I would like the CUG to be for engineering people and also for those who are looking for the jobs in this area.

Saby Singh

(CCNA, CCNP)

>From: "Philip D'Ath"

>To:

>Subject: CUG

>Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 01:20:11 +1200

> I'm thinking about forming a Cisco Users Group (CUG) in

>Auckland, and modelling it after other CUGs such as

>http://www.cisco-users.org/.

> I know I will have the support of Cisco Systems, and Cisco's

>distributors. What I'm not sure about is how much interest there is out

>there for such an idea among the Cisco populous.

> I'm not aware of anything like this currently in NZ. Is anyone

>else aware of such a usergroup?

> I would like the CUG to be for engineering people, not sales

>people. Based on other CUGs, common things that the CUG would do are:

>* Technology presentations (e,g. Understanding IPSec, Queueing Options,

>etc)

>* Study groups, for people seeking Cisco Qualifications

>* Solutions that people have found to problems that take more than 30s

>to describe

>* Discussion groups (perhaps IP in NZ, peering, APE, etc).

>* Demos of new products (the kind where your allowed to touch the boxs).

> I would like the meetings to be once a month, and I'll probably

>ask a different distributor/Cisco/vendor/reseller to sponsor

>coke/beer/pizza each time.

> I can probably manage to do a lot of presentations myself to get

>things going, but I don't profess to being an expert in every field, and

>I'd hate to think I was preaching to people who knew more than myself

>(which I would be if no one offered me any support).

> So what do you think. Would I be wasting my time?

>Philip D'Ath,

>BCMS, MCP, CCNA, CCDA.

>http://www.ifm.net.nz/

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