Hi guys!<div><br></div><div>We&#39;ve been officially approved to be part of the user group program with Pearson (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; "><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family: Verdana; ">Addison-Wesley Professional, Cisco Press, Exam Cram, IBM Press, Prentice Hall, Que Publishing, </span></font>and <font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family: Verdana; ">Sams Publishing)</span></font></span>, which entitles our members to discounts on Pearson books ordered through their website, and allows our members to sign up to review books before they are release, as well as other exciting things that I haven&#39;t read about yet. :-)</div>
<div><br></div><div>There is also a discount for Safari online library (new accounts only)  (I think it&#39;s 15%).</div><div><br></div><div>I think this will be a nice benefit for our members.  Please let me know if you have any questions!</div>
<div><br></div><div>Bret</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">InformIT, User Groups</b> <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:usergroups@informit.com">usergroups@informit.com</a>&gt;</span><br>
Date: 2009/9/23<br>Subject: Welcome to the Pearson Education User Group Program 2009!<br>To: <br><br><br>










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<p><b><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold">Dear User Group Leader - </span></font></b><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;"></span></font></p>


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<p><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Please forward this note to your group members and share
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<p><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana">The <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Pearson Education
User Group Program</span></b> is proud to provide qualified technology user
groups with exclusive product news, discounts, free review copies in exchange
for posted reviews (as available), marketing materials, and promotional giveaways.
Housed on InformIT.com, the program represents Pearson Education imprints and
well-known technology brands of <strong><b><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Addison-Wesley Professional, Cisco Press, Exam
Cram, IBM Press, Prentice Hall, Que Publishing, </span></font></b></strong>and <strong><b><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Sams Publishing. </span></font></b></strong></span></font><strong><b><font face="Times New Roman"></font></b></strong></p>


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<p><strong><b><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana">If you are receiving this e-mail, <u>your group has
been qualified and registered in our program</u>. </span></font></b></strong></p>

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<p><strong><b><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal">Be sure to visit our exclusive
program page built just for you and your members:</span></font></b></strong></p>

<p><strong><b><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal"><a href="http://www.informit.com/usergroupwelcome" target="_blank"><b><font color="red"><span style="color:red;font-weight:bold">http://www.informit.com/usergroupwelcome</span></font></b></a><font color="red"><span style="color:red"> </span></font></span></font></b></strong></p>


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<p><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Here you will find <strong><b><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family:Verdana">discount code </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal">information</span></font></b></strong>
(as well as a discount flyer for your meetings),<strong><b><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family:Verdana"> official logo, banners and flyers to
download, exclusive content<font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"> </span></font></span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal">and more! </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><u><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Be sure to share this site URL!</span></font></u></b></strong><strong><b><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal"> </span></font></b></strong></span></font></p>


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<p><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana">You will receive our program newsletter on a monthly basis
from the <b><span style="font-weight:bold"><a href="mailto:usergroups@informit.com" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">usergroups@informit.com</span></font></a></span></b> inbox. Please
adjust your spam filter appropriately. It is our expectation that you will
forward the information to your user group members. If any member would like to
receive the newsletter directly from us, please have them e-mail <a href="mailto:usergroups@informit.com" target="_blank">usergroups@informit.com</a> with
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<p><b><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold">Read our Septemeber 2009 newsletter,
here: </span></font></b></p>

<p><strong><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy;font-weight:normal"><a href="http://ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com/imprint_downloads/informit/usergroups/InformIT_UGNewsletter_Sept09.html" target="_blank">http://ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com/imprint_downloads/informit/usergroups/InformIT_UGNewsletter_Sept09.html</a>
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<p><strong><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">Downloadable PDFS
Available</span></font></b></strong></p>

<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">Use these at your
meetings and distribute them to your members!<br>
</span></font><font size="2" color="red" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:red"><a href="http://www.informit.com/content/downloads/usergroups/UG_CustomizableSign.pdf" title="http://www.informit.com/content/downloads/usergroups/UG_CustomizableSign.pdf" target="_blank">Customizable
User Group Sign</a><br>
<a href="http://www.informit.com/content/downloads/usergroups/UG_discount_flyer.pdf" title="http://www.informit.com/content/downloads/usergroups/UG_discount_flyer.pdf" target="_blank">Discount
Flyer</a><br>
<a href="http://www.informit.com/content/downloads/usergroups/UG_Must_Haves.pdf" title="http://www.informit.com/content/downloads/usergroups/UG_Must_Haves.pdf" target="_blank">Must
Have Products Flyer</a></span></font><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana"></span></font></p>

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for your chance to win: <a href="http://www.informit.com/usergroupwelcome" title="http://www.informit.com/usergroupwelcome" target="_blank"><font color="black" title="http://www.informit.com/usergroupwelcome"><span style="color:black">www.informit.com/usergroupwelcome</span></font></a><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">.</span></font> A new contest will
start at the beginning of each month; simply complete the registration
form to enter; <strong><b><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family:Verdana">one entry per person please</span></font></b></strong> (duplicates
are discarded). Two people will be selected to win <u>three print books of
choice</u> from InformIT.<font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"> </span></font></span></font></p>

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about it? </span></font></p>

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BN.com and Bookpool.com, we&#39;d love to hear your feedback in order to
create the best possible products! Email the review to <a href="mailto:reviews@informit.com" title="mailto:reviews@informit.com" target="_blank">reviews@informit.com</a> with
the subject &quot;Book Review&quot; and the product name in the subject line.</span></font></p>

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<p><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Please direct inquiries to <a href="mailto:usergroups@informit.com" title="mailto:usergroups@informit.com" target="_blank">usergroups@informit.com</a>
and in the subject please include your group name - topic area - and type of
inqury.<strong><b><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family:Verdana"> </span></font></b></strong></span></font></p>

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<p><em><i><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Thank you for reading!</span></font></i></em><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana"></span></font></p>


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<p><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana">- <strong><b><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Pearson Education User Group Program Team</span></font></b></strong></span></font></p>


<p><em><i><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana">(Jamie Adams,
Heather Fox, Andrea Bledsoe, Lisa Jacobson-Brown and Emily Nave)</span></font></i></em><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana"></span></font></p>

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