Diff for Central Texas DITA User Group

--- Tue, 2009-03-17 15:08 by annegentle
+++ Wed, 2009-04-29 16:03 by annegentle
 It is free! Simply visit the <a href="http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ctdug/" target="_blank">CTDUG Yahoo Group</a> site and <a href="http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ctdug/join" target="_blank">click join</a>.
 </p>
-<h2>March 2009 Meeting</h2>
+<h2>May 2009 Meeting</h2>
-<p>
+<p class="bodytext">
-After announcing the general availability of DITA2Confluence Release 1.2 earlier this month, Lisa Dyer will give a presentation about its adoption and use.
+Shalani Komarla is a senior product developer and Scrum Master at BMC Software, working on the development and implementation of a XML-based
+content management solution. She is leading the
+conversion of product messages to DITA and recently shared her experiences in implementing DITA at the Center for Information Development Content Management Strategies/DITA conference. She'll talk with us at the May meeting about the following items:
 </p>
-DITA2Confluence Release 1.2 delivers many new features and enhancements requested by the growing DITA2Wiki community. From Lisa's blog entry about their use of it at Lombardi: &quot;It powers features that we think will make finding and using the available information much easier:
+<ul class="listbullet">
-<ul>
+	<li>Project Goals</li>
-	<li>Logical navigation of task-based topics</li>
+	<li>  Overall Planning and Implementation Process</li>
-	<li>Rich landing pages into the different areas of content</li>
+	<li> ROI Projections</li>
-	<li>Efficient reuse of content across the wiki spaces (less duplication or jumping around)&quot;</li>
+	<li> Content Migration</li>
+	<li> Business and Technical Challenges</li>
+	<li>Lessons Learned</li>
 </ul>
-<p>
+Please join us for an interesting discussion about lessons learned implementing DITA in the enterprise software environment.<br />
-You can download the latest release now from the the open-source DITA2wiki Project at:
-</p>
-<p>
-<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/dita2wiki/" target="_blank" title="Download DITA2Confluence 1.2">http://sourceforge.net/projects/dita2wiki/</a>
-</p>
-Join us for an interesting discussion and demonstration.<br />
 <br />
 <h6>Presenter</h6>
 <p>
-Lisa Dyer, Engineering Manager<br />
+Shalani Komarla, Senior Product Developer<br />
-Lombardi Software, Information Development
+BMC Software, Information Design and Development
 </p>
 <h3>Meeting Details</h3>
 <ul>
 	<li>
-	Wednesday March 25, 2009, 6:30 - 8:30 pm Central
+	Wednesday May 27, 2009, 6:30 - 8:30 pm Central
 	</li>
 </ul>
 <ul>
 	<li>6:30-7:00  Arrive and network</li>
-	<li>7:00-8:00 DITA2Wiki presentation and demo</li>
+	<li>7:00-8:00 Presentation</li>
 	<li>8:00-8:30  Question and answer, discussion</li>
 </ul>

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Central Texas DITA User Group

Charter

The Central Texas DITA Users Group (CTDUG) exists to share and advance knowledge and adoption of DITA in the central Texas region.

Membership / More Info

It is free! Simply visit the CTDUG Yahoo Group site and click join.

May 2009 Meeting

Shalani Komarla is a senior product developer and Scrum Master at BMC Software, working on the development and implementation of a XML-based content management solution. She is leading the conversion of product messages to DITA and recently shared her experiences in implementing DITA at the Center for Information Development Content Management Strategies/DITA conference. She'll talk with us at the May meeting about the following items:

Project Goals
Overall Planning and Implementation Process
ROI Projections
Content Migration
Business and Technical Challenges
Lessons Learned

Please join us for an interesting discussion about lessons learned implementing DITA in the enterprise software environment.

Presenter

Shalani Komarla, Senior Product Developer
BMC Software, Information Design and Development

Meeting Details

When

Wednesday May 27, 2009, 6:30 - 8:30 pm Central

Where

Freescale's north campus
Building C entrance, Long Canyon A conference room
7700 Parmer Lane West
Austin, TX 78729