Portland Revit User Group - Summary

As I mentioned recently I attended this user group meeting while in Portland for the AUGI Board of Directors meeting.

This group was started several years ago (if I have my facts straight) by Darren Lewis with HDR. He later passed on the reigns to Gordon Price, a frequent contributor at AUGI, and with BOORA. This group enjoys the support of three resellers in their region, Imaginit, Ideate & PPI Group. They also provide the food and beverages for each meeting.

The meeting is held at the Multnomah Public Library and unlike a lot of user groups they meet during an extended lunch hour. This apparently is much more successful for them than evenings.

This meeting focused on the new features in Revit 2009. Gordon led the discussion and entertained comments all the while. The group was very gracious when I interupted occasionally with comments and talked about AUGI briefly. There were a little over 30 people in attendance which is off the usual mark of between 40-50. I attribute this to my presence, sorry!

Here's a shot of them in action or at least preparing to be in action. Note if you look closely you may be able to tell that Gordon is using an unsupported notebook, a Mac!


Well it may be a bit much to expect to see that...here's another shot of the crowd.


These were taken earlier, before the majority of the gang arrived or were still wandering a bit.

We wrapped the meeting by awarding the door prize, a Not for Resale (NFR) certificate that permits the winner to download the software of their choice from Autodesk (software that is available to choose from on their site, not all but many titles). I was also able to offer a special second NFR certificate in light of my visit.

One of the very tangible benefits of associating your local user group with AUGI is that Autodesk will offer up to four NFR certificates to your group during each year. Moses Drake with The Façade Group was the lucky draw for the one I brought with me, congrats Moses!

This is a list of their board members:

D. Crawford Smith
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects
www.zgf..com

Hakan Cete
Mulvanny G2 Architecture
www.mulvannyg2.com

Devon Lumbard
Degenkolb Engineers
www.degenkolb.com

Kevin Janik
Otak Architects
www.otak.com

Celeste Warren
Ankrom Moisan Associated Architects
www.amaa.com

Eric miller
BOORA Architects
www.boora.com

Keep up the good work!!

Portland Revit User Group Meeting - Friday, June 27th

I get to attend this local user group meeting a week from Friday because the AUGI board is meeting in Portland at the Autodesk offices in Lake Oswego. I'll be sneaking out of the meeting for a little lunch time visit as a representative of the board. Here's the announcement they shared with me.

The next Portland Revit User Group meeting will be Friday, June 27th, 2008. Be sure to join us for a great presentation and some good food thanks to IMAGINiT! And this meeting will be extra special, as we will have AUGI Board member & Reviteer Steve Stafford in attendance, speaking a bit about AUGI and adding to the general discussion.

Please be sure to RSVP by end-of-day Tuesday, June 24th if you plan to attend, so we have an accurate number for lunch.

What: Portland Revit User Group

Why: To create a local community where Revit users can learn from their peers, build technical skills, exchange ideas, resolve challenges, share successes, and elevate their capabilities with the Revit suite of products.

When: 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM

Where: Multnomah County Library / 801 SW 10th Avenue / Portland / US Bank Room

Who: For Autodesk Revit Users, and those just interested in learning more about Autodesk Revit. Please pass this invitation along to any of your colleagues.

Agenda:
11:30 Lunch & Steve Stafford on AUGI
12:00 Revit 2009 New features
1:00 Q&A
1:30 Close

RSVP

If you live in this area I hope you'll be able to make it to this meeting. I look forward to meeting the PRUG members and those who will be members!