Location
I need to check this, but I think I can arrange a location. The "Van Nelle ontwerpfabriek". I work at ISM eCompany and we are located in this great building. The Van Nelle ontwerpfabriek has the status of a nationally protected monument and is included on the UNESCO World Heritage list. More information can be found over here: http://www.ontwerpfabriek.nl/index.asp?pageid=259a31f7b82841bc9744b474b072fb66
Address: Van Nelleweg 1 3044 BC Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Agenda
needs to be determined, suggestions are welcome of course.
I'm really excited again to see so many interest in another Benelux user group meetup, but.... there's been rumours as well about organizing another meetup in Belgium (most probably Antwerp) aiming for end of August, thus having 2 different options for a next meetup, either end of August in Antwerp (BE), yet to confirm and another one in October, in Rotterdam (NL).
Let's spread the word and ask the umbraco community members about time and place...
I think that we need to stick with the plan to have 2 meetups each year, 1 in Belgium and 1 in the Netherlands. It would not be fair to call it a Benelux Usergroup and only have meetups in the Netherlands. Maybe we can set the Van Nelle option on hold and have the next Meetup in the Netherlands over there?
@Dirk Antwerp would be nice too, just wanted to keep the idea alive :) Anyway I'm willing to set something up in Rotterdam sometime. If the next meeting will be in Antwerp I will attend if my schedule allows to.
@Roel: probably same problem as with the uk people, we need a confirmed date/location before people start commiting to attend.
I'll be in contact with a few guys from Belgium to find out where and when we can organize the next meetup. I'll get back in here as soon as I've got more info on this.
Count me in! For me August is a bit to soon and also holiday time. I would prefer September or October.
What i really like about codegarden are all the open space meetings. Maybe we can include such a way of sharing in the next Benelux-meetup? The last time in Amsterdam was mostly focused on presenting and listening, as well as the meetup in Gent last year. Although I did like everything that was shown, I think it wil be more interesing to have more time to meet, share, discuss in small groups, etc.
@Martijn: I agree about the open space format, it will be more user centric than it has been before. And it would be much nicer to get formal feedback in group.
I'm still awaiting answer to find out whether we can have a wonderful location in Antwerp. Hoping to get feedback asap.
I'm in for August as Sept and certainly Oct is a no go for me (altho I'm not required to be there ;)
Anyways, just keep an eye on this thread and hopefully next week, we can have some progress!
Last week I've talked to Dirk and the location in Belgium is not confirmed yet. When that is confirmed we can pick the date. Hope to have some news very soon!
Belgian location has not been confirmed indeed, and the guys from Promex will be looking for alternatives, but that search will only start by Sept, meaning that next meetup will probably be organised in Netherlands, and hopefully we can take over next time.
So, guys, let the creativty flow and have a meetup scheduled!
@Roel, @Richard (and other Dutch fellow umbracians of course): I'm sure you guys will do great job organizing the event. Can you take the lead? Others are welcome to join of course!
I will offer any help I can, altho not sure whether I will be able to attend.
Also interesting for the Dutch guys. Before the end of the year we (Richard, Sebastiaan and me) will be doing an Umbraco presentation for dotNed (the Dutch .NET usergroup) Details to be confirmed later on.
- 20 people responded to the Umbraco Benelux (Q3/Q4 2009) survey. - 21 people are on the attendees list currently. - we might have Umbraco core members attending the meetup. - 55% would like to meet in October and 35% in September. - most people would like to meet up during the weekend. - most people would like the meetup to be an all day event. - 5 people said they'd be interested in doing a presentation. - 1 person would like to do Umbraco Bingo :)
This week I'm going to prepare an e-mail which Niels will send to all the Umbraco Benelux people that are in his file.
Going to communicate a date this evening. I had to wait for Niels to send out an invitation e-mail. But in the end it worked out different as expected. So that's why we have some delay.
Just sent a mailing to around 60 people, with full details on the Umbraco Benelux meeting on October 31st. So check out your e-mail if you subscribed to this event!
You receive this e-mail since you've subscribed to the Umbraco Benelux Meetup on October 31st. In this e-mail you'll find all the details about the upcoming event.
Location and date:
ISM eCompany Van Nelleweg 1
3044BC Rotterdam
You can park your car on P6; this parking lot is right outside the Van Nelle terrain. At the end of the day you'll get a ticket so you can leave the parking lot.
