I got another free MSDN subscription to give away, I gave one last night to the Inland Empire User Group.
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How do I make sure to give it to the community? I thought that anybody reading my blog is part of the community. I want to make sure that goes to a person or community that can use it, if you want it, please send me an email or leave a comment and let me know how you going to use it. Do you have an open source project? Are you building an application for a organization to give back? Do you have installed GeoTwitter.NET on your blog? ;-) That gives you points as well. The gift is not for sale. I’ll be happy to send it to a school, another user group or students.
Last night I went to the Inland Empire dot.net User Group, there were 37 enthusiastic people spending their night improving themselves. I must say, I haven’t seen that number of people on a user group in a very long time.
There was, as well, a great presentation from Reza Madani – Business Intelligence with SQL Server 2008; “Reza's presentation covered SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)”
I was very tired, my bed time was overdue. I was shocked that they didn’t had any Internet connection, that challenge alone can be difficult to provide presentations to that user group.
Still a great experience to see a community learning and involved. Its what is all about. Does not matter if you use the ASP.NET forums or a user group, its all the community that at the end of the day will help you improve your skills as a developer.
NOTE: All costs to send the MSDN subscription will be paid by me and the gift is provided by Microsoft. However I assume all taxes laws that may apply and I am responsible for any local, state or federal taxes in connection with any gratuities given. No cost for the recipient of the gift. Microsoft provided the gift to be to share with other individuals of my choosing in the community.
Cheers
Al