Triangle User Experience

• Rick Cecil (Motricity): President
  Responsibilities: overall direction; project management; events.
• Abe Crystal (SILS): Vice President
  Responsibilities: Website and blog.
• Janey Barnes (user-view): Treasurer
  Responsibilities: membership and financial management; incorporation.
• Gershom Rogers (Cisco/SILS): Secretary
  Responsibilities: mentoring program.

Our fearless leader, and newly installed president, Rick, then provided an overview of the chapter’s goals and initiatives.

The chapter will focus on building and supporting the local community of practitioners in these disciplines:

• Usability Testing
• User Research
• Interaction Design
• Information Architecture

Specific initiatives will include:

• Events planning. The core activity of the chapter is holding great events to bring people in the community together, and disseminate information and practices related to user experience work. Events may include:

• Bimonthly presentations/workshops/tours (see: previous events)
• Monthly cocktail hours
• Annual World Usability Day activities
• Birds of a feather (focus on a particular discipline)
• Lunch meetings
• “Site/Project of the Month” — come in for “free advice,” as WRAL/CBC New Media bravely did

• Recruiting more members and volunteers, and recognizing volunteers for their hard work.
• Making 1:1 connections between professional peers.
• Setting up mentoring relationships between professionals and students.

We welcome your feedback and participation as we continue to build the chapter and our community. Please comment on this post, or get in touch with any of the officers, with your questions and comments.

—Abe