Gang announcements 2010 10

Great Lakes Area .NET Users Group
October 20, 2010

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

Chris Roland, Webmaster
Shelly Noll, Anonymous Source
Kelly Brownsberger, Johnny Appleseed
Jennifer Marsman, Microsoft Liaison
2010 Volunteers

Congratulations!
2010 INETA Community Champion
John Hopkins

Contact us
www.migang.org
E-mail
president@migang.org
vp@migang.org
secretary@migang.org
treasurer@migang.org
webmaster@migang.org
pr@migang.org
www.migang.org/news.rss
twitter.com/gangannounce
tinyurl.com/GangLinkedIn
tinyurl.com/GangFacebook
tinyurl.com/GangCalendar

Meeting Schedule
“I’m for any change that gets us to the bar quicker”
-Anonymous Source

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Annual Sponsor

Sponsors

Discounts for our members
Manning
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36% off
Enter discount code “UG367”
MSDN Magazine
20% off subscription
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2 year (24 issues) $60.00 $48.00
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Promo code: A0EUG1

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
50% off ebook purchases from O’Reilly for a limited time
40% off print book purchases for user group members
Use discount code DSUG when ordering online
oreilly.com/store
Windows Azure
Free One-Month Pass
azurepassusa.cloudapp.net

Supporting Members

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

Any First-Time Attendees?

Upcoming GANG Meetings

Other User Groups

Upcoming Events

Project Phoenix
Win a free MSDN Universal subscription
Unemployed and Underemployed Developers are eligible
Propose a project for a non-profit
Winner chosen each week in 2010
tinyurl.com/PhoenixMSDN

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

Imagine Cup
Student Competition
Looking for leaders
ImagineCup.us

Food Drive Next Month
Bring a non-perishable food item to the November GANG meeting
Food will be donated to Gleaners Community Food Bank of Detroit
tinyurl.com/GangFoodDrive
Donate for a chance to win an MSDN Universal subscription

Elections
Elections are held after the November meeting
All officer positions are open
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Must be a sponsoring member to vote
Must be a sponsoring member to run

Motor City Codeslingers
Pair Coding;Idea Exchange
Tech Book Exchange
Wed Oct 276-9PM
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/

CafePress.com/MiGang

December Social Event
Thursday December 9 2010
Vote next month on location
Plum Hollow Lanes Bowling Alley
Copper Canyon
TGI Friday’s

Job Announcements
Local Job Openings
Developers Looking for Work

Social Hour
Immediately following this meeting
Not a sponsored event!
Copper Canyon Brewery and Restaurant
27522 Northwestern Hwy

Fabulous Prizes!
“SWAG doesn’t kill people. People kill people (sometimes with SWAG).”
-Aristotle *
* Aristotle Johnson, a buddy of mine from college.

Fabulous Prizes!
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