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January LA Flash User Group Meeting

Wednesday, January 20, 2010 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PT)

Venice, CA

January LA Flash User Group Meeting

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Wednesday January 20th, 2010, 7P - 9P

FREE EVENT | FREE PARKING | NO RSVP | NO WEBCAST

at the Rich Media Institute - 525 Venezia Avenue, Venice CA 90291


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// OVERVIEW

Happy New Year everyone! Join LA Flash, on Wednesday, January 20th, for our first meeting of the new year. We have some great content lined up about software developer contracts, and embedding fonts in Flash. So don't miss it!

Meeting Agenda

  1. Talk about new changes
        Omar and Harald will talk about some of the recent changes to the website as well as other updates.
  2. What Every Software Developer Should Know Before Entering Into a Contract
        with Ellie Khabazian
        Ensuring that the right language is in your contract has the potential of saving you from a financially and emotionally devastating lawsuit.
  3. Font Embedding in Flash
        with Michael Fretz
        Michael will show different ways how to handle fonts in Flash and Flex.
  4. Raffle, Networking
        Normal group time, networking, questioning, etc.

 


// TALK ABOUT NEW CHANGES

LA FLash User Group Manger, Omar Gonzalez and his co-manager, Harald Koebler, will open the first user group session of the year. They will provide a brief overview of some planned changes to the website. This is also a good opportunity for the members of the user group to express any wishes, expectations or ideas for improving the organization.


// WHAT EVERY SOFTWARE DEVELOPER SHOULD KNOW BEFORE ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT

Ensuring that the right language is in your contract has the potential of saving you from a financially and emotionally devastating lawsuit. At this session you will learn basic contract principles that can help drastically minimize your exposure when entering into software contracts. You will learn about specific laws that apply to software development and we will discuss specific examples of their application that are pertinent to you. Software licenses, significant contract provisions and remedies for breach of contract will also be discussed.

About the Presenter: The Law Office of Ellie Khabazian has been successful in obtaining favorable outcomes for clients in both mediation and trial. Ellie Khabazian earned her law degree from Brigham Young University and spent her final year of law school as a visiting student at UCLA. Ms. Khabazian obtained dual undergraduate degrees in French and Business Administration with an emphasis in Corporate Finance from USC. She also earned a diploma of Business French and Certificate of Professional French from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris. She is additionally proficient in Persian.


// FONT EMBEDDING IN FLASH

Michael will show different ways how to handle fonts in Flash and Flex. His talk will include font embedding during runtime with SWF, Embedding fonts directly as a class and embedding fonts with MojoFont.

About the Presenter Michael Fretz is an Interaction Designer and Software Developer from Switzerland. Check out his blog: michaelfretz.com


// RAFFLE, NETWORKING

As always, we will host a raffle and networking session.


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525 Venezia Ave

Venice, CA 90291

Wednesday, January 20, 2010 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PT)


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LA Flash is the Adobe User Group for Flash talent in the Los Angeles Region. With over 3,800 members, and free, monthly meetings and events, LA Flash is a core hub of the LA interactive industry.