Last week, there were several events that I attended were the following: First I attended a Board Meeting of the Greater Cleveland PC User's Group. I met with President Bert Boyd, Vice President Jim Evans, SIG Co Ordinator Karl Kuhn, and Treasurer Ed Biesiada last Monday evening to discuss the future events of The Greater Cleveland PC User's Group. Generally these Board meetings are held periodically to help drive the direction that this group is going in. Next General Meeting will take place on Saturday, November 14 at CSU between 9:30AM to 12:00PM. If interested in joining this group to receive some information on the latest in IT Technology, feel free to visit our website at http://gcpcug.org to find out more.
On Tuesday evening, Sam Nassir's SIG group WPF met at Beacon Hill Building in Independence where current SIG member, Sarah Dutkiewicz, gave an excellent presentation on Silverlight version 3.0. She has a blog with many different articles that can be found on http://www.codinggeekette.com. Following this presentation, a group gathered at Mavis Winkles afterwards to discuss many different things related to IT including the launch of Microsoft's latest operating system Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2. Sam has another SIG group, C#/.NET meeting this Tuesday, October 27th from 6:30 to 8:00PM subject "Production Debugging". Also on Thursday, October 29th, Stephen Toub will be giving a presentation on Parallel PG MNG from 6:30 - 8:00PM.
On Wednesday, Bob Coppege, CIO of Simplex Technologies had speaker, Mark Geyman, of Ohio Biz gave a presentation on giving Small Businesses a strong marketing presence online with his extensive research and experience in Directory Business. After this event, I attended the Workforce Development event out in Twinsburg where various colleges and technical schools merged together to encourage individuals who maybe in transition to consider returning to school and get their degrees and certifications updated. Also featured at this event were assistance with healthcare finances, resume writing, job interview techniques, and different breakout sessions for those interested in getting into a specific field.
On Thursday, Avvenire Solutions, a company based out of Brecksville hosted an event in the morning at Microsoft Center giving presentations on the following: Windows 7 , Server 2008 R2, and Microsoft Office 2010.
Saturday, there were several events. One being at Cuyahoga Valley Career Center held by The Brecksville Chamber of Commerce where several local businesses met to demonstrate what their businesses have to offer to the community. There was also a pancake breakfast to help raise funds for the Brecksville Community.
In the evening, Benedictine High School's German Club held their Octoberfest. Festivities included a festive meal, followed by music/dance, and a raffle. My family was pleased to participate in the event and were happy to win some outstanding prices including 2 free tickets to see the Cavs for next month.
That's the summary for the past week. Stay tuned for next weeks blog.
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