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New Member Registrations Open Again

Steve Smith — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:03:00 GMT

Hi all and happy new year to everyone. I hope 2010 is a healthy and happy one for all. Registrations is now working again so please do sign up and try to make one of the many meetings coming your way around the country in the next month or two. Steve Smith

New Member Registrations temporarily suspended

Steve Smith — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:23:00 GMT

Hi all , due to some strange people deciding to spam the suguk site with new bogus registrations we have temporarily suspended new registrations so we can clean it up and also find a way to stop it happening again. If in the meantime you want a new account creating feel free to contact me and I will create you an account. Thanks Steve

Call for User Group Speakers for SharePoint Evolution Conference 6th Track

Steve Smith — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:31:00 GMT

Hi Everyone, I have an exciting opportunity for the user group. I have managed to get another room for the SharePoint 2010 Evolution Conference in April and basically I want to make it a community driven tales from the trenches session room with people from the user group giving sessions on how they have worked / learnt and implimented the product. This is a call for speakers from our user group to submit sessions to me with a title and brief abstract of what you would like to share. Topics can be on anything you want they just need to be ways you made SharePoint work in your envoironment or a clients envoironment. If you want to bring your client along to talk with you thats great. I have 15 sessions up for grabs and you don't need to be a seasoned speaker to take part. Any speaker who gets a slot gets free admission to the conference and to the conference party. If we get enough people attending I may also be able to sort your hotel room out if you are travelling in. First choice will be given to people who are not yet speaking in the current tracks. Email your session ideas are ask any questions to: Steve@combined-Knowledge.com The web site can be found here along with details on the current session tracks: http://www.sharepointevolutionconference.com Looking forward to hearing from you all. Steve

Nottingham + Bournemouth User Group meeting this Thursday - 19th November

Steve Smith — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:32:00 GMT

Hi all for those that haven't sign up yet we will be having user group meetings this thursday in Nottingham which I am speaking at plus Mike Watson and in Bournemouth with Joel Oleson and Howard Bayliss.

Nottingham - http://suguk.org/forums/thread/21213.aspx

Bournemouth - http://suguk.org/forums/1/20980/ShowThread.aspx

Looking forward to seeing everyone

Steve

SharePoint 2010 Evolution Conference Announced - London April 19th - 21st 2010

Steve Smith — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:55:00 GMT

Hi all, well for those of you that cannot make it to Vegas next week don't worry we are bringing the conference to you. http://www.sharepointevolutionconference.com. In April 2010 we are running our second SharePoint conference in London for the SharePoint community with over 55 sessions and some great speakers coming back. The site is up and live and I will keep you updated when sessions get updated etc. Can we make it better than last year !! You bet we can. Steve Smith

SharePoint 2010 Beta Training dates announced for Administrator and Developer

Steve Smith — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:37:00 GMT

Hi all , for those of you who are looking to skill up on SharePoint 2010 beta we are running our popular beta series again starting in November. For those who attended the 2007 ones you will rememeber what a blast we had. More information can be found here - http://www.combined-knowledge.com/Flyers/SP2010.html Steve

Nottingham User Group meeting - September 10th

Steve Smith — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:38:00 GMT

Hi all the Nottingham user group meeting is now scheduled back at Id Live. We are just finalising the sessions and speakers and the meeting post will be updated in the next couple of days with the info. For more info and to sign up go here - http://suguk.org/forums/thread/20433.aspx

Steve Smith

London Tonight End User Adoption Solution Demo

Steve Smith — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:09:00 GMT

Hi all , for anyone interested I will be doing a demo of our new End User adoption solution at the Mostyn Hotel London , near Marble Arch at 6pm. We will have some snacks and drinks plus I will hang around for an hour after to catchup with everyone. More info is here http://www.combined-knowledge.com/EUA/ but feel free to just pop in or email me at steve@combined-knowledge.com if you want some more info. Cheers Steve Smith

July 23rd - User Group Meeting - Ullesthorpe - Leicestershire

Steve Smith — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:12:00 GMT

Following the Golf day we will be hosting a user group event in the evening. Whats exciting for me is that I will also be officially launching our new end user adotion content for SharePoint. Details for the evening and to sign up can be found here http://suguk.org/forums/thread/19650.aspx Steve Smith

Important SharePoint Service pack 2 Announcement

Steve Smith — Fri, 22 May 2009 07:02:00 GMT

Hi All , a serious bug has been discovered in SharePoint SP2 that sets the upgraded SharePoint product into an Evaluatin license key. A fix is expected within the next 48 hours but please go and read the latest announcement on this on the Team Blog and this is also where you will find the link for the hotfix when it is released. http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/05/21/attention-important-information-on-service-pack-2.aspx

Steve Smith

User Group Golf Day - July 23rd Ullesthorpe

Steve Smith — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:23:00 GMT

Hi all , On July 23rd I have booked the 2nd Annual Golf day and User Group meeting at Ullesthorpe Hotel. http://www.bw-ullesthorpecourt.co.uk/GolfDaysattheCourt.asp . We have 25 spaces free for people wishing to take part in the event and I am going to see if we can get some of the vendors from the User Group sponsoring a prize or two as well as hopefully attend ( step forward vendors !! ) as we will also be hosting a nearest the pin and longest drive competition. The cost for the afternoon's Golf is £27.50 per person including food after Golf plus a breakfast butty before ( hence the extra £2.50 from the web price ).

