The Tauranga .Net Users Group has been operating since 2004 and was one of the first .Net User Groups in the country. We try to meet on the second Thursday of each month (except January) – but this often depends on the availability of speakers. Meetings tend to be held in the Bongard Campus of the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic on Cameron Road, but if you've got a suggestion for an alternative venue, let us know. The best way to be kept informed of coming events is to be on the mailing list. To join the mailing list, please drop me a line at: darren at bruning dot net dot nz We cover all topics relating to .Net including things such as SQL Server, Silverlight, both ASP.Net and Winforms, both C# and VB.Net – and many more. We always welcome new speakers so if you want to present on something – please get in touch. How to join this site: don't be fooled by the large 'join here' button. That's just to join the Tauranga .NET User group, which is just a subset of this site. You need to click the New Zealand MS Communities logo at the top right to go to the home page, join the MS Communities site as a whole, and only then join the Tauranga .NET User Group. Sorry about that...