2007 year roundup of SQABD

Here is the 2007 year roundup of SQABD recently published. Please feel free to add comment with your suggestion or advice - cause it could add value to this community :)

Here are some noteworthy activities of SQABD during 2007:

1. SQABD had its' 11th roundtable on Career in SQA and Testing
2. SQABD's 3 Year Anniversary Celebration - sponsored by Ardites
3. SQABD had its' 12th roundtable meeting with SkypeCast facilities - sponsored by DSi. [Audio will be published soon]

4. SQABD started Testing Consultancy by consulting SECL Testers.
5. 180+ rich profiles of SQABD members with "LinkedIn SQABD".

6. SQABD is now on pageflakes: http://www.pageflakes.com/sqabd

7. Membership has doubled to 400+ by attracting the industry elites.

8. Moderate the mailing list for spam and random job ads to keep it professional and useful for our busy members.
9. SQABD has published the moderation guideline: http://tinyurl.com/262v73

Here is a short report on SQABD moderators activity in year 2007:

Year 2007
Members Banned	87
Members Removed	47
Posts Rejected	176
Posts Approved	344
Last 3 Month (Oct - Dec)
Members Banned	26
Members Removed	13
Posts Rejected	36
Posts Approved	57

SQABD tried to upheld the quality of the discussion in the group

There are more coming...

1. SQABD has recorded the Microsoft Career Event which will be published soon.
2. SQABD will release it's usability Tested website soon.
3. SQABD is planning for Technical Events with JPGroup and PHPExperts

4. SQABD has already recorded a video interview with Sohel Islam (from Microsoft) and will publish it soon

Thank you all for being with us and making it an enjoyable and motivating ride. Stay tuned for a great year ahead. :)

source: SQABD Yahoo Group: post # 1039