TOPIC DESCRIPTION: (provided by the speaker)

Have you ever wondered what event gateways are and what they can do for you? If so this session is for you. We will cover how you can use event gateways to execute code asynchronously as well respond to and handle real time events. Practical uses like an online auction, a fantasy football draft, processing file uploads in the background, and others will be discussed.

MEETING URL: http://experts.acrobat.com/cfmeetup/

DURATION: Approx. 1 hour

RECORDING: All meetings are recorded. The URL will be posted after meeting at recordings.coldfusionmeetup.com

SPEAKER: (provided by the speaker)

Kurt has been working with ColdFusion since version 4.5. By day Kurt works for the American Academy of Neurology and by night he consults on web  applications for small to medium size businesses. In his spare tech time, he is a member of the Mach II open source project. He recently started a open source project called, AppBooster, which aims to show best practices for using several different frameworks with ColdFusion.

WHEN: Thurs. Jan 26, 6:00pm US ET (UTC/GMT-5)

What time is that for you? The following link shows [ what the time would be for you ]. Here’s [ another option ] that shows the time as US ET, and lets you choose your city from the list offered to see what time that is in your own timezone.

DOWNLOADABLE RECORDINGS:

In addition to the streaming recording posted immediately after the meeting (link provided above), we now also post recordings at[ Vimeo ] usually within a day of the meeting.

LOGGING IN: When you login to the Connect room (the experts.acrobat.com/cfmeetup link above) to view the meeting, PLEASE USE THE “LOGIN AS GUEST” option, and USE YOUR NAME, but do NOT attempt to use your meetup.com username/password or any Connect account. Just sign in as a guest.

RSVP, but only if coming: We do appreciate folks RSVPing if they plan to come (using the link on this email or at the meetup site), though it’s not mandatory and it’s not a commitment. But there’s no need to RSVP if you can’t make it let alone explain why you can’t. With over 2,600 members, no worries.

FEEDBACK/MEETING DISCUSSION: Members will receive an email after the meeting or can click a link on the event page to offer. Note also the meeting-specific discussion area there at the bottom, in addition to the one-chance feedback feature on the right. Feel free to engage in discussions about the meeting topic.

ADD THIS TO YOUR CALENDAR: Want to add this event to your own personal calendar? After logging in here , you’ll see an option at the top of the event page, just below the event title,  saying, “Export”, which offers calendar downloads for Outlook, iCal, Google, and Yahoo calendars. (Note that the calendar entry created will show the event taking 2 hours. That’s a default that meetup.com has chosen, which I can’t change. The meetings are generally about an hour, though often go as much as 30-45 minutes longer with Q&A and chat.)

TOPIC DESCRIPTION: (provided by the speaker)

Lack of integration is a problem in any IDE (Integrated Development Environment). Lack of integration and visibility cause problems within your organization. Point to point integration like ticket systems are errors prone and costly like your ticket system. After this session you will better understand this problem and see how to increase communication and awareness all within your Eclipse based editor like ColdFusion Builder.

MEETING URL: http://experts.acrobat.com/cfmeetup/

DURATION: Approx. 1 hour

RECORDING: All meetings are recorded. The URL will be posted after meeting at recordings.coldfusionmeetup.com

SPEAKER: (provided by the speaker)

I have worked with ColdFusion since 1999 for several companies. I am an advocate of Eclipse, Source Control, Mylyn, and anything to make developing ColdFusion more productive and easier. My main focus currently is learning Git, Ruby on Rails, and ColdFusion on Wheels. I am an Adobe Community Professional. I have spoken at several user groups and enjoy talking to people about ColdFusion.

WHEN: Thurs. Jan 12, 6:00pm US ET (UTC/GMT-5)

What time is that for you? The following link shows [ what the time would be for you ]. Here’s [ another option ] that shows the time as US ET, and lets you choose your city from the list offered to see what time that is in your own timezone.

DOWNLOADABLE RECORDINGS:

In addition to the streaming recording posted immediately after the meeting (link provided above), we now also post recordings at[ Vimeo ] usually within a day of the meeting.

LOGGING IN: When you login to the Connect room (the experts.acrobat.com/cfmeetup link above) to view the meeting, PLEASE USE THE “LOGIN AS GUEST” option, and USE YOUR NAME, but do NOT attempt to use your meetup.com username/password or any Connect account. Just sign in as a guest.

