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
Im for any change that gets us to the bar quicker
-Anonymous Source

7. Gold Sponsor
Telerik Ultimate Collection for .NET
RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX
Telerik Extensions for ASP.NET MVC
RadControls for Silverlight
RadControls for WinForms
RadControls for WPF
Telerik Reporting
Telerik Open Access ORM
TelerikJustCode
TelerikJustMock
WebUI Test Studio Developer Edition
$1999 Value!

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)2933194
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
OReilly
50% off ebook purchases from OReilly 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

25. Motor City Codeslingers

• Pair Coding;Idea Exchange
• 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 Fridays

31. Job Announcements

• Local Job Openings
• 32. Developers Looking for Work