- The Great Lakes Area .NET Users Group met on March 16, 2011 along with the Greater Detroit Cloud Computing User Group to discuss cloud computing. - The document lists the 2011 executive officers and volunteers of the group. It also provides contact information and lists current sponsors. - Upcoming events and special interest groups are announced, and details are provided about the group's 2011 goals and an ongoing membership drive contest.

1. Great Lakes Area .NET Users Group March 16, 2011 Co-presented with The Greater Detroit Cloud Computing User Group

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 Dave Kroondyk Jennifer Marsman, Den Mother 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

5. Platinum Sponsor

6. Platinum Sponsor

7. Platinum Sponsor

8. Platinum Sponsor

9. Platinum Sponsor

10. Gold sponsors

11. Gold sponsors

12. Silver Sponsors

13. Bronze Sponsors

14. Bronze Sponsors

15. 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 CODE Magazine 33% off subscription 1 Year (6 issues) $29.99 $19.99 www.codemag.com/subscribe/migang

16. 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

17. Supporting Members

18. Supporting Members

19. 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

20. 2011 Membership Drive February – June 2011 1 Entry for each meeting attended 1 Entry for each new guest you bring* Grand prize drawing at June meeting Grand Prize: Xbox Kinect * A new guest is someone who has not attended a GANG meeting in the previous 12 months

21. Membership Drive Fine Print At each meeting, be sure the GANG Secretary has recorded your attendance, your e-mail address and the names and e-mail addresses of any new guests you bring. At each Codeslingers, write your name and address on the attendance sheet. For each GANG meeting or Codeslingers you attend between February and June 2011, you will receive an entry into a drawing. For each new guest you bring to a GANG meeting, you will receive an additional entry. A new guest is one who has not attended a meeting in at least 12 months. A new guest may be considered a guest of at most one member. Once a guest has attended a meeting they are no longer considered new; However, they may increase their own odds of winning by attending more meetings and bringing new guests of their own. No circular references allowed (aka, two new people can’t show up together and put that they were each referred by the other). A drawing will be held at the June meeting. The winner will receive an XBox with Kinect. You must be present at the June meeting in order to win.

22. Any First-Time Attendees?

23. Upcoming GANG Meetings * co-sponsored by the Detroit Cloud Computing Group

24. Other User Groups

25. Upcoming Events * = tentative

26. Upcoming Events * = tentative

27. Special Interest Groups (SIG) Gerhard Weiss

29. Wed Apr 66:30-9PM

30. Epitec Offices, 24800 Denso Dr. Suite 150 Southfield, MI 48033This 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.” Source: http://mvwood.com/blog/bitslingers-4-6-2009/ TinyUrl.com/Codeslingers Codeslingers@migang.org

31. CafePress.com/MiGang

34. Next Month Charles Stacy Harris III and Gus Issa Presents Introduction to the .NET Micro Framework and “The Internet of Things” April 20, 2011

36. Not a sponsored event!

37. Maps are located on the counter in back of the room.Copper Canyon Brewery and Restaurant 27522 Northwestern Hwy

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

39. Fabulous Prizes! Raffle Ticket Picker

40. Drive Safely Next Month: Charles Stacy Harris III and Gus Issa presents An Introduction to the .NET Micro Framework and the “Internet of Things” April 20, 2011