RSVP, but only if coming: We do appreciate folks RSVPing if they plan to come (using the link on this email or at the meetup site), though it’s not mandatory and it’s not a commitment. But there’s no need to RSVP if you can’t make it let alone explain why you can’t. With over 2,600 members, no worries.

FEEDBACK/MEETING DISCUSSION: Members will receive an email after the meeting or can click a link on the event page to offer. Note also the meeting-specific discussion area there at the bottom, in addition to the one-chance feedback feature on the right. Feel free to engage in discussions about the meeting topic.

ADD THIS TO YOUR CALENDAR: Want to add this event to your own personal calendar? After logging in here , you’ll see an option at the top of the event page, just below the event title,  saying, “Export”, which offers calendar downloads for Outlook, iCal, Google, and Yahoo calendars. (Note that the calendar entry created will show the event taking 2 hours. That’s a default that meetup.com has chosen, which I can’t change. The meetings are generally about an hour, though often go as much as 30-45 minutes longer with Q&A and chat.)

Caching is such a deep and complex subject that it can be difficult to know where to begin. This session will cover the basics of caching in ColdFusion from using page and query caching to using CFCs to cache data and functions into a persistent scope to create a service, as well as the new caching functions in ColdFusion9. We will discuss the pros and cons of each solution and workarounds for caching and refreshing the cache as you need it. You’ll be amazed at the difference caching can make for your websites.
MEETING URL:
http://experts.acrobat.com/cfmeetup/
DURATION: Approx. 1 hour
RECORDING: All meetings are recorded. The URL will be posted after meeting at

recordings.coldfusionmeetup.com

SPEAKER: (provided by the speaker)

Daria Norris is a Web Developer for the Free Library of Philadelphia, where she develops custom library applications. Her biggest project is a search engine of 20K digital images from the library’s scholarly collections including medieval manuscripts, historical photographs, maps and more. She has been a ColdFusion developer for 15 years, getting her start in a corporate library where she developed a checkout system that evolved into a Competitive Intelligence search engine. Her passion is making information easier to find and plans to return to school to finish a double masters degree in Information Systems and Library Science.
WHEN: Thurs. August 11, 12:00pm
US ET (UTC/GMT-4)
What time is that for you? The following link shows . Here’s that shows the time as US ET, and lets you choose your city from the list offered to see what time that is in your own timezone.
DOWNLOADABLE RECORDINGS:

In addition to the streaming recording posted immediately after the meeting, we now also post recordings at usually within a day of the meeting.
LOGGING IN: When you login to the Connect room (the experts.acrobat.com/cfmeetup link above) to view the meeting, PLEASE USE THE “LOGIN AS GUEST” option, and USE YOUR NAME, but do NOT attempt to use your meetup.com username/password or any Connect account. Just sign in as a guest.
RSVP, but only if coming: We do appreciate folks RSVPing if they plan to come (using the link on this email or at the meetup site), though it’s not mandatory and it’s not a commitment. But there’s
no need to RSVP if you can’t make it let alone explain why you can’t. With over 2,600 members, no worries.
FEEDBACK/MEETING DISCUSSION: Members will receive an email after the meeting or can click a link on the event page to offer. Note also the meeting-specific discussion area there at the bottom, in addition to the one-chance feedback feature on the right. Feel free to engage in discussions about the meeting topic.
ADD THIS TO YOUR CALENDAR: Want to add this event to your own personal calendar?

After logging in here
, you’ll see an option at the top of the event page, just below the event title, saying, “Export”, which offers calendar downloads for Outlook, iCal, Google, and Yahoo calendars. (Note that the calendar entry created will show the event taking 2 hours. That’s a default that meetup.com has chosen, which I can’t change. The meetings are generally about an hour, though often go as much as 30-45 minutes longer with Q&A and chat.)

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What: “Replace Your Iron with a Cloud”, with Barney Boisvert

Our 6pm (US ET) talk on Thursday August 4 will be “Replace Your Iron with a Cloud”, with Barney Boisvert.

TOPIC DESCRIPTION: (provided by the speaker)

At Mentor Graphics we’ve just completed the process of moving a number of applications, including www.mentor.com, from dedicated hardware resources to Amazon Web Services.  Best of all, there was almost zero modification to the codebases we migrated.

In addition to the code aspect, I’ll discuss how the non-code bits (load balancing, database clustering, backups, monitoring, etc.) convert as well, since those are all still required regardless of whether you have physical hardware or the cloud under your code.

