For Taiwan MySQL User Group activity discussion, on 民国103年7月22日

1. MySQL User Group
Ryusuke Kajiyama @RKajiyama
MySQL User Group Japan / 日本 MySQL ユーザ会

2. Global UG List
https://wikis.oracle.com/display/mysql/List+o

3. MySQL User Group Japan
• Mailing list started in 1998
• User Group website opened in 2000
• 3,000+ members registered
• Main activities
– Discussions on mailing list
– Meetings

4. MUG Japan Meetings
• MUG Meetings for general topics
– 4 in Tokyo
– 2 in Osaka and Fukuoka
– 1 in Sapporo and Okinawa
• MySQL Casual Talks for tech deep-dive
– 2 in Tokyo

5. Key to successful
User Group
Key to successful
User Group

6. Items to decide
• WHEN?
• WHERE?
• WHO?
• WHAT?

7. MUG Meetings - When?
• Relax, Not too frequent
– Proposal: Semi-annual, Spring and Autumn
• Never prefect for everyone
– Weekday vs Weekend?
– After working hours vs during working hours?

8. MUG Meetings - Where?
• Oracle’s meeting room, max 50?
• Don’t have to be always at Oracle
– Users offices (e.g. LINE in Japan)
– Univ. classrooms
• 桃園、新竹、台中、台南、高雄、花蓮、
台東 ...

9. MUG Meetings - Who&What?
• You!!
– Use cases, Success and Failures
– Tools and Utilities
– New Functions
– Tips
• Oracle employees can speak anytime

10. The world's most popular open source database