I am very proud to be part of the team that is launching a Vista and .Net 3.0 usergroup for the UK today. We've been planning this for a few months and I'm very happy to say its finally coming to fruition.

Based in Berkshire, we're going to be running it out of Reading as Microsoft have kindly allowed us use of one of their rooms to hold the meetups. They have been very helpful and have stepped away from the running of the usergroup (a very good thing in my opinion) which allows us to run the user group as we see fit.

Our first meeting will be at Thames Valley Park on the Microsoft Campus with two talks arranged. We're going to start off with a presentation on the Vista hardware assessment tools by Scott Belton, followed by a great talk on Windows Communication Foundation by Michael Luke. It all kicks off at 18:15 on the 28th of March and should end around 21:25. We will have some time to chat to the various members and we're lucky enough to have food and drinks supplied.

If you're interested in coming along, please visit the official site of the user group, Vistasquad.co.uk (what a cool name!) and drop a comment on the blog post to sign up for the event. We only have 50 seats available for the first meetup so sign up quick! I look forward to seeing everyone there. Its going to be a great evening out.