President's Message from Peter Maher

Well here we are again at the beginning of another year. The WAM board and I hope that all of you have had an enjoyable Holiday season. This year we hope will be another great year and we have many things planned for you. Based on the feedback we have received from you we will be looking to present monthly meetings that address many of your concerns. We also are planning more of the one day and multi-day topic specific seminars. For those of our more "southern" members or those who don't mind traveling, we are pleased to inform you of an event you may be interested in. On Friday March 16th Don Denoncourt will be presenting a reprise of his very successful One Day JAVA seminar. Those of you who missed Don in May when WAM presented him may want to take advantage of this event. This event will be presented in the Richmond Area.

Richmond has not had a users group for a few years so there will not be a users group discount on the seminar price. BUT as a special offer WAM members in good standing will receive a $25.00 discount. (My sources tell me that the full price will be $125.00 I will have more details soon - we are still ironing out all the final details.)

JAM 2000 was a Great Success

As those of you who attended know, JAM 2000 was a great day full of camaraderie and the chance to learn from some of the eServer iSeries top experts. The Board and I want to take this opportunity to thank the people who made JAM 2000 possible. First of all to the best lineup of speakers THANKS without the speakers you would have to listen to people like me and I don't think you want that! Next of course the vendors who donated their time and information to make our second expo a success. And finally and most importantly to the almost 150 of you who attended A HUGE THANKS!

In response to the overwhelming demand JAM will stay the first Friday in December. So mark your calendars now for December 7th 2001 - JAM 2001!

Board Elections

At the November meeting we held elections and I am humbled to say that by voice vote the entire slate of officers was chosen for another year. In December the board met and the following are the officers for 2001:

President - Peter Maher ph 703.834.3706 fax 703.834.3707 1stplace@crosslink.net

Vice-President - Jack Fugiel ph 301.489.1103 fax 301.474.1609 jack.fugiel@whihomes.com

Secretary - Don Rima ph 703.742.3744 fax 703.742.0448 dr2@cssas400.com

Treasurer - KB Soni ph 301.590.7121 fax 301.590.0213 kbsoni@aol.com

Director - Ross Massey ph 410.672.7070 fax 410.799.9066 rmassey@dpsolutions.com

Director - Mark Grimley ph 703.264.0643 fax 703.264.1753 mgrimley@cox.rr.com

Calling all Speaker/Topic Ideas

If you have a topic or speaker you want WAM to present at a monthly meeting or if YOU want to present at a monthly meeting, now is the time to speak up. (Pun intended:) WAM is your group and we don't have all the ideas so please speak up let us know what topics interest you and we will do all we can to get your topic on the agenda. If you know of a speaker you would like to hear let us know that too we will try to get that speaker.

Additionally, if you have always wanted to be a session instructor at COMMON or JAM but need more experience we should talk! Most of the session speakers at COMMON got their start speaking to their local user group. For more information call or email Don Rima dr2@cssas400.com 703-742-3744.

See you at the meeting

-Peter S. Maher

JANUARY MEETING

Configuring The AS/400 as a Web Server

with Doug Carlson of IBM

Come join us on Jan 16th as we feature Doug Carlson of IBM. Doug will be guiding us through the installation and configuring of the AS/400's http server. This will include tips on how to use the new http installation Wizard, getting around setup "gotchas" and setting up a server platform. By the end you will be able to start developing your own web resources and adding more eBusiness functionality to your eServer.

Doug has been in the Information Systems field for thirteen years. He spent 9 years in the US Air Force, in both active and active reserve duty positions. He has managed two AS/400 data centers including programmers, network specialists, and operators. His career with IBM began in 1988 as a Field Engineer. He moved into the Software Engineer field in 1993. In 1994 he left IBM to pursue a Systems Engineer position with an IBM Business Partner. He returned to IBM in 1998 to the AS/400 National Practice as a Senior Systems Engineer. Today, Doug is a Senior I/T Specialist in the Chesapeake Bay AS/400 Practice. His areas of expertise include AS/400 - Windows NT Integration, Database Design, Application Design, Network and Data communications Systems design, and AS/400 Education

Tuesday January 16th, 2001
Holiday INN College Park, MD Route 1 and I-95

• 6:00pm networking/cash bar
• 6:30pm Dinner
• 7:15pm Doug Carlson
• 8:30pm Adjournment

MEMBERS FREE 30.00 Non-Member

Treasurer's Message

JAM 2000 provided an excellent way to end Year 2000. The attendance at the JAM was even better than what we expected and the feedback from attendees indicated that it was the best JAM ever.

The membership dollars went even further in the year 2000. The Board was able to offer a very well attended one-day JAVA seminar in May at an extremely good price - especially for the members.

It is time now to renew your memberships for another year. I will like to take this opportunity to thank all the members who have renewed their membership for year 2001 along with the JAM registration. Everyone else should have received an invoice for renewal. I will appreciate if you can take care of the renewal at the earliest so that we can focus on another year of activities for you.

If you have any questions, or if you will like to start a new membership, please feel free to call me.

Your 2001 membership can be renewed or a new membership started by sending in your check for $100 for the annual fee. The checks made out to WAM may be sent to:

Washington Area Midrange
12023 Blackberry Terrace
North Potomac, MD 20878

-K B Soni
Treasurer

JAM 2001 - December 7, 2001