About GANG We are a community of developers interested and active in
the development of software implementing the Microsoft .Net framework and
associated environment. Topics of discussion will focus on .Net development and
related subjects.
We are dedicated to advancing the knowledge and understanding of the
Microsoft .NET development tools and methods in the development community.
As a volunteer-driven, developer-focused organization our motto is "For Developers, By Developers".
Officers Volunteers David
Giard  Jamie
Altizer  Akhil
Mahajan  Jelard
Macalino  Sukhdev
Tur  History In November 2001, John Hopkins, Josh Holmes, Darrell Hawley and Martin Shoemaker met in the kitchen of Richard Irwin to draw up the by-laws for a new user group they were planning. They named the group the Great Lakes Area .Net User Group (GANG for short) and decided it would focus on providing educational and networking resources for .Net developers. Irwin was appointed the first president and was succeeded the following year by Bill Wagner. Others, such as Patrick Steele and Richard Hale Shaw, later joined the original kitchen group and provided leadership during the early days. Many of these men went on to become officers of GANG, while others volunteered to help in other ways. Alex Lowe and Dave White of Microsoft assisted in securing a venue. A trial meeting was held in January 2002 featuring a presentation by Martin Shoemaker. A few months later, Bill Wagner gave a talk on Garbage Collection and Memory Management at the first official meeting, which was held at the Microsoft Southfield office, where the group still meets today. GANG was the first group in Michigan and one of the first in the country to focus primarily on .Net development. Soon, it would become one of the first user groups to join INETA. Today, hundreds of members attend GANG each year to hear speakers from all over the world and to exchange ideas with developers from around the region. Presentations cover a wide range of topics that interest .Net developers - from details of the framework to the soft skills involved in managing projects.
Map Membership
Membership in GANG and attendance at our meetings is free.
A members who wishes to help offset the cost of running the user group may become Supporting Member. Supporting Memberships are available for $40 per year. Only supporting members may run for a group office and vote in the annual elections. Click the button below to become a supporting member.
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