This document summarizes the May 18, 2011 meeting of the Great Lakes Area .NET Users Group. It lists the 2011 executive officers and volunteers. Upcoming speakers and events are announced, including special interest groups on functional programming and .NET Micro Framework beginning in June. The next general meeting will be on June 15 to hear a presentation by Brian Prince on cloud computing.

1. Great Lakes Area .NET Users Group May 18, 2011

2. 2011 Executive Officers President – David Giard Vice-President – Kent Fehribach Treasurer – Chris Roland Secretary – Gerhard Weiss

3. Shelly Noll Kelly Brownsberger Brian Korzynski Matt Ruma Onorio Catenacci Dave Kroondyk Jeff Pavlov Jennifer Marsman, The Mother of all Mothers 2011 Volunteers

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

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17. 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 CODE Magazine 33% off subscription 1 Year (6 issues) $29.99 $19.99 www.codemag.com/subscribe/migang

18. 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

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22. 2011 GANG Goals Cultivate Ownership In Group Continue to Attract High-Quality Speakers Support and Connect with other Area User Groups Average 60 attendees per meeting Increase supporting membership by 15% Increase Monetary Sponsorship by 10% Make it an event

23. 2011 Membership Drive February – June 2011 1 Entry for each meeting attended 1 Entry for each new guest you bring* 1 Entry for each time Codeslingers attended Grand prize drawing at June meeting Grand Prize: Xbox Kinect * A new guest is someone who has not attended a GANG meeting in the previous 12 months

24. Membership Drive Fine Print At each meeting, be sure the GANG Secretary has recorded your attendance, your e-mail address and the names and e-mail addresses of any new guests you bring. At each Codeslingers, write your name and address on the attendance sheet. For each GANG meeting or Codeslingers you attend between February and June 2011, you will receive an entry into a drawing. For each new guest you bring to a GANG meeting, you will receive an additional entry. A new guest is one who has not attended a meeting in at least 12 months. A new guest may be considered a guest of at most one member. Once a guest has attended a meeting they are no longer considered new; However, they may increase their own odds of winning by attending more meetings and bringing new guests of their own. No circular references allowed (aka, two new people can’t show up together and put that they were each referred by the other). A drawing will be held at the June meeting. The winner will receive an XBox with Kinect. You must be present at the June meeting in order to win.

25. Any First-Time Attendees?

26. Upcoming GANG Meetings * co-sponsored by the Detroit Cloud Computing Group

27. Other User Groups

28. Upcoming Events * = tentative

29. Special Interest Groups (SIG) Beginning June: Functional Programming Beginning June: .NET Micro Framework Gerhard Weiss

31. Wed Jun 16:30-9PM

32. Epitec Offices, 24800 Denso Dr. Suite 150 Southfield, MI 48033This 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.” Source: http://mvwood.com/blog/bitslingers-4-6-2009/ TinyUrl.com/Codeslingers Codeslingers@migang.org

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36. Next Month Brian Prince presents A Lap Around the Cloud June 15, 2011

38. Not a sponsored event!

39. Maps are located on the counter in back of the room.Copper Canyon Brewery and Restaurant 27522 Northwestern Hwy

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

41. Fabulous Prizes! Raffle Ticket Picker

42. Drive Safely