Archive for June, 2007

New Group Name / Bye Bye Yahoo!…Hello Google

Sunday, June 17th, 2007

The name of the group is changing. Right now we’re FMUG.az which is short for Flash and Multimedia Users Group of Arizona. I’ve been wanting to change the name for a while now but simply never did for multiple reasons. Our new name is (drum roll………………………………………………………….): Arizona Flash Platform User Group! (horns blare) :-D

What better way to kick off the new name than to start a new list? :-D Due to a lot of issues with Yahoo!, I made the decision to move to Google Groups weeks ago. I finally got around to it tonight. Everyone will receive an email shortly inviting them to the new group.

I’m really excited about this as it helps us 1) get an accurate member count and 2) solidify us as an official Flash Platform group vs merely a Flash group (which is usually matched with Flash (the IDE created swfs) vs all the Flash Platform brings us). I’ll update the site soon. Our domain is still going to be gotoandstop.org so no change there.

BIG NOTE:
This is in no way to step on the toes of PhFUG (http://www.phxflex.org/). They *are* the official Flex UG. You can still talk about Flex, Apollo, etc/whatever here. PhFUG is the official Flex UG.

So, to clarify…anything Flash Platform is a go (AIR, Flex, Flash CS3, Flash Lite, Flash Media Server, Flash Player, Captivate, Adobe Bridge extensions, etc, etc, etc). If it creates a swf, runs a swf, loads a swf, etc it is a go, as usual. HTML, CSS, Javascript, etc are all discussion options as well. Again, our conversation doesn’t change.

Look for the email shortly. Let’s get to chatting on the new list! :-D Yahoo will stay open for a few more weeks (just to transition everyone).

Thanks all,

John C. Bland II