Please check out this map for the parking location, Van Nelle entrance and ISM eCompany entrance:
Multi-language, extensions and customizations for the Universiteit van Twente portal website.
- www.dordrechttoer.nl by Sebastiaan Janssen (Cultiv.nl / Finoa) Drupal to Umbraco conversion, mass-upload, reading GPS info from photos. 12.30 - Lunch (provided by ISM eCompany) 13.15 - Track: Beginner: Presentation by Roel Snetselaar & Sebastiaan Janssen "My First Umbraco Website" (ISM eCompany / Finoa) 13.15 - Track: Intermediate/Expert: Presentation by Richard Soeteman "............." (Soeteman Software) 14.00 - Open Space hosted by Martijn Maris (Novaware) 15.30 - Package Show-off
- Axendo FormDesigner by Ron Brouwer (Axendo) - Webstickies by Len Dierickx - .................... Let us know if you want to present a package!! - .................... Let us know if you want to present a package!! 16.00 - Closing comments 16.15 - Drinks and Van Nelle tour by Jeroen van EckAlso we have an Xbox 360 Guitar Hero setup running. 18.00 - Dinner at Hotel New York
There will be a wifi network available during the event. Useful links:
Important: 1) Please let us know if you're still planning on attending the event, so we can take this into account when setting everything up. 2) Please let us know if you plan on joining for dinner in the evening, so I can make reservations at the restaurant. 3) Please let us know if you have subjects which you want to discuss during the Open Space sessions. 4) Please let us know if you've made a package which you would like to present during the package show-off.
It was great! It was very nice to meet you all! Umbraco has one of the best communities.
Gotten loads of information and tips! Can't wait for the next meet! (maybe somewhere more to the middle of Holland, then I won't have to travel that long... also Nijmegen would be great ;))
Umbraco Benelux Meetup
Umbraco Benelux Meetup
To all Umbraco enthusiastics located in the Benelux. The wonderful Codegarden 09 is just behind us and during Codegarden 09 I talked to several people about setting up a new Umbraco Benelux Meetup. Please reply to this topic if you are interested and would like to attend this meetup.
Date & Time
Needs to be scheduled. October seems nice, not too close to Codegarden 09 and after the holidays.
Location
I need to check this, but I think I can arrange a location. The "Van Nelle ontwerpfabriek". I work at ISM eCompany and we are located in this great building.
The Van Nelle ontwerpfabriek has the status of a nationally protected monument and is included on the UNESCO World Heritage list. More information can be found over here: http://www.ontwerpfabriek.nl/index.asp?pageid=259a31f7b82841bc9744b474b072fb66
Address:
Van Nelleweg 1
3044 BC Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Agenda
needs to be determined, suggestions are welcome of course.
I'll be there, obviously ;-)
Roel, Sebastiaan,
I'm really excited again to see so many interest in another Benelux user group meetup, but.... there's been rumours as well about organizing another meetup in Belgium (most probably Antwerp) aiming for end of August, thus having 2 different options for a next meetup, either end of August in Antwerp (BE), yet to confirm and another one in October, in Rotterdam (NL).
Let's spread the word and ask the umbraco community members about time and place...
Ok, forget about the javascript voting stuff...
Ooooh, can I give negative points on that first post of yours Dirk? Can I, Can I? :p
My favorite is August, place doesn't really matter (no time in october, harvest-time)
Cheers,
PeterD
I think that we need to stick with the plan to have 2 meetups each year, 1 in Belgium and 1 in the Netherlands. It would not be fair to call it a Benelux Usergroup and only have meetups in the Netherlands. Maybe we can set the Van Nelle option on hold and have the next Meetup in the Netherlands over there?
Cheers,
Richard
@Dirk Antwerp would be nice too, just wanted to keep the idea alive :) Anyway I'm willing to set something up in Rotterdam sometime. If the next meeting will be in Antwerp I will attend if my schedule allows to.
So where are those Dutch & Belgium Umbraco users?? :)
Me and a colleague of mine are also interested in this meetup.
@Roel: probably same problem as with the uk people, we need a confirmed date/location before people start commiting to attend.
I'll be in contact with a few guys from Belgium to find out where and when we can organize the next meetup. I'll get back in here as soon as I've got more info on this.
Cheers,
Dirk
Count me in! For me August is a bit to soon and also holiday time. I would prefer September or October.
