JUG World Tour: Denver and Boulder JUG (#13)

We started the Foojay Podcast JUG World Tour in Manchester (foojay.io/today/foojay-podcast-8) last December. Last month we were in Dubai (foojay.io/today/foojay-podcast-10). And now we are on the other side of the world in the US to meet the people behind the Denver and Boulder JUG.

Guests
• Greg Ostravich • linkedin.com/in/gregostravich
• twitter.com/GregOstravich

• Zettie Chin-Fong• linkedin.com/in/zettiechinfong

• Kris Woyna
• Matt Raible• linkedin.com/in/mraible
• twitter.com/mraible
• raibledesigns.com

Podcast host
• Frank Delporte (@frankdelporte@foojay.social (foojay.social/@frankdelporte), @frankdelporte (twitter.com/frankdelporte))
Links
• Denver JUG• meetup.com/DenverJavaUsersGroup
• djug.org
• twitter.com/denverjug
• youtube.com/@DenverJUG

• Boulder JUG• rule4.com
• meetup.com/colorado-kubernetes-cloud-native
• meetup.com/boulderjavausersgroup

Content
• 00'00 Intro and music
• 00'14 About the topic of this podcast
• 00'27 Introduction of the guests
• 03'20 The start of the Boulder and Denver JUGs
• 05'48 The impact of Covid and going virtual
• 08'12 Both JUGs are 45' drive apart, and work together
• 10'14 The format of the JUGs with one or two speakers
• 11'17 How to find new speakers
• 16'36 How many attendees and the challenge of finding a venue
• 19'51 Restarting after Covid
• 21'58 More of the most remarkable sessions
• 25'39 Tips for speakers
• 31'19 Plans for the future
• 33'30 Mix of visitors
• 36'57 Tips to organize a JUG in different cities
• 39'11 The most crucial goals of a JUG
• 42'47 Outro