Bob:

As the offical and democratically elected leader of TCLUG
I would like to appeal to you to fill out the form for us to join
the O'Reilly User Group & Professional Association Program.
  http://ug.oreilly.com/

Why?
 **** 20% UG member discount on all O'Reilly products and conferences
    * weekly newsletter
    * quarterly catalogs
    * O'Reilly speakers
    * review copies of O'Reilly products
    * donations of books and other promo items

Sense of urgency?
   Earlybird registration for the Emerging Tech conference ends MONDAY.
   http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/36/register.html

Likelyhood of approval
  Many LUG's are already members:
  http://wiki.oreillynet.com/usergroups/index.cgi?LinuxGroups
  including:
    Fargo-Moorhead Linux Users Group, Fargo, ND and Moorhead, Mn
    Rochester Linux User Group (Rochester, MN)
    St. Cloud Area Linux User Group, St. Cloud MN

How to sign up
  http://ug.oreilly.com/register.html

Thank you for your consideration!

--Tom