Despite difficult traffic scenarios & a slow start to the evening, the number of attendees once again grew to over 60+ folks all clamoring for a great time.  The darker fall evenings and brisk air allowed for many warm conversations to take place at the event.  Another new look from Dip spurred many a conversation (mainly positive mercifully). Other topics included several business connections being made, explanations about the difference between our group and other affiliate organizations such as IT Meetup.com and how we work together and lastly business cards and the various styles including photos and the “tent” types.  Additional topics were our Nov. 23rd Young Adults networking session (bring your high school or college age kid) plus, once more, another great group of newbies. Thank you all (David Kamminga, Jill Corey, Rob Silva, Rebecca Roble & Melissa Gonzalez (herself a newbie)) for referring our newbies and sending them to our event. Remember if you invite someone, please attend yourself & make sure they bring business cards!  Checkout the photos http://www.it4dc.com/it4dc.php?page=pics.php on the website & see what a fabulous time we had as well as some of the "newbies" who attended. Additional thanks to Juan (bartender) and the Westin Hotel management team for their hospitality & the wonderful appetizers provided to us. Our next event will be at the Café Montmartre, Lake Anne Plaza, Reston, VA location on Tuesday November 23rd. John Franklin from Sentai Digital will be the spotlighted firm showing off their mobile apps development. Please invite your young adults (aged 14 to 22) so we adults can teach them how to network and of course all the folks you can think of to continue to drive a big turnout and continue 2010 in style and make this year even more successful than 2009! Thank you all for your continued support.

Dip Chandra