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PLEASE read the following message and consider being an attendee, a sponsor, a volunteer, or all three:

GLUGnet, the Greater Lansing User Group for .Net, is announcing their third Lansing Day of .Net (LDODN) event on Saturday June 25th at the Okemos MI offices of TechSmith Corporation. The last LDODON event was held two years ago at the MSU Breslin Center and was a huge success.

This FREE event includes lunch, beverages, snacks, prizes, and a BBQ cookout after a full day of educational sessions on software craftsmanship and the newest .Net technologies.

LDODN prides itself on doing something unique at each event. This year we will have an inflatable slide in the parking lot if you want to take a break from the sessions for a little fun. During the BBQ after the event, we will have a dunk tank to raise money for the Lansing Impression 5 Science Museum.

If you wish to attend, registration is limited to 150 attendees. Register soon at http://www.dayofdotnet.org/Lansing/2011/Register.aspx.

If you or your company are able to help sponsor the event, contact Joe Kunk at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). We are urgently looking for cash sponsorship to help defray the conference expenses as well as prizes and swag for the attendees. A sponsor prospectus and invoice form can be downloaded at http://s3.amazonaws.com/Glugnet/LDODN_2011.zip

If you are able to volunteer to help prepare for the event or for a couple hours during the event, please contact me for a volunteer task list and schedule.

GLUGnet is a 100% volunteer non-profit Michigan corporation dedicated to Microsft .Net oriented education and networking. Anything you can do to help contibute to the success of the Lansing Day of .Net on Saturday June 25th will be GREATLY appreciated.

Hope to hear from you soon!

Regards,
Joe Kunk

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This weekend I participated in the 2011 Columbus Give Camp. Give Camps are weekend long events where developers and designers donate their time to help out worth charities. A good majority of the time projects are to create or update charity websites but it is by no means limited to that.

This year there were 5 charites that were lucky enough to be selected:

• Ohio WildLife Center
• Northwest Plains District Family Church Camp
• Gallery 202: Partners in Art
• Interface Center of Peace
• Pets Without Parents

I was on a team with my co-workers at Quick Solutions, Inc. We were privlidged to get to work for the charity Pets Without Parents. The team updated the current plain static pages to a SiteFinity backed CMS solution. We have some training with the charity so currently the new site isn’t live for the public yet but it will be soon.

It was a wonderful weekend and I had a great time. If you’re in the area please think about helping out next year!