Hello all!

(Apologies to those who receive this from multiple lists!)

Just a reminder that the April Agile Ottawa meeting will take place
tomorrow, April 28th, from 6-8 PM at The Code Factory
(http://www.thecodefactory.ca/).

This month we have an experienced Scrum Product Owner joining us. Paul
Relf, has helped to implement Scrum at Nortel, will discuss his
experiences learning about Agile and rolling out Agile on a large
distributed project. Paul has also helped train other product owners.

Please note as well that the Agile Ottawa blog is available at
http://agileottawa.wordpress.com . Please subscribe to the RSS feed to
receive notifications of our events.

See you there!

--
Dave Rooney
Mayford Technologies
"Helping you become AGILE... to SURVIVE and THRIVE!"
http://www.mayford.ca
http://practicalagility.blogspot.com
Twitter: daverooneyca

Hello all!

(Apologies to those who receive this from multiple lists!)

Just a reminder that the first Agile Ottawa meeting of 2009 will take
place on Tuesday, January 27th from 6-8 PM at The Code Factory
(http://www.thecodefactory.ca/).

The topic for the meetup is Agile Tools, and the presenter for this
session is Ian Kent or Nortel Networks. Ian will present on the Agile
Development/Collaboration environment that he was responsible for
setting up at Nortel Networks. A great many tools comprise the
environment — including Jira, Confluence, Bamboo, Clover, and Crucible.

This will be a very interactive presentation mixing prepared slides and
real-time demos of the environment in action. The focal point of the
presentation is showing how these tools can significantly increase the
value of agile through a highly collaborative environment.

The presentation has been enthusiastically received by a large number of
audiences. This should be considered a do not miss meetup!

Please note as well that the Agile Ottawa blog is available at
http://agileottawa.wordpress.com . Please subscribe to the RSS feed to
receive notifications of our events.

See you there!

--
Dave Rooney
Mayford Technologies
"Helping you become AGILE... to SURVIVE and THRIVE!"
http://www.mayford.ca
http://practicalagility.blogspot.com
Twitter: daverooneyca

 

Hi folks,

(Apologies to those who receive this message more than once - I'm trying
to hit as broad an audience as possible.)

This is a reminder for the Agile Ottawa meeting this coming Monday,
November 24th at 7:00 PM.  It will be held at The Code Factory
<http://www.thecodefactory.ca/>, 246 Queen St., Second Floor, above The
Green Papaya restaurant.

The phone number at the Code Factory is 613-231-3831.

No RSVP required, and hope to see as many people as possible there.

Hi folks,

(Apologies to those who receive this message more than once - I'm trying
to hit as broad an audience as possible.)

This is a reminder for the Agile Ottawa meeting this coming Monday,
November 24th at 7:00 PM.  It will be held at The Code Factory
<http://www.thecodefactory.ca/>, 246 Queen St., Second Floor, above The
Green Papaya restaurant.

The phone number at the Code Factory is 613-231-3831.

No RSVP required, and hope to see as many people as possible there.

--

Dave Rooney
Mayford Technologies
"Helping you become AGILE... to SURVIVE and THRIVE!"
http://www.mayford.ca
http://practicalagility.blogspot.com

Greetings all.
The Agile Ottawa group is organizing a presentation that might be of
interest to the JAVA community... Here's the announcement.


The Agile Ottawa group is pleased to announce a special meeting
featuring Mike Milinkovich, the Executive Director of the Eclipse
Foundation.

What:   "How Eclipse Does It"

When:   Wednesday, December 5th at 7:00 PM

Where:  The "Theater" at BitHeads, 1309 Carling Ave.
         (Westgate Mall), at the entrance on the
         East side of the building

Abstract:
The Eclipse community has a truly enviable track record of shipping
high-quality software releases on schedule. For the past five years,
the Eclipse open source community has hit its release dates. And
it does this in an environment that involves contributions from many
different organizations from around the world. How does Eclipse do
it?

If you or your organization deals with large-scale and/or
distributed development and still want to be agile, this talk is for
you! Please spread the word around to anyone you feel would be
interested.

The venue has seating for approximately 80 people, but please RSVP
anyway so that we have an idea of the number of attendees to expect.

See you then!

Dave Rooney
Mayford Technologies
http://www.mayford.ca

--
Dave Rooney
Principal Consultant
Mayford Technologies
dave.rooney@...
(613) 850-6058
http://www.mayford.ca

The No Fluff Just Stuff Software Symposium Series 2007, the premier
technically focused Java/Agility Event series is coming to Montreal with
the Greater Quebec Software Symposium 2007 on April 20-22nd. Mark you
calendar, tell all of your friends/associates and come join us for a
great show!