Finally, I’ll delve into how you can start to really leverage the cloud nature from your application after you’ve migrated off the hardware.  Most of us don’t have the luxury of starting from scratch in the cloud, but once you’ve migrated, it’s not difficult to tweak your applications to really leverage that new found flexibility.

MEETING URL: http://experts.acrobat.com/cfmeetup/

DURATION: Approx. 1 hour

RECORDING: All meetings are recorded. The URL will be posted after meeting at recordings.coldfusionmeetup.com

SPEAKER: (provided by the speaker)

Barney Boisvert is a Senior Application Developer for Mentor Graphics Corp in Wilsonville, OR. He has been developing CFML, Java, and Groovy applications for over 10 years, ranging from ecommerce to crisis communication management to data mining and business intelligence. A strong proponent of open source, he has produced several frameworks and packages for CFML developers, as well as contributing to existing projects (including Fusebox, ColdSpring, Hibernate, Groovy, and Prototype). His blog on various technical topics can be found at www.barneyb.com. In his spare time he can usually be found on some mountain road – precariously balanced on two wheels – or eating something delicious.

WHEN: Thurs. August 4, 6:00pm US ET (UTC/GMT-4)

What time is that for you? The following link shows [ what the time would be for you]. Here’s [ another option ] that shows the time as US ET, and lets you choose your city from the list offered to see what time that is in your own timezone.

DOWNLOADABLE RECORDINGS:

In addition to the streaming recording posted immediately after the meeting, we now also post downloadable recordings (FLV, MP3, MP4, and WMV) usually within a few days after the meeting, also offered as a link from the recordings page.

LOGGING IN: When you login to the Connect room (the experts.acrobat.com/cfmeetup link above) to view the meeting, PLEASE USE THE “LOGIN AS GUEST” option, and USE YOUR NAME, but do NOT attempt to use your meetup.com username/password or any Connect account. Just sign in as a guest.

RSVP, but only if coming: We do appreciate folks RSVPing if they plan to come (using the link on this email or at the meetup site), though it’s not mandatory and it’s not a commitment. But there’sno need to RSVP if you can’t make it let alone explain why you can’t. With over 2,600 members, no worries.

FEEDBACK/MEETING DISCUSSION: Members will receive an email after the meeting or can click a link on the event page to offer. Note also the meeting-specific discussion area there at the bottom, in addition to the one-chance feedback feature on the right. Feel free to engage in discussions about the meeting topic.

ADD THIS TO YOUR CALENDAR: Want to add this event to your own personal calendar? After logging in here , you’ll see an option at the top of the event page, just below the event title,  saying, “Export”, which offers calendar downloads for Outlook, iCal, Google, and Yahoo calendars. (Note that the calendar entry created will show the event taking 2 hours. That’s a default that meetup.com has chosen, which I can’t change. The meetings are generally about an hour, though often go as much as 30-45 minutes longer with Q&A and chat.)

Syntactically Awesome Style SheetsJosh Timonen is co-founder of Secret Monkey Science LLC, which creates iOS and web applications, both independently and for third parties.  He is the co-creator and voice of Screencasts.org, which provides free educational screencasts on web technologies.  A designer and programmer, Josh has been involved in many aspects of multimedia creation. He previously worked at Intel Corporation as a software technician/engineer, where he contributed to the development of Serial ATA. He has contributed to several Hollywood feature films in various capacities, including main title design and web design.

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What: “Why Git? Why Change?”, with Matthew McCullough

Our 6pm (US ET) talk on Thursday July 21 will be “Why Git? Why Change?”, with Matthew McCullough.

TOPIC DESCRIPTION: (provided by the speaker)

A new wave of version control systems is sweeping the development community. They are grouped under the heading of *distributed version control systems* or DVCSs for short. The three prominent DVCS names are Bazaar, Mercurial and Git. But which one should you choose? I’ll show you specifically what Git has to offer above and beyond its cousins in this 50 minute session. Your appetite for Git will be thoroughly whet through examples of how to think in terms of the very expanded capabilities that Git provides. This session will be filled with live demonstrations and thoughtful diagrams to make Git make sense. You’ll walk away inspired to use Git for both your current and upcoming projects.

