Newsletter - May 1999
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President's Message from Peter MaherBig Things are Happening!By now most all of you should have received your flyer on the Charlie Massoglia RPGIV Seminar. We are very proud of the fact that we are able to present this seminar to you, our members, at a greatly reduced price. Now more than ever I feel that your membership in WAM is a great investment in your career. For only $100.00 you can come to every meeting, save $50.00 on this seminar as well as save $50.00 on JAM 99. I know KB will hate this but its almost like we pay YOU to be a member! Now is the time to take advantage before we wise up! One important fact that I left out of the Seminar Flyer is the fact that we will also provide lunch for all the attendees. So if you add that to the RPG IV book you will receive as an attendee you can see we are doing this as a huge benefit to our members. JAM 99 is shaping up to be the best yet! December 3rd is a day you simply Must mark on your calendar now. This year marks the Tenth Annual JAM and we are planning on this being the best yet! So far among those we have confirmed with are: John Sears, George Farr of theToronto Labs, Al Barsa who is returning for the second year in a row with all new sessions, JAM favorite Carson Soule, and as our Keynote Speaker Dr. Frank Soltis who is the ultimate "Mr. Insider" and will let us in on "The Future of Business Computing". As soon as we have the sessions confirmed with the speakers we will be posting the Grid on the web page, www.wash-midrange.org May Meeting This month on May 18th we are happy to welcome back Carson Soule. As those of you who attended JAM 98 already know, Carson has been one of the strongest supporters of WAM from its inception. I know that I always look forward to Carson's meetings because I know that I will learn something new as well as be entertained. Sneaky how he does it! Come out to College Park and if you get a chance thank Carson for all he has done for WAM. Re-Cap of April's meeting Last month we presented John Carr. John not only impressed us with timely tips and tricks but showed us how we can use RPGIV to utilize the IFS that is built in to our systems. Thanks John! The winners of the monthly drawings were: Joseph Shean & Barbara Zattiero - News 400 Gift Certificates, Niloofer Clark - Midrange Computing gift certificate, and Brett Wertz - The AS/400 Handbook. Congratulations to all! Ps. I have spoken to the hotel about the cold room and they promise to have it fixed by June. See you on the 18th! -Peter MAY MEETINGGraphical Application Development on the AS/400with Carson SouleA detailed look at the alternatives to develop graphical applications on the AS/400. Included in the discussion will be graphical front ends, Java applets, VB, web interfaces and Lotus Domino. The alternatives are presented in categories identifying advantages, disadvantages, performance, security and practical experiences with each. Carson is a well-known national speaker. He is CEO of CAS in Laurel, MD. WAM owes a great debt of gratitude to Carson as he has been one of our greatest supporters from the very first JAM (held at the offices of CAS) continuing to this, his tenth year as a speaker.
Tuesday May 18, 1999 18:00 Board Meeting Immediately After !
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President: Peter Maher 703/834-3706 F) 703/834-3707 1stplace@crosslink.net
RPG IV Seminarwith Charlie MassogliaTuesday June 15th This day-long course introduces the student to the RPG IV language. A prior knowledge of RPG/400 is assumed. Course materials include the 250-page book RPG IV for the RPG/400 Programmer. Extensive code samples including comparisons of RPG/400 to RPG IV will beused to cover the following: Introduction to RPG IV and a review of changes to the existing RPG specifications including free-form calculations and expressions Definition specifications, used to define data structures, arrays, tables, data areas, and other structures Built-in Functions which can substantially reduce coding requirements Date, time, and time stamp data types and operations including date arithmetic and Year 2000 considerations Conversion to RPG IV Using the ILE Source Debugger ILE overview including binding by copy, binding by reference (service programs), IMPORT/EXPORT, and activation groups. The student should leave with an understanding of the changes, which have been made to the RPG language definition and how to use RPG IV. SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY: Charlie Massoglia {MUH-SO'-LEE-UH} is president of Massoglia Technical Consulting, Inc. a midrange consulting and education firm in the United States. Author of a number of books and articles on the AS/400, System/38, System/36, System/34, and System/3, Charlie is a frequent speaker for COMMON US, COMMON Europe, COMMON Australia, COMMON Latin America, and other user groups. He has been a speaker at every COMMON US Conference since October 1977 and has served in a number of volunteer positions, including Board of Directors and Vice President of Conferences. Having worked on every IBM midrange machine since the System/3, Charlie now specializes in the AS/400. His cowboy hat has become the trademark for the Massoglia AS/400 Technical Seminars he conducts throughout the United States and Europe. Registration Deadlines and Prices: The early registration deadline is June 7, 1999. Registration made after June 7th will include a $10.00 late charge, so register early! The registration fee for members of Washington Area Midrange user group is $100.00 dollars and for non-members $150.00. (For an additional $50.00 you can become a WAM member and save $50.00 on JAM 99!) Make checks payable to WAM. Seminar confirmation will be sent back to you. Cancellations received in writing by Friday June 11, 1997 will be refunded in full while all cancellations after that will be assessed a $40.00 charge. DIRECTIONS
From Baltimore:
From Washington D.C.
From Points South: Tuesday June 15th Registration 8:00am; Seminar 8:30-4:30pm Tysons WestPark Hotel $100.00 Members $150.00 Non-Members Please complete the following form for each attendee. Seminar Fee: Members: $100.00 Feel free to make copies as needed! Non Members: $150.00 or, With WAM Membership $200.00 Name: _______________________________________________ Company: ____________________________________________ Address: ____________________________________________ City, State, ZIP: ___________________________________ For more info call Peter at 703-834-3706 or see the web page at http://www.wash-midrange.org/ Phone: Work _______________ Home ____________________ Fax ________________ e-mail ____________________ Please mail registration and check to:
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or Fax registration to KB Soni 301-590-0213 For more info call Peter at 703-834-3706 or see the web page at http://www.wash-midrange.org Treasurer's Message1999 Membership RenewalThe benefits of being a WAM member continue to increase. As Peter Maher mentioned in a recent monthly message, as a WAM member, you can now avail yourself of many discounts from NEWS400 and Midrange Magazines. In addition, you can alsosave $200 off the price of COMMON by registering through Midrange Magazine as a user group member. While most of our 1998 members have already renewed, there are still a few who have not. All 1998 members who have not yet renewed their membership for 1999 have been mailed their final reminder invoice. If you have not yet renewed, please do so at your earliest. If you have any questions, or if you would like to start a new membership, please feel free to call me. Your 1999 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:
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