This is a great idea. There’s a growing need for more meetups like this to help promote the sharing of information within the technical community. My colleague Jeff and I co-founded a similar group in Philadelphia called PING Philly. And while Jeff does pretty much all of the work to help make sure things keep moving, I would like to share a few things with you that have made PING successful.

- Consistent scheduling – The schedule is important, especially early on. Keeping it around the same day each month helps a lot!
- Keep it interesting – the topics at PING change monthly to keep it fresh.
- Minimize the marketing/salesy stuff – The last thing a bunch of techies want to hear is a sales pitch. We limit these to 5 minutes for our sponsors.
- Get some sponsors – Finding a place to host the meetups is key. Plus free pizza and drinks is always good

There are two SunGard locations near Denver and I’d be happy to check on availability for you. One is in Thornton and the other is in Aurora.

Good luck – I hope this takes off!