Hey everyone,

 Over the past 2-3 years I have been extensively working with the NJSPUG (New Jersey SharePoint User Group) and NYCSPUG (you get the idea!).  It is amazing to see just how much the NYCSPUG has grown!   I rememeber our first NYCSPUC had about 5 people show up to the first meeting and now the average attendance is like 80+ which is just awesome.  Lately I have been involved with standing up another SPUG in my home state of NJ (hence NJSPUG).  The group is slowly growing and we are trying our best to bring in great speakers and grow the attendance as best as we can.  The one thing that I have learned through working with the NYCSPUG is that in order for a user group to really succeed it needs the help of the community, great technical/business speakers and a format that works for the audience.

So in an effort to recruit the best technical and business speakers I figured my blog might be a great channel for this.  So here goes: 

If you are going to be in the NYC/NJ (Iselin) area and would like to present on  MOSS 2007 or WSS 3.0 then please contact me.  Being a user group we cannot cover travel expenses but we will have a speaker goody basket for you and if you come to NYCSPUG we have free beer after the meetings!

• NJSPUG meets every 3rd Wed of each month
• NYCSPUG meets the 1st Wed of each month

So come contribute to the community and help make the next user group meeting a positive learning experience!

 Cheers,