I was missing in action for good chunk; I came to the room around 12:30; I apologize since I should be there; it's a long story I'll tell you later.

We made some decisions about format; and I'd like to touch one decision: what kinds of talk should we present in meet ("The dilemma on what talks to provide")?

My colleagues, Vincent and Shama, were there; and I saw the second presentation; which was really an impressive slide deck. I gathered some feedback for next meeting; which may help us improve experience ("Improving experience for next meet".)

The dilemma on what talks to provide
There was a dilemma for this meeting; similar to Symposium's first ones; will we have business or tech audience? Johnnie and I talked about this a lot; going back and forth a couple of times; and we decided business audience; not that people would not be tech-savvy; but for our first meet, we'll do business-like; since some didn't know what Liferay's about; even though they may be quite technical. So to showcase Liferay, we had two talks: one by Johnnie and one by EastBanc folks; both were showing what Liferay delivers; not how or anything technical-wise (though the latter had some hints to tech-terms.) The talks were each about 30 minutes; with 30 minutes for lunch in between (thanks to Johnnie for providing the food!) Both were presentation format with slides.

Improving experience for next meet
I had a great time at yesterday's meet; and so did the two folks who came with me . When I asked their feedback, I was quite glad: one wanted more on authentication; which we can certainly do in Q2. In fact, I will reach to Tai Ton on that.
Additionally, I talked to Shahab; who has great ideas on meet topics; such as Adaptive Display Templates use; and the Audience Targeting plugin; to attract audience, hold a contest (a mini-hackathon for designers; or quick-hand developers and hackers; to showcase what can be done with Liferay; and chance to win a gift card or something; in a portion of the UG meeting!) More to chat on with Shahab on these points. Lastly, he suggested more frequent meets; for example, one meet per month or so.
I agree the next meet target tech folks; since there is so much to talk about there. Though I think we need to address one thing; which is an extremely important point: too many people haven't seen Liferay; and I don't mean from a technical point; just what Liferay can do in a short time; out of the box and in their hands for free! Too many don't know the history too; as opposed to competitor products. Instead, they often go rebuild the wheel; since the competition's too expensive; and they don't know the can use the CE. Long story short, my bottom-line point is: each meet should have a new-comer section; and assume we know nothing of Liferay; and nothing of Liferay's portal products. I have some slides we can inject here; and I've tested them with one large success; the new-comer section can be quite short; but we should not neglect to recruit folks; and target our content to newcomers; so not just features but the big picture.

So let's plan the next meet ASAP; so we have time to work on Agenda; and improve the process based on last one.

Thank you again for your contribution.