[Swiss JSF Users] JSF Special-Interest-Group Switzerland

Question

JSF is proving more and more competitive each day. A increasing number of
companies are developing applications based on JSF.
Often the same questions/problems/hints are valid for almost all users of
JSF. Internationally some active communities have been established. Last
year a first encounter of JSF-entusiasts created the idea of "JSFDays Europe",
a conference that allows to get in touch with the main players int he
JSF-universe and to meet also informally. This first encounter took place
in Munich, was organized on very short notice during the Oktoberfest. An
intense session with the JSF expert group lead Ed Burns allowed the users
to voice their wishes for JSF 2.0 and regognize the "approachability" of
the JSF-people at Sun. Within Switzerland so far the contacts between the
users are rather sporadic and more on a one-to-one basis.
Hopefully some contacts have been added during the Jazoon-conference. We
would like to go one step further and establish the networking between
Swiss-JSF users. An active community can help in solving problems or even
create components that are usefull for some or all members. And in
Switzerland we encounter some problems (like i18n, as most of our
applications need to be available in multiple languages) that other
international users do not encounter or encounter later or to a lesser extent.
The JSF-specification is driven by requirements that are brought to the
Expert Group discussing the specifications. So far much input has come
from framework-architects, appserver-providers and tool-creators. It's
about time the actual users let hear their voices as well. Although the
expert group members can be contacted and have proven to be very
responsive, requirements coming from an official user-group have more
importance.
Establishing a "JSF user group" as a independant community or a
"special interest group" under the umbrella of the
"JUGS (Java User Group Switzerland)" could be the outcome of this meeting.
The underline the importance of "interaction" and communication for the
community, we propose short presentations with much space for discussion.
Date: Thursday, 2007-06-28 (right after the end of Jazoon 07)
Place: Zurich, close to the location of Jazoon 07 (but not yet defined)
Agenda:
- 16:30 - 17:30: HTTP-GET interface into JSF-applications
     Presenter: Ed Burns
     Abstract: First ideas on the upcoming GET-interface into
JSF-applications. ...
     30 minutes presentation, 30 minutes discussion on
these ideas and their implications on the applications
- 17:30 - 18:30 (resp. open end): JSF, Quo Vadis?
     Presenter: Ed Burns, Alexander Jesse
     Abstract:
     - Where is JSF heading? The Expert Group is forming and discussing
the next version of the JSF-spec right now.
What are the ideas driving the EG?
     - Where is JSF heading in Switzerland? Can we say a User Group is
forming right now? What could be the plans of this group? Should
it participate in the "JSFDays Europe" initiative?
In order to plan the upcoming first meeting (room,...) we would appreciate
feedback from all interested people. Also from those that cannot come to
the first meeting, but would welcome the foundation of the
JSF Special-Interest-Group Switzerland.

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