What i really like about codegarden are all the open space meetings. Maybe we can include such a way of sharing in the next Benelux-meetup? The last time in Amsterdam was mostly focused on presenting and listening, as well as the meetup in Gent last year. Although I did like everything that was shown, I think it wil be more interesing to have more time to meet, share, discuss in small groups, etc.
@Martijn: I agree about the open space format, it will be more user centric than it has been before. And it would be much nicer to get formal feedback in group.
I'm still awaiting answer to find out whether we can have a wonderful location in Antwerp. Hoping to get feedback asap.
I'm in for August as Sept and certainly Oct is a no go for me (altho I'm not required to be there ;)
Anyways, just keep an eye on this thread and hopefully next week, we can have some progress!
Cheers,
/Dirk
Count me in as well!
No spefic preference location-wise, though the Van Nelle Fabriek is IMO one of the most beautifull buildings from the Bauhaus period worldwide...
http://images.google.nl/images?hl=nl&q=van%20nelle%20fabriek&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
Date: September / October would suite me fine!
We might attend, depending on the agenda.
If it's between 14th and 25th september, count me in also.
Greetings,
Danny
@Martijn, Great suggestion. Hope to see that happening also on the next meetup.
I'll be there if it's not in the first 2 weeks of September, got a wedding in Namibia to attend (Trying to make that my new Umbraco market? ;))
Location is not a problem. If someone is also form the Nijmegen are we can travel together!
@Dirk Any news maybe?
Last week I've talked to Dirk and the location in Belgium is not confirmed yet. When that is confirmed we can pick the date. Hope to have some news very soon!
Belgian location has not been confirmed indeed, and the guys from Promex will be looking for alternatives, but that search will only start by Sept, meaning that next meetup will probably be organised in Netherlands, and hopefully we can take over next time.
So, guys, let the creativty flow and have a meetup scheduled!
@Roel, @Richard (and other Dutch fellow umbracians of course): I'm sure you guys will do great job organizing the event. Can you take the lead? Others are welcome to join of course!
I will offer any help I can, altho not sure whether I will be able to attend.
Cheers,
/Dirk
Hi Dirk,
To bad to hear that. And I was looking forward to a whole weekend in antwerpen without kids :-(
Cheers,
Richard
I have some good news I talked to my boss today and we have permission to do an Umbraco meetup in the Van Nelle Ontwerpfabriek in Rotterdam!
Todo:
- Venue -> done
- Pick a date
- Define a program
- Make a list of attendends
To be continued...
Also interesting for the Dutch guys. Before the end of the year we (Richard, Sebastiaan and me) will be doing an Umbraco presentation for dotNed (the Dutch .NET usergroup) Details to be confirmed later on.
I've created some wiki pages for the meetup just like Darren did for the UK meetup.
Please check them out over here:
http://our.umbraco.org/wiki/codegarden-2009/umbraco-benelux-meetup-(q3q4-2009)
http://our.umbraco.org/wiki/codegarden-2009/umbraco-benelux-meetup-(q3q4-2009)/attendees
http://our.umbraco.org/wiki/codegarden-2009/umbraco-benelux-meetup-(q3q4-2009)/topicspresentations
Todo:
- Venue -> done
- Create wiki pages -> done
- Pick a date
- Define a program
- Make a list of attendees
To be continued...
And another reply :)
Please fill out this survey if you would like to attend
Thanks!
Todo:
- Venue -> done
- Create wiki pages -> done
- Create online survey -> done
- Pick a date
- Define a program
- Make a list of attendees
To be continued...
Replied to survey!
Would like to see if we can arrange a tour through our beautiful building. I keep enjoying the tours we do each year.
Other than that, maybe we can ask Frans Bauer to perform, he's almost as much fun as Ole.
Awesome guys,
I've replied the survey. Frans Bauer, with or without Marianne Weber?
I'm in, just replied to the survey.
August is not possible for me, and September is already getting full with appointments, October or November would be best for me.
Update:
- 20 people responded to the Umbraco Benelux (Q3/Q4 2009) survey.
- 21 people are on the attendees list currently.
- we might have Umbraco core members attending the meetup.
- 55% would like to meet in October and 35% in September.
- most people would like to meet up during the weekend.
- most people would like the meetup to be an all day event.
- 5 people said they'd be interested in doing a presentation.
- 1 person would like to do Umbraco Bingo :)
This week I'm going to prepare an e-mail which Niels will send to all the Umbraco Benelux people that are in his file.
