Meeting announcements for January 2011 GANG meeting

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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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

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