At our inaugural Phoenix User Group meeting, we had a lively but small group turnout - 9 persons attended, including myself and our local Salesforce.com Account Executive and Sr. Sales Engineer.  Many thanks to Brad Phillips from Salesforce.com for preparing and presenting a great slide show highlighting some of the new features in Spring '08. If you would like to download a copy, please click on this link:

Download phoenix_sfdc_user_group_meeting_spring_08_features_presentation.ppt .

During the meeting, we introduced ourselves and had brief discussions of members' interests and  challenges.  But most of all, this was a get acquainted meeting, with a discussion of Spring 08 features, and potential sponsors for future meetings (e.g. AppExchange business partners). Various suggestions were made for possible topics for the next meeting. The general consensus of the group was to highlight more feature tips and techniques, and share case studies of challenges and solutions. 

Since the turnout for the first meeting was light, I'd also be interested in any suggestions from members who were not able to attend regarding suggested topics for future meetings. More importantly, I am eager to hear from any members who would be willing to share a brief case study of some challenge or success achieved within their own organization using Salesforce.com. Also, please suggest any vendor sponsors you might like have at our next meeting. We have not yet scheduled the next meeting data, pending members feedback.

Regards,

Dave Gildar, Phoenix User Group Leader