Event Name: Greater Quebec Software Symposium 2007
Dates: April 20-22, 2007
Location: Montreal Quebec
URL: www.nofluffjuststuff.com/sh/2007-04-montreal

The 2007 Greater Quebec Software Symposium is coming to Montreal on
April 20-22nd. GQSS 2007 will offer four concurrent sessions for you to
choose from. The hot topics covered at GQSS 2007 include:

* Groovy/Grails
* OSGI
* Domain Driven Design
* Annotations
* Java Concurrency
* Java 6.0
* REST
* JRuby
* Enterprise Ajax
* JPA and many more!

We have a great set of speakers lined up for you to enjoy featuring:

Brian Goetz, author of "Java Concurrency in Practice"
David Geary, co-author of "Core JSF"
Jeff Genender, co-author of "Professional Apache Geronimo"
Neal Ford, author "Art of Java Web Development"
Brian Sam-Bodden, co-author of "Beginning POJOs: Spring, Hibernate,
JBoss and Tapestry"
Brian Goetz, author of "Java Concurrency in Practice"
Mark Fisher, co-author of Beginning Spring 2.0
Scott Davis, Editor in Chief AboutGroovy.com

The No Fluff Just Stuff Symposium series is regarded as the premier
Java/Agility event series anywhere serving over 16,000 attendees with
some 100 events since 2002. The popularity of the NFJS symposium series
can be traced to the following:

1). Exceptional Speakers
2). Limited Attendance - capped at 250 people
3). No Vendors, No Sales Pitches, no Marketecture
4). Excellent networking opportunities with speakers and fellow attendees
5). The Best Value in the Java conferencing space period

********************************************************************************\
**********************
Early Bird Registration $900 USD/person

Special JUG discount of $50 USD available to all JUG members by using
the promo code, nfjsusergroup50 when registering.

Excellent Group Discounts Available - bring your entire development team
to the show:

5-9 Attendees: $800/person
10-14 Attendees: $775/person
15-24 Attendees: $750/person
25-over Attendees: $725/person

Great Swag in 2007 - all attendees receive a new 2007 NFJS laptop bag

Excellent Giveaways - Sony E-reader, Sony Playstation 3 and Apple iPods

Join us for a great show! We appreciate your support and patronage!!

Venue:

Four Points By Sheraton Montreal Centre-ville
475 Sherbrooke Ouest
Montreal, Quebec H3A 2L9

For additional information on GQSS 2007 go to
www.nofluffjuststuff.com/sh/2007-04-montreal

All the Best,

Jay Zimmerman
NFJS 2007 Symposium Director
jzimmerman@...

The No Fluff Just Stuff Software Symposium Series 2007, the premier
technically focused Java/Agility Event series is coming to Montreal with
the
Greater Quebec Software Symposium 2007 on April 20-22nd.  Mark you
calendar, tell all of your friends/associates and come join us for a
great show!

Event Name: Greater Quebec Software Symposium 2007
Dates: April 20-22, 2007
Location: Montreal Quebec
URL: www.nofluffjuststuff.com/sh/2007-04-montreal

The 2007 Greater Quebec Software Symposium is coming to Montreal on
April 20-22nd. GQSS 2007 will offer four concurrent sessions for you to
choose from. The hot topics covered at GQSS 2007 include:

* Groovy/Grails
* OSGI
* Domain Driven Design
* Annotations
* Java Concurrency
* Java 6.0
* REST
* JRuby
* Enterprise Ajax
* JPA and many more!

We have a great set of speakers lined up for you to enjoy featuring:

Brian Goetz, author of "Java Concurrency in Practice"
David Geary, co-author of "Core JSF"
Jeff Genender, co-author of "Professional Apache Geronimo"
Neal Ford, author "Art of Java Web Development"
Brian Sam-Bodden, co-author of "Beginning POJOs: Spring, Hibernate,
JBoss and Tapestry"
Brian Goetz, author of "Java Concurrency in Practice"
Mark Fisher, co-author of Beginning Spring 2.0
Scott Davis, Editor in Chief AboutGroovy.com

The No Fluff Just Stuff Symposium series is regarded as the premier
Java/Agility event series anywhere serving over 16,000 attendees with
some 100 events since 2002. The popularity of the NFJS symposium series
can be traced to the following:

1). Exceptional Speakers
2). Limited Attendance - capped at 250 people
3). No Vendors, No Sales Pitches, no Marketecture
4). Excellent networking opportunities with speakers and fellow attendees
5). The Best Value in the Java conferencing space period

********************************************************************************\
**********************
Early Bird Registration $800USD/person good thru 4/2/07

Special JUG discount of $50 USD available to all JUG members by using
the promo code, nfjsusergroup50 when registering.

