MWLUG 2010 Wednesday and Thursday Networking Events

MWLUG 2010 Wednesday Evening Registration Event
(Cleveland, OH) August 5, 2010. We are proud to announce the Registration Networking Event on Wednesday, August 18, 2010 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM for all attendees that would like to attend this event. Food and drinks will be provided. Snacks and hors d'oeuvres will be served thanks to Kyros Systems. Drinks are free for the first one hour courtesy of Hilton Garden Inn - Downtown Cleveland. Cash Bar after 8:00 PM. The event will be at the sponsor showcase in the Carnegie Ballroom. So come join us for some drinks and food.

MWLUG 2010 Thursday Networking Event
(Cleveland, OH) August 4, 2010. We are proud to announce our MWLUG 2010 Networking Event will be held at the Pickwick and Frolic Restaurant and Club. The Pickwick and Frolic Networking Event gives everyone at MWLUG 2010 the opportunity to network with your peers and other Lotus professionals. We will be providing food and drinks. After the networking event at Pickwick and Frolic, comes join us at Hilarities 4th Street Theatre Comedy Show for an hour of comedy and fun. This event is free for attendees and all made possible by the generous sponsors of MWLUG Conference 2010. Please take the time to visit our generous sponsors at the MWLUG 2010 Sponsor Showcase during your time at MWLUG 2010.

MWLUG 2010 Mobile Guide for Blackberry Now Available to Download

If you are interested in tracking each of the 45 sessions and speakers at MWLUG, the MWLUG 2010 Mobile Guide for Blackberry is now available to download from the MWLUG 2010 web site. With the MWLUG 2010 Mobile Guide you will be able to track and search sessions, speakers, review the agenda, and provide feedback on how you like MWLUG 2010 on your Blackberry mobile device. We would like to thank our Gold Sponsor, Kryos Systems, for donating the time and resources to create this mobile application which is created using their Kryos Velocity technology.

To download the MWLUG 2010 Mobile Guide goto:

http://www.mwlug.com/mwlug/mwlug2010.nsf/uxpages/mobileguide.uxp

MWLUG 2010: Soft Phones, Upgrading to Sametime 8.51, and Plantronics

More and more companies are now using soft phones especially as employees are becoming more and more mobile. Since voice and data has been merging into one and the same, it is important to have reliable solutions since most of us do not have a second solution except for our cell phones which many times you have to ask "Can you hear me now?" My sister who currently is managing a global team on 4 continents from home relies heavily on her soft phones through Sametime to communicate with her team. She has been using a Plantronics headset and I tried it and it is very nice. Since our old PBX is slowly dying, this finally gives us a reason to upgrade our Sametime installation. We are giving everyone attending MWLUG 2010 a chance to win a Plantronics headset.

Our MWLUG 2010 Event Sponsor and continuous supporter of MWLUG, Plantronics, will be giving away two of their headsets during the Thursday breakfast before the MWLUG 2010 Opening Session. In addition, Plantronics is co-sponsoring Thursday breakfast. So make sure you come to the Thursday breakfast for a chance to win one of the two headsets. You must be present to win. In addition, there will be another chances to win Plantronics headsets on Friday at the two Sametime sessions presented by Phil Salm and Kevin McConnell from CDW. More information about that giveaway can be found at the CDW booth.

If you are a Sametime administrator, and you are new to Websphere administration you must to come to Kevin McConnell's session on "Introduction to Sametime 8.5 WebSphere Administration for the Domino Administrator." The session is designed for Domino Administrators who now need to learn how to manage a Websphere Application Server since Sametime 8.5x is based on Websphere instead of Domino.

MWLUG 2010: Attendees Gets 50% IBM Certification Exams

(Cleveland, OH) August 9, 2010. In addition to the knowledge and education that you will be getting, the Wednesday networking event, the Thursday party at Pickwick and Frolic Restaurant and Club, and the Thursday comedy show at Hiliarities 4th Street Theatre we are please to announce that all IBM business partners and customers attending MWLUG 2010 next week will receive a voucher for 50% off the IBM certification exams. A voucher will be included with your attendee package. I would like to thank Sara Nicklin and Joyce Davis of IBM for helping us get this. Please let others know about this benefit of attending MWLUG 2010. We are 10 days away from the start of MWLUG 2010 and we have already exceeded last year's numbers. The MWLUG 2010 committee and I would like to thank everyone for their support of MWLUG 2010 and we look forward to MWLUG 2011. Like last year, we will be announcing the location of MWLUG 2011 at the closing session.

MWLUG 2010: Conference Agenda Now Online

(Cleveland, OH) August 4, 2010. We are please to announce the MWLUG 2010 Agenda is now online at http://www.mwlug.com. MWLUG 2010 is bigger than ever with 45 presentations, Show-N-Tell, and Labs covering topics including XPages, Cloud Computing, Sametime UC and Telephony, Quickr, Websphere Portal, Server Management, Security, and UI Design. The MWLUG Committee has worked very hard this year to bring attendees one of the best educational and social events for Lotus professionals.

