Monday 5th December 2011 marked the momentous occasion of the inaugural meeting of the Glasgow Umbraco Users Group, or GLUUG as Doug Robar has affectionately christened us - even though he can't quite pronounce it in the required Scottish accent (but then, neither can I for that matter!)

Doug gave an introductory talk about the new Umbraco version 5 that is due imminently, and I followed with a talk about what I (and others) thought was going to be great about v5, from a more technical point of view. Jamie Boyd and David Muir spoke of their experiences with developing the Macdonald Hotels website with a focus on the Umbraco integration and mobile development angles. The venue was kindly provided by Rob Graham at Equator, and there was time for folk to eat some pizza, drink some beer and mingle and chat.

photos by Douglas Robar

The general consensus seems to be that it was an enjoyable evening and that there is plenty of interest in continuing with GLUUG meetups in the future. Check out the gluug hashtag or follow me on twitter, and any future events will be added to the our.umbraco.org events page as well.

A big thanks goes to Doug for his talk, for taking lots of photos, and for having the idea in the first place, and to Rob for facilitating such a good space for the talk. The plan is to have a social gathering (i.e. in the pub) some time in January and maybe have another set of talks in the February meetup. This'll give you time to work on your presentations!

David