Summer Golf With Local PHP User’s Group

1. Summer Golf With Local PHP User’s Group<br />As President of our local PHP User’s Group (Atlantic Canada PHP User Group) it is my great pleasure to organize and plan our quarterly meetings. We have been operating for almost 3 years now and each July we have our social event. This year we added in a fun golf tournament as well. Luckily one of our regular members owns a cottage that is right beside a golf course, so we combined a barbeque supper event with the afternoon of golf.<br />We had 8 golfers with a few prizes gratefully supplied by Zend Corp. As the tournament organizer and event recorder, I traveled among the groups on a motorized golf cart taking pictures and poking fun at the rookies. The golfers had a great time and the threatening rain thankfully held off until the last hole was played by the last group. The golfers’ experience levels ranged from 2 first-time-ever golfers to a few who play on a regular basis.<br />The barbeque portion, as mentioned, was held at a user group member’s cottage – Great thanks to Brian Murray for allowing us the use of his wonderful facility!<br />Golf prizes were handed out before the food was prepared and the conversation ranged from golf stories, like how to accurately and skillfully place a ball 20 feet up into a tree (a picture is attached as proof!), to a debate over Objective C for use on developing for mobile devices, and to review the perceived value of attending a conference on the subject of YouTube.<br />Our next User Group meeting will be October 20th, so if you are in the area, please drop in to visit our group. Our website is here: acphpug.paladin-bs.com – sign up as a member and we will keep you well informed.<br />Connect with us on Facebook, Twitter and Flickr too!<br />