{"id":33501,"date":"2007-12-27T11:57:38","date_gmt":"2007-12-27T16:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/swcommunity\/a-terrific-year"},"modified":"2007-12-27T11:57:38","modified_gmt":"2007-12-27T16:57:38","slug":"a-terrific-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2007\/12\/a-terrific-year.html","title":{"rendered":"A Terrific Year for SolidWorks User Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"

2007 was a great year for SolidWorks User Groups, with a total of 20 new groups joining the SolidWorks User Group Network (SWUGN<\/a>).  From small towns (North Augusta, SC<\/a>) to large metro areas (Tampa, FL<\/a>), new groups popped up at a rate of nearly 2 per month.  That’s a growth rate of over 18%.<\/p>\n

Top Ten Highlights from 2007<\/strong><\/p>\n

10. The San Diego SolidWorks User Group<\/a> holds 12 meetings in 2007.<\/p>\n

9.  Pirates on the Bay SolidWorks User Group<\/a> lays claim to best user group name.<\/p>\n

8.  Ukraine SolidWorks User Group<\/a> resides in most difficult city to pronounce (Dnipropetrovs’k).<\/p>\n

7.  14 groups increase their attendance by more than 25%.<\/p>\n

6.  The SolidWorks Roadster<\/a> visits the Central MA\/Northern CT User Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n

5.  Jeff Ray swings through Texas<\/a> in June.<\/p>\n

4.  90 SolidWorks User Group members became CSWA’s (for free!).<\/p>\n

3.  6 different 2008 SolidWorks World presenters attend the SWUGN Summit – San Jose<\/a>. <\/p>\n

2.  Gerald visits Austin, Wayne visits Colorado, Lenny visits Kansas City..you get the idea.<\/p>\n

1.  The SWUGN Summit – Nashville<\/a> draws 115 attendees.<\/p>\n

There’s still a lot to do in 2008.  The SWUGN Technical Summit schedule will be released soon, we have several large metro areas that are screaming for a user group (New York and San Francisco, are you listening?), and we need to make more inroads internationally.  We’ve built a great deal of momentum to take into the New Year, and I know that 2008 will be the best year yet for SWUGN.<\/p>\n

Huge<\/strong> thanks to all of our user group leaders (you can meet a bunch of them at SolidWorks World<\/a>), our group members (them too), and the SWUGN Committee (ditto) for their hard work and dedication to the SolidWorks User Group Network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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