After a short hiatus, the Bloomington .NET Users Group is back in action with their next meeting taking place on June 18th at the Microsoft offices in Bloomington (IL). Not only that, we have a brave soul who has volunteered to help get Bloomington.NET officially kicked off the ground. Tod Birdsall has volunteered his time and energy to help bring the .NET community together in Bloomington. Tod is off to a fast start by securing Bloomington.NET’s first sponsor for the upcoming June meeting, with Tek Systems taking care of the food and drinks for all of you hungry developers.

This month’s meeting will have your’s truly providing an overview discussion of the recently announced Microsoft Silverlight. We will also take some time to discuss the group and what you, the community, would like to do with it. Tod will be looking for additional volunteers to help with group activities and coordination.

It’s sure to be a greattime and we hope to see you there!

Also, if you are a business, academic or private institution that would be willing to host the Bloomington .NET Users Group, please let us know. The Microsoft offices in Bloomington just doesn’t have the capacity to support this growing community. Ideally we’re looking for space that can house 50-75 (maybe more) with comfortable seating, A/V capabilities and an environment that nurtures great networking and community connection.

What: Bloomington .NET Users Group
Topic: Microsoft Silverlight
When: Monday, June 18th, 2007, 6PM – 9PM
Where: Microsoft, 2203 E. Empire Street, Suite J, Bloomington, IL

To get an accurate count for the food, please be sure to register.

Technorati tags: bloomington, asp.net, aspnet, ajax, silverlight

Angela Binkowski,Microsoft’s resident Developer Tools Technical Specialist, will be leading a discussion on Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals (or affectionatly known as “Data Dude”) at the next gathering of the Chicago Visual Studio Team System Users Group.

If you’re interested in learningin how to create unit tests for your database schema or controlling your database schema changes with baseline versioning and change management control or how the database professional fits into the Team System Lifecycle Management process, you won’t want to miss this one.

Chicago Visual Studio Team System Users Group

Microsoft Corporation, 77 West Wacker Dr., Suite 2300, Chicago, IL. 60601
June 13th, 2007, 6PM – 9PM

Agenda:

6:00pm – 6:30pm Welcome, Introductions and Pizza
6:30pm – 8:30pm Angela Binkowski Presents Data Dude!
8:30pm – 9:00pm Q&A, Raffle and Wrap Up

Presenter Bio:

Angela Binkowski is the Developer Tools Technical Specialist for the Midwest District. She has been with Microsoft for just over 11 months now, and previously spent 8 years as an IT consultant. She has experience as an architect, developer, tester, business analyst, database engineer, and project manager in the software industry, specifically focused on Microsoft technologies. Angela is a co-founder of the VSTS User group in Chicago. You can read her blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/angelab/default.aspx. Angela is a graduate of Northern Illinois University.

Be sure to bring your Smart card badge from previous meetings to qualify for special prizes! We will be issuing smart cards to new members too, while supplies last.