This event is made possible by the generous sponsors of MWLUG Conference 2010. Please take the time to visit our generous sponsors at the MWLUG 2010 Sponsor Showcase during your time at MWLUG 2010.

MWLUG 2010: Announcing MWLUG Thursday Networking Event

(Cleveland, OH) August 4, 2010. We are proud to announce our MWLUG 2010 Networking Event will be held at the Pickwick and Frolic Restaurant and Club. The Pickwick and Frolic Networking Event gives everyone at MWLUG 2010 the opportunity to network with your peers and other Lotus professionals. We will be providing food and drinks. After the networking event at Pickwick and Frolic, comes join us at Hilarities 4th Street Theatre Comedy Show for an hour of comedy and fun. This event is free for attendees and all made possible by the generous sponsors of MWLUG Conference 2010. Please take the time to visit our generous sponsors at the MWLUG 2010 Sponsor Showcase during your time at MWLUG 2010.

MWLUG 2010: IBM Innovation Center Comes to You

(Cleveland, OH) August 3, 2010. We are extremely please to announce IBM Innovation Center Come to You will be part of the Midwest Lotus User Group Conference 2010. IBM Innovation Center Come to You provides an unique opportunity for both IBM customers and IBM Business Partners attending MWLUG 2010 to experience and learn some of the latest technologies from IBM. The IIC team will have Show-n-Tell sessions, live hands-on labs, and session on Cloud Computing security and architecture not found anywhere except MWLUG 2010. We would like to thank the IBM Innovation Center teams from Chicago, Dallas, and Atlanta for their support and participation to make this possible at MWLUG 2010.

MWLUG 2010: Ask an Business Partner Expert Event

Some of the brightest and most knowledgeable experts on Lotus technology, Cloud Computing, XPages, and everything else you need are IBM Business Partners. Today we are announcing our "Ask an Business Partner Expert Event." This one-hour event will be held on Thursday afternoon at the Showcase Pavilion, August 19, 2010. Here is an opportunity for attendees to ask technical questions from our sponsoring Business Partners about their top 5 area of expertise. Attendees will be provided a list of expertise for each Business Partner. So take advantage of this event to ask your questions without worrying about any sales pitch.

MWLUG 2010 Agenda and Sessions Coming Out Next Week

The agenda and sessions for MWLUG 2010 will be announced next week along with a few other major announcements. MWLUG 2010 this year will consist of 45 presentations, show-n-tell, and labs. So if you are looking for two plus days of intense exchange of knowledge this is the place to be plus it includes a whole lot of fun. Desk registration starts on Wednesday evening, I suggest you arrived before 6:00 PM on Wednesday. Hint Hint.

Announcing MWLUG 2010 Corporate Sponsor: IBM

(Cleveland, OH) July 26, 2010. We are please to announce that the Midwest Lotus User Group Conference 2010 Corporate Sponsor is none other than IBM. As the MWLUG 2010 Corporate Sponsor, IBM is providing the Midwest Lotus Community not only funds but unique speakers and resources that makes MWLUG 2010 an incredible LUG conference that is free to attendee with a $35 donation to your local Lotus user group. We would like to thank Nick Wilson and Gerald Glore of IBM plus the rest of the IBM team in the Midwest for helping make this possible. As MWLUG 2010 Corporate Sponsor, David Via will be the opening session IBM speaker and will be covering the future direction of IBM collaboration and collaboration technology.

MWLUG 2010: Domino, Notes, Adobe, Flex and Giveway

We are fortunate enough to have two great sessions on integrating and developing Adobe Flex applications with Lotus Domino and Lotus Notes at MWLUG 2010. Justin Hill from Prominic.NET and Jerry Carter from Teamworks Solution will cover both beginning and advanced topics on using Adobe Flex with Notes and Domino.

In addition, thanks to our Contributing Partner, Adobe Systems, we will be giving away two copies of Adobe Flash (Flex) Premium which retails for $700.00 at each of the sessions. We would like to thank Kevin Hoyt from Adobe Systems for this generous donation to MWLUG 2010. So if you are interested in learning more on how to work with Adobe Flex and Domino and get a chance to win a copy of Adobe Flash Premium come to these two sessions. Register at http://www.mwlug.com.

Domino Applications with Adobe Flex
Speaker: Justin Hill - Staff, Prominic.Net
Notes and Domino provides a RAD environment that is like no other tool. However, creating Notes/Domino applications that competes with modern UI interface from other vendors can be a challenge. Find out how you can combine Adobe Flex and Domino to provide users a modern UI interface that competes effectively while giving Domino developers new tools to extend your new and existing Domino applications.

Advanced Flex
Speaker: Jerry Carter - Senior Consultant, Teamwork Solutions
New to Flex or trying to get more out of it to extend your investment in Notes Domino? We'll look at the following useful tips which will extend your capabilities: - Two way communication between the Notes Client and Flex (aka "a hack") - N ways to get data into your flex movie (multiple native and third party approaches) - Advantages of housing the flex html in your Domino application (ties in with data integration nicely) - Optimizing your flex movie (a deployment tip for over coming the "flex is slow to load" objection) - Some Demos (integrating with Notes client, integrating with Data, custom controls)

MWLUG 2010 Opening Session IBM Speaker

MWLUG 2010 Opening Session IBM Speaker is not other than our local home town IBM Executive from Ohio, David Via.

