Great Lakes Area .Net User Group Announcements July 2010

1. Great Lakes Area .NET Users Group July 21, 2010

2. 2010 Executive Officers President – David Giard Vice-President – John Hopkins Treasurer – Kent Fehribach Secretary – Gerhard Weiss

3. Chris Roland, Webmaster Shelly Noll, Poet Laureate Jennifer Marsman, Microsoft Liaison 2010 Volunteers

4. How to contact us www.migang.org Board email president@migang.org vp@migang.org secretary@migang.org treasurer@migang.org webmaster@migang.org pr@migang.org

5. This month’s sponsor User Group Support Services

6. Gold Sponsor Cash support for GANG Monthly drawing for Telerik Premium Collection for .NET RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX RadControls for WinForms RadControls for WPF RadControls for Silverlight Telerik Reporting Telerik OpenAccess ORM $1299 Value!

7. Annual Sponsor

8. Sponsors

9. Sponsors

10. Discounts for our members Manning www.Manning.com 36% off Enter discount code “UG367” MSDN Magazine 20% off subscription 1 Year (12 issues) $35.00 $28.00 2 year (24 issues) $60.00 $48.00 (866)‐293‐3194 Promo code: A0EUG1

11. INETA Offers Pluralsight Free Guest Pass into the Pluralsight On-Demand! Library tinyurl.com/PSGuestPass Wrox/Wiley 40% off select Visual Studio 2010/.NET 4.0 books to user group members through 6/30. See the list at ineta.org/offers U Use promo code WVS10 O’Reilly 45% off ebook purchases from O’Reilly for a limited time 35% off print book purchases for user group members Use discount code DSUG when ordering online oreilly.com/store

12. Supporting Members

13. Supporting Members

14. 2010 GANG Goals Get members more engaged and involved Increase meeting attendance by 50% Increase supporting membership by 30% Continue to attract high-quality speakers Increase sponsorship by 100% Finish year in the black financially

15. Any First-Time Attendees?

16. Upcoming GANG Meetings

17. Other User Groups

18. Upcoming Events

19. Ann Arbor Give Camp September 17-19 Washtenaw Community College AnnArborGiveCamp.org

21. Tech Book Exchange

22. Wed July 286-9PM

23. Biggby Coffee, 26185 Evergreen Rd.This is an informal meetup of people interested in learning from one another. Bring your laptop and pair up with someone to work on an open source project, learn a new technique, or even dabble in a new language. There is no agenda or specific topic, just a time set aside for people to pair.” TinyUrl.com/Codeslingers Source: http://mvwood.com/blog/bitslingers-4-6-2009/

24. CafePress.com/MiGang

27. Some Good Programs BizSpark and WebSiteSpark Low-cost Microsoft software for small businesses Microsoft.com/BizSpark Microsoft.com/WebSiteSpark

29. Not a sponsored event!Copper Canyon Brewery and Restaurant 27522 Northwestern Hwy

30. Fabulous Prizes! “Few things in life are more enjoyable than giving away stuff that somebody else paid for.” -David Giard GANG President

31. Fabulous Prizes!

32. Drive Safely