About PhiNUG

PHINUG is a community of .NET developers joined together with a common goal: learn, teach, and have fun programming. PHINUG is about people who have, in a word, PASSION for .NET. You don't even need to know a lot of .NET technology, the important thing is you are interestedm and "passionated" to learn, teach, and promote .NET. PHINUG is the first and only .NET organization officially recognized and supported by Microsoft Philippines. We are now listed in the International .NET Association (INETA)! We are also working out to be a member of CodeZone.

As members of PHINUG, we are guided with the following aspirations:

Learn

We are compised of individuals who come together to learn all about .NET. The PHINUG will provide a venue where Filipino .NET developers can communicate, share code, best practices, distribute demos and tutorials.

Educate

We, with the joint support and cooperation of its members and sponsors, will provide training and seminars to help in the progress of the .NET development in the country. 

Advocate

We shall promote the use of .NET technologies. Advocacy contributes to the improvement of .NET practice and development in the country.

Research

We shall engage in research and inform members, through various fora such as talks, seminars, blogs about new developments in .NET. This makes local developers easily aware of the tools that they can use in developing new and/or improve existing solutions.

Network

We will collaborate/network with peers, institutions to foster a strong and active community of .NET developers learning and using the same technologies. Through this, it brings together industry experts, guest speakers in a convenient manner making exchange of information easy and accessible to all.

During the establishment of the group, the interim president has mentioned the following as a pre-cursor to the imminent growth of the group.

"I realize neither myself nor the officers can do everything ourselves, and as a growing group, we must lead others who will carry out our projects more capably than us." - General