Community Connection Events - What the Heck?

On top of doing 2 launch events (Toronto & Vancouver) and the Technology tour accross Canada, Microsoft will host a series of community events in Canada.  After reading the events description (read below), you may wonder what the heck this all about!

In today’s constantly changing world, everything from our jobs to the technology is moving at a rapid pace.  As such, it is important to build out a plan to grow our skills and network to help guide and support our career.   Brought to you in collaboration with CIPS and ICTC, these interactive workshops will look at some of the core changes that are occurring from a technology, industry, community and career perspective - sharing experiences and connecting you with key individuals in your community to support your plan.

Yeah right!  Like I want to attend that!  John Bristowe even wrote this in the latest MSDN Flash:

Finally, there has been some misunderstanding about the community events that will be occurring in 14 cities across Canada during the 2008 Heroes Happen Here Launch Tour. For those of you who are wondering, the main goal of these community events is to have fun, to provide an opportunity for you to connect with your peers during a workshop activity and to celebrate the heroes in your community. I know the original description is pretty dry, but rest assured that my team owns these activities and you will benefit greatly from them. We made this event for you. So, please make sure to register at http://msdn.microsoft.ca/launch/. (Click on "Register {here}" and then the right tab entitled, "Community Connection Events".)

Well, Rick Claus took the time to write a blog post explaining in details what will happen at these community events:
http://blogs.technet.com/canitpro/archive/2008/02/04/community-connection-events-diamond-in-the-rough.aspx

Now that's a lot clearer so make sure to register early, places are limited.