MEETING URL: http://experts.acrobat.com/cfmeetup/

DURATION: Approx. 1 hour

RECORDING: All meetings are recorded. The URL will be posted after meeting at recordings.coldfusionmeetup.com

SPEAKER: (provided by the speaker)

Matthew McCullough is an energetic 15 year veteran of enterprise software development, open source education, and co-founder of Ambient Ideas, LLC, a U.S. consultancy. Matthew currently is a trainer for GitHub.com, author of the Git Master Class series for O’Reilly, speaker on the No Fluff Just Stuff tour, co-leader of Gradleware training, author of three of the top 10 DZone RefCards, and President of the Denver Open Source Users Group. His current topics of research center around project automation: build tools (Gradle, Maven, Leiningen), distributed version control (Git), Continuous Integration (Jenkins, Hudson) and Quality Metrics (Sonar). Matthew resides in Denver, Colorado, USA with his beautiful wife and two young daughters, who are active in nearly every outdoor activity Colorado has to offer.

WHEN: Thurs. July 21, 6:00pm US ET (UTC/GMT-4)

What time is that for you? The following link shows [ what the time would be for you]. Here’s [ another option ] that shows the time as US ET, and lets you choose your city from the list offered to see what time that is in your own timezone.

DOWNLOADABLE RECORDINGS:

In addition to the streaming recording posted immediately after the meeting, we now also post downloadable recordings (FLV, MP3, MP4, and WMV) usually within a few days after the meeting, also offered as a link from the recordings page.

LOGGING IN: When you login to the Connect room (the experts.acrobat.com/cfmeetup link above) to view the meeting, PLEASE USE THE “LOGIN AS GUEST” option, and USE YOUR NAME, but do NOT attempt to use your meetup.com username/password or any Connect account. Just sign in as a guest.

RSVP, but only if coming: We do appreciate folks RSVPing if they plan to come (using the link on this email or at the meetup site), though it’s not mandatory and it’s not a commitment. But there’s no need to RSVP if you can’t make it let alone explain why you can’t. With over 2,600 members, no worries.

FEEDBACK/MEETING DISCUSSION: Members will receive an email after the meeting or can click a link on the event page to offer. Note also the meeting-specific discussion area there at the bottom, in addition to the one-chance feedback feature on the right. Feel free to engage in discussions about the meeting topic.

ADD THIS TO YOUR CALENDAR: Want to add this event to your own personal calendar? After logging in here, you’ll see an option at the top of the event page, just below the event title,  saying, “Add to my calendar”, which offers calendar downloads for Outlook, iCal, Google, and Yahoo calendars. (Note that the calendar entry created will show the event taking 2 hours. That’s a default that meetup.com has chosen, which I can’t change. The meetings are generally about an hour, though often go as much as 30-45 minutes longer with Q&A and chat.)

Syntactically Awesome Style SheetsJosh Timonen is co-founder of Secret Monkey Science LLC, which creates iOS and web applications, both independently and for third parties.  He is the co-creator and voice of Screencasts.org, which provides free educational screencasts on web technologies.  A designer and programmer, Josh has been involved in many aspects of multimedia creation. He previously worked at Intel Corporation as a software technician/engineer, where he contributed to the development of Serial ATA. He has contributed to several Hollywood feature films in various capacities, including main title design and web design.

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What: Online CFMeetup 200th Episode, Special Event

Our 12pm (US ET) talk on Thursday July 21 will be a special event, the 200th Episode of the Online CFMeetup.

TOPIC DESCRIPTION: (provided by the speaker)

Join your host Charlie Arehart and fellow members of the Online CFMeetup as we celebrate the 200th episode. There will be no presentation, but instead Charlie will:

• review what’s happened over the past 4 years (honoring various speakers for various achievements, and noting other highlights)
• review some of what goes on behind the scenes for each meeting
• identify some changes coming for the group
• offer the semi-annual giveaway to a randomly chosen attendee
• and perhaps have some other special topics

Here’s to another 200 episodes!

MEETING URL: http://experts.acrobat.com/cfmeetup/

DURATION: Approx. 1 hour

RECORDING: All meetings are recorded. The URL will be posted after meeting at recordings.coldfusionmeetup.com

SPEAKER: (provided by the speaker)

Charlie Arehart, a veteran CF troubleshooter and Adobe Community Professional for ColdFusion, has run the Online ColdFusion Meetup since April 2007.

WHEN: Thurs. July 21, 12:00pm US ET (UTC/GMT-4)

What time is that for you? The following link shows [ what the time would be for you ]. Here’s [ another option ] that shows the time as US ET, and lets you choose your city from the list offered to see what time that is in your own timezone.

