Newsletter - October 1997
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President's Message from Jack FugielOur new format worked great! Why not give it a try this month? Light buffet from 6:00 to 7:00. Eat, relax and enjoy time with your friends and colleagues. Shortly after 7:00 enjoy 60 minutes of Mark Minasi discussing what is good and not so good in the world of PC operating systems. If you haven't heard Mark in the past you won't be disappointed. If you have heard him before you know how enjoyable and informative the evening will be. ElectionsWe will be holding elections at our November 18, 1997 meeting. Our bylaws call for electing 9 board members who in turn elect the officers of the organization. The officers are Immediate Past President, President, 2 Vice Presidents, Secretary, and Treasurer.Please give some serious thought to running for or nominating someone to run. This is a volunteer organization and as such needs active board members to provide the speakers and events that make the organization successful. Please give this some serious thought and give me a call or send me an e-mail or fax if you have any questions. Technical ConferenceThe brochures are in the mail! This is the annual event you don't want to miss. Attend sessions on the hot topics of the day like JAVA and Y2000. Listen to the top speakers in the AS400 world like Dave Prescott, Skip Marchesani, Susan Gantner, Jon Paris, and Carson Soule. If you haven't marked your calendar, you better do it now. This is a day that gives you the opportunity to enjoy the speakers, get your questions answered and spend a day relaxing while learning. Bring your colleagues, bring your friends, and bring your questions and enjoy the day!The session grid is on the web page http://www.wash-midrange.com and the brochure with the application should be arriving in your mail any day now. The first batch were mailed last week. Give any board member a call with any questions. Check out our home page and you get all the details not only on the conference but also all the details about your Users group. Hope to see you on October 21, 1997. -Jack
OCTOBER MEETING"Life After Windows: Operating System Update"featuring Mark Minasi What's new with Windows NT 5.0? Cairo? Windows 98? Come to Mark's annual "State of the Operating System" talk. You'll get an unbiased overview and all the news on the newest operating systems from the writer of Windows NT Magazine's Inside Out column, and author of The Expert's Guide to Windows 95, Mastering Windows NT Workstation and Mastering Windows NT Server. Learn about the strengths and weaknesses, similarities and differences between these pivotal operating systems. Use this valuable information to get ready for your next operating system ... or to justify staying with your current operating system.
Tuesday October 21, 1997 18:00
19:00 - 20:00 = Speaker's Presentation 20:00 - 20:30 = General Business / Announcements 20:30 ====== Adjournment This Month for Our Light Buffet we will feature a Pasta buffet with Spinach Ravioli, Tri-color Rotini, Marinara and Alfredo sauce, tossed Garden Salad, assorted dressings. RSVP (by Friday 10/17) to Peter 703/834-3706 or 1stplace@crosslink.net $25.00/member $30.00/non-member or Free for all members who have paid '98 dues!!
WAM MembershipTo join send your Name, Company, Address, Phone, Fax, E-mail with $100.00 annual dues to our Treasurer:
Systems Management Associates 12023 Blackberry Terrace North Potomac, Md 20878. You can now reach us on the Internet ! Our home page is located at http://www.wash-midrange.org. Please feel free to send any suggestions to Peter.
Newsletter DeadlinesPlease bring copy with you to the monthly dinner meeting for inclusion in the newsletter. First choice is WP5.1, but hard copy, Word, or other format is welcome. If unable to attend e-mail on meeting day to Tom .
NEWSWire/400, a weekly e-mail newsletter from the NEWS/400 Newswatch staff, delivers the latest news right to your monitor. Every Wednesday afternoon, we deliver NEWSWire/400 * FREE OF CHARGE * ! For new subscriptions, call 800/621-1544, fax 970/663-3285, or fill out the subscription form in the Newswatch Weekly section of NEWS/400's Web site http://www.news400.com/nww/wire-sub.htm
Here's the sign up instructions for the midrange-l list server that we spoke of at the last WAM meeting: To subscribe: send email to MAJORDOMO@midrange.com and specify 'subscribe MIDRANGE-L' in the body of your message. Midrange.com is a non-profit organization dedicated to the free exchange of ideas and information among computing professionals... This list server is not affiliated with any magazine or vendor.