Skill is not important it is a fun day out and then in the evening we can all enjoy the User Group event which I am also planning.

The first Tee times are confirmed for 11am so assume to arrive at Ullesthorpe around 10am to enjoy the pre golf snacks and tea/coffee :) , we will finish eating approx. 5.00pm in time to relax for an hour before the evening user group sessions start.

If you are interested in confirming your Golf slot please post your comment here and send a cheque for £ 27.50 made payable to Combined Knowledge Ltd, 2 The Terrace, Rugby Road, Lutterworth LE17 4BW, Leicestershire. I need confirmations and payments no later than the 30th of June as that is when we confirm the final numbers. If ou prefer to pay by credit card contact me and we can sort that out.

If you wish to book a room at the hotel for the evening please contact me ASAP as the chances are the rooms will be booked up early.

Any other questions just ask

Steve Smith

I must be Mad but it is all in a good cause - June 10th - 14th

Steve Smith — Mon, 18 May 2009 08:07:00 GMT

Hi everyone I am not normally one to post personal stuff on the user group in my Blog but I feel this is worth the cause. From June the 10th - 14th I am taking part in the Microsoft UK Challenger event as part of one of the Micrsoft teams. We are specifically a 6 man community team comprising off 2 Microsoft members, Steve Loader and David Hobbs-Mallyon plus the 4 of us from the community including Tim Leung from Vbug, David McMahon from NextGen and Gavin Osborn from Vista Squad.

http://challenger.nspcc.org.uk/thechallenge/pages/theevent.aspx

The aim of the event is raise money for the NSPCC and in all honesty it is a brutal event for mind and body as it comprises of multiple stages over the days that involves Krypton factor style challengers but over the whole day. So we could be doing 3 hour bike/running + mental challenge in the morning followed by an afternoon mental and engineering challenge followed by a midnight Navigation and run challenge. As you can imagine I have been in heavy training getting ready for this and just returned from a weekends mini comp in the Peak District to get some pre race practice. - http://challenger.nspcc.org.uk/Pages/default.aspx

So how can you help - simple. The aim is to raise as much money as we can for the NSPCC and I appreciate we are all counting the pennies in the economic climate but any amount donated is welcomed. To donate it couldn't be simpler.

Go here - http://challenger.nspcc.org.uk/fundraising/teamsites/pages/Microsoft-Team3.aspx?TeamID=24

Click Sponsor this team and follow the insructions.

More info on the actual event can be seen here http://www.ukchallenge.co.uk/ and if you have any questions for me please just ask steve@combined-knowledge.com .

Thanks

Steve Smith

Nottingham SharePint event - April 30th

Steve Smith — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:01:00 GMT

following on from the user group meeting Start time to be after SUGUK meeting so about 21:15.

Location:

The Broad Oak

Main St
Strelley, Nottingham, NG8 6PD

0115 929 3340‎

0115 929 0303‎

For more information on the meeting see this thread http://suguk.org/forums/thread/18475.aspx

Steve Smith

First Nottingham User Group Meeting April 30th

Steve Smith — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:39:00 GMT

Hi all , Here is the agenda and to sign up http://suguk.org/forums/thread/18475.aspx we are going to be having the first user group meeting in Nottingham at the end of this month on April 30th. I am just finalising the details for the venue and sessions and will update you over the next couple of days but put it in your diary for now and I hope we can get lots of you from that area involved.

Steve Smith

SharePoint by Day - SharePint by Night - SharePoint Best practices edition

Steve Smith — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:48:00 GMT

Hi everyone , a date and event for your diary. London SharePoint by Day SharePint by Night

Going to the UK SharePoint Best Practices Conference in London, UK April 6-8, 2009? No? Well, are you a SharePoint person going to be in the greater London area? We’ll be doing another SharePoint by Day, SharePint by Night in London on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 @ 7p-ish. Come join other SharePoint professionals for a good drink at The Old Star (66, Broadway, Westminster, London, SW1H 0DB).

http://www.andrewconnell.com/blog/archive/2009/02/25/SharePoint-by-Day-SharePint-by-Night-ndash-UK-Best-Practices.aspx

Everyone is welcome if you are attending the conference or not and just turn up on the night. Any questions about the event just post here. Please note you do pay for your own drinks.

By the way the final agenda including lunchtime sessions is now available on the Best Practices website http://sharepointbestpractices.co.uk if you have not signed up yet you still have time.

Steve Smith