Hi, <o:p></o:p>
First of all,
here’s a warm thanks for your enthusiastic help and support of the community
effort. Its really exciting to see the excitement and energy in the broad
community. We could not have done it without you
!!<o:p></o:p>
Its very
comforting to note that we have got things going great guns with the
Community initiative. I am sure you could use a little bit of help and
that’s what we are trying to put together….so let’s have a look at what’s
brewing out here! <o:p></o:p>
Our
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Mission</st1:City></st1:place> to
help YOU !!<o:p></o:p>
As you energize
the communities, drive excitement and participation, assist learning and
knowledge sharing, we want to be there, helping and enabling that
effort. The teams at INETA and Microsoft are working together
to support you in your outreach !!! <o:p></o:p>
There are 5 areas
in which we can help you ….resources, speakers, information, cool ideas and
product launch support. You often run into requirements for technology bits and
downloadable links. We want to programmatically try and deliver this to
you. In other cases you may need a speaker, somebody from the MVP
community or from MS and need a person to turn to, thats the bridge we are
trying to build. You want to tap into activities that are happening in
your technology area or city, get cool ideas on how you can bring excitement
into the UGs, do special launch events for SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio
2005, we’ll we’ve got the plan to get it to you.<o:p></o:p>
You will soon get a mail from a guy called Deepak
Rajendran…read the mail !!! JJ<o:p></o:p>
Its an important first step
towards identifying areas that you need support in ….and then building a
programmatic way to enable you to get it. <o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>Deepak assists INETA in its effort to reach out to
the broader community. He works with the Broad Customer Connection (BCC) team at
Microsoft and will build a three-way interaction. He will provide the UGs with
the much needed support and help and will be the resource that you have been
looking forward to !!<o:p></o:p>
So hold on….things are going to get exciting very soon
!!!<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>Rgds,
<o:p>Gaurav Khanna</o:p>
