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This month January 2008

1. ADNUG Meeting Program – 9^th January2. Employment requests3. Australian SQL Server User Group meeting – 10^th January.4. Beta version of new ADNUG website 5. Free VB2005 book from Microsoft Press. Still there, still free.  1. ADELAIDE DOT NET USERS GROUP.                 The next meeting of ADNUG will be held on WEDNESDAY 9th January at 5.45pmat   
SA Innovation Centre ,  Level 2,  Westpac House, 91 King William Street, Adelaide .  Visitors welcome. See below for Programme.     Special Door Prize for members tonight SHAREPOINTWednesday’s meeting will be devoted to Sharepoint. There has been a lot of interest expressed in forming a Sharepoint User Group. (ASPUG?). This will be discussed at tonights meeting.  PROGRAMME
 5.45 pm Finger food and Drinks. Have some nibbles and refreshments before we start     Have something to eat before the meeting.   6.15 pm questions and answers. Bring along your .Net problems for discussion from members.  6.25 pm Daniel Brown – Sharepoint Architect – Sharepoint resources in Adelaide The presentation will cover what is currently available in the local community in terms of SharePoint and how the Adelaide SharePoint User group plans to fit. It will also cover how ASPUG will handle social networking and support groups to help future SharePoint resources and skills. And finally, it will cover on how to get involved with the user group and try to answer any questions people may have.  About Daniel Primary role as a C# / .NET Developer Daniel moved into SharePoint technologies where he focused on development and support for SharePoint while at OBS. Now Daniel is located at Hostworks, where he is the SharePoint Architect and Application developer. Involved in other User groups such as Adelaide .NET User group, Australian Computer Society and System Administrators guild of Australia, he is looking to form the Adelaide SharePoint User group to increase the local SharePoint community and provide opportunities for new comers to the industry. Now calling South Australia home, Daniel lives with his wife and son and is located at Hostworks. 7.05 pm Peter Griffith—More on SharepointWhat’s Sharepoint all about? Peter will give an overview of the Sharepoint scene for administrators and developers.. 7.45 pm Meeting close 2. Employment Requests There is a request for a developer for some SharePoint (WSS) development. The work we have includes the following types of coding tasks: -          SharePoint Services 3.0 customisation using Visual Studio 2005-          Development of custom content types-          Development of WSS features-          Development of custom site templates-          Development of custom aspx pages and C# code inside WSS-          C# code For contact details please reply to this email with Subject “Sharepoint Development”  3. AUSTRALIAN SQL SERVER USER GROUP meeting: Venue: Level 2 Westpac House (91 King William Street Adelaide) Duration 2 hours (including light lunch) 12:00 – 2:00pm On Thursday 10^th JanuaryExploring the new spatial data types, functions and indexes directly related to the real world using the interactive browser based Virtual Earth control.John O’Brien  is a consultant who specialises in Microsoft .NET development including ASP.NET AJAX, DotNetNuke and Windows Live Services.
http://www.sqlserver.org.au/Events/ViewEvent.aspx?EventId=291   4. Beta of new ADNUG web siteThanks to Paul for getting the new web site to a stage that we can now get this project underway to further develop the site.http://paulturner.is-a-geek.com:9001/default.aspx This is an opportunity to do some work and get experience in Sharepoint 2007.  We are looking for “volunteers” and beginners to get involved. You will be supported and mentored. See latest suggestions at http://pgriffith.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/developing-new-adnug-website/  Pick a function that needs to be added to the site and volunteer.  5. Free from Microsoft PressFree Microsoft Press book (PDF) – Introducing Visual Basic 2005 for Developershttp://msdn.microsoft.com/vbrun/staythepath/additionalresources/IntroTo2005/default.aspx       Join the MSDN Connection.  http://www.microsoft.com/australia/msdn/default.aspx  for details Going Interstate? For list of Australian User Groups  http://www.microsoft.com/australia/msdn/usergroups.aspx Subscribe to MSDN Flash  http://msdn.microsoft.com/flash. Australian Dot Net Users Group ADNUG  http://www.adnug.com  notice of meetings  http://www.adnug.com/notices.htm   Member of INETA http://www.ineta.org  http://www.ineta.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=1&tabid=20  SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS FOR ACCESS TILL 7PM.The doors from Topham Mall opposite the lifts for 2nd floor are not locked till 7pm. Access through lane from Topham MallIf doors are locked when you arrive, ring  0408 832 891 or 0403 432393 and we will come down to the After Hours exit in Currie St and let you in but only till 7pm... PG mobile 0408 832 891 http://pgriffith.wordpress.com/feed/