29 people, and counting, said they would like to attend the next Benelux meeting!
If there's a date i will be able to tell with how many we can come... without a date i can't :( But probably 3 of us :-)
@Gerty I have to wait for Niels to send out the invitation mail to the Benelux people on his mailinglist. He will probably send it in week 35.
Still no date? Agenda's are filling up rapidly now the vacations are over
if i just was a little closer to the benelux right now ... zou heel leuk zijn jullie eens te zien!
Going to communicate a date this evening. I had to wait for Niels to send out an invitation e-mail. But in the end it worked out different as expected. So that's why we have some delay.
Umbraco Benelux Meetup date annoucement: 31st of October (2009)
Currently we will be working on a program for the meetup. Suggestions and proposals are always welcome of course.
More details to be published soon...
*announcement* that is....ow I would like to have this 'edit' button :)
Excellent news!
Cheers,
/Dirk
Great news, I will be there.
Is there any general page about the meetup, with details on time and place?
@Len yes there is check it out here: http://our.umbraco.org/wiki/codegarden-2009/umbraco-benelux-meetup-(q3q4-2009)
Link get's broken, trying again: http://our.umbraco.org/wiki/codegarden-2009/umbraco-benelux-meetup-(q3q4-2009)
We zitten ondertussen in Oktober en vroeg me af hoe het er mee staat?
Ik neem de trein vanuit Nijmegen, mochten er meer mensen vanuit deze richting komen laat het even weten dan kunnen we misschien gezamenlijk reizen?
Just got back from my holiday, wanted to send out a mailing before that, but didn't manage to finish it.
More news today in a mailing. Keep an eye on your mailbox!
Just sent a mailing to around 60 people, with full details on the Umbraco Benelux meeting on October 31st. So check out your e-mail if you subscribed to this event!
For reference see the below for the e-mail I just sent:
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Dear Umbraco enthusiast,
Van Nelleweg 1
10.00 - Doors open, registration & coffee.
11.00 - Kick-off
11.15 - Codegarden 09 recap by Dirk De Grave (netaddICTs)
11.45 - Umbraco case presentations:
- www.funda.nl by Jan Jongboom / Teun Duynstee (Funda)
How Umbraco collaborates with the funda.nl platform, release management & content changes.
- www.universiteittwente.nl by Martijn Beumers (Axendo)
Drupal to Umbraco conversion, mass-upload, reading GPS info from photos.
12.30 - Lunch (provided by ISM eCompany)
13.15 - Track: Beginner: Presentation by Roel Snetselaar & Sebastiaan Janssen "My First Umbraco Website" (ISM eCompany / Finoa)
13.15 - Track: Intermediate/Expert: Presentation by Richard Soeteman "............." (Soeteman Software)
14.00 - Open Space hosted by Martijn Maris (Novaware)
15.30 - Package Show-off
- Webstickies by Len Dierickx
- .................... Let us know if you want to present a package!!
- .................... Let us know if you want to present a package!!
16.00 - Closing comments
16.15 - Drinks and Van Nelle tour by Jeroen van Eck Also we have an Xbox 360 Guitar Hero setup running.
18.00 - Dinner at Hotel New York
Useful links:
Important:
1) Please let us know if you're still planning on attending the event, so we can take this into account when setting everything up.
2) Please let us know if you plan on joining for dinner in the evening, so I can make reservations at the restaurant.
3) Please let us know if you have subjects which you want to discuss during the Open Space sessions.
4) Please let us know if you've made a package which you would like to present during the package show-off.
Best regards,
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btw does anyone has contact details of "Robert Schaap" He is the only person on the attendees list which I'm not able to contact at this moment. thnx.
30 people confirmed.
56 people on the attendees list at this momen.
http://our.umbraco.org/wiki/codegarden-2009/umbraco-benelux-meetup-(q3q4-2009)/attendees
It was great! It was very nice to meet you all! Umbraco has one of the best communities.
Gotten loads of information and tips! Can't wait for the next meet! (maybe somewhere more to the middle of Holland, then I won't have to travel that long... also Nijmegen would be great ;))
It sure was a great meetup!
ISM eCompany did a great job on hosting this event.
Thnx guys, check out the photos over here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/35266070@N05/sets/72157622648851341/
Too bad I just read this now, instead of before the event :P
Next time I'll make sure I'll be there too ;-)
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