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If you're reading this blog, there's a better than average chance you're a SolidWorks user, and thus there is decent chance that you know who Jeff Ray is.  I suspect that not many of you have heard of Joe Nebolon though. On

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The SWUGN Summit series moves to Atlanta, Georgia on May 19th.  Atlanta Metro SolidWorks User Group leader Tom Ellis is very excited about the event, and has several group members that are ready to present.  SolidWorks own Philip Thomas will be

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Nothing really, but each number will show up here in this catch-up post. 1The 1st SWUGN Summit event of the year was held this week in Orlando, and we all had a great time.  Thanks to Casey Gorman, Matt Rece,

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The 10th annual COFES conference was my fourth, and like many others have expressed, I feel it was the best one I have attended.  There's plenty of in-depth coverage of the event to be found: SolidWorks: Heard!Lou Gallo covered COFES

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This morning I flew into Phoenix and made the 100 mile drive to Tucson for tonight's Tucson SolidWorks User Group meeting.  I'll be doing a session called SolidWorks User Tips Group and Network Tricks.  You read that right, it's a

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Well…both actually.  Randall burst on to the scene last September as the leader of the Happy Valley SolidWorks User Group.  Since then, the group has averaged over 80 attendees for each of three meetings that have been held.  HVSWUG will

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I originally titled this "Great Things Happen to Great People", but changed it to reflect the real story.  A little over a week before he was scheduled to attend SolidWorks World 2009, Rodney Hall found out that his employer was shutting

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Rich Hall has a regular feature over at his blog called "Educators Corner".  Bill Casnovsky, Central Texas SolidWorks User Group leader, is today's interview.

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The Lifetime Achievement Award is presented annually to former user group leaders or SWUGN Committee members that have shown outstanding service to the SolidWorks Community for an extended period of time.  Two new names grace the SWUGN Lifetime Achievement plaque

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"…a really terrific guy…." That's how I introduced Rob Jensen as he walked to the stage at SolidWorks World to accept the 2008 Group Leader of the Year award.  Rob is one of those special SolidWorks users that is always

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The criteria for the User Group of the Year award includes things like quality meetings, steady or increasing attendance, and a leadership that takes an active role in the SolidWorks Community.  The Central MA/Northern CT SolidWorks User Group is all

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Here are some additional highlights from the 10th Annual SWUGN Summit at SolidWorks World. SWUGN ElectionsCongratulations to Ontario SolidWorks User Group leader Chris White who is now the SWUGN Committee representative for Canada.  Chris becomes the first non-incumbent to be elected to the

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I knew there was some sort of surprise planned for the 10th Annual SWUGN Summit meeting here at SolidWorks World.  Devon Sowell contacted me last week and asked if we could shorten things up just a little, but didn't want

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There's no doubt that the SolidWorks bloggers are a bunch of great folks.  Many of them are here with us at SolidWorks World, and they're writing, taking pictures, and doing interviews.  But the real beauty of the SolidWorks Blog Squad

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