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Port80 event in Sydney on the eve of Web Directions

• By:John
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• September 17, 2006
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The indefatigable Miles Burke, of Bam Creative, and one of the founders of the Web industry association Port80, along with a whole tribe of sandgropers (that’s folks from Western Australia for our non Australian audience) are once more heading east for Web Directions. Each year more of them come, and each year they seem to have more fun.

Poort80 is looking to start up a Sydney chapter, to go along with their Perth, Melbourne and Canberra chapters (and Rochester New York too), and are having an inaugural meeting on the eve of Web Directions, Wednesday 27^th September. All are welcome, even if you can’t quite make it to Web Directions this year.

We need organisations like this in our industry! There is no focussed web industry association in Australia (we have related ones, it’s true, but they frankly don’t have the focus required).

So if you are arriving wednesday, you’ll have aready made social event to attend. Here are the details.

Port80 touches down in Sydney

Port 80 (the Australian Web Industry Association) is hoping to open a chapter* in Sydney!

That’s right folks — Sydney folks (and those visiting for Web Directions 06) get to find out what those in WA, VIC, ACT and in the USA have known for a while;

1. Meeting colleagues and peers in the web industry is great
2. It’s even better on the first Wednesday of the month, with a beer in hand.
3. Hey, lets start a club and have a reason to go to the pub!

The Wednesday evening of Web Directions week, that’s Wednesday 27^th September, starting at 6.30pm, come along and meet your peers in the industry, have a drink, talk about where the industry is heading and be a part of the local web industry. There’s no lectures, no sponsor talks, it’s all very informal and friendly. It all happens at;

Pumphouse Bar
17 Little Pier Street,
Darling Harbour

For a map to the venue (5 minutes walk from UTS), please visit http://​www​.pumphousebar​.com​.au/​l​o​c​a​t​i​on/
For more information about Port80, see http://​www​.port80​.asn​.aucommittee@​port8​0​.​asn.​au

We look forward to seeing you there!

5 responses to “Port80 event in Sydney on the eve of Web Directions”:

1. • By:Scott Mackenzie
   • September 18th, 2006
   

   Very cool. We’ll have to come down early (from Brisbane) to check this out. Maybe Bris-​​Vegas will be next!

2. • By:John
   • September 18th, 2006
   

   Thanks Scott,

   I am sure there’d be great interest — any briswegians out there interested?

   BTW, keep an eye out for something cool coming shortly which will hlep conference goers find out who has similar interests, and is in your generall vicinity (all opt in of course)

   Great for networking for things like this

   j

3. • By:Gavin Jacobi
   • September 18th, 2006
   

   I am for it.
   Anything to add to Brisbane’s already exciting and fast paced lifestyle. *cough*

   Especially now that Ben Buchanan has defected to Sydney. :-)

4. • By:Miles Burke
   • September 18th, 2006
   

   Hey, thanks for the promotion John.

   We’re keen for catching up with as many attendees and others to see if we can’t get Sydney kicking along with Port 80. The more non locals that attend too, great!

   Speaking of which, we’ve got at least one Brisbane person as a member of Port 80, and if there’s interest, i’ll be sure to fly on over to get the Bris-​​vegas chapter happening too! :)

5. • By:Miles’ Blog » Port80 Sydney - Thoughts and errata from Miles Burke.
   • September 18th, 2006

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