CINNUG Blog

June 2007 - Posts

• Looking for Study Group Leader Volunteers

  A few meetings ago I asked if people would be interested in having study groups offered through the user group.  We had quite a few hands go up, so I'm now asking for volunteers to help run some study groups.  I'm starting a new Study Group forum on the CINNUG site to help get this going.  Here is what I envision as a study group: A group of CINNUG members interested in obtaining a shared study goal.  A study goal could be a certification, passing a specific exam or learning a new technology. The group can decide to meet separately from the User Group meetings or simply communicate online via the forums (I can create a new forum for each group if we want), newsgroups or email. The group would have a study group leader to help keep everyone on track. The group is a community effort, meaning that everyone in the group should be helping get to the end goal. I see the role of the study group leader as someone who: Ensures that the group stays on track for the study goal. Helps facilitate communication between the group members. Moderates, or facilitates the study group meetings if there are any. Compiles the study resources found by the group. If you are looking to pass an exam in the future then being a study group leader for that goal is a good way to give you lots of incentive to reach your goal.  If you are interested, please contact me through the site contact form: http://cinnug.org/blogs/blog/contact.aspx. MAX Train has volunteered to provide some insight into the new certification paths that Microsoft has started, as well provide a list of resources of the classes they offer that will help you reach those certifications. Posted Jun 24 2007, 01:20 PM by MikeWo with 2 comment(s) Filed under: General News

• June 2007 Meeting Recap

  Scott Cate presented at our June meeting and we had a great turnout.  The talk was THE best talk I've seen given on the MVP Pattern.  He did an excellent job describing the pattern.  We had 41 attendees, which is pretty good for a nice summer night. You can find the presentation materials here: http://cinnug.org/files/folders/presentation/entry588.aspx. The announcements were pretty light this month.  DevCares is taking a summer break for July, so look for the next meeting in August.  Next month Suganthi Giridharan will be giving a talk on assembly rich client applications using the Microsoft Composite UI Application Block.  See you then! Posted Jun 22 2007, 10:16 PM by MikeWo with 4 comment(s) Filed under: General News, presentation materials

• Presentation Materials from Scott Cate's Talk on MVP

  Here is a link to the download that Scott provided for the code he generated during the presentation: http://cinnug.org/files/folders/presentation/entry588.aspx Hope everyone enjoyed the talk!  I'll post the meeting recap a little later in the week. Posted Jun 20 2007, 12:06 AM by MikeWo with 3 comment(s) Filed under: presentation materials

• June 2007 Meeting

  Don't forget, next Tuesday is June's Cincinnati .NET Users Group Meeting.  We are having a special speaker supplied to us by the International .Net Association (INETA), Scott Cate.  Scott is a nationally known speaker, a Microsoft MVP, an author (fiction even!) and a ton of other things that you can read about on the meeting announcement (http://www.cinnug.org).  He's also the man behind the http://kbalertz.com site.    Scott's in town during an Ohio city tour to give a series of talks on .NET. At our meeting he'll talk about the Model View Presenter pattern for UI development with ASP.NET.  This pattern helps you separate your business logic and processing from your UI.   Please come hang out with us next week for pizza, prizes, and of course, lots of geek talk.   Tuesday, June 19th at 6:00 PM at MAX Technical Training in Mason, OH. Posted Jun 13 2007, 11:05 PM by MikeWo with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Meeting Annoucements