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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There hasn’t been a lot of updating here in the forum but wanted you all to know that this user group is indeed happening.
If you’re in South Texas tomorrow August 18th please register and come on out!
If you have any issues registering late please let us know.