How the UCLA JUG was Born

After a long hiatus from UCLA, Duke returned in the form of the UCLA Java User Group. I'm not sure how long it has really been since a Java User Group haunted the halls of UCLA. Some say it's been between five and ten years which, in Java terms, is quite some time. I found a great archived news item here at UCLA about the UCLA Java Campus from 2000. I like that idea. Maybe we can see it come around again... However long it's been, I was proud to announce the UCLA JUG was online in May 2008. Membership started building slowly after the announcement went out to UCLA campus and affiliates. Here's the blurb written to announce the group: "Java technology is widely deployed at UCLA. The UCLA Java User Group brings together the campus Java community to share experiences and promote best practices for the effective use of Java technology. It does so through meetings, presentations by experts from on and off campus, open-environment "code on the lawn" sessions and more. Faculty, students and staff are all welcome and encouraged to actively participate. Whatever the venue, members can expect their technical boundaries to be pushed and their knowledge of the Java language expanded, and to be challenged to create and innovate." I think that says it all, honestly. My thanks to Kent Wada at UCLA for reviewing the language over the week before I sent it out and whittling my original epic text to a blurb. Oliver Li...

Date: March, 10 2010
Url: http://www.java.net/blog/christianabryant/archive/2010/03/10/how-ucla-jug-was-born

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