The Power of User Groups and other resources

I've created some great relationships as a result of being a member of various Users Groups. Some of them are local, some of them are international. Some meet regularly (monthly, annually). Some never meet at all.

Here is a list of some of the groups I've joined
WiNSUG
San Diego SBS Users Group
Small Business IT (sbs2k)
SMB Managed Services
NYSBS
SDW2003
SMBTN
smallbizIT

All of them have been a good source of education for me. I've made contributions where I could. Some of the folks I've created professional relationships with, as they've assisted me with my transition to a Continuous IT Care modeled business. I'm going to blog in the future about how I selected some of the managed services tools that I'm using.