Open Invitation to Chariman Bill

Dear Bill Gates:

I am the president of a .NET users group, GLUGNET. I live in Michigan, which unfortunately has a constipated economy based on manufacturing. You may or may not be aware that although our myopic leadership keeps chasing investment dollars for automotive manufacturers, we have a tremendous and growing IT investment base. Unfortunately, much of the IT investment is still in older, manufacturing related, non-Microsoft technologies.

People like our GLUGNET board, which includes hard workers like Joe Kunk, know just how great many of the Microsoft technologies are, but we need your help.

We want to re-invigorate Michigan's interest in IT and the new economy. To do that we need a jolt of excitement. So I am extending an invitation to you to drop in and visit our group. Sometimes a little recognition goes a very long way.

We meet the third Thursday of every month on the beautiful campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, pizza and soft drinks are provided by corporate sponsors, and there are no membership dues.

Keep up the good work,

Paul Kimmel