>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.

In this case we didn't have anyone scheduled to speak as of yesterday. I was talking to Rick about texting and mentioned I'd be willing to show it if we didn't already have a speaker, hence the late announcement. (although the dates of our meetings are always posted in advance at http://dafug.org ).

Our .NET user group (in Southfield, MI) always has companies looking to hire (every meeting there are 4-6 companies saying they are looking for people). Hopefully it's the same for your group.