Heads up East Coast and West Coast USA.

I'm going to be in the D.C. / Baltimore area on January 8th for a special evening at the Baltimore SharePoint Users Group.  If you're anywhere even remotely close I'd encourage you to come.  Even if you are in D.C. and Baltimore isn't your scene I recommend you come for this one.  I will be in Virginia Beach at the FREE SharePoint Saturday event as well.  They have a great lineup and I expect some people will even be flying in for this one.

The Baltimore (Broader Baltimore D.C. and Northern Virginia Area) event - Jan 8

Quote from the BSUG site:

It's been a great year here at BSPUG. We've turn 1 this year, had some Great
sessions and Great Speakers come through and our code camp was a huge hit.

...We will be meeting at UMBC Tech Center, 1450 Rolling
Road, Halethorpe, MD. Doors open at 6pm for food and refreshments.

Joel will be giving a presentation on 10 Steps to Success, Avoiding Failed
SharePoint Deployments.

Please go to http://www.baltimoresug.org/events and respond to the RSVP
survey to RSVP as this is sure to fill up quickly.  (Site may be experiencing tech difficulties and addressed shortly.)

SharePoint Saturday Virginia Beach - January 10 (all day!)

Saturday, January 10th, 2009 at the ATC this is a free event you can't afford to miss.

Tons of Great Sessions

Southern California (San Diego) SharePoint Users Group - Jan 21 @ 6:30pm

Avoiding Failed Deployments: SharePoint Governance

http://www.socalsharepoint.com/Pages/Default.aspx