The next meeting for Midwest Messaging and Collaboration User Group (MMCUG) will be on January 31, 2014 at the Microsoft building in Downers Grove, IL. We will have food as well as prizes to go along with the great content from our 3 speakers. Topics to be covered will be Lync 2013, PowerShell and Hardware Load Balancers. For more information, you can see the invite here.
More information
MMCUG Meetup Site
MMCUG LinkedIn Site

*** UPDATE ***
Added a fourth speaker – SharePoint Team Site Tips, Tricks, and Techniques.
Complete list of topics/information:
PowerShell Remoting
• Remotely manage servers
• Manage remote sessions
• Best Practices
Lync Server 2013 – Notes From the Field
• Notes from past installations
• Upgrade tips from previous versions
• Migration gotchas/issues
• Best Practices
Hardware Loadbalancers by Kemp
• How they work with Exchange and Lync
• Kemp Product line
SharePoint Team Site Tips, Tricks, and Techniques
• Setup our own lists and libraries
• Create customized views
• Modify the home page using out of the box web parts
• Explore a few of the capabilities of SharePoint Designer
• Learn how to use PowerPivot for reporting
