President's Message by Don Rima

Well, you folks know that I like to plan ahead as much as possible, so, go ahead now and mark down November 4 as the date for JAM-2005. It will be at the University of Maryland Conference Center again as it has been for several years now.

Well, I trust that Santa was good to all you folks. I have enough coal to survive several harsh winters, but then, some things never change.

We're off to a good start this year. We've got a great one day seminar with Carole Miner from Rochester bringing us the best and latest in web based development on the iSeries as well as iSeries Access for the web. We think this is a timely topic and presentation and hope that all of you avail yourselves of the seminar.

We'll also have Carole for the evening meeting where she'll be going into how to enhance the 5250 GUI access with HATS/LE. Many of us wear many hats and now HATS has taken on a new flavor in the browser interface of our iSeries applications.

Due to renovations being done at the Holiday Inn in College Park, we're having to move this meeting to what used to be the Holiday Inn in Laurel. It's now a Ramada and the address and phone number are below.

I hope the year is off to a pleasant start for you and yours.

See you at WAM on February 8th. Register early and bring a friend!

February 8th Meeting

Services Limited Edition (HATS LE) is a member of the iSeries Access Family.  Come learn how easily you can set up your iSeries server and enable users to access your 5250 applications and OS/400 screens through a very easy-to-use GUI browser interface.  You will also learn how HATS LE differs from iSeries Access for Web and the full HATS bproduct.  By the end of this session, attendees will be able to: understand the capabilities of HATS LE, see how to use it in an iSeries network, and know what steps to take next in order to start using it.

Carole Miner is a Senior Software Engineer for iSeries Client Integration, IBM Rochester Laboratory.  Carole has a strong grounding in programming, planning and leadership including the original PC Support, FSIOP (now called Integrated xSeries Server).  Carole¿s current focus is client integration technologies and support for iSeries Access products.  She is an internationally known technical speaker, author and iSeries authority

Tuesday February 8, 2005
Ramada Inn - Laurel
3400 Fort Meade Rd, Laurel, MD 20724
301.498.0900 for diretions
5:30 PM Networking/Cash Bar
6:00 PM Dinner
6:30 PM Presentation