As we mentioned in our meetings, by the request of our membership, we have installed some forum software that will allow our community to connect and share ideas.

You can go to http://www.TheFlexGroup.org/forums and check them out.

Most sections are available to the public, but the jobs boards are reserved for members of the Michigan Flex Users Group.  We will be phasing out our external Job List by the end of this year.

Enjoy!

On March 12th, we will be hosting our monthly meeting.  This month we will be talking about Custom Components, and creating both MXML and ActionScript based components.  This will again be done in our usual "Back to the Basics" format with both Dan Loegel and Nick Kwiatkowski presenting.  

This will be an interactive session, so bring your laptops if you have one. We will not be able to record this meeting.  

The meeting will be held in 161 Communication Arts and Sciences on the campus of Michigan State University, starting at 7pm.  You can click on the Directions tab on our website for a map to the location.

The Michigan Flex User's Group (yes, US!) will be hosting our own FlexCamp, in Lansing.  July 30th and July 31st are the dates.  You can find out more at the event's website : http://camp.theFlexGroup.org/

FlexCamp is essentially a "Boot Camp" for Flex.  Expand your mind on everything Flex.  This camp is targeted to beginners, and intermediate developers (if you don't have any Flex experience, don't worry, you won't be lost!). 

Please, help me fill the event!  $40 for two days, and $25 for just the first day!!  We have a very special guest from Adobe doing the keynote, along with many other presentors from around the US.  More details will be forthcoming.  If you have any questions, or would like to help me run it, either email me at nick@theFlexGroup.org, or call me at 517-432-2528.   Oh, and spread the word!   Lets bring some IT back into Michigan!

360|Flex is the best conference to learn about Flex and AIR.  A non-profit conference run by my buddies Tom and John, is having its next round in San Jose, California.  Every time I have gone I have walked away with more good content then my notebook would hold.  If you are serious about Flex development (or even just getting started), you should attend.

If you need something to just sweeten the deal, I have a FREE TICKET to the event!  E-Mail me at nick@theFlexGroup.org for more information.  You might need to write a book report or something, but heck, it's worth the $480!  (BTW, this offer is only open to my UG members, sorry public internet!)

It's been a time since we updated the look of our website.  I decided to switch from a true CMS (SavvySoftware), to MangoBlog.  While I liked Savvy's interface (and I appreciate their donation to the group), I felt that a blog atmosphere would work best for the direction the group is heading.   Hope you guys like it!