This is the first entry of a series of entries in which I'm going to discuss what is going on with starting the downtown Seattle .Net user group ... so if you are not interested in these entries - please ignore.  Otherwise read on and leave a comment if you have something to share.

Here is a run down of the activities from last week (not necessarily in any order):

• Contacted a couple of user group leaders for advice
• Discussed starting the group with my manager
• Discussed starting the group with my wife
• Got the paperwork for reserving conference facilities after hours
• Emailed the MS RD (Microsoft regional director)
• Printed off the INETA "Best Practices: Starting and Running a .NET User Group" paper and read it (funny thing is I remembered it being longer and boring when I read it about 4 years ago - this time it actually seemed short and very useful)
• Got a url for the group
• Downloaded the Sueetie applications and started configuring a site

So far I'm thinking the first meeting won't be until late Feb or early March.  I'm also currently thinking Tuesday is a good day of the week (South Sound .Net meets on a 2nd Thursday of the month and .NET Developers Association meets on Mondays).

I currently have two plans (plan A and plan B) for locations, both are downtown.