We're kicking off a new group in Wellington - the Wellington Solution Architects Forum (WSAF), with the first Meeting to be held on 2nd September 2009 (networking from 12 noon, 'formal' sessions from 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm).

The aim of this group is to provide practical information and support for anyone who "does" solution or software architecture.

It doesn't matter if you're a full-time architect or not.  Maybe you're just "aspiring"?  Maybe your focus is more specific (say as a software, data, security or technical architect)?  Either way, we're here to help.

The WASF is technology and vendor agnostic - in fact our focus isn't strictly just technology; we'll also cover the so called "softer" skills, which are arguably harder - such as politics and people skills.

YOU can present!  We'll be featuring local (not sometimes not-so-local) people to share their knowledge and you can share too.  If you have something you want to share or some work you'd like peer-reviewed you present to the forum in a 5-10 minute slot and get valuable feedback from the community.

So spread the word!  Pass this on to a friendly architect near you.

In order to make this worthwhile for the community we need community input: come to the first meeting so we can hear your views, or contact us.  Got a question for the speakers? - send it to us.

Who are we?  The WASF is led by Amir Shevat (senior architect and consultant with Datacom) and myself.  As Amir is currently on holiday, please contact me to RSVP or for more information (via adrian [dot] kearns [at] nzta [dot] govt [dot] nz or phone 027 230 1542).

At least one reminder will be sent out, closer to the event.