DOWNLOADABLE RECORDINGS:

In addition to the streaming recording posted immediately after the meeting, we now also post downloadable recordings (FLV, MP3, MP4, and WMV) usually within a few days after the meeting, also offered as a link from the recordings page.

LOGGING IN: When you login to the Connect room (the experts.acrobat.com/cfmeetup link above) to view the meeting, PLEASE USE THE “LOGIN AS GUEST” option, and USE YOUR NAME, but do NOT attempt to use your meetup.com username/password or any Connect account. Just sign in as a guest.

RSVP, but only if coming: We do appreciate folks RSVPing if they plan to come (using the link on this email or at the meetup site), though it’s not mandatory and it’s not a commitment. But there’s no need to RSVP if you can’t make it let alone explain why you can’t. With over 2,600 members, no worries.

FEEDBACK/MEETING DISCUSSION: Members will receive an email after the meeting or can click a link on the event page to offer. Note also the meeting-specific discussion area there at the bottom, in addition to the one-chance feedback feature on the right. Feel free to engage in discussions about the meeting topic.

ADD THIS TO YOUR CALENDAR: Want to add this event to your own personal calendar? After logging in here, you’ll see an option at the top of the event page, just below the event title,  saying, “Add to my calendar”, which offers calendar downloads for Outlook, iCal, Google, and Yahoo calendars. (Note that the calendar entry created will show the event taking 2 hours. That’s a default that meetup.com has chosen, which I can’t change. The meetings are generally about an hour, though often go as much as 30-45 minutes longer with Q&A and chat.)

Syntactically Awesome Style SheetsJosh Timonen is co-founder of Secret Monkey Science LLC, which creates iOS and web applications, both independently and for third parties.  He is the co-creator and voice of Screencasts.org, which provides free educational screencasts on web technologies.  A designer and programmer, Josh has been involved in many aspects of multimedia creation. He previously worked at Intel Corporation as a software technician/engineer, where he contributed to the development of Serial ATA. He has contributed to several Hollywood feature films in various capacities, including main title design and web design.

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What: “Introduction to Sass (Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets)”, with Josh Timonen

Our 6pm (US ET) talk on Thursday July 14 will be “Introduction to Sass (Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets)”, with Josh Timonen.

TOPIC DESCRIPTION: (provided by the speaker)

Sass has been growing in popularity since Hampton Catlin first introduced it in 2005.  Sass, which stands for Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets, helps you write less-verbose code with better organization.

Originally a Ruby technology, Sass can help organize and streamline any web application’s styling that uses CSS, including ColdFusion projects.  You’ll see what Sass has to offer, how to set it up, and how to write it.

Come see what Sass, and it’s new variation SCSS, can do for your styling workflow.

MEETING URL: http://experts.acrobat.com/cfmeetup/

DURATION: Approx. 1 hour

RECORDING: All meetings are recorded. The URL will be posted after meeting at recordings.coldfusionmeetup.com

SPEAKER: (provided by the speaker)

Josh Timonen is co-founder of Secret Monkey Science LLC, which creates iOS and web applications, both independently and for third parties.  He is the co-creator and voice of Screencasts.org, which provides free educational screencasts on web technologies.  A designer and programmer, Josh has been involved in many aspects of multimedia creation. He previously worked at Intel Corporation as a software technician/engineer, where he contributed to the development of Serial ATA. He has contributed to several Hollywood feature films in various capacities, including main title design and web design.

WHEN: Thurs. July 14, 6:00pm US ET (UTC/GMT-4)

What time is that for you? The following link shows [ what the time would be for you ]. Here’s [ another option ] that shows the time as US ET, and lets you choose your city from the list offered to see what time that is in your own timezone.

DOWNLOADABLE RECORDINGS:

In addition to the streaming recording posted immediately after the meeting, we now also post downloadable recordings (FLV, MP3, MP4, and WMV) usually within a few days after the meeting, also offered as a link from the recordings page.

LOGGING IN: When you login to the Connect room (the experts.acrobat.com/cfmeetup link above) to view the meeting, PLEASE USE THE “LOGIN AS GUEST” option, and USE YOUR NAME, but do NOT attempt to use your meetup.com username/password or any Connect account. Just sign in as a guest.

RSVP, but only if coming: We do appreciate folks RSVPing if they plan to come (using the link on this email or at the meetup site), though it’s not mandatory and it’s not a commitment. But there’sno need to RSVP if you can’t make it let alone explain why you can’t. With over 2,600 members, no worries.

