The event formerly know as WMNUG's The Big EveNt has a new home for 2012. We'll be at Cornerstone University's Bernice Hanson Athletic Center. It's close to I-96 and right off of Beltline. Across the street from the Meijer Gardens, there are hotels nearby as well as the entire Celebration Cinema North complex.
We're happy to have found a new home for the event (even though we're now paying for space) and are working on a million details. A new 501(c)3 is needed, along with a new charter as we pull the event from the rubble of WMNUG and make it stand on it's own as an IT event for all with a broader focus and more user group involvement.
The dates will be in the first week of June, we just need to pick the days and come up with deposit money somehow.
It's soul remains the same - a volunteer-driven communty event for everyone in IT. The goals are to continue being able to keep the event free for attendees and spread the cost among our wonderful and generous sponsors. The more sponsors the lower the cost for all, so if you've got a good contact with a company you'd like to see there please let me know!
A formal board and titles haven't been determined yet, but the core group from the previous events remain, and we're adding more folks on as people volunteer to help out. Nice reprieve for me!
So stop by every so often to look for updates on the event. We're skipping this year (again) so that we have enough time to plan a great event - and yes - it does take about a year to pull something like this off.
Novell's acquisition won't affect the event, they'll still be involved, but their new "siblings" may be along for the ride as well. We couldn't do it without Novell or GWAVA or Dell or any of the other sponsors that have helped us move this forward.
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