Skills Matter are hosting No Fluff, Just Stuff (a big Java conference) in London later this year. They've asked if we'd like to run a Birds of a Feather session on one of the evenings. It's not entirely random as a lot of the sessions at NFJS will be about agile practices and a few will be about JRuby and scripting.
<br><br>That said, I'm not entirely sure what a LRUG Java-focused BoF session might entail beyond being smug about XML configuration files and the depth of exception traces in J2EE, and that doesn't sound particularly helpful or friendly.
<br><br>So, does anyone else have a good idea for a java / ruby / agile focused BoF session and (most importantly) want to run it?<br><br>Muz<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br><span class="gmail_quote">From:
<b class="gmail_sendername">Joanna Go</b> <<a href="mailto:joanna.go@skillsmatter.com">joanna.go@skillsmatter.com</a>><br>Date: 23-May-2007 11:22<br>Subject: BOF sessions wih LRUG at No Fluff Just Stuff eXchange, London
<br>To: Murray Steele <<a href="mailto:murray.steele@gmail.com">murray.steele@gmail.com</a>><br><br></span>Hi Murray,<br><br>I hope all is well!<br><br>Skills Matter is co-organising the first No Fluff Just Stuff in London
<br>called the No Fluff Just Stuff (NFJS) eXchange. I'm not sure whether<br>you are familiar with NFJS in the States (more info here:<br><a href="http://www.nofluffjuststuff.com">http://www.nofluffjuststuff.com</a>). It's basically a series of
<br>conferences that travel throughout the US where delegates can learn and<br>talk with industry experts and other delegates, as well as see real<br>world case studies and delve into hands-on code about the latest<br>developments in Java and Agile practices. It's very popular in the
<br>States and the first one in the UK will be held on August 29th-31st.<br>More on the NFJS eXchange can be found here: (<a href="http://www.nfjs-exchange.com">http://www.nfjs-exchange.com</a>).<br><br>The reason I'm asking whether LRUG would be interested in hosting a BOF
<br>Session at the eXchange is because we are going to have a talk on JRuby,<br>amongst other sessions.<br><br>On top of that we will be offering local user groups a discount on the<br>tickets for the eXchange! I'll send over more details of that in the
<br>next coming weeks.<br><br>Do you think either of these things would be of interest to the<br>LRUGers? Please let me know if you have any questions.<br><br>Best Regards,<br>Jo<br>--<br><br>**Joanna Go**<br>Marketing Executive
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