Excellent Group Discounts Available - bring your entire development team
to the show - rates good through 4/02/07:

5-9 Attendees: $725/person
10-14 Attendees: $700/person
15-24 Attendees: $675/person
25-over Attendees: $650/person

Great Swag in 2007 - all attendees receive a new 2007 NFJS laptop bag

Excellent Giveaways - Sony E-reader, Sony Playstation 3 and Apple iPods

Join us for a great show! We appreciate your support and patronage!!

For additional information on GQSS 2007 go to
www.nofluffjuststuff.com/sh/2007-04-montreal


All the Best,

Jay Zimmerman
NFJS 2007 Symposium Director
jzimmerman@...

Greetings all,
An Ottawa firm asked me to post this. I thought I would also take the
opportunity to survey members as to if they want / don't want this
type of moderated posting.

March/April meeting information coming soon.

Regards,

Andre

------

Java/J2EE Developer Job Description:

TEKsystems is currently looking for a Java/J2EE Developer for a full
time placement with our client in Ottawa. This is an excellent
opportunity to work with a fast paced and growing company.

The successful candidate will be responsible for developing,
enhancing and maintaining front- end application components as well
as server side components. A background in E-commerce would be
considered an asset. The ideal candidate possesses excellent
communication skills and thrives in a fast paced work environment.

Qualifications:

-2 to 3 years experience developing in Java/J2EE
- JSP, HTML, DHTML, Spring, SQL, PL/SQL
- Data modeling
-Unit Testing

Required Skills:
       J2EE
       JAVA
       DATA MODELING
       UNIT TESTING
       PL/SQL

Tamara O'Byrne
Recruiter
TEKsystems a Division of Allegis Group Canada
T: 800-759-3855 F: 613-254-5090
T: 613-254-5016
email: tobyrne@...

The No Fluff Just Stuff Software Symposium Series 2007, the premier
technically focused Java/Agility Event series is coming to Montreal with
the Greater Quebec Software Symposium 2007 on April 20-22nd.  Mark you
calendar, tell all of your friends/associates and come join us for a
great show!

Event Name: Greater Quebec Software Symposium 2007
Dates: April 20-22, 2007
Location: Montreal Quebec
URL: www.nofluffjuststuff.com/sh/2007-04-montreal

The 2007 Greater Quebec Software Symposium is coming to Montreal on
April 20-22nd. GQSS 2007 will offer four concurrent sessions for you to
choose from. The hot topics covered at GQSS 2007 include:

* Groovy/Grails
* OSGI
* Domain Driven Design
* Annotations
* Java Concurrency
* Java 6.0
* REST
* JRuby
* Enterprise Ajax
* JPA and many more!

We have a great set of speakers lined up for you to enjoy featuring:

Brian Goetz, author of "Java Concurrency in Practice"
David Geary, co-author of "Core JSF"
Jeff Genender, co-author of "Professional Apache Geronimo"
Neal Ford, author "Art of Java Web Development"
Brian Sam-Bodden, co-author of "Beginning POJOs: Spring, Hibernate,
JBoss and Tapestry"
Brian Goetz, author of "Java Concurrency in Practice"
Mark Fisher, co-author of Beginning Spring 2.0
Scott Davis, Editor in Chief AboutGroovy.com

The No Fluff Just Stuff Symposium series is regarded as the premier
Java/Agility event series anywhere serving over 16,000 attendees with
some 100 events since 2002. The popularity of the NFJS symposium series
can be traced to the following:

1). Exceptional Speakers
2). Limited Attendance - capped at 250 people
3). No Vendors, No Sales Pitches, no Marketecture
4). Excellent networking opportunities with speakers and fellow attendees
5). The Best Value in the Java conferencing space period

********************************************************************************\
**********************
Early Bird Registration $800USD/person good thru 4/2/07

Special $50 USD discount available to all Montreal JUG members, use the
discount code, nfjsusergroup50 when registering.

