User Groups

I rarely mention it (for obvious reasons), but when I was a kid in the 60’s, Elvis Presley was my favorite "actor".  I’ve seen most of his 31 movies, and "Follow That Dream" was my favorite, followed closely by Viva

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Ricky Jordan mentions John McEleney’s Southern User Group tour, but John’s not the only one that’ll show up at meetings this year. Jon Hirschtick and Scott Harris will be featured guests at the first New Mexico SolidWorks User Group meeting

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Three new users groups have joined the SolidWorks User Group Network, and all will have their first meetings very soon. Pirates on the Bay SolidWorks User Group (Tampa)Sharon Keaton – Group Leader Temecula Valley SolidWorks User GroupBrian Wixom – Group

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I received a phone call yesterday from one of our technical reps to tell me what a great user group meeting he had attended in Northeast Ohio.  His praise of group leader Dan Bertschi was so strong I felt that

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The San Antonio SolidWorks User Group is one of my personal favorites, and I’ll be attending their meeting tonight. SASUG was created in 2003 when the Central Texas SolidWorks User Group was split into two local chapters.  Lila Theis did

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Created in October 1999, the SWUGN Committee has helped launch countless local user groups, provided continued support of local chapters, and created tools and programs vital to the user group community.  In 2006, SWUGN announced that service would become an

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User group members attending SolidWorks World were entered into a special drawing sponsored by SWUGN and 3Dconnexion (Look in the Bag).  Two lucky user groups members are now the proud owners of a Space Pilot, courtesy of SWUGN’s Participating Partner

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There are 50 user group leaders from around the world attending SolidWorks World 2007.  Catch all of them at the 8th Annual SWUGN Summit meeting, or stop by the SWUGN booth in the exhibit area and meet some of these

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Matt Lombard’s taking a little detour on his way to SolidWorks World in New Orleans. January 31st – North Alabama SolidWorks User Group February 1st – SolidWorks User Group of Birmingham After all the meetings he visited last year, I

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At every conference you attend, registration ends with someone handing over a bag of "goodies" full of CDs, flyers, yo-yos, and pens.  SolidWorks World is no different. This year one of our SolidWorks Partners has come up with something unique

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Whether or not you are a member of a local SolidWorks User Group Chapter, please take a few minutes to complete the Annual SWUGN User Group Member Survey.  This survey gives User Group Leaders important feedback about local group chapters,

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This time of the year typically signals a slowdown in user group meetings.  There are currently nine meetings scheduled for December, all in the first two weeks.  I guess even user group leaders take some time during the holidays. A

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I finished up my trip to India with a visit to the SolidWorks User Group of Pune on Thursday.  The Pune group is the longest running group in India, having formed in 2005.  This was their third meeting and it

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On Wednesday morning, I took a quick 35 minute flight to Chennai with Ravi Varadarajan, our TTM for India.  We were met at the airport by Mr. Mohan Santhanam of Barry-Wehmiller who would be our host for the day.  The

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I attended the first of three India user group meetings Tuesday afternoon in Bangalore.  Attendance was light, but the users that were there were very interested in the group, very attentive during my presentation, and anxious to see the group

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