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Updated 12/06/2005 -- '05 #237
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User Group events:
See below for Seminars, Shows, Learning, etc.

Wed DEC 07, 2005
Worcester Linux Users, changed to "Wed DEC 14"
NH SQL Server User Group, "SQL Server 2005 New Features and Adoption", 7pm, New Horizons, Nashua
MacTechGrp Meeting, "Embracing the Horror II", 7-9PM, Room 151 Bldg E51 MIT
Boston OWASP Chapter, "Enigma Variations", 6:30PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Windows Server Users, topic TBD, 6:30PM, Microsoft, Waltham

Thu DEC 08, 2005
SQL Server Users, "Scalable DB Systems/Business Insight", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
No Shore Comp Soc, "Preventing Identity Theft", 7PM, Higgins Middle School, Peabody
CocoaHeads: Boston next meeting, 7PM, MIT Bldg E51, rm 145
RI Mac Users (RIMUG) Holiday Party, 7:30, Davies Career Tech HS, Lincoln RI

Fri DEC 09, 2005
Boston Area SAS Users, "JMP statistical software", 8:45AM, Holiday Inn, Newton

Sat DEC 10, 2005
Boston Linux & Unix, "Linux InstallFest XIX", 1-3:30 pm, WCVB-TV Channel 5, Needham

Mon DEC 12, 2005
NH Seacoast Linux Users, topic TBA, 7PM, @UNH Morse Hall rm 301
Worcester Comp Soc, "Toys for Tots", 6:45PM, Worcester State College LRC
SIGGRAPH/Boston, "A touchscreen-based video switcher" 7pm, National Boston Video Center, Brookline

Tue DEC 13, 2005
Autodesk Users, "Building systems, Dimensioning, Hatch and Text", 6PM, Cubellis, Boston
Final Cut Pro December Social, 6:30, location TBA
Gr Boston Network Users Group "Overview Of Storage Area Networks", 7-9 pm, Mt Ida College, Newton
bostonEDGE.org, "Eclipse platform architecture", 7-9 pm, IBM, Lexington
Seacoast Mac Users, "Care & Feeding of Mac OS X", 6:15PM, Rye Jr High, Rye NH
Windows Tech Forum, topic TBA, 6:30PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston SPIN, "Economics of Software Process Improvement", 6PM, Mitre, Bedford
Boston.PM (Perl Monger) "Class::Agreement, a behavioral contract system for Perl", 7pm, MIT E51-376
Voice Users, "Windows Vista Speech Recognition Demo", 7PM, MIT, Room 2-135
Boston CHI Holiday Party, 7PM, Union Street Restaurant, Newton Centre

Wed DEC 14, 2005
Greater Boston Seniors Computer Group "To be Announced" 9:30 am, Newton Senior Center
Back Bay LISA, "LISA 2005 Recap", 7PM, MIT E51-149
Boston .NET User Group "Annual Holiday Party Potluck" 6-8pm, Microsoft, Waltham
SW Quality Group, "Top Ten Opinions About Testing", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Boston Macintosh User Group (BMac), "Podcasting: primer on getting started", 7-9 pm, MIT Building E51
Worcester Linux Users, topic TBD, 7PM, Access Grid Room, WPI Campus
MIT Enterprise Forum, "New World Order of Mobile and Wireless", 5:30-8:30, Stata Center, MIT $
Sys Eng Admin Tech (SEA-TUG), "What is iSCSI?", 6:30PM, location???

Thu DEC 15, 2005
NH .NET User Group, topic TBD, 6pm, BU Corp Educ Ctr, Tyngsboro
NE Info Security "... in the Next Decade & Securing the Desktop" 6:30 pm, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Final Cut Pro User Group "BOSFCPUG Holiday Party", 6:30-10pm, Details TBA
MerriLUG Linux Users, "DNS", 6PM, Martha's Exchange, Nashua NH
Greater Boston Chapter of AITP, "Holiday Networking Event", 5:30 pm, Jimbo's, Braintree Five Corners
Boston .NET User Group, "Annual Holiday Gathering", 6-8pm, near Boston Convention Center
Club Pocket PC-Boston, "Holiday Gathering", time/loc TBA

Fri DEC 16, 2005
No Shore Comp Soc computer clinic, 7PM, Peabody Municipal Light Plant
SIBMUG PC User Grp "Christmas Party, w open source giveaway CDs", 7pm, McConnell Ctr, Dover, NH

Sat DEC 17, 2005
The Retro-Computing Society of RI  "open house at the new facility at Atlantic Mills", Providence

Mon DEC 19, 2005
NE Info Security "Technical Briefing - SQL Server 2005" 6:30 pm, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Java Meetup, "lets gather and talk Java", 7 pm, Boston area

Tue DEC 20, 2005
So NE Network Users, "A preview of Vista", 7PM, Roger Williams Coll, Prov RI
Storage Networking, "Making Real Use of CDP Technology", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham

Wed DEC 21, 2005
Access Day, "Introduction to Access", 9:30AM-Noon, Microsoft, Waltham
Access Day, "Intro to VBA Pt 3 of 5", 1-4PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Access Day, "Access Developer", 4-8:30PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Linux & Unix, "Beowulf: The Latest Scoop", 7PM, MIT Bldg E-51, Room 315

