• Happenings Around INETA Asia Pacific (APAC)
   
• Editor's Note
   
• Up Close with .Net leaders
   

The APAC .Net Channel

• Usergroup Activities around APAC
   

.Net User Groups in APAC

Australia

• MUCSA
   
• Newcastle Coders Group
   
• Perth .Net Usergroup
   
• Sydney .Net Usergroup
   
• QLD VSTS Usergroup

Bangladesh

• Bangladesh

China

• Microsoft .NET Club

India

• MaduraiDotnet
   
• Mugh

Malaysia

• KING (Kuching)
   
• MIND (KL)

New Zealand

• Hawke's Bay .NET User Group
   
• New Zealand .Net User Groups

Singapore

• SGDOTNET

Sri Lanka

• Colombo .NET User Group

If you would like to include your user group in this list, please drop the editor an email.


Contributing Authors

• Alvin Lau 

Translators
 
Chinese translation

• Kevin Yu
• Xiaoyu Shi

Korean translation

• Se Young Oh

Newsletter Team
Ivan & WH

 

About INETA
INETA is the next evolution in user group communities—a non-profit, independent organization, chartered with supporting all user groups interested in the Microsoft .Net platform.

INETA is run by a Board of user group leaders, elected by their peers, and supported by Microsoft Corporation and other sponsors.

Happenings around Asia Pacific
Most of you should have received the survey we emailed you about see more online at http://apac.ineta.org Post the survey an important question which I'd like to ask all of you, what is the value of INETA to you.

We offer a number of services:
1. Speaker Bureau - Where each user group leader can request a speaker 3 times a year and INETA completely sponsors the cost.
2. UG Event sponsorship - Where once a year we sponsor a user group related event.
3. CLT - Where we provide technical content in collaboration with Microsoft. I know a lot of you have complaints about delivery. Unfortunately we don't control that Microsoft does.
4. Academic support - Where we help new academic groups by holding workshops at universities and colleges.
5. Newsletter - The primary means for leaders to learn about activities of groups across APAC.
6. UG KIT - We send out a UG kit, with freebies such as T-shirts, banners, software giveaways etc.

What I need you to do is drop an email rating each service listed above from 1 to 10 where 10 is completely satisfied, and 1 is useless. In addition to rating the above services list, describe only one additional service which you think is of top most priority to you and your group. One last question is related to the operation of INETA, do you think INETA would be better served with paid staff, who are available all the time rather than volunteers who are not necessarily available all the time?
Note: This data will be shared within Microsoft & INETA and with other leaders without your personal details.

Sanjay Shetty,
President, INETA APAC sanjay.shetty@ineta.org

Usergroup Activities around APAC

Singapore LOVE Community Launch by Alvin Lau LOVE 2007 Community Launch was held on 28th April 2007, jointly organized by Singapore .NET Professional User Group (SGDOTNET), Singapore Windows User Group (SWUG) and Singapore Office User Group (SGOG). The SG Communities were host to around 140 participants, comprising of IT Professionals, Information Workers and not forgetting the Developers. LOVE 2007 was held around the launch of Vista, Office and Exchange 2007, and there were 2 tracks (IT Pro and Developer) to cater to various audience. Topics covered range from Vista Enterprise Security features, Exchange 2007 High Availability and Clustering to Windows Workflow Enabled Applications and were delivered by 9 experts in each field. There was also a Ask-The-Expert corner, where participants could drop by and ask the experts on their burning questions and thoughts. Keynote Speakers - Dilip Mistry (Left) and Matthew Hardman (Right) Left - Speakers for the event Right - Participants of the LOVE Community Launch Most participants who stayed throughout the entire day went home knowing more about the various new products, as well as winning prizes from the lucky draw. Handouts include IT books, Office 2007, Vista, Visual Studio 2005 and many more... It was definitely a rewarding day for many of them! Participants at the end of the day Speakers, Event Organizers and Microsoft Singapore Staff LOVE 2007 is proudly sponsored by Microsoft, INETA, Disk Keeper and O’Reilly books, and a co-ordinated effort of many outstanding MVPs, Microsoft employees and community experts.

Up Close with .Net Leaders In this issue, we got in touch with Xiaoyu Shi, who is the usergroup lead for the Nanjing (China) .Net Club.   Xiaoyu Shi Usergroup Lead, Nanjing .Net Club   1. Can you share with us an overview of the .Net community scene in Nanjing (China)? Nanjing .NET club is founded in Aug 1st 2004. With fast development in 3 years, we have more than 15k register members including 400+ most active developers. The club provides a platform for Nanjing developers to study and communicate with each other. Through regular and specific events, we deliver up to date and .NET technology to our members and make the opportunities for them to further communications. Thanks for all sponsors (Microsoft, INETA) and people who make it possible and better for us. 2. Do share with us the activities that have been organized for the community? Aug.1st, 2004, held the first Nanjing Programmers Technical Conference, established the Nanjing Programmer Club.More than 90 members attended the event. In Aug 2005, we held the second Nanjing Programmers Technical Conference, and expanded the report of Nanjing Programmers club in software R&D profession More than 150 members attended the event. In Nov, 2006, we held the third Nanjing Programmers Technical Conference. More than 180 members attended the event. More than 180 members attended the event. 3. What do you think will be the next-wave of applications that will change the world? Artificial intelligence, Search, Personalized and productive web application with advantage of desktop, “Uniform message platform” likes PBX 4. What words of wisdom would you give to fellow user group leaders? Share knowledge, Progress everyday.