1. Great Lakes Area .NET Users Group November 17, 2010

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

3. Chris Roland, Webmaster Shelly Noll, Femme Fatale Kelly Brownsberger, Secret Agent Man Jennifer Marsman, Microsoft Liaison 2010 Volunteers

4. 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

5. This meeting sponsored by

6. 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!

7. Annual Sponsor

8. Sponsors

9. Sponsors

10. 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

11. 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

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. 2010 GANG Goals Get members more engaged and involved Lightning Talks Network Time Social Hour at Copper Canyon Brewery Motor City Codeslingers Volunteers Membership Drive Food Drive

16. 2010 GANG Goals Increase meeting attendance by 50% 2009 Average: 34 / meeting 2010 Average: 54 / meeting Last 6 months Average: 65.5 / meeting

17. 2010 GANG Goals Increase supporting membership by 30% 2009: 27 Supporting Members 2010 (Jan-Oct): 23 Supporting Members

18. 2010 GANG Goals Continue to attract high-quality speakers Mike Amundsen Jamie Wright Jennifer Marsman Jeff McWherter Cameron Skinner Chris Marinos Bill Wagner Len Smith Randy Pagels Jim Holmes Chet Kloss Nino Benvenuti

19. 2010 GANG Goals Increase sponsorship by 100% “Upgraded” food Hundreds of thousands of dollars of SWAG

20. 2010 GANG Goals Finish year in the black financially 2009 No food for last few meetings December: -$300 2010 Paid off debt from last year December: >$1,500

21. Other 2010 Accomplishments MessageBox.Show Newsletter Monthly E-Mails Upgraded web site Personalized Name Badge Signage during the meeting Membership Drive Food Drive Increased Social Networking (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter) PayPal

22. Any First-Time Attendees?

23. Upcoming GANG Meetings

24. Other User Groups

25. Upcoming Events

26. 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

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

28. Imagine Cup Student Competition Looking for mentors ImagineCup.us

29. CafePress.com/MiGang

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

33. Elections Elections are held after the tonight’s 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

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

36. Fabulous Prizes! “SWAG doesn’t kill people. People kill people (sometimes with SWAG).” -unknown

37. Fabulous Prizes! Raffle Ticket Picker

38. Drive Safely