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SWUGN
Lifetime Achievement Awards
Recipients of the 2006
SWUGN Lifetime Achievement Award were Gene DiMonte of the Chicago
SolidWorks User Group, and Lila Theis of the San Antonio SolidWorks
User Group. Both former user group leaders were honored for
their commitment and dedication to SolidWorks User Groups and the
SolidWorks Community. (02/02/06)
1st Annual
SWUGN Awards presented at SolidWorks World
The SolidWorks User Group
Network handed out several awards at the SWUGN Summit at SolidWorks
World in January. The Colorado SolidWorks User Group was named
SWUGN User Group of the Year, and Rob Rodriguez was presented the
SWUGN Group Leader of the Year. Other awards presented were
Reseller of the Year to MCAD Technologies, and Participating Partner
of the Year to 3Dconnexion. Congratulations to all! (02/02/06)
SolidWorks
Community Blog makes its debut
SolidWorks Corporation recently
debuted the SolidWorks®
Community Blog . It’s a typical blog with informal, free-flowing,
and down-to-earth commentaries about the SolidWorks product line
and what's happening in the SolidWorks Community. Postings come
from the minds and keyboards of the SolidWorks product marketing
group. (01/19/06)
New group
leaders in Texas
Changing
of the guard in San Antonio, Dallas
Jim Lowery was elected
(in a close race) by SASUG group members to succeed Lila Theis as
president of SASUG this week. Jim has been a member of SASUG
since it's inception, and his company, ITM, regularly hosts SASUG
meetings just north of San Antonio. In Dallas, Christie Reed
takes over for NTSUG and is planning a meeting for mid January.
Christie has been involved in SolidWorks user groups for several
years, and is a regular volunteer and contributor at the Southern
Region SolidWorks User Conference. Congratulations Jim and
Christie!! (12/08/05)
User
Groups 2, NFL 0
Los Angeles
area gets two new user groups
The LA area hasn't been
able to support a pro football team for a while, but it does have
two new SolidWorks User Groups. The Antelope Valley SolidWorks
Expert Users (SAVEUS) are back after a long hiatus, and the Orange
County area gets a new group starting later this year. SAVEUS
has scheduled their comeback meeting for November 11th, see the
meeting calendar for details.
The LA/OC SolidWorks User Group is now being formed and is looking
toward an early December first meeting. Contact group leader
Mike Puckett at mpuckett@laocswug.com
if you are interested in learning more. (10/15/05)
Midwest
Region SolidWorks User Conference
October
12th - 14th
The 2005 Midwest Region
SolidWorks User Conference will be held October 12th - 14th, and
the Racine Marriott Hotel in Racine, Wisconsin. The final
user-run conference of 2005 features 20+ exhibitors, more than 25
technical sessions, food and networking. Highlights include
special keynote speaker and number 1 CSWP John McEleney, and technical
sessions by Mr. Tips and Tricks Phil Sluder of Triaxial Design and
Analysis. For more information, visit the conference website
at www.impactengsol.com/whatsnew.cfm.
(09/01/05)
7th Annual
SWUGN Summit at SolidWorks World
January
23rd, 2006
The 7th annual SWUGN
Summit will bring together user group leaders, user group members,
and users interested in learning more about SolidWorks User Groups.
The SWUGN Committee will host the meeting, and we expect more than
80 attendees. Please join us for this very informative meeting.
(09/01/05) |
