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Date: Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 4:00 PM<br>Subject: How Geeky Is Your User Group?<br>To: <a href="mailto:psmith.gllug@gmail.com">psmith.gllug@gmail.com</a><br><br><br>
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<div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 10px;"><font style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: bold;">How Geeky Is Your User Group? Find out in Manning's <i>Geekiest User Group Challenge</i></span></font> </div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">ATTENTION USER GROUP LEADERS! Does your merry band of programming misfits stand a chance at claiming the title of "Geekiest User Group?" Here's your chance to find out--and get some nice swag in the process! This month we're launching Manning's first <i>Geekiest User Group Challenge</i>! Read on for details.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">How it works</span><br></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">On Tuesday, May 4, we'll post the <i>Geekiest User Group Challenge</i> quiz. Your group will have a week to get your members to take the quiz. At the end of the week, we'll announce the answers--and the winners.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">The prizes</span><br></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b><u>Most Geeks</u></b>: The group that has the most members participate will win a Manning sponsored dinner* plus 20 printed Manning books of their choice! They'll also win the inaugural <i>Geekiest User Group 2010</i> badge to display on their site.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b><u>Smartest Geeks</u></b>: The group with the highest average score will receive 10 print books of their choice for their user group.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b><u>Luckiest geeks</u></b>: Plus, every day we run the quiz, all participants will be entered into a daily drawing where two (2) lucky geeks will each win a free ebook of their choice.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">Spread the word!</span><br></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Email, blog, tweet, and otherwise spread the word any way you can to give your user group members a heads-up. In fact, if you can plan your meeting that week, you can fill out the quiz together. And while you're telling them about the quiz, let them know that the regular user group discount code (<b>ug367</b>) is good for <b>40% off</b> any Manning book (usually 36% off) through the end of May. </span></div>
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<font color="#000000">Save 40% on any print, ebook or MEAP edition<br>through the end of May!</font></font><br><div style="text-align: center; font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Enter <b>ug367</b> in the Promotional Code box when you check out at <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103297788961&s=133492&e=001GWjK7omn6UmDw64w46yqMdPzcaOuDd9PFqbrsCMIPDvQZn01b8NnX3CZ5zpyTU-kUVYt5w73qggQbGBAazdyRzrUN198icE8H9_EkaNHs3XW39TW1UGGCg==" target="_blank">manning.com</a>.</span></div>
</div></font></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">*Manning will cover the cost of food and drink to be consumed at a user group meeting up to $500(US). User group leaders/members are responsible for making arrangements with a local caterer or restaurant. Manning must be informed of the venue, time, and date of the user group meeting.</span></div>
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