This document outlines information from a meeting of the Great Lakes Area .NET Users Group on September 15, 2010. It lists the 2010 executive officers and volunteers, as well as contact information and ways to stay connected including the website and social media. It also provides details on meeting schedules, sponsors, discounts for members, upcoming events, and prizes for the meeting.

1. Great Lakes Area .NET Users Group September 15, 2010

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

3. Chris Roland, Webmaster Shelly Noll, Injured Reserve Jennifer Marsman, Microsoft Liaison 2010 Volunteers

4. How to contact us www.migang.org Board email president@migang.org vp@migang.org secretary@migang.org treasurer@migang.org webmaster@migang.org pr@migang.org

5. Keeping in Touch www.migang.org www.migang.org/news.rss twitter.com/gangannounce tinyurl.com/GangLinkedIn tinyurl.com/GangFacebook tinyurl.com/GangCalendar

6. Meeting Schedule

7. Tonight’s Dinner

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9. Annual Sponsor

10. Sponsors

11. Sponsors

12. 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

13. 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 Updated! Higher Discount! New!

14. Supporting Members

15. Supporting Members

16. 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

17. Any First-Time Attendees?

18. Upcoming GANG Meetings

19. Other User Groups

20. Upcoming Events

21. Ann Arbor Give Camp September 17-19 Washtenaw Community College AnnArborGiveCamp.org This Weekend!

23. Tech Book Exchange

24. Wed Sep 226-9PM

25. 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/

26. CafePress.com/MiGang

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

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

32. Fabulous Prizes!

33. Drive Safely