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April 24 A proud Influencer (I’m giving a $10k+ Prize Giveaway)Fair warning, I’m combining several blog posts into one. As a father, there’s nothing that makes you more proud than to see your son take his first steps, say daddy for the first time, or catch his first ball. In my professional career I’m extremely proud of the accomplishments my peers have been making. These are the people I’ve been working with and helping their professional community efforts, and while I like to think I helped them in some way, truth be told, they entirely did the work on their own and wholeheartedly earned their award. Most recently, the following people have been recognized for their efforts:
This weekend, April 25th 2009, will be the first Northwest Arkansas Code Camp, organized by Jason Vogel and the NWA .Net User Group. If I haven’t met you, please come by and say hi. I’ll be manning the registration desk all day and I will be giving away a Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) software package valued at over $10,000, which includes almost all of Microsoft’s software. Be sure and get there early, I hear the iPhone session will be well attended. More information can be found at http://codecamp.nwadnug.org/ March 31 INETA Board of Directors Conference CallI’m currently on my first INETA Board of Directors Conference Call and I thought I’d keep people updated on what’s going on, as there’s some really good stuff being discussed. I know one of the perception problems, is that INETA is a black hole, which is on the top of my list to help change, and hopefully by doing this, that perception will change. If you’d like to write content for the various code magazines, there are opportunities for you! Community Night (aka Birds of a Feather) at TechEd is going to be a huge component of the event, with lots of free food and drink. Supposedly it might replace the Attendee Party. We’ll be looking for hosts (to help out with the logistics), and who knows, you may get a few perks for being a host. TechEd attendance numbers are down, which is to be expected in this economy. There is a Board of Director’s meeting in Raleigh Durham, NC (we’ll be on campus during tournament time, which is where our hotel is). Please be sure to post / e-mail the topics that you’d like covered. Overall, the call went well and the only concerns I had is with some legal documents, which will be discussed during the Board meeting. Technorati Tags: INETA March 20 New FedEx SSL Cert is bound to cause problemsHaving done some thorough research with code signing certifications and SSL certs, am I wrong in thinking that FedEx has royally screwed up? I had to double and triple check that the link provided wasn’t a phishing attack of some sort, and it all looks valid. Forcing your customers to install a cert that doesn’t have a root already installed in Windows is major trouble! Why would VeriSign sell FedEx such a crappy product? I have a cheap Comodo SSL cert for my Exchange server, and it wreaks all sorts of havok when connecting my Windows Mobile device to it. Someone has made a very poor decision, or perhaps I’m missing something.
INETA Board of Directors Appointment
INETA has a great gimmick. Give someone a award and then recruit them to do volunteer work! While I am completely joking, I was recently appointed to INETA’s Board of Directors. Congratulations go out to my fellow Board Members. Rob Zelt, President Our first order of business will be a Board Meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina from April 3rd to April 5th. I have long recognized many of the problems INETA has had, and I hope to participate and help resolve them. A majority of the issue revolves around the perception INETA has. Things such as speaker requests becoming a black hole, requests come in, but no one knows what’s going on. Many of the older established user groups don’t recognize value in INETA, something which I hope to help remedy. Lastly, one of my goals is to provide more value to the user groups, such as a free website portal for all user groups. If we can provide a free website portal/template with hosting and email, I think this will bring tremendous value to all user groups. If you have ideas on how INETA can be improved, please shoot me an email or leave feedback. We all want to see INETA improve, and that can only happen with your participation. March 17 Ozarks .Net User Group – Claudio Lassala (Laptop giveaway)I wanted to make sure and draw attention to the effort that Brandon King in Harrison, Arkansas has given towards promoting this event. There are some major giveaways, and we will be arranging a carpool from Springdale to drive the 1:30 to give a good showing from the NWA DNUG crew. Details:
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