Thu JAN 05, 2006
Visual Basic Pro, "AJAX - What is it?", 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham

Tue JAN 10, 2006
Network Users (BNUG), "Open Source alternatives", 7PM, Mt Ida College, Newton

Wed JAN 11, 2006
Boston .NET User Group, "Visual Studio 2005 Community Launch Event", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
SW Quality Group, "Proactive UAT", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Back Bay LISA, "Time Management", 7PM, MIT E51-149
The Boston Avid User Group "TBA", 6:30pm
Boston Mac Users (BMAC), "MacWorld Keynote & Review", 7PM, MIT Bldg E51

Thu JAN 12, 2006
NE Java Users (NEJUG), "Struts 2006", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
SQL Server Users, "Visual Analysis", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham

Tue JAN 17, 2006
So NE Network Users, "iSCSI and Where Does It Fit", 7PM, Roger Williams Coll, Prov RI
Storage Networking, "Moving to Disk-Based Backup", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham

Wed JAN 18, 2006
MacWoburn, "SanFrancisco Macworld in Review", 7-9 PM, Woburn Senior Center
Boston Linux & Unix, "Maddog's World Tour", 7PM, MIT Room TBD
NH SQL Server User Group, "development tools and development approaches", 7pm, New Horizons, Nashua

Thu JAN 19, 2006
GBC/ACM, "Conveying the Scent of Information", 7PM, location TBD

Tue JAN 24, 2006
Boston AppleScript Users Group, "TBA", MIT Building E51, Room 372
SharePoint Users, topic TBD, 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham

Tue JAN 31, 2006
NE M User Group, "TrackWare for version & configuration control", 7pm, Wellesley Gateway Building

Thu FEB 02, 2006
Visual Basic Pro, "Real-time monitoring with AVICode", 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham

Wed FEB 08, 2006
SW Quality Group, "Preparing for Your Next Job", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Back Bay LISA, topic TBD, 7PM, MIT E51-149
Boston Mac Users (BMAC), "Secure your Mac", 7PM, MIT Bldg E51

Thu FEB 09, 2006
NE Java Users (NEJUG), "Java Concurrency", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Tue FEB 14, 2006
Network Users (BNUG), "Open Source alternatives", 7PM, Mt Ida College, Newton

Wed FEB 15, 2006
Boston Linux & Unix, "Overview of Plone, a Content Management System", 7PM, MIT  Room TBD

Tue FEB 28, 2006
Boston AppleScript Users Group, "TBA", MIT Building E51, Room 372

Thu MAR 02, 2006
Visual Basic Pro, "ADO.NET Enhancements for SQL Server 2005", 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham

Wed MAR 08, 2006
SW Quality Group, "Software Quality, CMM and LEAN", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Back Bay LISA, "Mirapoint", 7PM, MIT E51-149

Thu MAR 09, 2006
NE Java Users (NEJUG), topic TBD, 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Tue MAR 28, 2006
Boston AppleScript Users Group, "TBA", MIT Building E51, Room 372

Thu APR 06, 2006
Visual Basic Pro, "Personalized Sites with ASP.NET and VB", 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham
Comp Measurement Group, topic and location TBD
NE Java Users (NEJUG), topic TBD, 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Wed APR 12, 2006
SW Quality Group, "Testing for Different Dev Processes, Industries", 6PM, Sun Micro, Burlington

Tue APR 25, 2006
Boston AppleScript Users Group, "TBA", MIT Building E51, Room 372

Thu MAY 11, 2006
NE Java Users (NEJUG), topic TBD, 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Tue MAY 23, 2006
Boston AppleScript Users Group, "TBA", MIT Building E51, Room 372

Thu JUN 08, 2006
NE Java Users (NEJUG), topic TBD, 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Wed JUN 14, 2006
SW Quality Group, "Introduction to Function Points", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Tue JUN 27, 2006
Boston AppleScript Users Group, "TBA", MIT Building E51, Room 372

Wed JUL 12, 2006
SW Quality Group, "Annual Hot Topics Night", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington


Events, Conferences, Education and Training:

DEC 15, 2005
SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 Launch, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center

JAN 25, 2006
Oracle Winter Training Day, Bentley College, Waltham

APR 03-06, 2006
LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center

MAY 30-JUN 03, 2006
USENIX Annual Technical Conference, "Training, Technical Sessions, workshops, more", Boston

JUN 11-16, 2006
Microsoft Tech Ed 2006 Convention, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center

JUL 30 - AUG 03, 2006
SIGGRAPH 2006 International Conference, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center


Ongoing:

MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science events open to the public

The IEEE Boston Section posts local courses at http://www.ieeeboston.org/

Qualware Instructional Services  Burlington

Cambridge Center for Adult Education  Call (617) 547-6789 or check the courses
available at http://www.ccae.org

DevelopMentor Training Classes, Cummings Park, Woburn. http://www.develop.com

Future Media Concepts provides training in all areas of digital media

Pinnacle Training has continuing Microsoft-related courses at Westborough and Braintree

Apple seminars  MA NH RI

Microsoft New England: Local Event Calendar

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