Well, not all of them but as you can see the first of the ILUG2010 sessions are being published on the sessions page of the website. More will be leaking out over the next few days. If you take a look even now, you will start to see what we have lined up. Brilliant sessions by brilliant speakers. Tie this in with a keynote by Allister Rennie and a lot more surprises and this is gonna be special
Well, it’s not often I say it, but in this case they deserve it. You may have noticed relative quietness in the ILUG scheme of things. Don’t associate little public activity with little activity. In the background sessions were being chosen, agenda’s set, surprises planned and more. But this year, there was a serious problem. Cash.
When I started ILUG first 6 years ago, it was relatively easy to fund the event. There were no other events like it and as it is not-for-profit it was relatively cheap to run/sponsor. Since then, the old line of “There are no Lotus events” changed to “Which events shall we go to”, and in turn, which events will be sponsor.
There is a set budget to be met to ensure that ILUG doesn’t risk losing money. Every LUG wants to run around the same time of year, and getting enough sponsors to sign up early so we are not terrified of debt is tough. Previous platinum sponsors have elected not to go down the LUG road this year.
I went to IBM with this issue. We said we cannot run the risk.
They agreed and committed to platinum sponsorship. This year, more then any year I can safely say if IBM didn’t agree to sponsor, ILUG would not of happened. Of course this now means that you guys will be pummeled with great speakers, sponsors and content in November. Looking at the registration list I can already see that 300 people like that idea.
Special thanks to Ed Brill, Kada Sigl, Darren Adams and Christine Stevens for taking many calls and emails.
If you fancy speaking at ILUG 2010, you best get registered and get your submission in asap. The closing date is 30th June for submissions, and we will have sessions selected and online by mid-July. We have a few new features coming along this year, including massive improvement in the Labs (Tim Clark is brilliant), some “special” after hours entertainment and some fantastic speakers.
If you plan on attending ILUG, you best register soon too. Spaces are filling.
Well, although I am still on leave, it’s about time that I start plugging away at some tasks. The list is long and heavily includes ILUG10. With sponsors agreeing the work beings on finalising speakers\structure and logistics. Also the small issue of trying to raise the cash to hold the event! Aside from that I want to check out the new release of GSX monitor/analyser (version 9.3). Some Sametime 8.5 work in Ireland also looms. As I have gotten away with (almost) zero travel this year so far, I’m sure that will also change very soon. Fun fun fun. And yes, the holiday was fantastic. The travel was.. em.. not. Volcanos were out to get us.
So, whadimiss?
Yep, Ed hinted at it earlier on, but we just received
confirmation that Alistair Rennie is kindly coming to ILUG to meet everyone and present the Keynote. This is fantastic news for us, and he fronts up a speaker list that is going to be amazing. Along with that, we have quite a few surprises lined up for the 3 days. One particular session being discussed by IBM is directly related to Lotusphere 2011.
Seats for ILUG are going fast, so you best register quick! If you are interested in presenting and/or sponsoring this event, you may also want to get in touch rather sharpish!
On a side note, I wanted to make a point worth making. This year IBM are really upping their game with support of user groups. “How can we help” emails and suggestions/offers are pouring in. Although we had support in the past (Lead by Ed, Darren Adams and Kristin Keene) this year we have people at every level offering to assist in a co-ordinated manner, understanding the nature of an event we run in our own time. It makes a big difference.
Yep, the e-doors are open. If you took a chance and tried registering earlier today, we kept your details, but the site is officially up now. Not all the details are available yet, but some things you should keep in mind.
Read the FAQ on the website.
Where/when/where to stay/how to get cheap rooms – it’s all in there. If you are submitting to speak, read the FAQ. If you want to sponsor, email me and read the FAQ.
To make life even easier, I have made this little video that people should watch before registering or contacting us with questions. For example, want to submit more than one session? Watch the video.
Ok, aswell as being the first to officially agree to sponsor ILUG2010, Integra4notes made me laugh with their response to my request. This company have always understood our little event.
Hi Paul. We at integra are in although date is not great and neither
location but we love you :-)Regards
John
John de Giorgio
If you are interested in sponsoring what will be a very very public, totally awesome event held over three days in Belfast in November 2010 aimed at Domino people globally, drop me a line at pmooney@pmooney.net
The event opens for business tomorrow evening.
Yup… the planning has begun for ILUG2010.
Details are still very rough, but here are some starters:
We will firm up on the details in the
very near future (hopefully end of next week) with sponsor information
etc. One thing we wanted to ask the crowd was about venue. Dublin
or Belfast.
Dublin:
Belfast:
Any thoughts from anyone? Would
you like somewhere new but still in Ireland? (No politics or history
lessons please – we live here). What do you think?
