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Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:45:37 +0800
From: James Roland Cabresos <j.cabresos@gmail.com>
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Yes I am a user group manager. I'm not really looking for funding 
support here in Apache, but just information that this community want to 
push to Flex Camps. Yes we have Adobe contacts, but it's kind of 
different now as Flex is on Apache, it's not enough that we only get the 
information on Adobe's side.

On Sunday, 12 February, 2012 09:27 PM, Jeffry Houser wrote:
> On 2/12/2012 4:13 AM, James Roland Cabresos wrote:
>> A Flex camp is one of the things that markets Flex to a community. As 
>> Adobe still are committed to developing the tool for Flex, I assumed 
>> that they will still support these camps. Gathering resources today 
>> will be much more different than it was before. 
>
>  Do Flex Camps still happen?  I would not expect Adobe to put any 
> effort into any such thing.  Although, I was under the impression 
> Adobe gave very little support to Flex Camps beyond sending a 
> "keynoter" and funds to help secure a "Big enough" location.
>
>
>> I think every Flex user group manager out there is now unsure where 
>> to start or how to start. It would be good if we have some 
>> guide(WIKI) for someone who are planning to setup a Flex Camp. What 
>> do you think guys?
>
>  Are you a User Group Manager?  If so, you should know that you have 
> an Adobe Contact and you can ask them about such things.
>
>  I don't perceive Apache would support Flex Camps from a funding stand 
> point.  If you want to hold a Flex Camp, I would look towards finding 
> your own Corporate Sponsors.  Or to Spoon.
>