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	We have some great meetings lined up for the next few months. Please take a look at the upcoming schedule on the web site.
November 20	6th Anniversary Party Featuring "15 Minutes of Fame"
Tuesday Malvern, PA	Our monthly meeting will be held at the Microsoft Greater PA Office in Malvern, PA on Tuesday, November 20 from 5:30-8:30. We have a special format planned. There will be 10 presenters each doing a 15 minute session covering one of their favorite .NET topics. We will close with a panel discussion with all presenters. There will be no break this night, but food and drink will be available throughout the evening. Refreshments are provided courtesy of Microsoft. Please register on our web site. Detailed directions are on the Microsoft Greater PA web site.
5:30	Marc Ziss, ZConsulting Using Subsonic to build a Data Access Layer and Admin App	5:45	Mark Magliocco, Consultant Mentoring 101
	Separating Application Data Components into a Data Access Layer (DAL) is something we as programmers should always strive to do; but what about that one quick app that needs to be done ASAP? The one that has no time to be properly architected because it’s only a temporary stop gap system anyway? (yeah, right). Such systems (as well as those that are planned correctly) can highly benefit from using Subsonic which is a free Object Relational Mapping tool that makes building a DAL for your application a snap. It offers LINQ like functionality in its ability to easily manipulate database elements using strongly typed data, but doesn't require you to wait until VS 2008 to use it.		You have been asked to lead the effort for a new project. You will need more than excellent technical skills for this assignment to succeed. One of the skills you will need is to be a good mentor. It is more then telling the team to do it right. I will review some of my tips to be more effective.
6:00	Steve Andrews, RDA Consulting Building a Visual Studio Debugger Visualizer	6:15	Andy Schwam, It's Time To Learn LINQ
	Learn the basics of building Visual Studio debugger visualizers in under 15 minutes.		The release of the .Net Framwork is coming up fast. LINQ is a terrific addition to .Net and it adds a great deal of functionality. But it means that, once again, us developers have a lot to learn. With only 15 minutes, I'll try to cover some of the highlights and the features of LINQ that I've been using lately.
6:30	Travis LaBorde, TelerX XML is awesome in VB9!	6:45	Brian Donahue, Pigeon Moon ALT.NET -The Pursuit of Happiness (on the .NET Framework)
	Learn about some very cool new features in the new version of VB.NET for dealing with xml in your code.		An introduction to the ideas and growing community that have recently been dubbed ALT.NET, what value is it attempting to provide, and some thoughts on Scott Hanselman's question about ALT.NET: "Why is this stuff alternative?" (hint: we agree!)
7:00	Danilo Diaz, Microsoft How to be more valuable	7:15	David Mann, KDC Holdings WSS as a Web Application Platform
	Tips on how to become more visible, increase your value and enhance your perception.		WSS, the free component of SharePoint 2007, sits on top of ASP.Net and provides many valuable pieces of functionality. In this session we’ll look at one application built on top of WSS and examine the value it realized by using the WSS framework to build a solution.
7:30	Mitch Ruebush, INGDirect Build a Game in 15 Minutes with XNA and C#	7:45	Bill Wolff, Unisys Corporation Microsoft Developer Roadmaps
	I will build a complete game from many peoples fond childhood memories called Pong in 15 Minutes with the power of XNA and C#. Plus see some cool games that show the power of XNA.		Learn all the new acronyms and buzz words in the Microsoft developer world. Have you heard about Orcas, Rosario, Hawaii, Oslo, Volta, Acropolis, Astoria, Moonlight, Arrowhead, mashups, PopFly, jpeg xr, Longhorn, Veridian, BlackComb, Bulldog, you name it? Come and see where MS is aiming and what you need to know to stay on track.
8:00	Panel discussion with all presenters
8:30 Closing & Raffle!	Books, software, and other goodies!

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