Award-winning Top 25 JUG!

2004 Accomplishments and Achievements

2004

 Executive Committee President * Tom McQueeney

 

   Vice President, Main
* Alastair Mayer - part-year

 

   Vice President, Marketing * Greg Ostravich

 

   Director of Basic Concepts * Chris Huston


Top Priorities and Goals


Quick Stats

Goal

Provide quality speakers and presentations

Accomplishment

45 speakers gave 50 presentations


Thank you to the following speakers for volunteering their time. Speakers are not paid for speaking at the JUG.
  Main Meeting Basic Concepts OOA SIG GOF SIG
January Dave Curry Tom McQueeney   Tom McQueeney
Karen Josey
February Peter Saint-Andre
Matthew Miller 		Chris Huston Lenny Hoffman Jay Punnackal
Rick Orsborn
March Mike Clark Scott Davis Ashwin Karuhatty Jeff Maslo
Mark Nelson
April Tom Marrs Lilac Ezer Mike Hall Greg Ostravich
Tom Marrs
May Ben Galbraith Rod Cope    
June Sue Spielman Matt Raible   John Tyler
July Bill Dudney Mark Maslyn   Jim Yingst
August Joshua Bloch
Neal Gafter 		Joshua Bloch
Neal Gafter 		  Larry Ballantyne
Raj Kuruganti
September Dion Almaer Chris Huston   Jim McMaster
James Ritter
October Mike Clark Scott Ryan
Eddie O'Neil 		Vikas Lamba Seth Annabel
Zitti Chinfong
November Bruce Snyder Tom McQueeney Matt Raible Druva Reddy
Ed Karlo
December Matt Raible Chris Huston Luis Ramos
Don Beck 		Jim McMaster
Shantanu Karve


Goal

Increase participation outside main meeting

Accomplishment

Three Special Interest Groups operated in 2004, two of which started in 2004.

Gang of Four Patterns SIG Session I
5/03-4/04
Volunteers
Tom Marrs and Greg Ostravich

Gang of Four Patterns SIG Session II
6/04-12/04
Volunteers
John Tyler and Jonathan White

OOA SIG
2/04-12/04
Volunteers
George Allaman and John Troxel



Goal

Book Reviews

Accomplishment

More than 25 book reviews published online in 2004.

  • Established guidelines for book review program
  • Obtained, distributed, and tracked review books
  • Submitted book reviews were reviewed before being published online

Volunteer
Tom McQueeney


Goal

Increase communication with members

Accomplishment

Monthly newsletter distributed at the meeting and published online in 2004.

  • JUG activities
  • Upcoming Java-related events
  • Discounts
  • Sponsor recognition
  • Java news
  • Employment opportunities

Volunteer
Renee Dopplick


Goal

Improve DJUG Jobs Mailing List

Accomplishment

More than 440 postings to the Jobs mailing list in 2004, the most posted in a single year since the mailing list began.

In the 2003 survey, jobs was the number three reason for members attending the monthly meeting.

  • Added more moderators
  • Restructured the process to decrease approval time
  • Conducted outreach campaign to inform companies and recruiters of the mailing list

Volunteers
Tom McQueeney
Wendy Reed
Dean McCall
Greg Ostravich


Goal

New Website

Accomplishment

DenverJUG.com and Wiki redesigned in 2004.

  • Created a new look
  • Updated content
  • Site traffic increased 20% in 2004.

Volunteer
Renee Dopplick


Goal

Sponsorships



2004 Outstanding Achievement Award

Presented to

MicroStaff

in grateful appreciation for 8 years of sponsorship and support

Accomplishment

Doubled the number of year-round sponsors. Provided, on average, over 12 door prizes at each meeting.

Year-round operational sponsors
Year-round door prize sponsors:
Manning
Softpro Books
SourceBeat
Apress
O'Reilly
Addison-Wesley
Prentice Hall
Whizlabs

Volunteers
Tom McQueeney
Renee Dopplick


Goal

Help members share Java resources

Accomplishment

Java Book Swap allowed more than 20 members to exchange books.

Members were allowed to do a 1-to-1 book exchange at the monthly meeting.

Volunteer
Renee Dopplick



Future Recommendations

Due to time and volunteer constraints, the following activities were not conducted this year but are recommended as future activities for the JUG:



Thanks again to all the volunteers and sponsors for making 2004 a success!