Listed below are upcoming events that I will be attending. If you're there, please say hi!

Sep 6  Codeapalooza 2008 (Chicago)

Sep 15-17  SharePoint Best Practices conference (Washington DC)

Oct 4  Indy TechFest (Indianapolis)

Dec 3  NYC SharePoint User Group

There is a new International SharePoint Professionals Association. Bob Fox has the information in his announcement post. I am a regional evangelist for this association, which means I will be working with user groups in the midwest to build their communities.

Also announced today is the online SharePoint Magazine, edited by Arno Nel.

I want to thank Dave and Brad and everyone who attended the IndyNDA meeting last night.

You need to know that this is no ordinary user group. They average 100 attendees each month (130+ for my SharePoint talk); they host and sell-out an annual weekend conference (Indy Tech Fest - October 4th) and most importantly they give back. The housekeeping items before I started were:

• Bring a friend giveaway -- a prize for the member who brings a friend for the first time. This month, the prize was a control suite worth >$1,000
  
• IndyGiveCamp -- developers creating solutions for charities. Paul Hacker of Radio TFS is behind this effort.
  
• Food Drive -- At the August meeting, bring $10 worth of canned or dried goods and get entered in a drawing for an MSDN Premium subscription. WOW!!!

Indianapolis is not a large market, so they don't get a lot of press. Show some love next time you're there. I guarantee you will be impressed.

I will be presenting SharePoint for ASP.NET Developers tonight a the Indianapolis .Net Developers Association. If you're in the area, we're starting at 6:00pm.