This document summarizes the October 2010 meeting of the Great Lakes Area .NET Users Group. It lists the 2010 executive officers and volunteers. It announces that John Hopkins received the 2010 INETA Community Champion award. It provides contact information and lists the meeting schedule and upcoming speakers. It also announces sponsors, discounts for members, and upcoming events, including a food drive and elections in November.

1. Great Lakes Area .NET Users Group October 20, 2010

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

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

4. Congratulations! 2010 INETA Community Champion John Hopkins

5. 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

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

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8. Annual Sponsor

9. Sponsors

10. Sponsors

11. 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

12. 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

13. Supporting Members

14. Supporting Members

15. 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

16. Any First-Time Attendees?

17. Upcoming GANG Meetings

18. Other User Groups

19. Upcoming Events

20. 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

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

22. Imagine Cup Student Competition Looking for leaders ImagineCup.us

23. 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

24. 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

26. Tech Book Exchange

27. Wed Oct 276-9PM

28. 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/

29. CafePress.com/MiGang

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

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

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

35. Fabulous Prizes! Raffle Ticket Picker

36. Drive Safely