As I mentioned in my last post, there has been an incredible amount of user group activity over the past few weeks.  Thanks to all you long time leaders for the continued hard work in making this happen.  I also want to take a moment to extend a warm welcome to all the new leaders who have recently volunteered.

Austin - David Franklin, Genband (new group)
Los Angeles  - Roxanne Kimmel, Ignited LLC & Charlotte Doepker, Keenan & Associates
Nonprofits Bay Area - Seth Schneider, TALC, Clayton Yee, SF Nature Education & Spencer Bolles, Bay Area Community Resources (new group)
North Carolina - Scott Robinson, Inclinix (new group)
Southern Ohio - Diana Raisor, SHPS (new group)
Portland - Don Brown, Liberty Northwest
San Diego - Rhonda Ross, Audatex & Mark Lappin, Bakbone Software
Seattle - Barry Plum, Tableau Software (new co-leader for Suzanne Moore)
Silicon Valley - Prithvi Kandanda, Aztecsoft (new co-leader for Joshua Meiri)
Twin Cities - Kathy Ecklund, ADC & Leyna Hoffer, IDeas
Singapore - Michelle Koh, Hardware Zone
Sydney - Glen Elliott, Myriad Minds
Ottawa - Kevin Caputo, Meriton Networks (new group)
Toronto - Bruno Rosati, Clarity Systems & Rob Baldassare, Century Vallen

We will have a leader conference call in December to get everyone together to share ideas & best practices - look for details later this month.  In the mean time, check out David Franklin's recap of the first Austin meeting.  It looks like they are off to a great start!