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Just wanted to post a follow-up reminder regarding the meeting next week.  Hope to see you there!

For those of you just skimming these postings, please pay attention to these THREE things (if nothing else!

- PLEASE RSVP - As soon as you can via the link here (click)!

- For Parking - Please do not use the visitor parking at the front door of the building.  Due to limited space, please use the visitor parking on the other side of Viceroy.  Once in the building, go to the 2nd floor, and the receptionist will direct you to the appropriate room.

- Look over the details for the Spring 2008 release - (see Admin Preview).  We will be talking about these, and would be great if folks can talk about how they are considering to use some of these features.

See you there!

P.S. - if you get lost on your way over, call Laura at 469-713-4436

Next meeting of the Dallas Salesforce User Group:
Friday February 22nd, 2008 - 11:45am - 2:00pm

*Lunch will be provided at 11:45am (so we can start the meeting at noon) - All those in attendance have a chance to win a gift certificate for dinner at a restaurant to be determined!*

Location:
Freeman
1600 Viceroy,
Dallas, TX 75235

This is the same location as the meeting from last August, so hopefully this will make it easier to find.

Take the Regal Row exit off 35E.  If you’re coming from the north, turn Left onto Regal Row.  Turn Right if you’re coming from the south. (toward Harry Hines Blvd).  Viceroy is about 2 blocks down Regal Row.  You’ll see a tall brown building with “FREEMAN” at the top of the building.  Come to the 2nd floor and check in with the receptionist.  She will direct you to the room.

Many thanks to Laura Hendrix with Freeman for securing the location for this meeting.

Where is Freeman?
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http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1600+Viceroy,,+Dallas,+TX+75235&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=51.089971,72.333984&ie=UTF8&ll=32.832866,-96.851606&spn=0.056037,0.107546&z=14&iwloc=addr&om=1

Topics:
- Discuss the past City Tour
- 15-minute Guest Presentation
- Spring 2008 release - (see Admin Preview)
- Share your Tips and Tricks

Guest Sponsor Presentation - Customer Reference Programs with References-Online
My name is Jim Mooney, CEO of References-Online.  Having spent the majority of my career as a VP of Sales in the High-Tech industry, I understand the positive impact on marketing and sales that recruiting and maintaining a significant reference base can have. References-Online develops targeted, results-oriented Customer Reference Programs that help Fortune 2000 companies achieve significant enhancements in the quality, consistency and effectiveness of their customer referrals . This includes verifying the overall customer relationship with the vendor, helping our customers identify all the reference-related opportunities that exist, and utilizing these references earlier in the sales cycle.

Our differentiation is our ability to help you BOTH recruit and capture your best references, and to integrate them into a variety of innovative and compelling sales and marketing media. We are quickly becoming a market leader in this newly emerging space. I look forward to sharing how References-Online can assist you and your organization in leveraging one of your company’s most valuable assets – your customers

TO RSVP:
Please reply with a *COMMENT* to this *POSTING*
(and please send an email to Scott and Laura just as a backup, using the email address below).

Who should attend?
These meetings are generally targeted towards the Salesforce "champions" within an organization.  This includes the administrators, implementers, trainers, team leads, etc. 

If you have any questions/comments regarding topics or locations for future meetings, please use the email below:
skincaid@usabilitysciences.com

To post/view blogs relating to the Dallas group, please check out the following link:
http://dreamforce.blogs.com/dallas/

See you soon!

P.S. *IMPORTANT*- If you are going, are just *thinking* of planning to attend, *please* simply reply to this posting to help us get a headcount for the lunch!  If you wish to pass this note to others that are not members, please have them register at:
http://usergroups.salesforce.com/dallas/ first.