The Boulder-Denver DITA User Group usually has presentations on the last Thursday of each month.  If you are interested in participating in this group, contact julie.baldwin@sybase.com. 
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August 2007 Boulder-Denver DITA User Group Meeting
When:  Thursday, August 30, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Where:  Sybase, 3665 Discovery Drive, Boulder, CO 80303 and Web/phone
Map: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&country=US&addtohistory=&searchtab=home&formtype=address&popflag=0&latitude=&longitude=&name=&phone=&level=&cat=&address=3665+Discovery+Drive&city=Boulder&state=CO&zipcode=80303
Topic:  Localization and DITA
Speaker:  Mark Ambrose, of SDL International (the makers of Trados).  Mark Ambrose is a Senior Enterprise Solution Manager for SDL International, the world's leading provider of global information management solutions. SDL provides global information management (GIM) solutions through a combination of enterprise software, professional services - including business process consulting, outsourcing and solution delivery - and solutions partners. He has over 15 years of content, configuration, and globalization management experience in various roles providing insight into global content management methodologies and strategies. His current focus is on global information management strategies spanning XML, Web and other content management systems.
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September 2007 Boulder-Denver DITA User Group Meeting
When: Thursday, September 27, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Where:  Sybase, 3665 Discovery Drive, Boulder, CO 80303 and Web/phone
Topic: A Real, Live DITA Specialization Tutorial
Speaker: Eliot Kimber, of Really Stragegies.  Eliot will be presenting in person in Boulder, not over the Web
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October 2007 Boulder-Denver DITA User Group Meeting
When:  Thursday, October 25, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Where:  Sybase, 3665 Discovery Drive, Boulder, CO 80303 and Web/phone
Topic:  DITA Linking and Relationship Tables
Speaker:  Scott Stark, of IBM.  Scott Stark is an Associate Information Developer for IBM's software group, providing technical and strategic support for authoring tools and DITA.
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There will be no Boulder-Denver DITA User Group Meetings in November and December.  We will begin again in January, 2008.
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Past presentations:
- At our July meeting, Sue Blaisdell and Jack Thompson of Avaya presented  DITA: Don’t Intimidate Your Authorsand DITA: Deliver Information Targeted at the Audience.  For the slides, see DontIntimidateYourAuthorsSBlaisdell.ppt and CMDITAConferenceJuly24_JT.ppt below.
- At our June meeting, France Baril of IXIASOFT spoke about three issues related to DITA: topics that vanish (and ones you don't know about), broken links, and writers' concerns about using DITA.  You can view the recording at: https://www306.livemeeting.com/cc/sybase/view?id=72B9XX (use 6#`n^#Ghh to access).
- At our May meeting, Maria Brownstein and Dave Resch of Sybase, spoke about nerating Eclipse Help from DITA Source.  For the slides and tutorial, see EWorld-803_07.ppt and 3672_Eclipse_DITA_Tutorial_2007.ppt below.
- At our April meeting, Kevin Dorr of Flatirons Solutions, Inc. spoke about exchanging or providing XML DITA content to your customers or between companies.  See DITA Exchange - DUG 4-26-07.ppt below for his is PowerPoint slides.
- For our March meeting, Judy Kessler was scheduled to present: How Sybase made the business case for DITA.  For the presentation, see "Sybase_DITA_Bus_Case.pdf " below.
- At our February meeting, Anna van Raaphorst of VR Communications, Inc. spoke about Including and using metadata and reusing content.  For slides, see MetadataReuse.pdf (Acrobat) or MetadataReuse.ppt (PowerPoint) below.
- At our January meeting, Matthew McCool spoke about Internationalizing XML information with DITA.  Recording Details: Subject: Internationalizing XML information with DITA Recording URL: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/sybase/view Recording ID: JD4GNH Attendee Key: w;;9\%8.H
- At our November meeting, France Baril of IXIASOFT spoke about a case study of an implementation at Cedrom Sni.  See "XML_DitaGatineauRevised2006ForDenver.ppt" for her slide presentation.
- At our October meeting, Kevin Dorr of Flatirons Solutions spoke about Publishing Books in DITA Using Bookmap.  See "DUG Bookmap Preso.ppt" for his slide presentation (Scott Hudson also spoke) and "bookmap_v092a.html" for the Bookmap DTD "cruiser" file that he presented.
- At our September 28, 2006 meeting, Michael Priestley of IBM spoke about using task analysis with DITA.  Here are the links to his two presentations: http://www.stc.org/53rdConf/sessions/session.materials.asp (look for his name) and http://dita.xml.org/node/1253.
- At our August 31, 2006 meeting, Don Day of IBM spoke about the business benefits of using DITA and provided a brief introduction to DITA.  See the attachment list below for the PowerPoint slides he presented (DDayDITA2006.ppt).
- At our July 27, 2006 meeting, Jennifer Linton of ComTech Services spoke about DITA Maps.  Here is the link to her presentation: http://www.comtech-serv.com/pdfs/DevelopingDITAMaps.pdf.