1. Great Lakes Area .NET Users Group
January 19, 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
Jennifer Marsman, Microsoft Liaison
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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6. Platinum Sponsor
7. Sponsors
8. Sponsors
9. Discounts for our members
Manning
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10. INETA Offers
Pluralsight
Free Guest Pass into the Pluralsight On-Demand! Library
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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
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40% off print book purchases for user group members
Use discount code DSUG when ordering online
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11. Supporting Members
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.GANG Goals
2010: Growth
2011:
Connections
16. 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
17. 2011 GANG Goals
Cultivate Ownership In Group
More volunteers
Better defined tasks to delegate
Food Drive
18. 2011 GANG Goals
Continue to Attract High-Quality Speakers
Book authors, MVPs, Microsoft insiders, internationally-recognized speakers
Reaching beyond our local geography
19. 2011 GANG Goals
Support and Connect with other Area User Groups
Encourage members to attend other groups
Arrange speaker tours
Officers committed to attend other groups
Support startup special interest groups during meetings
20. 2011 GANG Goals
Average 60 attendees per meeting
Membership Drive
Details next month
21. 2011 GANG Goals
Increase supporting membership by 15%
Pay by PayPal on web site
Expiration Reminders
22. 2011 GANG Goals
Increase Monetary Sponsorship by 10%
Defined sponsorship levels and benefits
23. 2011 GANG Goals
Make it an event
Shorter announcements
Trivia
Food Drive
And
24. 2011 GANG Goals
October 2011
10-year anniversary celebration
25. Any First-Time Attendees?
26. Upcoming GANG Meetings
27. Other User Groups
28. Upcoming Events
* = tentative
29. Upcoming Events
* = tentative
30. CafePress.com/MiGang
31. Job Announcements

Local Job Openings

32. Developers Looking for Work