Please see the User Group Association / Local User Group handbook for information on the following topics:

• Benefits of a Local User Group
• Getting Started
• Gathering a Core Team
• Planning Your First Meeting
• Conducting Your First Meeting
• Concluding Your First Meeting
• Establishing Bylaws and a Group Charter
• Recommended Dues Structures
• Meeting Check List
• Building a Successful Local User Group
• Running a Successful Meeting
• Ideas for Meeting Topics
• Ongoing Recruitment
• Other Ways to Build Your Local User Group
• Maintaining a Membership Database
• Local User Group Roundtable