Boston-area JAMF User's Group

Add me to the list, I think I missed the cut-off. We need more room!

The plan is for a space that can hold 75-100 people. Hit me off-list and I'll forward your info to Steve.

Hi all, My name is Steven Imbimbo. I'm the Mac Systems guy at The MathWorks. I'm interested in facilitating the Boston JUG. This is where I stand.

Co-Organizer::
I'm definitely open to the idea of having some help with this, so if anyone is interested in co-hosting/helping that would be great.

Meeting Space:: I'm in the final stages of securing space for a meeting. We are currently expanding our Apple Hill Natick campus, so some rooms have been eliminated, but we do have access to the newly purchased Boston Scientific campus (also in Natick), so I'm trying to find out what room are available there. I'm hoping to have some answers soon.

Agenda::
I'm looking for input as to how to organize the meeting, I think it would be in our best interest to have some sort of structure to the meeting(s) to keep it from becoming 75-100 separate discussions. I'm going to ask for input on making an agenda. (or maybe a co-organizer)

Timing::
I'm not sure when everyone would like to meet. I know that summertime is vacation time for most, so I was thinking we may want to meet sometime after Labor Day, but please let me know your thoughts.

That's all I have for now, please let me know your thoughts. I've never facilitated a user group before, so all help is appreciated.

Thanks

Steve I--

Thanks for hosting Steve!

I can volunteer to co-org if needed. Run several Meetup groups and volunteer committees so familiar ground. Sounds like we have got a few different open questions regarding time, content, format, etc so I setup a quick, anonymous Google poll.

Make your voice heard folks!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1VCimrhBrCfdDE2mXD6u-U2iY6aGYpB11oQVh_OTm_Po/viewform

Hey folks, 6 responses so far. Summary: Looks like Oct/Nov preferred months, Wednesday preferred day, configuration management only slightly preferred over spectrum of other topics, and 50/50 split in terms of interest in presenting. Here's the results where they stand now:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1VCimrhBrCfdDE2mXD6u-U2iY6aGYpB11oQVh_OTm_Po/viewanalytics

Hey Everyone,

I am really glad to see you guys start a user group. Sounds like it should be a great time, and beneficial to the community. JAMF Nation recently added a feature to setup and invite people to user groups. Please feel free to leverage this feature, and you can also track all discussions about the event as well through JAMF Nation.

https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/userGroups.html

I hope this helps the communities organize user groups and meet ups.

Thanks,
Tom

I'm in!

Thanks Tom - got a heads-up from Jake Mosey as well on same topic (PS: congrats on the JAMF gig!).

So based on poll above it looks like Wednesdays in Oct/Nov are best for most. Assuming steering clear of Thanksgiving holiday on 11/27 leaves 8 Wednesdays.

Steve: any restrictions on your end in terms of venue availability?

Take a few minutes and enjoy some more poll magic to nail down best Wednesday:

http://doodle.com/9baiz5cyipdzdbdn

Cliff

It might also be a good idea to steer clear of the week of the JNUC (Oct 14 - 18) since some of us may be attending that and wouldn't be in the Boston area that Wednesday. :)

Thanks for helping to organize this! Off to take the next poll...

Great point Mike! I nixed that one from the list. Plenty of other choices to work off.

OK, I finally received approval to hold the User Group here at The MathWorks campus in Natick, MA. Cliff, Can we get together over the phone to discuss some details? Please send me an email so I can give you my direct line. Steven.Imbimbo at mathworks (dot) com

I'm thinking about Wednesday October 30th 4:00 to 6:00pm in Natick, MA @ The MathWorks. I have a room that will hold ~50 people. If I receive positive feedback on this date and time I will create the official invitation on Monday.

Ok, so much for feedback, once I reserved the room, the wheels were in motion....

The date and time are now set... Wednesday October 30th at 4:00pm at The MathWorks in Natick, MA. There is a new User Group listed at https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/userGroups.html so please visit the site and register starting Monday. There is only room for 50 people this time, but if we fill this room, I may be able to get a larger room next time.

I look forward to meeting you Wednesday October 30th @ 4pm.

There are still seats available for the Boston Area JUG on October 30th from 4-6pm in Natick, MA. If you are interested please visit https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/userGroups.html to sign up and reserve your seat.

Just completed my registration for the event, so I'll be there.

Just signed up.

Not going to be able to make it, sorry. I was looking forward to it, however, the wife and I will be heading out of town on this day.

I'm in 100%. Though I've been registered I just wanted to confirm ;-) See you there!

Sorry I won't be able to make it. Meetings got shifted around at last minute.

Looking forward to the next one!

Sorry some of you can't make it today. I hope very much not to get waylaid by anything last minute that would prevent me from getting there.
Just curious but is there an estimate of how many attendees there may be?

It looks like we have ~20 people attending.

minus one more... Little one is not feeling well. next one :-)

Good first meeting! In case anyone wanted my email and didn't get it it's
chris_hafner@brewsteracademy.org

Indeed, good first meeting. it was cool meeting a small segment of the "Nation" in person last evening. And hats off to @simbimbo for a great first hosting of this regional meeting. Looking forward to seeing everyone (and more!) next month, or whenever the next one is scheduled for.

It was great to meet all of you last night. I am planning to host the next meeting on Wednesday December 11th at the same place and the same time of day 4:30pm to 6:30pm (or later if we decide). Please respond to this list if you're ok with that. I will begin the process of reserving the room and securing the food.