about

Tasmanian Technology User Group known as TTUG is digital focused is a non-profit community. This group supports and encourages participation from all those wishing to promote positive development of technology . By sharing ideas and fostering common networks within Tasmania, these groups will collectively become an open forum for new ideas as well as discussing current developments and trends moving into the future.

 

The Tasmania Technology user group has come about with of the need to improve the scheduling Microsoft user group events in Tasmania. The group has morphed from the Hobart .Net User Group (HDNUG) that was established in the early 2000 to incorporate the SharePoint user Group in 2008 and then helped with organising the SQL Server and Microsoft Systems Centre User Groups. Thus the needing the name change.

This then presented us with the opportunity to open up the doors to any technology user group, this can include Microsoft, IOS, Linux, Unix, Mac, Mobile Device, Gaming Developers, Google apps, Android, IT Pro's, IT Students, End User and many more..

TTUG is a service organisation established by community leaders for community leaders. We are volunteers that want to give back to the community. Most of us run other user groups and want to help others develop and grow their own user groups. We want to share our many years of experience and develop community programs that truly make our community a model for how the “technology community” can help the community. Geographic location of user group does not matter but we are focused on Tasmania for now.

We will do whatever we can (we are an all-volunteer organisation) to help these groups succeed. We are mostly a collaboration mechanism to help user group leaders meet and exceed their group objectives. We are an agnostic overarching organisation. Our groups can include Microsoft, IOS, Linux, Unix, Mac, Mobile Device, Gaming, Developers, IT Pro's, End User and many more.

TTUG is reaching out to all Tasmania based user groups of any computer related technology to establish a basic working relationship with each other. If you are interested in taking advantage of the services we offer, or you know anyone that may be interested, please forward this communication to them.

At this time, TTUG is establishing a robust infrastructure for our website for linking all of the groups. Getting on this list is basically the first step in the process for new user groups. TTUG is hoping to be recognised by User Group Leaders as a central focal point of timely, accurate, and useful information on events, available speakers on various topics, etc. TTUG wishes to extend our relationship with user groups from all disciplines including gamers, desktop and network technologies, security, open source, media creators, application coders and many others