devreach: ineta - voice of the .net community!
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These are slides from Tomislav Bronzin's presentation at DevReach in Sofia, Bulgaria: The International .NET Association (INETA) provides structured, peer-based organizational, educational, and promotional support to the growing worldwide community of Microsoft® .NET user groups. Our mission is to offer assistance and resource to community groups. INETA welcomes developers, architects, project managers and IT professionals. Members can be user groups or special interest groups. This session will give an overview what INETA is and how you can join to this international club!TRANSCRIPT
INETA: Voice of the .NET Community!
Tomislav BronzinMicrosoft MVP & Microsoft Regional Director
INETA Vice President Community Activities
• INETA Europe Vice President Community Activities http://europe.ineta.org
• Leader of Microsoft Community in Croatia
• Software Architect – CITUS d.o.o.– Consultant and trainer on .NET migration and design
• Recent projects:– Croatian Forests, Smarthome, Protect@Work, Competence
Manager
• Speaker: TechEd Europe, WinDays, Sinergija, NT Konferenca, Vizija, DevDays
• Contact at [email protected]
About Tomislav Bronzin
What are User Groups?• We see User Groups (UG’s):– As central place for meeting people that have
similar interests, goals and concerns– Sometimes people live in the same geographical
area– Other UG’s distributed throughout the world– Some UG’s are devoted to a particular technology,
other to one product of specific company sometimes called “special interest group”
http://whatis.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid9_gci881409,00.html
How to start User Group?• Frequent question
– No one unique answer– Everyone of you have his/her answer
• Our is: put a lot of effort, be persistent and find a people that will help you!
• Call for you to get involved:– Share your experience with Community
• Publish your best practices/checklists
– Help UG to get attention/awareness of local Microsoft Office– Tell them to join global UG organizations like
INETA
How Microsoft MVP’s can help?• Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals– Already commiting their knowledge, time and
experience to the Community!• MVP’s are:– Speakers– Trainers– Community influencers– Authoriteies in applying technology– Have organization skils
INETA EuropeInternational .NET Association
http://europe.ineta.org
Value Proposition• Audience in Europe • Quality and Diversity of Reach – Geographical / Technology areas / Credibility
• October 2009• 384 User Groups / ~130.640 developers
• November 2008– 363 User Groups / ~120.000 developers
• January 2008– 291 User Groups / ~79.000 developers
• June 2006– 222 User Groups / ~60.000 developers
INETA Europe Goals
• Community satisfaction• Delivering value to Community
• Effective volunteer contribution• Direct voice from Community to Microsoft
• Enhance organization• Increase WW interaction
INETA Europe Board• Damir Tomicic, President• Tomislav Bronzin, VP Community Activities• André Obelink, VP Speakers Bureau• Sander Gerz, VP Technology• Jose Luis Latorre Millas, VP Sponsorship & Events• Miquel Lopez, VP Marketing• Dobriša Adamec, VP Membership• Mathias Raacke, VP Academic Relations• Christian Nagel, VP Finance
http://europe.ineta.org
INETA CE Europe Country Leaders
• Damir Dizdarevic, Bosnia & Herzeg.• Branimir Giurov, Bulgaria• Bernard Ktic, Croatia• George Capnias, Greece• Marek Lints, Estonia• Daniel Joskovski, FYR Macedonia• Aurelian Popa, Romania• Ivan Pavlovic, Serbia• Miha Markic, Slovenia• ….
INETA exists in following CEE Countries:
• FYR Macedonia
• Malta• Poland• Romania• Russia• Serbia• Slovakia• Slovenia• Ukraine
• Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Bulgaria• Croatia• Czech Republic• Estonia• Grecee• Hungary• Latvia
Speakers BureauUser Group events - heart of communitySpeakers are very important INETA provide the UG’s with best (preferable local)He/she is transmitting his/her enthusiasm and knowledge to the attendeesOpportunity:
Help to create local Speakers BureauNominate speakers for global Speakers Bureau that are willing to speak for User Groups
Contact: [email protected]
Community Activities - summaryTechEd Developers (November)Community CodeCampsTechnology Contests (EU Silverlight Competition)
INETA Europe NewsletterCommunity Launch:
Visual StudioWindows ServerSQL Server
Contact: [email protected]
Community CodeCamps• By and For the Developer Community• Always Free• Community Developed Material• No Fluff only Code• Community Ownership• Never occur during work hours
Calendar of CodeCamps• INETA UG’s are organizing CodeCamps in:– FYR Macedonia, June 09, http://tinyurl.com/pqkymx
– Croatia, June 09, http://kulendayz.mscommunity.net
– Poland, October 09, http://codecamp.pl/en/Homepage.aspx
– Spain, October 09– Romania , October 09– Serbia, October 09
Technology Contests• On national (country) and regional level• Example: Vista Gadget, WPF, Silverlight
• ANNOUNCEMENT: – 1. phase - on Country level
• Country Leaders – appoint people that will execute– Need to find Sponsors / INETA can help but they should
• Use of local resources/Microsoft Office
– 2. phase – on European level• Executed by volunteers and managed by INETA Europe Board• Contact: [email protected]
TechEd Europe (November)INETA will have Booth in Community AreaBOFSpeaker Idol Contest
INETA supportsFor new speakers!English onlyContestant are required to record presentation and send it to jury / get elected / win prizes and recognition
Call for action: Mentor and encourage people from your Community to apply and compete – valuable local resource!
CALL FOR ACTION• Help start User Group where is needed• Help them join global organization like
INETA or Culminus– INETA Contact: [email protected]
• Nominate others (or yourself) for :– INETA Country Leader (direct contact with Board)– INETA Volunteer
• Reference:– Interview with INETA VP’s: What INETA is?– http://europe.ineta.org/interview/default.html
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