1. Great Lakes Area .NET Users Group August 18, 2010

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

3. Chris Roland, Webmaster Shelly Noll, Czarina 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. Congratulations Richard R Pokrefky GANG’s 100th LinkedIn group member

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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)‐293‐3194 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 O’Reilly 45% off ebook purchases from O’Reilly for a limited time 35% off print book purchases for user group members Use discount code DSUG when ordering online oreilly.com/store

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. Ann Arbor Give Camp September 17-19 Washtenaw Community College AnnArborGiveCamp.org

22. Tech Book Exchange

23. Wed Aug 256-9PM

24. 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/

25. CafePress.com/MiGang

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

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

31. Fabulous Prizes!

32. Drive Safely