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• MaduraiDotNet @ Coimabatore
  by M.Arun Kumar (Microsoft Student PartnerUG Lead)
  28th September
  
  MaduraiDotNet reaches beyond Madurai! We have also started targeting
  potential Institutions outside Madurai. As a first step towards this,
  MaduraiDotNet preceded over the first User Group meet of CUGStudents,
  the recently started User Group in Coimbatore with its base in Shakti
  Engineering College.
  
  
  Poster designed for the meeting
  
  The meet was held on 28th September (5.00 P.M to
  7.00 P.M) at Assembly Hall, Shakti Engineering College. Arunkumar and
  Jebasingh gave a basic overview of the activities that a user group
  is expected to perform and opportunities for students around .Net
  technologies. Since the participants were from first and Second
  years, the session just gave an awareness about the User Group and
  the ways to make best utilization of the same. Students were made to
  realize the importance of User Group and Campus Club Activities. Over
  200 students attended the meet and were benefited .Quiz was conducted
  and goodies were given to the winning teams.
  
  
  Arun kumar and Jebasingh during the session
  
   
  
   A student raising a question
  
  We have planned to extend our activities to other cities such as Trichy
  and Sivakasi. We have identified a number of reputed and potential
  institutions in these cities. Also efforts are being taken to convert
  it to a Profession User Group!
  
  
  
  
  A big Thanks to the INETA APAC Team for supporting the MaduraiDotNet
  User Group from the very beginning and to all the people who have made
  this possible.
   
• The Campus Club meets for the month of September were organised in the following days:
  
  1st September 07, Saturday (9:30 A.M to 01:00 P.M)
  
  
  The topics covered are as follows
  1. Working with Style Sheets and Master Pages by G.V. Suganya
  2. ASP.NET Tips & Tricks by Jebasingh, A.D.S
  
  Around fifty three members attended the meet organized in Apple lab of Computer Science Department, Thiagarajar College of Engineering and the Hands On Lab session that was organised in Central Computing Centre, Thiagarajar College of Engineering following the meet.
  
  
  8th September 07, Saturday (9:30 A.M to 01:00 P.M)
  
  
  The various topics covered are as follows
  1. Membership and Login Controls by Jebasingh, A.D.S.
  2. Databinding UI controls using Visual Web Developer by M.Arun Kumar
  
  Around sixty two members attended the meet organized in Computer Science Conference Hall, Thiagarajar College of Engineering and the Hands On Lab that was organised in Central Computing Centre, Thiagarajar College of Engineering following the meet.
  
  22nd September 07, Saturday (9:30 A.M to 11:00 A.M)
  
  The User Group Meet for the month of September was organized. Students from various colleges like MEPCO, Lady Doak, KLN and SIT attended the meet. This UG Meet was full of interactivity and those who answered the questions got goodies sponsored by INETA. The topics discussed are
  
  1. Validation Controls in ASP.NET 2.0 by Prasanna
  2. Understanding postback in ASP.NET by Thangapappa.J & Shyamala Gowri.S
  
  As part of the MaduraiDotNet Campus Reach program, we (Jebasingh,A.D.S & Arun Kumar.M) went to Sethu Institute of Technology on 26th September 07, Wednesday (02:15 P.M to 04:15 A.M) for introducing them to new technologies. The sessions were on WPF and Silverlight. Student Partner Karthikeyan co-ordinated this event in their college.
  
  
  
  A big Thanks to the INETA APAC Team for supporting the MaduraiDotNet User Group from the very beginning and to all the people who have made this possible.
   

Philippines

• PHINUG's October Technical Sharing
  By Jasper Jugan
  
  PHINUG had its October Technical Sharing on 24 October 2007 from 6pm-8pm. We're fortunate enough to be graced by two MVPs, and a Web Developer sharing to you some of the new/exciting things about the Web.
  
  Thank you to all people who appeared last night in PHINUG's October Technical Sharing. Despite ending up late in the evening, I hope you guys enjoyed the night and learned something from the event. Also, thank you to the Microsoft Philippines Developer and Platform Evangelism Group (DPE) for extending their support (for the food and the freebies) for the event.
  
  For those who weren't there, we had 3 speakers:
  
  - Michael Corpuz for Building Tiers for ASP.NET,
  - Eduardo Lorenzo for Spiders - Building a SEO Compliant Website, and
  - Warren Yu for Web Client Software Factories.
  
  I guess the lack of time for Mike Corpuz was the reason why he wasn't able to cover LINQ. Here are some photos from the event last night:
  
  
  
  Again, we would like to thank everyone for participating in this event. We heard your feedbacks and comments through the forms you submitted last night. Of course, there would still be some 'birth pains' to speak of but we would be definitely improve our future events for your convenience.
   

Singapore

• Discover the Passion, Witness the Spirit!
  Community Technology Update, 03 November 2007
  By Lilian Quek
  
  Decked out in their black community polo tees, in a show of love and passion for technology and the community, the influencer army of external and internal Microsoft experts and community leaders trooped down in full force to support the Community Technology Update 2007 (CTU2007) for a meaningful and rewarding experience. The event, which was organized by the Singapore Windows User Group (SWUG) and Singapore Professional .Net User Group (SGDOTNET) with support from the Singapore Office User Group (SGOG), Singapore SQL Server User Group (SGSQL) and Singapore Windows Small Business Server User Group (SBSUG), was aimed to drive and foster closer ties between User Groups and Microsoft and to bring to the community the latest on the following Microsoft technologies.
  
  
  
  The session started off with a hearty welcome address by Microsoft Business Group Lead, KC Phua. The 115 attendees were then treated to an exciting program as this was followed by an update on the latest Microsoft technologies – divided into 2 tracks (IT Professionals and Developers) with each track lasting 75 minutes and delivered exclusively by the Microsoft experts and community leaders. There was also the Ask-the-experts session, Xbox 360 Halo 3 shootout and Windows Server 2008 Faces Campaign to keep the attendees entertained and engaged throughout the day.
  
  
  
  The evening concluded with a light-hearted and rousing closing session by Microsoft Initiative Manager, Matthew Hardman. This was followed by a burst of fun as lucky draws were conducted, with presentation of prizes and photos taking session.
  
  
  
  
  Like all previous community events, CTU2007 was a resounding success and was well-received by the attendees who looked forward to more of such events. Seizing the opportunity to learn from this event was Winston Lee from Arigoo Pte Ltd, he said, ‘I am glad that SWUG invited me to this event. The speakers gave very good tips. It was very beneficial and definitely worth spending my Saturday. I will come again for further such events and do keep up the good topics!’
  
  Going by the commitment and enthusiasm of the community, subsequent community launches will be even better! And we owe a big “Thank You” to the organizers and behind the scenes heroes and heroines:
  
  Community Leaders/MVPs:
  (Alvin Lau, Alan Yap, Loke Kit Kai, Dennis Chung, Dewi Maya, Eugene Tan, Lawrence Ng, Pom Figueroa, Tian-An Tan & Yizhe Shen)
  
  Microsoft Team:
  (Chris Ismael, Chewy Chong, Howard Lo, Jeremy Tan, Jocelyn Mae Villaraza, KC Phua, Maria Green, Matthew Hardman &
  Yasmeen Hameed Chan