Hi Everyone.

As you know, Dreamforce is now less than one month away! And since you are a member of the Financial Services User Group, I am happy to announce that you are eligible to receive our user group discount.

• Enter the following promotion code to receive $100 off the registration fee: PROUS1
• Enter the following special code to be entered in a raffle for a backstage pass at the Journey Concert: 101590

I hope to see you in SF!

Thanks, Kara

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to let everyone know the details for the first meeting, which will take place next week.

     Date: Thursday, October 2nd

     Time: 6pm - 8pm

     Location: Cowen and Company - 1221 Avenue of the Americas (between 48th & 49th)

     Topic: Winter ’09 Release, DreamForce, and topics for future meetings

I will be sending out an email shortly to all those currently registered in the group. Please let me know if you are planning on attending this first meeting, by clicking here.

I look forward to meeting all of you and to planning our future meeting topics!

Thanks, Kara

Hello and welcome to the New York Financial Services User Group!

I would like to introduce myself. My name is Kara Freeman and I am very excited to be leading this group. I am a Vice President at Cowen and Company, currently heading up the IT Project Management team. I was responsible for bringing SalesForce.com into our firm and worked closely with the business representatives and our IT staff to ensure a smooth and effective rollout of SFA. We are currently working on several projects on Force.com and we are excited to launch a new Customer Portal. Cowen has been using SalesForce, with great success, for over 2 years and I have been involved in every step.

I hope that this group will provide us all with an open forum to discuss strategies, implementation details, and best practices. The success of this group will be based on the participation of all involved and I welcome comments and suggestions on meeting topics.

Our first meeting is scheduled for Thursday October 2^nd starting at 6pm (location TBD). In this meeting, SalesForce will be discussing the upcoming Winter ’09 Release as well as DreamForce. And hopefully we can come up with a list of topics for future meetings.

I look forward to meeting you all in person. Please feel free to email me any time with questions, suggestions, or just to say “Hi”.

Thanks,

Kara Freeman