We would like to thank Sally Atsalis and Jason Hanley of Model Metrics and the folks from Salesforce.com for making the trek from Detroit or Chicago, depending, and putting on a very informative and effective presentation. The "walk-aways" from this event were incredible! Members will be receiving an email with links to the handouts provided by Model Metrics.

The Winter '09 Release features were discussed by Kevin Smith of Salesforce.com. He, Tom Roth, and other Salesforce.com experts will be attending our meetings on a consistent basis in the future, and having that kind of inside perspective is really helpful. Kevin Edelmann reflected on the Dreamforce experience, which, based on his description is the only way to describe it.

A few notes:

Steering Committee - We have had some volunteers step forward that will do a great job of assisting in making sure these events continue to develop more and more as an invaluable resource for area Salesforce users. If anyone else is interested, please let me know. Here they are:

* Kevin Edelmann of Delta Dental
* Todd Smithee of Conrin
* Coke Irwin of Irwin Seating Co
* Tom Fox of GFT
* Chad Griffeth of Actium

Remember to Use Help and Training - Kevin Smith of Salesforce made a great point that when trying to figure out how to approach a problem, do not forget to use this constantly updated feature.

LinkedIn Group for Members - The new features of LinkedIn Groups such as Discussions (asking questions to the group members), posting articles, has really turned this rapidly evolving web 2.0 platform into an everyday resource. You can now post links to articles, reach out to group members with ideas and questions...check it out if you haven't joined yet! If you have yet to join LinkedIn, you can do so by clicking here.

Sincerely,

Chad Griffeth
Actium LLC