> We still don't have a meeting schedule for July. As it stands right now we probably will not have a meeting for July. If things change ...

       Upcoming meeting schedules

( No meeting in the first week of July )

Next Meeting  =  Friday July 24th The Boat House in Malvern 7pm

Topic: An evening with Andre: Off the cuff questions on what he has seen this last year.

Topics include but are not limited to: making teams more effective; going lean; some conferences (XP Day France, XP Day Switzerland, Agile Tour), and the Gordon Pask Award via Agile Alliance...
what Agile is like in France --

Has Andre found "the land of the most productive Toyota Production System", what are his impressions of different management styles, and how is Europe is dealing with the current economy, and his personal impressions on moving his family from the US to a foreign land, the reverse move of many in the industry.
Additionally,

And, what is "Agile Tour 2009"  http://www.agiletour.org , and how we can help

The Boat House pub is really easy to find via directions from Siemens. It is about 1/2 mile away.  (Trouble is that no one in the group works at Siemens anymore, do they ?  Ravi is in West Chester, but so many of us live in the Western Suburbs anyway, so it is a good meeting spot.
 
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(Date and time may change, but I don't think so.)
 

August Meeting - Tentative plans for Joint Meeting, a cross-fertilization of Techies - A Picnic in Fairmont Park.  Details to come.

Sept Meeting - Bob Chiasson WEDS Sept 9th, Bob Chiasson of Atlantic Aviation speaking on his User Experience - Home Grown Agile, A Rewrite of Core Business Software -

October 6th - TBA
And October 9-10-11th weekend is Simple Design and Test Open Space conference in Pittsburgh http://www.sdtconf.com     It's Free!

November 3rd - Kiran Thakkar, Topic is Moving to Agile

December 1st - Lightning Talks, including Influence Without Authority .  Maybe ?

Vendor Plug:

July 31-Aug 1st AgileRX and RubyRX conference http://www.nfjsone.com/conference/philadelphia/2009/07/home at Phil Marriott West in Conshohocken.

Also, there is a new wiki page for Vendors to put out the word about their conferences and course offerings and discount codes http://www.agilephilly.com/Upcoming%20Local%20Events.ashx