>Mary,
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>This is a general recommendation to user groups in general -- please announce them a little more in advance! This has happened just this week in Chicago and Philadelphia. April 11 is tomorrow and your meeting conflicts directly with the meeting of my local .NET user group. I have a funny feeling I am going to find a job there. But I encourage everyone who can make it on short notice to go listen to Paul speak. He is a guy who knows what he's talking about and is generous of spirit.

Can't speak for the others, but I try to post our meeting notices one week ahead. Sometimes, I don't have the details in time for that, so it's later. But I posted our meeting for last night Thursday of last week; still 5 days notice for the topic and speaker, and of course, it's a standing meeting night.

Tamar