I just arrived home from the FVNUG (Fox Valley .NET Users Group) meeting. I presented on F# (as usual). For a young group, i.e. this was only their second meeting, I thought they were well organized. I'm looking forward to visiting with them in the future, hopefully as a speaker, but definitely as an audience member. The meeting was more formal than those hosted by the WI .NET Users Group. One part that I really enjoyed was the "roundtable discussion". After I completed my presentation, I returned to my seat in the audience and the Chapter President, Chuck Goehler, opened the floor to questions about all things .NET. Any question was fair game and the idea was to get the group to talk about experiences in software development and in particular with applications in .NET. Because the group is new, a lot of topics were raised and those topics became future speaker topic items of interest.
I want to thank the group for their time. I also personally want to thank a few of the new officers of FVNUG:
- Chuck Goehler - President
- Christy Giblin - Director of Membership
- David Palfery - Director of Events
There were others to thank as well, but Chuck, Christy and David have started building a first-rate users group. If you are in the Fox Valley area, the group is looking for members and for leaders. I do know that they have a nine person board, for which only five positions have been filled. Visit FVNUG's web site if you are interested in either participating in these events, or are interested in becoming a board member. I can see this group growing quickly, so now is a good time to get in and make an impact.
Don't forget - Deeper in Dot Net is coming April 22, 2006. Space is limited, so register early . . .
Just a reminder that I'll be speaking at the the Fox Valley .NET Users Group tonight. I mentioned the details earlier here.
I'm leaving in an hour or so . . .