Today the mail delivered a recognition award for CINNUG: 3 years with INETA! The award included a nice letter from Chris Wallace (below) and a certificate:
Dear Mike Wood,
Congratulations on your INETA user group membership anniversary!
It Is always great to work with people like you - leaders building our user group community. Successful user groups have a strong leader, like you, with a core support group working for the common good of the developer community which we serve.
There is no cookie-cutter kit - we know that each user group in our INETA family is unique. The success of our independently run volunteer member user groups is based upon each one being a grass-roots effort of local people with a common interest. The best part of a user group and of INETA is its community of members.
Building a strong base of volunteers helps each of our user groups face their many challenges, like growing membership, obtaining a venue, getting sponsors, planning meetings, and maintaining a web site. We know that a quality user group will require and demand a continuous effort and huge amounts of your volunteer time -- paid back many-fold in the personal knowledge from which you will gain the highest quality community experience.
Help us in INETA know your user group by getting to know your area INETA Membership Mentor -- your number one contact for membership assistance with INETA.
The enclosed certificate is our formal way to show you that we deeply appreciate you and your volunteer efforts to benefit our shared community as members of INETA. Please share your certificate with your user group members, show your family, and display it at your office. Please read this letter to your user group members. We are proud of you and your user group - each of you are valued members of INETA!
INETA - "The Face of .NET" - embodied in you, our user group community leaders and members!
Regards,
Chris Wallace | Microsoft MVP
INETA Board of Directors, Vice President - Membership | www.INETA.org
INETA - "The Face of .NET"