Attendees took advantage of mingling session from 6 pm to 7 pm and met representatives of IDRF (International Development and Relief Fund) and other organizations.

We have raised $438 for the Kashmir Relief Earthquake Fund, which is donated to the IDRF . Thanks to Linux Show, AVAYA, Happy Worker, Dima NENCHEVA artist-painter for donating prizes for the raffle.

As promised all pre-registered attendees received a copy of "VOIP for Dummies'.

Do not take our word, read what these attendees have said:

" By all accounts and assessment the event was one of the most successful event recently ..." Duke
"Very interesting networking event ..." Jolanta
"Excellent ***** ..." Jos Van
" Good Turn-out and organization ...." Corina
"Informative ... " Jim Stacey
"Excellent, good variety and well organized ... " Frank Edwards
"The AVAYA session was great ... " Jonathan Kean
All evaluations will be analysed on Dec 5 at our Volunteers meeting to improve future events.

Did you miss this event? Take a peek at the photo gallery
Spot yourself in any pictures? We will change the caption if you want to be popular with Google.

We are holding a holiday dinner party at a Chinese restaurant on Dec 8 at 6:30 pm for a small number of friends of SIP. Attendance will be restricted to 16 only: Volunteers and SIP paid-up members will have priority.

The cost will be $20 per person cash (including taxes/tip and a glass of red/white wine). We will use the opportunity to discuss how we can make future SIP events more successful and raise funds for SIP.

Details::
http://www.sipgroup.org/volunteers/05dec08_dinner.htm

Contact: Laura Tyson at email: lauratyson@sympatico.ca
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If you would like to help us with marketing and strategy for future events then please attend Volunteers meeting on Dec 5 at 4:30 pm at Room 305, Metro Hall. Contact Max Haroon

http://sipgroup.blogspot.com/

Time to use this exciting new medium for presenting our news and events. The SIP’s blog is spinning up thanks to the energetic efforts of Olga Goubar (Web Developer and Data Analyst). Our blog includes events, ideas, and technology issues. We have RSS, contact information, links to other websites and other blogs, and even the Toronto weather forecast. We've collaborated with Google, Technorati and Jim Courtney (an experienced blogger) to steer more traffic to our blog to spread the word about the Society of Internet Professionals around the Blogosphere.

Please let us know how you can contribute: post your comments or provide content. Contact Olga Goubar at blog@sipgroup.org

• Identity Theft (Monday January 16, 2006)
• VOIP (Monday February 20, 2006)
• Internet Security (Monday February 20, 2006)
• e-Commerce - Payment options and certificates ((Monday March 20, 2006)
• e-Marketing (Monday April 17, 2006)
• Web Business Opportunities (Monday May 15, 2006)
• e-Publishing (Monday June 19, 2006)

In general pencil-in 3rd Monday of every mont for winter and spring 2006.

We are looking for Event sponsors and businesses who will take marketing tables
at these events. For as little as $250 you can have a table at one of our events.

Contact: Max Haroon or Laura Tyson at 416-891-4937 or email rsvp@sipgroup.org

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We are planning to publish selective advertisements in SIPpost (this newsletter), which is subscribed by 10,000 associates of SIP. If you wish to promote your products or services to our well established readership, contact rsvp@sipgroup.org to receive details.