Excellent Group Discounts Available - bring your entire development team
to the show - rates good through 4/02/07:

5-9 Attendees: $725/person
10-14 Attendees: $700/person
15-24 Attendees: $675/person
25-over Attendees: $650/person

Great Swag in 2007 - all attendees receive a new 2007 NFJS laptop bag

Excellent Giveaways - Sony E-reader, Sony Playstation 3 and Apple iPods

Join us for a great show! We appreciate your support and patronage!!


All the Best,

Jay Zimmerman
NFJS 2007 Symposium Director
jzimmerman@...

IBM EVENT – UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA





JANUARY 30, 2007 – 3-5PM





____________________________________





You and your colleagues are cordially
invited to our next event, a Joint Rational-WebSphere User Groups (RUG/WUG)
Meeting on Business Driven Development (BDD).





LOCATION





Please join us Tuesday January 30th 3:00-5:00pm
at University of Ottawa,
Colonel By Hall, room CBY A-707, School
  of Information Technology
and Engineering (SITE). Please see this map for directions, and parking is
available in the pay parking lot across the street from the SITE building:
http://www.uottawa.ca/map/





SUMMARY





This event will feature a presentation on
Business Driven Development (BDD) and a demo of the latest IBM tools for BDD.





Our speakers are IBM WebSphere and Rational
brand representatives who will show how several IBM Software products can be
used together to model, develop, integrate and deploy flexible,
service-oriented solutions that enable organizations to be responsive and agile.





REGISTRATION





Admission is free but you need to signup
and then register to the event through either/both of our User Group websites.





WUG:
http://www.websphere.org/websphere/Site?page=ugdetail&groupId=53


RUG:
http://www.rational-ug.org/groups.php?groupid=43





AGENDA





3:00 - 3:15pm - Opening Remarks


3:15 - 4:00 pm - Business Driven
Development (Presentation)


4:00 - 4:45 pm - Business Driven
Development (Demo)


4:45 - 5:00 pm - User Group News


5:00 - 5:30 pm - Reception (networking
opportunity)





-------





Thank you for your time and looking forward
to meeting you there.





Best Regards,





Stéphane Gagnon, Ph.D., Professor, University of Quebec, WUG Leader,
stephane.gagnon@...





Jean Montgrain, CSQE, Quality Assurance
Specialist, RUG Leader, j.montgrain@...





_________________________________________________________________


Prof. Stéphane Gagnon


Sciences
Administratives (DSA)


Université du Québec
en Outaouais (UQO)


101, rue
Saint-Jean-Bosco, B-2083A


C.P. 1250, Succursale
Hull


Gatineau, Québec, Canada,
J8X 3X7


T: +1-819-595-3900,
x.1942


F:
+1-819-773-1747


E:
stephane.gagnon@...


Web University: http://www.uqo.ca/corps-professoral/prof/gagnonste.asp


Web Courses: http://w3.uqo.ca/gagnst02


Web Company: http://www.intracubator.com


Web Individual: http://www.gagnontech.com

The first OJUG meeting of 2007 will be held on Thursday, January 25th
at 18:30 at our usual venue, ExitCertified, located at 85 Albert
Street, Suite 1200 (12th floor). Doors may be locked at that time but
someone will come by to let you in.

Greetings everyone. I'm planning a session at the end of January (or
early February at the latest) for the next Ottawa JUG meeting. At that
time, we will establish a calendar for the year, as well as the format
for meetings. I have one presentation for the January meeting, but if
you would like to present a topic of interest, please do not hesitate
to contact me. Until then, please receive my best wishes for the
festive season and have a happy new year.

On behalf of all the members, I would like to extend our gracious
gratitude and appreciation to Paula for heading the OJUG meetings over
the past few years. I hope you will continue to attend.

I am planning to hold a meeting in November. If anyone has any
suggestions for speakers, topics, or would like to present themselves,
please let me know.

Hello All

I am very pleased to announce that
Andre Beland has stepped forward as new president of the Ottawa Java
Users Group. Many of you will already know Andre as he has ben an
active member of the group and has guest hosted an OJUG meeting
previously. Andre works locally with the National Research Council
Canada in their Institute for Scientific and Technical Information
(CISTI) division.

Best wishes Andre and thank you to your dedication to the Ottawa Java
Users Group.

Thank you to everyone for their supportive emails and especially
those who offered to assist in various roles with the OJUG.
Please make welcome Andre and assist him in the coming months as I
will certainly do.

Paula

FYI
I also wish to mention to everyone that a letter of thanks to
ExitCertified for the generous use of their facilites has been sent
to the school.
They will continue to support OJUG for meetings in the upcoming
months.