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August 14, 1998 Dear SQL Server Professionals, This is another update message about the Heartland Users Group's SQL Server SIG... See you at the August 19th meeting. AUGUST 19th SQL SERVER SIG MEETING ************************************************************ The SQL Server SIG's inaugural meeting is Wednesday, August 19th at 5:30 PM. Al Zyck of Microsoft will be our presenter and will discuss SQL Server 7, the SQL Server 7 beta program, and your Q&A about SQL Server 7. Additional copies of beta 3 of SQL Server 7 should be available for those who didn't get a copy at the workshop. This meeting will be held at the offices of Empower Training Consultants located at 2600 Grand, Suite 400. This building is located SOUTHEAST of the Westin Crown Center hotel. Please park in the lot on the east side of Grand Street across the street from this building. Agenda items will include: [ 1.] discuss and decide when and where to host future meetings (beyond October 22nd), [ 2.] nominations of SQL Server SIG officers, [ 3.] discuss ideas for a place, topic, and speaker for the October 22nd meeting. We will also circulate a survey to us decide on future meeting topics. Please let me know if you have any additional agenda items. SEPTEMBER 16th SQL SERVER SIG MEETING ************************************************************ The September SQL Server SIG meeting will be on Wednesday, September 16, 1998 at 5:30 PM, also at Empower. The speaker for this meeting will be Sean Baird of Empower, who will be addressing "SQL Server Performance Tuning and Optimization: Tips and Tricks". This same presentation will be given at the MCP Tech Mentor conference later this year. Sean is a project manager, technical architect, and co-author of "MCSE Training Guide: SQL Server 6.5 Design and Implementation" (New Riders) and is currently working on another book for SQL Server DBAs. We will also be accepting nominations of SQL Server SIG officers at this meeting. OCTOBER 22nd SQL SERVER SIG MEETING ************************************************************ The October SQL Server SIG meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 22, 1998. We still need to decide on a topic and a time and place for this meeting. We will be electing SIG officers at this meeting. UPCOMING HEARTLAND USERS GROUP EVENTS ***************************************************************** All Heartland Users Group's meetings are open to the general public. Joining the Heartland Users Group entitles you to receive door prizes and the monthly newsletter. Please consider joining -- an annual membership is only $25.00. You can obtain a membership form at any of the Heartland Users Group's events. Wednesday, August 19, 1998 at 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM SQL Server SIG; "Getting Started w/ SQL Server 7" At Empower 2600 Grand, Suite 400, KC, MO Thursday, August 20, 1998 at 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Access SIG; Picnic and meeting; bring chips or salads At Antioch Park 65th and Antioch, Merriam, KS See http://www.kcx.com/accessvb/logon.asp for details Monday, August 24, 1998 at 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM General Meeting; "Building a PC from scratch" At Johnson County Community College Room CEC234, OP, KS Tuesday, August 25, 1998 at 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Visual Basic SIG; "Visual Basic 6.0 - Sneak Preview" At Johnson County Community College Room CEC234, OP, KS See http://www.kcx.com/accessvb/logon.asp for details Monday, August 31, 1998 at 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM HUG Board Meeting (for HUG officers and SIG leaders) At Security Benefit Companies Corporate Woods, Building #27, Suite 150, OP, KS (northeast of College BLVD and Grandview RD) Wednesday, September 2, 1998 at 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM Microsoft Dev Days See http://www.microsoft.com/devdays for details Wednesday, September 2, 1998 at 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM JAVA SIG; JAVA tutorial (first session) At Step 1, Inc. 10551 Barkley, Suite 117, OP, KS See http://www.qni.com/~brisk/JavaSIG/Default.html for details Wednesday, September 9, 1998 at 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM C++ SIG; Ch. 12 of "C++ from the ground up" book & "Source code documentation tools" At Step 1, Inc. 10551 Barkley, Suite 117, OP, KS See http://www.kcx.com/c/ for details Saturday, September 12, 1998 at 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM Win 9x/NT SIG; topic TBA At COMP-USA 11421 Metcalf, OP, KS Tuesday, September 15, 1998 at 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Smalltalk SIG At Information Systems Consultants Corp. City Center Square, 1110 Main, Suite 1540, KC, MO See http://www.kcx.com/smalltalk/ for details COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ************************************************************ Father Michael Hermes of St. Joseph's - St. Benedict's Catholic Church has asked the HUG Board for assistance in supporting a computer study lab that is being used to improve the English language skills of immigrant Hispanic students in his parish. A partial list of some items they need include: two VGA monitors, a licensed copy of WinZIP, boxes of 3.5" diskettes and labels, diskette storage container, PC locks to secure the PCs and monitors, laser printer paper, and other related supplies. Anyone with computer lab materials to donate should contact Lynda Heimbach at (913) 829-4747 or send e-mail to ljhawk41@aol.com. See the web page at http://home.gvi.net/~spyder/hermes.html for more details. Your donations are tax-deductible! SQL SERVER JOB OPPORTUNITY ************************************************************ Database Administrator. Requirements: 2yrs database administration or related experience. BS in Computer Science or related. Expertise in use of SQL. Significant experience in the design and implementation of complex relational database infrastructures. Experience in 2 or more operating environments (HPUX, NT, Netware, OS/2) Responsibilities will include logical and physical modeling of relational database structures, troubleshooting of hardware and software problems relating to enterprise data repository. Implementing Object-Oriented programming to support database. Create and execute SQL routines to manipulate distributed database servers. Additional: A plus for DBA certification in Sybase system 11. A plus for DBA certification in MS SQL system 6.x This is a 6 month contract-for-hire. (an extremely nice and comfortable environment!) This client wants the consultant to convert over as their permanent employee after the initial 6 months!!. Salary is negotiable, based on experience If you would like to discuss this position further, please contact: Janice Butts ESA/Intellimark 913.722.1611 or 800.932.2372 BE A SQL SERVER SIG OFFICER ************************************************************ As mentioned in the last message, for the next few months I will continue to act as the SQL Server SIG's provisional leader. We still need to have official elections of SQL Server SIG officers. Interested parties are encouraged to nominate themselves for any of the following five offices: president, vice-president, programs committee chair, membership committee chair, or treasurer. Nominations will be accepted at the August 19th or September 16th SQL Server SIG meetings. Elections will be held at the Thursday, October 22, 1998 meeting. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS ************************************************************ We still need to determine a place, discussion topic, and presenter for the October 22nd meeting. If you would like to volunteer to host or present at this or any other upcoming meeting, please contact me by phone or e-mail. The Heartland Users Group's web page: http://www.hugkc.org. The SQL Server SIG's web page: http://home.gvi.net/~spyder/sqlserver.html. Feel free to offer any ideas for improving the SQL Server SIG's page or for adding any links. Please welcome the Smalltalk SIG to the Heartland Users Groups. The group will meet monthly at 6:00 PM every 3rd Tuesday. The September and October meetings will be at City Center Square. Chris Muller is the leader of this new SIG. See their web page at http://www.kcx.com/smalltalk/ for details. Please let me know if you have any questions, comments, criticisms, and/or referrals of persons who may be potentially interested in the SQL Server SIG. 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