In February, the Global WebSphere Community is offering its members two ways to get a free Impact 2012 pass!

First, vote in the GWC Button Slogan Contest.  We received a wonderful list of suggested slogans from our members, and now it’s your turn to determine which two slogans will be made into buttons and given away at Impact 2012.  Everyone who votes is entered into a drawing for one complimentary Impact 2012 registration. Vote now!

Second, submit an Unconference topic and blog about it on the GWC site. Submit your Unconference topic and then blog about your idea on the GWC site between February 1 and February 29, 2012 to be entered into a drawing to win one of two complimentary passes to Impact 2012. GWC Members who blog on the GWC site about their Unconference submission during February also receive 100 GWC Member Rewards bonus points.  Each quarter, the GWC gives its top contributors no charge online IBM WebSphere Education as a reward for adding valuable content to the community.  Blog about your Unconference idea, and you could win too. Get instruction on how to blog on the GWC site or read more about the Unconference.

Employees of IBM; UCG; and national, state, or local governments of any country are not eligible to win GWC sponsored prizes.

From now through February 29, the GWC Member Rewards Program bonus points will be awarded to those who submit a blog post on the GWC site.  Not only will you receive extra bonus points for contributing, but those who submit an Unconference topic and blog about it will be entered into a drawing to win a complimentary Impact 2012 pass!  Unfamiliar with how to Blog on the GWC site? Click here to learn.

The IBM Unconference allows you to set the agenda at Impact 2012.  You choose the topics, attend the discussions, and you and your peers present.  To learn more about what goes on at the Unconference, just visit the 2012 GWC Impact Zone.  Submit your ideas and vote for your favorite Unconference topics today!

Show us your creative side and enter a button slogan and maybe you'll see your button at Impact 2012!  Each person who enters a WebSphere-related slogan will be entered into a survey for the rest of the community to vote on.  The top two most popular slogans will be made into buttons that you can pick up in the GWC Room at Impact 2012!

Do you remember "Hug a Wuger" or "Wugly and Lovin' it"?  If so, let us know what new button slogans you'd like to see at Impact this year.  By voting for your favorite slogan, you will be automatically entered for the chance at a free Impact 2012 pass.  Vote today!  It's fun, fast and easy!

To participate, send your slogan to GWCUserInfo@websphereusergroup.org no later than January 31.  To see a list of last year's button slogans please click here!

Good luck and may the best slogans win!