Registration open for Boston Area SharePoint Users Group on 10/21/10 – Hosted by the SharePoint Technology Conference

For our October 21st meeting, we are joining forces with the SharePoint Technology Conference at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge (see www.sptechcon.com for more information on the venue). BASPUG members who sign up for this special meeting of the group, will be admitted free attendance to the SPTechCon Exhibit Hall Attendee Reception. Browse vendors, enjoy some food and drink starting at 5:45PM, and then, we will be getting together at about 7PM in one of the available rooms to hold a special panel on SharePoint 2010.

PRESENTERS

• Bill English (www.MindSharp.com)
• Andrew Connell (www.AndrewConnell.com)
• Joel Oleson (www.SharePointJoel.com)
• Heather Solomon (www.HeatherSolomon.com)
• Mark Miller (www.EndUserSharePoint.com)
• Dux Raymond Sy (www.MeetDux.com)

SESSION ABSTRACT

This will be an open "Ask the Experts" panel on SharePoint 2010. Bring your questions, concerns about development, branding, administration, migration, usage, and more!

SUSTENANCE
Food and beverages will be available at the event at the exhibit hall reception. After the meeting, depending on interest, we will adjourn to a local watering hole to keep the discussions going.

MEETING SPONSOR
Our sponsor for this meeting is the SharePoint Technology Conference.

The SharePoint Technology Conference, October 20-22 in Cambridge, MA, is the world’s premier independent event for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server technology and services. The format includes 80+ technical classes, workshops and breakout classes with content geared to IT professionals, business managers and developers.  It features a dozen Microsoft MVPs, 35 expert MS speakers and solutions from 50+ exhibitors.  Boston Area SPUG members can receive a $100 discount off the Full Event Passport and/or gain free admission to the exhibits (first time registrants only – cannot be combined with other offers) by inserting the code MEDIASPONSOR when prompted on the eRegistration page linked from www.sptechcon.com.

RAFFLE PRIZES
We will be handing out raffle tickets at the BASPUG meeting for the following items.

• 1 License for SharePoint Zip from Black Blade Associates ($2000 value)
• 1 2009 SharePoint Conference Content Pass (access to all slide decks and recorded presentations – $500 Value)
• 1 Licenses for BCS MetaMan from Lightning Tools ($1200 value)
• Books, X-Box Games, and T-Shirts.

AGENDA

• 5:45p – 6:45p
  • Enjoy the free exhibit hall reception at the SharePoint Technology Conference!
• 6:45p – 7p
  • Sign-in, networking, raffle ticket hand-outs, introductions, other events, news, member announcements.
• 7:00p – 8:00p
  • Speaker Panel
• 8:00p – 8:30p
  • Q&A, raffle, member announcements, networking, open discussion

LOCATION
We will be meeting at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge, located in Cambridge, MA. For more information on the facility, as well as directions, please visit here: http://cambridge.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp

For more information, and to register, please visit http://www.bostonsharepointug.org/

Please help spread the word on twitter, blogs, and by any other medium! Follow us on twitter at @BASPUG, and by twitter hashtag #BASPUG. Join our LinkedIn group here: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2878468. We are also now on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Boston-Area-SharePoint-User-Group/113652405354617 (Yeah, we’re now mavens of the social networking world… we might just work with Coleman and start showing up at campgrounds now too!)

We hope to see you there!