It's here. All the t's are crossed and i's dotted. We are excited to announce our 6th Annual IWUG Bash. The event you have been waiting for. This long awaited event comes packed with geeky goodness and lots of cool fun.

We know you have been holding out those PTO's for this and December 18th is the day to mark your calendars and use them. We promise this event is not going to disappoint. Be prepared to come early this year, the pre-event party is off the hook. Waiting to show off your guitar hero, rock band or halo skills, well this is the place to do it. Did we hear challenge? Maybe we take up CWUG on their halo challenge after all.

This year's topic is off the hook. We are going to host Stephen Rose, former Microsoft MVP from the Springboard series team based in Redmond. He will talk to us on Windows Vista and the Road to Windows 7. You will be among the few who get to see Windows 7 in action. Demos? Check!!!

As you must have already figured out, this year we are supporting the Indiana Blood Center. Please join us in donating blood for a great cause and giving back to the community. The blood center will give everyone who attempts to donate a Colts Football. Awesome! Go here to read up on blood donation and schedule an appointment.

When:
Thursday, December 18^th at 5:30PM at the Junior Achievement building on Keystone ave. The Blood Center will be there at 5PM.

Door Prizes & Giveaways:
Did we forget giveaways? Absolutely not! Everyone is going to walk away with something. We have 50 copies of Windows Vista Ultimate w/sp1 and 250 copies of Windows server 2008 Enterprise edition with 25 cals to giveaway. These are not eval or time-bombed copies, full products. So this is how it works. Click on the registration link below and select if you want to get the Vista of Server ticket type, show up and get it. Please only one per person and you have to be present to win. Also, please only register if you are definitely planning on attending. Don't hoard up tickets. Pretty please!

We have other great raffle items including Xbox, Zune’s, software, books etc. If you bring a friend along, you get a bonus raffle ticket. (Make your friend register though). Oh and if we sell out of tickets, show up anyways, we’ll hook you up.

Topic:
Springboard IT Pro Series Topic:  Advancing desktop management - Windows Vista and the Road to Windows 7

Speaker:
Stephen Rose is the Sr Community Manager for Client IT Pros  with Microsoft. Before joining Microsoft he spent over 10 years as a consultant in the field working with companies like ADP, 5th 3rd Bank Corp, Miller Brewing, McDonalds, UCLA Medical Center, St. Joseph’s Medical System, The Dept of Justice and many more. He has been a MCSE and MCT since NT 4.0 and was a 2 time Microsoft MVP in Setup and Deployment.

Directions:
The Junior Achievement building is located at 7435 N. Keystone Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46240. Here are the directions.

Parking:
Parking is available in the JA parking lot.
 
Agenda
5:10pm-6:45pm: Doors Open/Registration/Blood Center
5:45pm-6:30pm: Social Time, Food etc
6:30pm-6:45pm: IWUG Welcome and Sponsors
6:45pm-8:15pm: Speaker Topic "Windows Vista and Road to Windows 7"
8:15pm-8:30pm: Wrap-up, Giveaways

Admission:
Admission is no charge – but we’re asking everyone to donate blood to the Indiana Blood Center as part of the event!