>>>"Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends"
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>Hmm... intrigued that somebody well established in databases would want a leadership role in a moribund NET user group in a leetle place like NY. Not much interest in NET in such a small place or ??? Apart from the premises, what is MS's role?

Yeah, I wouldn't expect a .NET user group in NY to need resurrecting. With over 110 RSVPs on the MeetUp site for the next meeting, I'd guess the problem was something other than lack of interest/demand.