And today, we say goodbye...........

Tonight will be my last meeting as the leader of local .NET User Group. It's been a fun year and half, but it is now time to pass the torch to a new set of leaders and let them continue what we have started here. It's been quite an adventure to go from something that was merely an idea, and turn it into a reality. From just a couple of people talking about an idea, to forming a User Group for the .NET community in Chattanooga, to my volunteer work for INETA and serving as the User Group Liaison for User Groups in 3 states, to being given my MVP award by Microsoft for my community work.,  and attending the MVP Summit in Redmond, and the User Group Leader Summit at TechEd in San Diego. What a wild ride it's been!!!

I'm not saying that it's all over. I will still be involved and active in the local user group. I just don't have the time for all of the administrative work. And I will definately still be the INETA Liaison for the Mid-America district. In fact, I have some great plans for the things I can do in that role. After tonight, I can finally begin to focus more on them!! Woohoo! One thing I am planning to is hold a monthly conference call for all of the User Group leaders in the region. This will give them an opportunity to share ideas, successes, and failures. I am looking forward to seeing the Synergy between the group leaders.

The last three years have taught me that I am capable of accomplishing some great things. So keep your eyes open for another idea to become a reality sometime in the future. I'm not at liberty to say what it is right now...........................................
Published 09 November 2004 02:37 PM by eking1013
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# Dan.Wygant.org said on 09 November, 2004 05:43 PM
Dude, congrats on the excellent work you started, finished, and now pass on. I knew from the moment we talked that you HAD to be the next mover & shaker in INeta... now you must take it one more step.

I too am now out of the http://www.HUNTUG.org board of directors... we grew from about 300 about 3 years ago to over 1200 now thanks to INeta.org and Culminis.org and LOTS of volunteers: Andrew, Sujata, Lori, Robert et al ...geeze too many to mention.

Now, IMHO, you and others in INeta must consider the model represented in Culminis.com : That's _my_ opinion and I'm sticking to it. The organization is just so huge now it really needs -and I think can support financially- a small full time staff.

There it is, the can of worms be open & crawlin'. 'Nuf said.

Thanks!
Dan.Wygant.org, Sr. S/W Consultant AppliedOLAP.com
Founder & Public Relations Chair VSdotNetUG.org HUNTUG.org
INeta.org User Group Liaison for Alabama, Louisiana, Alaska, Hawaii, Mississippi
Founding Board Member for Culminis.com

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