RE: [Swiss JSF Users] JSF Special-Interest-Group Switzerland

["Jesse Alexander (KSFD 121)" <al...@credit-suisse.com>]

Nobody interested to show up?

I need to know how big the room should be...
So, if you are interested in coming, please tell me so.

regards
Alexander 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jesse Alexander (KSFD 121) 
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 9:34 PM
To: MyFaces Discussion
Subject: [Swiss JSF Users] JSF Special-Interest-Group Switzerland

JSF is proving more and more competitive each day. A increasing number
of 
companies are developing applications based on JSF.
Often the same questions/problems/hints are valid for almost all users
of 
JSF. Internationally some active communities have been established. Last

year a first encounter of JSF-entusiasts created the idea of "JSFDays
Europe", 
a conference that allows to get in touch with the main players int he 
JSF-universe and to meet also informally. This first encounter took
place 
in Munich, was organized on very short notice during the Oktoberfest. An

intense session with the JSF expert group lead Ed Burns allowed the
users 
to voice their wishes for JSF 2.0 and regognize the "approachability" of

the JSF-people at Sun. Within Switzerland so far the contacts between
the 
users are rather sporadic and more on a one-to-one basis.

Hopefully some contacts have been added during the Jazoon-conference. We

would like to go one step further and establish the networking between 
Swiss-JSF users. An active community can help in solving problems or
even 
create components that are usefull for some or all members. And in 
Switzerland we encounter some problems (like i18n, as most of our 
applications need to be available in multiple languages) that other
international users do not encounter or encounter later or to a lesser
extent.

The JSF-specification is driven by requirements that are brought to the 
Expert Group discussing the specifications. So far much input has come 
from framework-architects, appserver-providers and tool-creators. It's 
about time the actual users let hear their voices as well. Although the 
expert group members can be contacted and have proven to be very 
responsive, requirements coming from an official user-group have more 
importance.

Establishing a "JSF user group" as a independant community or a 
"special interest group" under the umbrella of the 
"JUGS (Java User Group Switzerland)" could be the outcome of this
meeting.

The underline the importance of "interaction" and communication for the 
community, we propose short presentations with much space for
discussion.

Date: Thursday, 2007-06-28 (right after the end of Jazoon 07)
Place: Zurich, close to the location of Jazoon 07 (but not yet defined) 

Agenda:
- 16:30 - 17:30: HTTP-GET interface into JSF-applications
	Presenter: Ed Burns
	Abstract: First ideas on the upcoming GET-interface into 
                JSF-applications. ...
	          30 minutes presentation, 30 minutes discussion on 
                these ideas and their implications on the applications

- 17:30 - 18:30 (resp. open end): JSF, Quo Vadis?
	Presenter: Ed Burns, Alexander Jesse
	Abstract: 
	- Where is JSF heading? The Expert Group is forming and
discussing 
        the next version of the JSF-spec right now. 
        What are the ideas driving the EG? 
	- Where is JSF heading in Switzerland? Can we say a User Group
is 
        forming right now? What could be the plans of this group? Should

        it participate in the "JSFDays Europe" initiative?

In order to plan the upcoming first meeting (room,...) we would
appreciate 
feedback from all interested people. Also from those that cannot come to

the first meeting, but would welcome the foundation of the 
JSF Special-Interest-Group Switzerland.