I was curious how much interest there might be in a user group for the Houston, Clear Lake, or Galveston areas, and also whether there might be an IBM/HCL facility that could host events?
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I’m in. There are three IBM offices in Houston I can look into. I believe there is 1 HCL office. Most of these offices are located on the left or west side of Houston, and I have no idea if that is convenient. -jgo
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100% in. I’d travel for a bit, personally, since everything in Houston is 20-30 minutes away anyway, what’s another 20-30 minutes more 
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I’m interested and can facilitate a meeting space in one of the Houston offices (if need be). I work at IBM, as a pre-sales tech specialist based here in Houston (West).
I’m more familiar with the IBM Office @ 2 Riverway.
I also have other interested clients in the area (midtown, katy etc) who have previously asked me about a local user group. How often should we meet and what recurring day(s) of the month?
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I’m kind of feeling my way through this. I think we’d have at least 6-10 people from my site who are interested, but don’t really know how a user group functions. Mostly I was jealous seeing other user group meetups and wish there were some in our area.
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A few points on User Groups… my experience in relation to events in general.
- Do not schedule an event/UG on or near a holiday.
- Do schedule an event 6 weeks out to allow interested parties to plan accordingly.
- Do advertise on the BigFix forums.
- Do inform a seller to make sure that they can tell people about it.
- Do allow customers to present and maybe allow a few bigfixers.
- Get @gsarai to find some IBM office space. I hear he is a kind host and has a wonderful singing voice.
- Do not schedule a User group on a Monday or Friday.
I also heard from M Phinick that the HCL office is not ideal for parties greater than 15. I do see ample space at either of the left/west IBM offices.
Outside of those items, I here Houston is lovely in July. There is a butterfly center, a space center, snakes, an up and coming local music scene and their are many other lovely sites to see if someone is traveling in from a northern state that looks like a mitten.
If Houston is less convenient, then perhaps maybe any other city in Texas?
Let me know how I can help. I am willing. Later.
-jgo
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Yeah, I would be interested in this as well.
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I’m interested in attending. Travel to west Houston is OK for me.
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I’d be interested in a Houston area group.
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I’m would be interested too - Houston Located, but willing to travel 60 miles
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@JasonWalker - perhaps it is time to create a group @ community.ibm.com/security for a Houston area user group?
I can create the subgroup and be the admin or you can request one.
Let me know how I can assist.
-jgo
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“Make it so!”
(Ok, now I have to add “Number 1!” for this message to be long enough to post)
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Yes please! I’ll drive a couple hours for that.
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- Join/register for the community: IBM Security Community - IBM Security Community
- Menu Bar-Drop Down Participate
- Highlight Get Involved
- Click lead a local user group
- Apply Today
LMK if this works.
Later,
@Jgo
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BTW … this was is not sarcastic at least not knowingly on this side.
The community site is so new that I had not even conceived that a user could self-create a local group.
Yay!
If you would like we could host a getting started call with a few BigFixers that have launched user groups in the past. We could set dates, brainstorm on potential sessions.
-jgo
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Hey, what’s up @jgo and @JasonWalker! I would actually be interested in what launching a user group entails as well. I’m not aware of anything in the Jackson, MS area…or anything in Mississippi for that matter.
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@DTMitchell - I can check on that region for you. I would suggest you create a new POST measuring the interest from the forum members. I am more than willing to support.
-jgo
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In all seriousness, the Houston BigFix User Group has started! Details and the signup page are linked at Houston, we have a User Group
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First meetup scheduled! Join us if you can on August 14
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