The Chicago and Milwaukee .NET are doing something interesting for their holiday party this year. They are partnering with Microsoft to offer FREE copies of Visual Studio 2008 to all attendees that install the RTM version during the party. They are also having an XBOX 360 lan party. Is our group large enough to offer this? The Milwaukee and Chicago groups are sold out. Just a thought.
I'll enjoy just hanging out with our group also, but hey, free software is cool too.