The group was originally formed in 2007 by "Inbar Gazit" after leaving
a position as a senior program manager working on the C# CLR team based
out of Microsoft at seattle in the U.S.A
Inbar started the group (Originally called "C# Proffessionals") in order
to meet and network with other C# developers, and get to know other developers
in the C# community.
In early 2009 Inbar met and teamed up with then microsoft developer evangelist
"Zain Naboulsi" and "Charles Cozad" from intel. A few months later,
"Brian H Madsen" (A C# MVP) working for fujitsu in Australia joined the
team, and together they renamed the group "The Linked.NET users group".
After a short while, and after repetitive use of "LiDNUG" as a shortened
term of the full group name, "LiDNUG" as a name started to stick, and as
the Linked-In groups platform started to grow, and members started to join
the group, "LiDNUG" soon became the groups official name.
In early 2010 with memebership numbers rising and a healthy community
of many discussions the group started to do regular online live webinarpresentations
for it's members. Beacuse of the links, Inbar, Charles, Zain and
Brian had LiDNUG was able to get access to many presenters in the .NET
community, that a lot of other user groups where not able to access. Chief
among these was none other than .NET legend "Scott 'Mr Red Shirt' Gutherie"
credited with the invention of the original .NET framework.
As numbers grew, and presentations (and presenters) multiplied, it was
obvious that extra staff where needed to keep things running smoothly.
In mid 2010, 2 new faces "Asit Aithal" and "Peter Shaw" showed up
in the group.
Like many of the members, Asit and Peter joined the group mainly for the
chance to get to know other developers and to look for opportunities to
network with other developers, Peter had recently moved on from a position
in the UK creating GPS software on the windows mobile 6 platform, while
Asit was running a home business producing web-sites using telerik tools.
Beacuse of the skills and knowledge of the I.T and .NET tools they had
available to them, they quickly started to help out in the group, answering
questions, fostering and helping to grow various discussions, something
that didn't go un-noticed by the current team, a few months later Asit
and Peter were asked if they wanted to join the managment team and help
run the group.
Over the next 2 to 4 years, other members where picked based on thier
contributions to the community, and there help within the group. In
about 2013 Charles left the group due to work commitments, and soon after
that Zain also moved on.
Today Inbar, Brian, Peter, Asit and our newest recruit Gavin Lanata still
run the group along with a team of 6 moderators based at strategic locations
accross the globe, onwards and upwards as we approach our 10th anniversary
(2017), we keep pushing forward, breaking new ground and keeping the community
spirit rolling.
