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Organizing and running a conference like MWLUG is all about having the right team of volunteers. I put an enormous amount of time this year into MWLUG, but without the MWLUG 2011 volunteers it would not be possible. A number of other volunteers were not able to make it do to conflicts in their schedule. Where was Mike McGarel, you missed the picture taking. Having collaboration tools like Skype, Dropbox, and LotusLive help a lot. Special thanks to Bernie Leung for organizing the new Social Business track and getting LinkedIn to present at the opening session, Prominic.net for hosting MWLUG and the XPages Design Contest, and the Dukes for bringing "This Week in Lotus" to MWLUG. Thanks everyone.

The TWIL team, Lisa and Darren Duke, will be podcasting live at MWLUG 2011 during lunch on Thursday, August 25, 2011. They will be interviewing a number of attendees and speakers. So stay tune.

MWLUG Conference 2011 begins tomorrow starting with a trip to the Miller-Coors Brewery and some free samples of beer. Following the tour will be our Evening Reception at the MWLUG 2011 Exhibitor Showcase with food and drinks. There is still time to register if you are interested in coming.

If you are attending MWLUG 2011 and you think you are great at Lotus trivial, please contact me to be potential candidate for our trivial contest. We are looking for three knowledgeable contestants for our fun and amusing "MWLUG Lotus Jeoparde" event on Friday towards at the end of lunch. We are looking for one IBMer, one administrator, and one developer. Lisa Duke will be our host for this fun event.

It is one week until the start MWLUG Conference 2011 so make sure you register. Here are the top ten reasons why your should be attending MWLUG 2011. For your $35 donation you get: - 40 Technical and Social Business Sessions - Miller-Coors Brewery Tour and Beer and Beer - Wednesday Evening Reception with Food and Drinks - Thursday Evening MWLUG Private Party at Comedy Sportz Club with Dinner, Drinks, and Show - 50% off one IBM Certification Test - Open Session with David Cohen from LinkedIn - Breakfast and Lunch (buffet lunches not box lunches) for two days - Free XPages Workshop - Meeting Ed Brill - And see me make a fool of myself on stage

The IBM Watson-Jeopardy project was a big event for IBM this year and it demonstrated some of the amazing capabilities that IBM technology has to offer. David Via, MWLUG 2011 opening session IBM speaker, will be talking about IBM's vision in Social Business and Collaboration. As part of his presentation, he will discuss how social media played a role in the development of IBM Watson, what tools were used and how. So join us for MWLUG 2011 in Milwaukee, WI next week and learn more about this amazing feat. http://mwlug.com

I am pleased to announce that MWLUG 2011 Gold Sponsor Teamstudio will mobilize the winning XPages application of the MWLUG 2011 XPages Design Competition using their Teamstudio Unplugged at no cost to the winner and provide the one development license and 10 user license of their Unplugged license for their own use. This is in addition to the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet that we are giving away to the winner. Please note that this applies if the winning app can be converted using their Unplugged tools. Judges will start reviewing the entries starting next week. So if you did not make a submission you should kick yourself. http://unplugged.teamstudio.com/

MWLUG 2011 XPages Design Competition submission is closing at 5:00 PM CST today.

The MWLUG 2011 XPages Design Competition deadline has been extend to tomorrow, August 9, 2011 at 5:00 PM CST. We are having bandwidth issues and submitters are having problem uploading their submission. Hopefully the problem will be fix soon.

MWLUG 2011 XPages Design Competition ends today at 5:00 PM CST. So make sure you submit your entry before the deadline.

We are please to announce the MWLUG 2011 Opening Keynote Presentation. David Cohen from LinkedIn will be presenting the open keynote presentation. David who is a very dynamic speaker will cover LinkedIn and the future of Social Media and Collaboration. Joining David later is IBM's very own, David Via who will cover the IBM direction and vision of Social Business. He will then be followed by TJ Witte from Group Business Software. We would like to thank, Bernie Leung from Mesa Technology for all his hard work in managing the Social Business track and getting LinkedIn to present. So make sure that you register for MWLUG 2011, http://mwlug.com it is coming up in three weeks.

