SCENE: DAYLIGHT, RESTAURANT.

Three owners of companies that make their living building EE sites meet together over a light sushi lunch.

“ExpressionEngine has a great community. But it’s all online. Wouldn’t it be nice to meet the folks who use EE in person?”

“Yeah, but it would be even better if we could take the opportunity to learn from each other and explore the software—especially with 2.0 coming out so soon. Hey, maybe someone from EllisLab would come, too.”

“And what about all the people using EE to power their businesses and blogs? Wouldn’t they like the chance to meet the developers that make EE better, and learn a bit more about how to use the tool that powers their Web site?”

Plans are laid.

A venue is secured.

A day is picked.

The EE Roadshow kicks off.

Who are we?

Monique Trottier runs Boxcar Marketing, an internet marketing company based in Vancouver, Canada. Boxcar offers a one-stop shop for online marketing, everything from strategic consultation to online marketing and propotions, to building Web sites from scratch. She has a background in the publishing industry and was previously the internet marketing manager at Raincoast Books. Her blog on books, technology and publishing is at http://www.somisguided.com.

Travis Smith is the owner of Hop Studios, a Web design and development company. Hop Studios makes Web sites of all varieties, specializing in sites with a significant amount of information, such as media, education and non-profit sites. Travis’ background is in journalism, and he was the editor of Variety.com and the deputy editorial director of LATimes.com.

Kevin Shoesmith runs Venn, a small design studio in Vancouver that creates simple, attractive, standards-driven websites based on solid information architecture and content management principles.

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