Year 2000 Solution Seminar Hosted by IBM and FCS / New Millennium Technologies8:30 - 11:00 AMWashington, DC: November 13, 1997 Baltimore, Md: November 14, 1997 Seminars will cover a broad range of problems and concerns surrounding the Y2K issue, as well as our tool based solution. An open forum will address particular needs of all attendees. This is a FREE seminar. You will also learn how you can receive a FREE AS/400 by working with FCS / New Millennium Technologies on your conversion. FCS / New Millennium Technologies is a full-service, end-to-end Year 2000 conversion firm specializing in IBM Midrange, Mainframe and UNIX Systems. Our tool based approach and phased methodology bring proven high quality results and significant savings of TIME, MONEY and RESOURCES to our clients. To register for this seminar or to request additional information please contact:
Upcoming EventsOctober through January, 1998
Tip Sheet From NEWS 3X/400These Tips and techniques are provided courtesy of NEWS/400 magazine. For subscription information, call 800/621-1544.ACCESSING NETWORK DRIVES VIA CLIENT ACCESS Q. In Client Access for Windows 3.11, you can configure shared folders. However, Client Access for Windows 95/NT doesn't appear to have a shared folders option. Can I configure shared folders under Client Access for Win95/NT, and if so, how? A. Unlike the older Client Access for Win3.1, which required you to separately configure the shared folders function, Client Access for Windows 95/NT integrates AS/400 network drive access with the Windows 95/NT operating system. Accessing network drives on the AS/400 is no different from accessing network drives on any networked PC server. Once you have an active connection to the AS/400, you can use either the Windows Explorer or Neighborhood Network functions to access the AS/400 network drives. You can also use the Map Network Drive option from the Explorer Tools menu or the Network Neighborhood pop-up menu to create permanent drive mappings. For instance, you can map drive letter I to an AS/400 folder, and this linkage will be reestablished automatically when Windows 95 is started. -- Michael Otey
Humor Column courtesy of but not created by Peter MaherSome Fun at Bill Gates' Expense Three ibm ce's and three m$ se's are going on a trip together. The three micro$oft se's purchase their tickets first. One of the IBM ce's purchases a ticket as the other two wait. The m$'ers are dumbfounded. They ask how all three expect to get to where they are going with only one ticket. The ibm'ers tell them to just watch and pay attention. As everyone boards the plane the three m$'ers take their seats as the three ibm'ers proceed to the lavatory. Shortly thereafter the stewardess passes through and collects the tickets from the m$ employees. Passing by the lavatory the stewardess knocks and asks, "Tickets please." The door inches open and out comes the one ticket. Once the stewardess is gone, the three ibm'ers emerge to take their seats. The m$'ers are impressed and decide they can do this also. When time for the return flight arrives the three m$'ers purchase their one ticket as the ibm'ers just look on. Once again the m$'ers are dumbfounded and are again instructed to watch and pay attention. Upon boarding the plane the three ibm'ers enter the lavatory and the m$'ers enter the adjacent one. At this point one of the ibm'ers emerges to knock on the door to the m$'ers lavatory and asks, "Tickets please."
Treasurer's Message1998 Membership Dues ChangesRenewals for 1998 membership are coming at a steady pace. If you are among the members who have not yet renewed, let me urge you to do so as soon as possible. There are still two more monthly meetings in 1997 and so you can save up to $50 by renewing before the next meeting. As you all know by now, the membership dues structure has been changed effective January 1, 1998. The annual dues will now be $100 and this amount will include the cost of attending the monthly meetings throughout the year. You no longer need to pay an additional $25 to attend each meeting. The feedback we have received from members has been very positive and we hope it enhances member participation. With the changes we are making we expect considerable growth in membership as well as attendance at the meetings which in turn will enable us to get even better speakers at the meetings. The Board expects all current members to renew their membership for 1998. However, we are giving an added incentive to the current members to renew early. Since the members will not have to pay to attend meetings in 1998, once you renew your membership, you will not need to pay to attend the two remaining meetings in 1997. The check made out to WAM may be sent to:
c/o Systems Management Associates, Inc. 12023 Blackberry Terrace North Potomac, MD 20878 - K B Soni |
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