I started the Columbia Enterprise Developers Guild nearly a year ago. In fact, we held our first meeting in May 2007. However, it wasn't just some crazy plan I hatched up. There were quite a few other people instrumental to getting the group going.
One of those people is well known to all of us on GeeksWithBlogs. At the time, Chris Williams was the INETA Membership Manager for the Carolinas. He provided me the information and support I needed to make CEDG an INETA group.
When I found out that Chris was "in the running" for INETA VP of Membership, I decided to use my credentials as user group leader to nominate him. Really, he would be great at this post! Plus, I suppose it be nice having an ally in the upper echelons of an organization that provides so many great things to our community.