Well, one thing I can definitely say I have learned as a result of trying to set up the Greenville Salesforce.com users group meeting, is one should never try to set up a new organization during the summer months. Literally, with just two weeks before the scheduled August 27th kickoff meeting, we just began to gain traction and participation for this meeting.

Given this fact, I think it's in our best interest to delay this meeting by a month and try to have our first meeting at the end of September, not the end of August. Therefore, the August 27th meeting has been canceled.

It is rescheduled for Thursday, September 24th at 5:30PM at the Lazy Goat Restaurant in downtown Greenville. I will be posting another blog with the particulars of the format of the meeting in the weeks to come.

For all of you who have shown interest in this group, I truly do appreciate it. I look forward to speaking with you at our first Greenville, South Carolina Salesforce.com users group meeting, on September 24th at 5:30PM.

If you have any questions or concerns please contact me directed at 813-361-6664 or thomas@thomaswparry.com

Hi everyone.  My name is Thomas Parry and I am establishing the Greenville/Spartanburg Salesforce.com User Group (GSP-Force).  My goal and intent for establishing this group is to  facilitate an environment where education (solutions and applications) and best practices can be found.

I have been using Salesforce.com since 2002, and can truly say it one of the most powerful, flexible and adaptable applications on the market today.  The implementation of SFDC has dramatically improved my efficiency, communication and performance as well as enhanced many functions of my organization.  It is a well accepted fact though, that as we increase our education and usage of a particular application our satisfaction and success increase exponentially.  You have my 100% commitment that I will foster such an environment.

There are several areas by which SFDC “the company” over the years has amazed me – the  speed by which they bring new technology to market and their understanding and commitment to  education.  These two points alone makes me so excited about establishing this user group.  We will help SFDC educate our user group community on the application, base practices, new release/functionality and many more topics. Given our current economic conditions, remote employees can’t justify T&E costs for training so we are forced to seek out alternative resources like a local users group.  We are very blessed to not only have a local company's using SFDC  but also many remote employees using the application. 

Our first meeting will be on Thursday, August 27th at TBA from 5:30pm- 6:30pm.

The agenda for our 1^st meeting is as followed:

1.      Introduction and overview of a Salesforce user group

a.       Corporate overview

b.      Other user group’s overview

2.      Discussion:

a.       Determine the mission and purpose of our group

b.      Group structure

c.       Frequency, content, time of day and location of meetings

d.      Nomination of officers

Again, I’m very excited about this opportunity and I trust everyone in the Greenville / Spartanburg area plans to attend the 1^st meeting to offer input and ideas as we establish the group.

Thomas W. Parry

We are  excited to announce the creation of a User Group for customers in the Upstate area of South Carolina.  Thomas Parry, founder of Linking the Upstate, has volunteered to lead the group and is planning a kick-off meeting for early Summer.

Please sign up for this user group so that you can stay informed of  meetings and events. Just use the simple form on the left under Join Now! and select "Greenville" from the pull-down menu. 

We hope you will get involved!