Hello all,

We've formed a third-Friday-of-the-month pattern, so XPDX and APLN-PDX folks will gather once again on Friday, August 15, at McMenamins on Broadway (in the Lloyd Center area, NE 16th & Broadway) at ~1:00 - 3:00 p.m. For more, see http://jamesshore.com/Calendar/2008-08-15.html .

Some of us are just back from Agile 2008, so no doubt we'll have some informal conversation about that and other topics, as well as good food and drink. We've consistently attracted a group of 15-18 people, so we usually have 3-4 conversations happening at once. Pick the one that most interests you.

I have a bit of extra conference swag to give away, FCFS. (Better stuff than last month - t-shirts, usb 2.0 hubs...) If you attended the conference in Toronto and have swag to share, bring it along.

If you know of other Agilistas in our area (or inquisitive observers and curious seekers), please invite them to join us.

This fall (starting in September?), we'll add the occasional evening speaker program. And, by popular request, we'll keep our casual, conversational, 3rd Fridays going. Watch this space for more announcements of our speaker schedule.

For everyone who is on vacation this week, have a great time. We'll see you in September.

Best, Diana

** Diana Larsen co-author: "Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great!" board chair, Agile Alliance, www.agilealliance.org "Passion. Improvement. Delivery." website: http://www.futureworksconsulting.com blogger: http://www.futureworksconsulting.com/blog

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