Question: Regarding promoting the site and [the various ways to go about doing that](https://ux.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/85/what-options-do-we-have-to-promote-the-site-and-grow-its-user-base), are there any members of the UI industry whom we should approach for participation in StackExchagne UI? Do any of us know any of these people? I'm thinking not just of the Jeff Atwoods and Joel Spolsky's of UI, but of the Jon Skeets and Marc Gravells: people who might not be rock stars but *are* significant contributors to the field.

Let's post answers if we know someone and then someone else (possibly the same person) who wants to get in touch with that person can comment. It might be useful to describe the person so we know who they are and also what contribution they could make to our community.

Answer: 
I sent an email a couple of weeks ago to Don Norman, who I've had a few email exchanges with in the past, acknowledging that this is not his area, but also asking him to pass it on to Jakob Nielson, Tog and the rest of the NNG. He had a look and agreed that it was a good thing to be doing, and passed it on.
I run a user group in the UK http:\www.nxtgenug.net, probably the most active in the UK, with a few thousand registrants... with 7 locations across the UK..... WIll promote there...