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Join us for our NEXT MEETING- a One-Day SAS Conference!

Date: Thursday, June 7, 2012
Time: Approximately 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Place: VisTaTech Center, Schoolcraft College
          18600 Haggerty Rd
          LIvonia, MI 48152
Cost: $100 on or before May 24, $130 after May 24 - includes breakfast buffet, lunch and afternoon refreshments!

Register now!!  Space is limited for the Hands-On Workshops, so register early!

Agenda (View draft schedule):

Taking Full Advantage of sasCommunity.org: Your SAS® Site (Hands-On  Workshop) - Art Carpenter, California Occidental  Consultants 
 
Programming  With CLASS:  Keeping Your Options Open - Art Carpenter, California Occidental  Consultants

Innovative Techniques:  Doing More with Loops and Arrays - Art Carpenter, California Occidental  Consultants

An  Introduction to  Creating Multi-Sheet Microsoft Excel Workbooks the Easy Way with SAS® (Hands-On Workshop) - Vince DelGobbo, SAS 

Building a Hosted  Statistical Computing Environment: Is it Possible?  (PharmaSUG 2011 Best  Paper Winner) -   
John Leveille
, d-Wise Technologies (will be presented by David Ryerson, d-Wise Technologies)

Why Did SAS® Say That?  What Common DATA Step and Macro  Messages Are Trying to Tell You - Kevin Russell, SAS

The Power PROCs:  Computing Sample Size with PROC POWER and PROC GLMPower - Brenda Gillespie, University of Michigan
  
Trigger Events: When People Move to a New Cluster - David Corliss, Marketing Associates

Adventures in Path Analysis - Brandy Sinco, University of Michigan

Central SAS Macro Libraries - Ken Schmidt, Thomson Reuters
 
Generating Hyper-linked Reports for Select, Augmented Metadata - Phil Wright, University of Michigan

Performing Meta-Analyses of Diagnostic Accuracy with SAS Procedures - Mireya Diaz, Vatikutti Urology Institute, Henry Ford Hospital

Register now!!

Pre- and Post-Conference Training Classes 

Art Carpenter will be offering the following classes before and after the conference (click on the course name to view the description):

Wednesday, June 6 (8:30 AM - 4:30 PM)
From %Macro to %Mend: An Introduction to the SAS Macro Language
Cost:  $370 ($320 if 3 or more register from the same company)

Friday, June 8 
8:00 AM - Noon
- Innovative Tips &  Techniques:  Doing More in the DATA Step
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Building Dynamic Programs  and Applications Using the SAS Macro Language 
Cost:  $185 per class  ($160 if 3 or more register from the same company)

Both the June 6 and June 8 classes will be held at the Residence Inn Livonia (17250 Fox Drive, Livonia, MI 48152), in the Gatehouse Meeting Room.  Seating capacity in the room is only 24, so sign up quickly!

Register now!

 
Students- we will again be awarding 2 scholarships to the 1-Day Conference.  The scholarship will cover the conference registration fee.  Please download the scholarship application and submit it by May 8, following the instructions on the application.

A big thank you to the sponsors of our 1-Day Conference:
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About Us

Mission Statement

The Michigan SAS Users Group is organized to further the interests of programmers and users of the SAS Software System. Members share information on building applications with SAS Software and how to better use programming tools and user interfaces. MSUG also provides a forum for informing attendees and members of career opportunities.

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Members automatically receive email announcements of upcoming meetings, along with a copy of the MSUG newsletter, which is published occasionally. Notes and Notices, users coding tips and tricks and "help wanted" ads are included in the newsletter. See our archive of Newsletters and Past Proceedings.

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There are no membership dues at the moment.If you wish to join MSUG, please send us an email message requesting that we add you to our distribution list for newsletters and meeting announcements!

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