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Tuesday, November 3, 1998 Dear SQL Server Professionals, The purpose of this message is to provide you with the latest information about the Heartland Users Groups' SQL Server SIG. This e-mail message was sent to you as a "blind copy" to protect your privacy. Please feel free to forward this message on to whomever you feel may have an interest in the Heartland Users Groups and/or the SQL Server SIG. If you wish to be removed from this e-mail list simply send a reply to this message and indicate so. NEXT SQL SERVER SIG MEETING: Thursday, 11/05/1998 ************************************************************ The November SQL Server SIG meeting will be held on Thursday, November 5, 1998 at 5:30 PM. This meeting will be hosted at the offices of Analysts International Corporation, located in the Broadway Summit Building, 3101 Broadway, Suite 101, Kansas City, MO. This building is situated on the SOUTHEAST corner of 31st Street and Broadway. AIC's offices are on the first floor. Please use the entrance located on the SOUTH side of the building. Parking in the building lot is FREE. The focus of this meeting will be a roundtable discussion to allow all participants to "show and tell" what their environments are doing with SQL Server. Come prepared to discuss how your organization is using SQL Server and also to find out what other SQL Server SIG participants are doing with SQL Server. WINDOWS NT SIG MEETING: Tuesday, 11/10/1998 ************************************************************ The Windows NT SIG will have it's inaugural meeting at 5:30 PM on Tuesday, November 10,1998 at the offices of Solutech, 7300 College BLVD, in Overland Park, KS. This is in the Lighton Tower Building, which is located NORTHWEST of College BLVD and Metcalf AVE. Come prepared to talk about NT 4.0 and the upcoming Windows 2000 (formerly known as NT 5.0). SQL SERVER 7.0 LAUNCH: Monday, 11/16/1998 ************************************************************ Microsoft will launch SQL Server 7.0 at Comdex in Las Vegas on November 16, 1998. Locally, you can join in the celebration by viewing the event live via satellite. This FREE event runs from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM on Monday, November 16, 1998 at the Conference Center of the Business Technology Association, 12411 Wornall Road, Kansas City, MO. See the flyer at http://home.gvi.net/~spyder/sqlmsevent.html for more details or to register, go to http://www.microsoft.com/midamerica/events and enter event code 20411 and VIP code E99. To register by phone: 800.550.4300 or by FAX: 800.896.9329. BUILDING GREAT SQL SERVER 7.0 APPS: Wednesday, 11/18/1998 ************************************************************ Join Microsoft as they provide specific recommendations for building well-designed SQL Server 7.0 applications for the Windows DNA platform. Topics include API selection, server extensibility methodologies and approaches to multi-tier application development with SQL Server 7.0. Also discussed are locking/concurrency strategies, cursor selection and application migration issues. This FREE event runs from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM on Wednesday, November 18, 1998 at Penn Valley Community College, 3201 Southwest Trafficway, Kansas City, MO. To register, go to http://www.microsoft.com/midamerica/events and enter event code 20945. To register by phone: 800.550.4300 or by FAX: 800.896.9329. GENERAL INFORMATION ************************************************************ 1. The regular meeting time for the monthly SQL Server SIG meeting is 5:30 PM on the first Thursday of every month. This time is in effect for all SQL Server SIG meetings for the rest of 1998. 2. Please let me know if you have an opinion about what time to hold SQL Server SIG meetings in 1999. Some persons have expressed that 5:30 PM is too early to allow for some persons to attend. I need to know your feedback, whether it is in favor of 5:30 PM or for another time. Please submit your feedback to me via e-mail or by telephone (see below for contact information). 3. Here is the schedule for the next three SQL Server SIG meetings: a. Thursday, November 5, 1998 @ 5:30 PM at AIC, 3101 Broadway, Suite 101 b. Thursday, December 3, 1998 @ 5:30 PM at AIC, 3101 Broadway, Suite 101 c. Thursday, January 7, 1999 @ time and place TBA VOLUNTEERS WANTED ! ! ! ************************************************************ The SQL Server SIG board is looking for two volunteers to serve as the SIG's membership chair and programs chair. Please contact me or any other SQL Server SIG officer if you would like to volunteer to serve in either position. See the following web page for descriptions of the duties of all of the SQL Server SIG offices: http://home.gvi.net/~spyder/sqlofficers.html . Also, we are always looking for volunteers to be presenters for SQL Server SIG meetings. If you or someone you know is interested in presenting a topic of interest to SQL Server professionals, please contact me or any other SQL Server SIG officer. UPCOMING HEARTLAND USERS GROUPS EVENTS ***************************************************************** All Heartland Users Groups' meetings are open to the general public. Joining the Heartland Users Groups 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 Groups' events. Here is a calendar of upcoming Heartland Users Groups events: Wednesday, November 4, 1998 at 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM JAVA SIG At Step 1, Inc. 10551 Barkley, Suite 117, OP, KS See http://www.qni.com/~brisk/JavaSIG/Default.html for details Thursday, November 5, 1998 at 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM SQL Server SIG -- Roundtable discussion; "Show and Tell" what your environment is doing with SQL Server At Analysts International Corporation 3101 Broadway, Suite 101, KC, MO See http://home.gvi.net/~spyder/sqlserver.html for details Tuesday, November 10, 1998 at 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Windows NT SIG At Solutech 7300 College BLVD, OP, KS Wednesday, November 11, 1998 at 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM C++ SIG At Step 1, Inc. 10551 Barkley, Suite 117, OP, KS See http://www.kcx.com/c/ for details Thursday, November 12, 1998 at 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM Digital Nervous System (presented by Microsoft) At American Heartland Theater - Crown Center 2450 Grand BLVD, KC, MO See http://www.microsoft.com/midamerica/events Register in advance; use event code 20948 Phone:800.550.4300 / FAX:800.896.9329 Saturday, November 14, 1998 at 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM Win 9x SIG At COMP-USA 11421 Metcalf, OP, KS Monday, November 16, 1998 at 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM SQL Server 7.0 Launch (presented by Microsoft) At Business Technology Center 12411 Wornall RD, KC, MO See http://www.microsoft.com/midamerica/events Register in advance; use event code 20411 Phone:800.550.4300 / FAX:800.896.9329 Monday, November 16, 1998 at 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM General Meeting - "Encryption", presented by Jim Wilson of KCX At Johnson County Community College Room CEC 211, OP, KS see http://www.hugkc.org for details Tuesday, November 17, 1998 at 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Smalltalk SIG At location TBA See http://www.kcx.com/smalltalk/ for details Wednesday, November 18, 1998 at 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM Guidelines for Building Great SQL Server 7.0 Applications (presented by Microsoft) At Penn Valley Community College 3201 Southwest Trafficway, KC, MO See http://www.microsoft.com/midamerica/events Register in advance; use event code 20945 Phone:800.550.4300 / FAX:800.896.9329 Wednesday, November 18, 1998 at 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Access SIG At Johnson County Community College Room CEC 211, OP, KS See http://www.kcx.com/accessvb/logon.asp for details Tuesday, November 24, 1998 at 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Visual Basic SIG At Johnson County Community College Room CEC 234, OP, KS See http://www.kcx.com/accessvb/logon.asp for details MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS ************************************************************ The Heartland Users Groups' home page is at: http://www.hugkc.org . The SQL Server SIG's home page is at: 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 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. |