FEEDBACK/MEETING DISCUSSION: Members will receive an email after the meeting or can click a link on the event page to offer. Note also the meeting-specific discussion area there at the bottom, in addition to the one-chance feedback feature on the right. Feel free to engage in discussions about the meeting topic.

ADD THIS TO YOUR CALENDAR: Want to add this event to your own personal calendar? After logging in here, you’ll see an option at the top of the event page, just below the event title,  saying, “Add to my calendar”, which offers calendar downloads for Outlook, iCal, Google, and Yahoo calendars. (Note that the calendar entry created will show the event taking 2 hours. That’s a default that meetup.com has chosen, which I can’t change. The meetings are generally about an hour, though often go as much as 30-45 minutes longer with Q&A and chat.)

Syntactically Awesome Style SheetsJosh Timonen is co-founder of Secret Monkey Science LLC, which creates iOS and web applications, both independently and for third parties.  He is the co-creator and voice of Screencasts.org, which provides free educational screencasts on web technologies.  A designer and programmer, Josh has been involved in many aspects of multimedia creation. He previously worked at Intel Corporation as a software technician/engineer, where he contributed to the development of Serial ATA. He has contributed to several Hollywood feature films in various capacities, including main title design and web design.

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What: “WireBox: Dependency Injection and AOP”, with Luis Majano

Our 6pm (US ET) talk on Thursday June 30 will be “WireBox: Dependency Injection and AOP”, with Luis Majano.

TOPIC DESCRIPTION: (provided by the speaker)

Come and learn about this next generation conventions based library for dependency injection and aspect oriented programming.  We will delve into the history of WireBox, its installation flavors and its power via conventions, caching and logging.

MEETING URL: http://experts.acrobat.com/cfmeetup/

DURATION: Approx. 1 hour

RECORDING: All meetings are recorded. The URL will be posted after meeting atrecordings.coldfusionmeetup.com

SPEAKER: (provided by the speaker)

Luis Majano is a Computer Engineer born in San Salvador, El Salvador and is the president of Ortus Solutions (www.ortussolutions.com), a consulting firm specializing in CFML, Java, web development, architecture and professional open source support and services.  His background includes over 11 years of software development experience, architecture and system design. He is the creator of the ColdBox Platform (www.coldbox.org), an open source Object Oriented ColdFusion Development Platform, CodexWiki (www.codexwiki.org) an open source enterprise wiki system, manages the Adobe ColdFusion user group manager for the Inland Empire and is an Adobe Community Professional. You can read his blog and technology musings at www.luismajano.com.

WHEN: Thurs. June 30, 6:00pm US ET (UTC/GMT-4)

What time is that for you? The following link shows [ what the time would be for you]. Here’s [ another option] that shows the time as US ET, and lets you choose your city from the list offered to see what time that is in your own timezone.

DOWNLOADABLE RECORDINGS:

In addition to the streaming recording posted immediately after the meeting, we now also post downloadable recordings (FLV, MP3, MP4, and WMV) usually within a few days after the meeting, also offered as a link from the recordings page.

LOGGING IN: When you login to the Connect room (the experts.acrobat.com/cfmeetuplink above) to view the meeting, PLEASE USE THE “LOGIN AS GUEST” option, and USE YOUR NAME, but do NOT attempt to use your meetup.com username/password or any Connect account. Just sign in as a guest.

RSVP, but only if coming: We do appreciate folks RSVPing if they plan to come (using the link on this email or at the meetup site), though it’s not mandatory and it’s not a commitment. But there’s no need to RSVP if you can’t make it let alone explain why you can’t. With over 2,500 members, no worries.

FEEDBACK/MEETING DISCUSSION: Members will receive an email after the meeting or can click a link on the event page to offer. Note also the meeting-specific discussion area there at the bottom, in addition to the one-chance feedback feature on the right. Feel free to engage in discussions about the meeting topic.

ADD THIS TO YOUR CALENDAR: Want to add this event to your own personal calendar? After logging in here, you’ll see an option at the top of the event page, just below the event title,  saying, “Add to my calendar”, which offers calendar downloads for Outlook, iCal, Google, and Yahoo calendars. (Note that the calendar entry created will show the event taking 2 hours. That’s a default that meetup.com has chosen, which I can’t change. The meetings are generally about an hour, though often go as much as 30-45 minutes longer with Q&A and chat.)

Check it out!