The agenda for the MWLUG Conference 2011 is now online. The agenda is of course subject to change as we move closer to the conference. This year I decided to add a bit of interaction to the agenda, so using Dojo I created a much more interactive agenda the way I would like it. Give me your feedback and tell me what you think. We still have not decided which way to go for the Thursday Event. See everyone there. MWLUG Conference 2011 Agenda

Top Five Reasons For David Letterman to Come to MWLUG 2011

We have just added a new session to MWLUG 2011, titled: "Using Digital Certificates to Identify Social Network Users" With many of us using Social Media solution, security and identity has become an important issue. A couple of more sessions are still coming. We will also be announcing the MWLUG 2011 Opening Session Speakers soon. So hang on to you seat and be ready for an intense three days in Milwaukee that is far different to any LUG conference including last year's MWLUG 2010. http://www.mwlug.com/mwlug/mwlug2011.nsf/uxpages/agenda.uxp?openDocument&tab=tab2

The presentation sessions for MWLUG 2011 is now online on the MWLUG 2011 Web site. Again we have an incredible line up of speakers and sessions. If you want to learn to convert an Notes applications to XPages or learn about advanced XPages techniques, MWLUG 2011 is the conference you need to come. No additional cost. If you are interested in Mobility, this is the conference for you. This year in addition to many Administration and Application Development sessions, we have a special focus on real business cases and the use of Social Media to drive your business. We will be presenting sessions on the use of Social Media and Marketing from the Retail and Healthcare industry. These sessions will be from customer case studies. So bring along your business counterpart within your company. See everyone at MWLUG 2011. http://www.mwlug.com/mwlug/mwlug2011.nsf/uxpages/agenda.uxp?openDocument&tab=tab4

The sessions for MWLUG 2011 will be announced next Monday. At this time we will have over 35 sessions and labs for MWLUG 2011 packed into two days. Acceptance and rejection emails are being sent out at this time. If you attended last year's conference, you know what we did. What we have planned this year way out does last year's conference. The question is what do we do next year and where will it be? You will find out at the MWLUG 2011 Closing Session. This year the support from the Business Partner community has been incredible and so has the number of volunteers and support from IBM team. If you have not registered, please note that we are limiting this conference to 200 attendees only. A good chunk of the attendance has already been taken. Register for MWLUG 2011

MWLUG 2011 abstract submission is now closed. Thanks for all the speakers who submitted their abstracts. We will be announcing the sessions for MWLUG 2011 at the end of the week. Again we had an incredible out pour of support from the IBM community for the abstract submissions. We expect to have another year of great sessions and a few surprises that is yet to be announced.

We have now reached the maximum number of sponsors for MWLUG 2011 and then some. The Business Partner community has been incredible in supporting us this year as always. Thanks to all our sponsors. If you like to speak make sure you submit your abstract by the end of the week. http://www.mwlug.com/mwlug/mwlug2011.nsf/uxpages/abstract.uxp If you are planning interested in the MWLUG 2011 XPrize Design Competition, the Nifty Fifty databases that are part of the contest are now online on the MWLUG site. http://www.mwlug.com/mwlug/mwlug2011.nsf/uxpages/mwlugxprize.uxp?openDocument&tab=tab3 We have a limited number of hotel rooms available for this event so start registering to get the discounted rate. Hope to see everyone there. We have a few surprises coming up. http://www.mwlug.com/mwlug/mwlug2011.nsf/uxpages/conference.uxp?openDocument&tab=tab1

MWLUG 2011 Abstract Submissions has been extend to June 30th upon the request of a number of potential speakers. So if your are interested in presenting at MWLUG, make sure you get your submissions in soon.

The theme of MWLUG 2011 is "Expand Your Community Through Social Collaboration". As part of that we now have the MWLUG Youtube Channel. http://www.youtube.com/user/mwlug So you if you have attended MWLUG in the past or are planning to attend this year, let us know what you liked about MWLUG and what you would like to see us do in August in Milwaukee.