David Via is the IBM Business Unit Executive for Worldwide Messaging and Collaboration Sales and will be presenting on the direction of IBM collaboration. David will be presenting right after our opening session speaker, Scot Rourke from OneCommunity.org. In addition, David will be updating everyone in a separate session on the status of Project Vulcan and Project Concord.

More Sessions Added to MWLUG 2010 Web Site

More sessions have been added to the MWLUG 2010 Web site today.

XPages Session at MWLUG 2010

MWLUG Conference 2010, August 19-20 will have a host of sessions on XPages range from beginners to advanced. The sessions include the following:

David Leedy, Introduction to XPages
Brandt Fundak, Web Technologies Every Domino Developer Should Know
Michael McGarel, XPages Workshop: Building a Simple Application
Rich Sharpe, Starting XPages? Avoid These 10 XPage Gotchas
David Leedy, XPages: Beyond the Introduction
Tim Tripcony, XPages: The Evolution of Possible
Scott Good, What You Need to Know to Get Started with Server-Side JavaScript

MWLUG 2010 Sessions and Speakers Now Posted on MWLUG Site

About 75% of the sessions and speakers are now posted on the web site, http://www.mwlug.com. Much more information and events are coming.

MWLUG 2010 Abstract Selections and Announcements

We will be completing the MWLUG 2010 Abstract selections this weekend and announcing the sessions. Thank you everyone for submitting their abstracts. We have so many good abstracts it is bit hard to decide. We will be having a great number of sessions on XPages starting all the way from basic XPages to extremely advanced topics. So if you want to learn about XPages from the experts this is the place. We will also be having sessions on Cloud Computing and LotusLive, Mobile Application development, Unified Communication and Sametime, and a whole sort of administration sessions and business development. If you are a fan of Adobe Flex with Lotus technology, make sure you attend we have a couple of surprises for you.

We will be making a number of other announcements starting next week with a number of interesting surprises and fun. It is going to even better than last year. Attendance is beginning to full up so make sure you register and we only have a limited number of attendee slots for this event.

Midwest Lotus User Group Conference 2010 Registration is Now Opened

Attendee registration for Midwest Lotus User Group Conference 2010 is now opened. Thanks everyone for all the hard work in putting this year's conference together. We look forward in seeing everyone there.

Announcing the MWLUG 2010 Community Outreach Program

The Midwest Lotus User Group is pleased to announce the MWLUG 2010 Community Outreach Program. This program is part of the MWLUG Conference 2010 to be held in Cleveland, Ohio on August 19-20, 2010. The goal of the MWLUG Community Outreach Program is to raise money for organizations that help the local community. The host Lotus User Group, NEOLUG, has selected the Cleveland Foodbank which provides nutritious meals every year for thousands of individuals and families throughout the Cleveland area.

Hilton Garden Inn - Cleveland Downtown has been gracious enough to provide a gift certificate for deluxe accommodations at their hotel that includes a two-night stay for two plus breakfast in the heart of downtown Cleveland.

The gift certificate will be raffled off at the MWLUG 2010 Opening Session on August 19, 2010. The raffle will benefit the Cleveland Foodbank and help hundreds of individuals who have been hit hard by this economic downturn. Each raffle ticket will cost $10.00 USD.

Registration for MWLUG 2010 starts on May 15, 2010, and raffle tickets can be purchased during the registration process. Members of the Lotus community who cannot attend MWLUG Conference 2010 may also purchase a raffle ticket to help this great cause on the MWLUG 2010 web site. Organizations interested in providing matching funds should contact Barb Skedel at barb.skedel@voxmobile.com

For more information about the Cleveland Foodbank go to: http://www.clevelandfoodbank.org.

To register for MWLUG Conference 2010 or purchase a raffle ticket (starting May 15th) go to http://www.mwlug.com.

Welcome to the MWLUG Conference 2010 Blog

Welcome to the MWLUG Conference 2010 Blog.  Plans for the Midwest Lotus User Group Conference 2010 is well on its way.  NEOLUG is our gracious host for this years event in Cleveland, OH - August 18-20.  Registration for the event starts on May 15, 2010.  We have expanded the number of sessions that we have in addition to a number of labs that we will be hosting at this conference.  Our theme for 2010 is Building a Community Through Collaboration.  It is more than just building our Lotus community but help build our community which includes our city and towns that we live in.  Starting this year our conference is more than about technology but also how we as technology professional can be part of the Midwest community.

We are please to announce that our MWLUG 2010 Opening Session speaker is Scot Rourke of OneCommunity which is playing a major role in helping the Ohio region rebuild their leadership in technology.  So stay tune for more exciting announcement from the MWLUG 2010 team.