Opera User Group meet up in the Baltimore-DC-Virginia area: Join us
Published July 26th, 2006 2:09 PM EDT By Daniel GoldmanJoin us for our first Opera User Group meet up in the Baltimore-DC-Northern Virginia area (in the United States of course). This meet up is a get-together by Opera users who would like to meet other users, where you can learn and share ideas.
If you’re an Opera user, no matter how much or little you know about Opera, this user group meeting can help you learn more about Opera, in addition to having the chance of meeting other people who share your passion.
We will be meeting at the Panera Bread cafe in Silver Spring, Maryland between 6:30PM and 8:30PM on August 7th. The cafe will have dinner and drinks as well as free wi-fi internet connection. If you’re planning on coming by train, make sure you take the Red Line and get off at the Silver Spring station. The cafe is one block away up the hill behind the ‘Discovery Channel’ sign.
I will be there, as well as Opera’s Tim “Junyor” Altman (he came up with this idea). I hope you will join us too.
For those of you who would like to start Opera User Groups in your area, in the coming weeks we will provide material and ideas to help you with that. These groups will be run by users for users, but Opera will be on the sidelines to offer support and material. Stay tuned for more info.
We’re also working on creating college and university groups, with the first one starting next month at the University of Texas at Austin. I’ll have more info on that in a few days.
I’ve set up an online group on the Opera Community site, where we’ll have announcements and other Opera User Group related info.
We’re still in the beginning stages of this, and we need all the advice and ideas we can get. Don’t be shy. Post your ideas in the comments to this post.
What: A meet up of Opera users.
Why: Meet others who share your passion and learn how to use Opera to its fullest.
Where: At the Panera Bread cafe in Silver Spring, Maryland (directions here | train info).
When: Monday August 7th, 2006 between the hours of 6:30PM and 8:30PM.
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Dude that’s about 8 miles from where I currently live.
Hopefully I’ll make it.
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Oh ****. August 7th is the day I’m moving into my new home. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!!!!
I guess I won’t make it.
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@Sohil: There will be other meetings. Plus, it’s in the evening.
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I live in Manassas and my schedule realy won’t allow attendance, but as an Opera lover, I will be there in spirit.
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I’m pretty shure that I will be there. I will take a ride on bicycle. :p
Not shure if I need to bring notebook…
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Hope so Tim especially this close to where I am.
Besides since it’s a Monday I’ll be doing most of the moving stuff then.
Besides I said the c word and not the f word (just so it’s clear)
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@FataL: You don’t need to bring a laptop, but you may find it useful.
@Ted: Hopefully you can make it next time!
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I live and work in Alexandira, VA. I would love to join you guys, and learn some stuff about opera; but would it be worth the 1+1 Hr travel ???
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@Varma: We can’t promise it will be worth it, but we’ll certainly do our best.
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I can’t make it - but I got onto Opera thanks The Washington Post Article in the Sunday paper (7/30) - Any chance of a Northern Virginia get together?
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Flamingo13, I’m not sure where you live, but Silver Spring, MD is not that far from Norther Virginia. We selected this location to attract users from the Baltimore, DC, and Norther Virginia areas.
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Varma - I live in Alexandria also, that’s the issue 1-2 hrs. w/traffic
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Maybe the two of you could carpool to the Metro.
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That’s a good idea - I’m the newbie, I’ll wait to hear from Varnia
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