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To register for Wednesday’s meeting, use the “Visitor without an ACS Id” option (unless you are an ACS member) at

http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=event&area=9005&temID=eventdetails&eveID=10118133346074

This month October 2008

1. ADNUG Meeting Programme – 8^th.October Please Register (by Wed am would help)

2. MS Press Online Store with UG Specials still available!

3. Employment requests

4. Australian SQL Server User Group meeting – Thu 9^th October

5. ASPUG Adelaide Sharepoint User Group meeting – Tue 21^st October

6. Xmas meeting Quiz Night 10^th December

7. Beta version of new ADNUG website

8. Freebies from Microsoft Press for 2008 launches

9. Join the MSDN Connection

10. Sponsors

1. ADELAIDE DOT NET USERS GROUP.

The next meeting of ADNUG will be held on WEDNESDAY 8^th October at 5.45pm

at
SA Innovation Centre , Level 2, Westpac House, 91 King William Street, Adelaide .

Visitors welcome. See below for Programme.

PROGRAMME

5.45 pm Finger food and Drinks. Have some nibbles and refreshments before we start

Have something to eat before the meeting.

6.10 pm Questions and answers. Bring along your .Net problems for discussion from members.

6.15 pm Paul Turner MCT – Strategic Data Mgmt – .NET WORST PRACTICES

http://paulturner.is-a-geek.com/default.aspx

15 common mistakes in .NET programming from memory to data access.

7.05 pm Rob Farley MVP– Lobsterpot Solutions – T-SQL PotPourri

http://msmvps.com/blogs/robfarley

Most of our applications need to talk to databases at some point, and we are probably all ‘capable’ at this. In this talk, Rob will present some T-SQL tips to improve the way that you communicate with your database.

Rob Farley is an Adelaide-based consultant and trainer. He has recently started his own company, called LobsterPot Solutions, and also acts as a mentor for SQLskills in Melbourne and other firms around Australia.

8.00 pm Meeting close

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2. MS Online Press Store User Group Specials

www.mspress.com.au

User Group Members offer of 30% discount on all books on the site. We’d love your help to promote the store to your community by blogging about the site and including the URL in your newsletters and other communication to your User Group Members.

Some of the great advantages of www.mspress.com.au include:

- Express delivery

- Competitive pricing

- Easy Keyword Search facility

- Latest titles and Books of the Month

- Large inventory

- Newsletter sign-up

- All User Group Members will receive a 30% discount by using this Code at Checkout (members email PG for code).

3. Employment Requests

No employment requests this month

4. 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 9^th October

http://www.sqlserver.org.au/Events/RegisterMeeting.aspx?EventId=359

to Register

5. ASPUG ADELAIDE SHAREPOINT USER GROUP meeting:

Venue: 5.45pm Level 26 Westpac House, 91 King William Street Adelaide.

Tuesday 21^st October 2008

To join ASPUG and/or be on mailing list click on www.aspug.org.au

6. XMAS Meeting Quiz Night:

A Quiz night is being planned for 10^th December.

The Sharepoint, SQL and SBS User Groups have been invited to attend.

Microsoft have been asked to provide Questions and Answers (multichoice).

Sorin will be providing voting handhelds to record and collate the answers in his voting system.

7. Beta of new ADNUG web site

Thanks 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.

8. NEW – Freebies from Microsoft Press

Free e-book offer and Microsoft Press newsletter

The free e-book includes content from three recent publications from Microsoft Press:

•	Introducing Microsoft LINQ by Paolo Pialorsi and Marco Russo (ISBN: 9780735623910) This practical guide covers Language Integrated Query (LINQ) syntax fundamentals, LINQ to ADO.NET, and LINQ to XML. The e-book includes the entire contents of this printed book!
•	Introducing Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX by Dino Esposito (ISBN: 9780735624139) Learn about the 2007 release of ASP.NET AJAX Extensions 1.0, including an overview and the control toolkit.
•	Introducing Microsoft Silverlight 1.0 by Laurence Moroney (ISBN: 9780735625396) Learn how to use Silverlight to simplify the way you implement compelling user experiences for the Web. Discover how to support an object-oriented program model with JavaScript.

Learn more about the free e-book offer, and sign up for the Microsoft Press Book Connection newsletter, a newsletter that provides news about upcoming and recent releases, special offers, and additional information from those who know our books best.

•	Sign up for the free e-book offer and the Microsoft Press newsletter

Check out these additional Microsoft Press books about Visual Studio:

•	Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Step by Step Teach yourself the fundamentals of working with Microsoft Visual Basic 2008—one step at a time. With this book, you work at your own pace through hands-on, learn-by-doing exercises.
•	Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Step by Step Get the hands-on, step-by-step guide to learning about the latest enhancements in Microsoft Visual C# 2008. Visual C#, one of the tools in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, is a modern programming language designed to deliver a productive environment for creating business frameworks and reusable object-oriented components.

9. Join the MSDN Connection. http://msdn.microsoft.com 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.

10. GROUP SPONSORS and SUPPORTERS

Microsoft Pty Ltd http://www.microsoft.com/australia

Better Software Pty Ltd http://www.bettersoftware.com.au

MGM Wireless Ltd http://www.mgmwireless.com

O’Reilly UG Program http://www.oreilly.com

Australian Computer Society http://www.acs.org.au/sa

GUI-Visuals http://www.gui-visuals.biz

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

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The doors from Topham Mall opposite the lifts for 2nd floor are not locked till 7pm.

Enter through the lane from Topham Mall (where the car park is)

If 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..

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