.NET invade student community
I attended an opening ceremony in the Department of Computing, Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education last Sat, and the name of that event is ".NET Student Union Opening Ceremony".
(all of our heads turn left, right, left... all the times) 
Yeah, I'm glad to be a guest of this event and meet the department head - Mr. L K TSANG, Justice of the Peace. Both of us like looking at the fruit in harvest. :)
That "Union" is actually formed by a group of students, which is a voluntary group primarily focus on .NET technology. Personally, I'd treat it as a Going-To-Be-UserGroup union as this group is actually initiated by our Hong Kong .NET User Group. ;)
We've contacted the professor and doctors in that institution and organized a series of .NET presentation and keep contact with the students over there.
In the new academic year in Sept 2003, the department of computing changed their syllabus and firstly introduced “.NET“ as their compulsory courses. we sponsored 5 x final year projects this year and approached a couple of the students and professors in the meantime. After a couple of meetings and discussion with all of them, an idea of ".NET Study Group" (which mean a user group for students) appeared and now, it officially formed as a ".NET Student Union"! :-D
The role of our Hong Kong .NET User Group in this "Student Union" is as an advisor, we cooperate and work closely with the student leaders, we exchanage idea and be a partner in many situations. However, the standpoint of our .NET User Group and .NET Student Union are clarified by me in a meeting right after the ceremony clearly, such that no overlapping of work or misunderstanding among our two groups for the public, and I think I'll encourage them to register in INETA in the coming months, provided that their structure, mission and ideas are stablized.
It's so nice to see the students gather, discuss and form this "union" by themselves actively, the environment and formation of that ceremony and student union are so great.