Association Newsletter - September 27, 2002 Edition SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1. MEMBERS AND USERS BENEFIT FROM TECHNICAL SEMINARS 2. THREE LUCKY SEMINAR PARTICIPANTS TO RECEIVE NEW HP PRINTER 3. TECHNICAL SEMINAR CONTENT TO BECOME AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS 4. ASSOCIATION MESSAGE BOARD NOW AVAILABLE FOR MEMBERS 5. MEMBERSHIP RECRUITMENT TO BE NEXT FOCUS OF ASSOCIATION DEVELOPMENT 6. ASSOCIATION'S HERITAGE TO BE ARCHIVED IN ONLINE SCRAPBOOK 7. SELF MAINTAINERS SIG 8. ON-LINE ADVOCACY 9. OpenVMS HOBBYIST LICENSE 10. EARLUG 11. ITUG SUMMIT 2002 12. HP ENTERPRISE TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM 2002 1. MEMBERS AND USERS BENEFIT FROM TECHNICAL SEMINARS Members and users from different regions of the country attended last week's one-day technical seminars held in Calgary, Toronto and Montreal by the Canadian Association of Compaq Users in collaboration with Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd. and the HP company. Presenters from HP's Alpha Server Division in the U.S. and Germany provided an information filled day of sessions on High Performance Systems and Storage technology. A full recap of the seminars will be posted next week in the events section of the Association Web. In the meantime, have a look at some of the photo images from the seminars at: http://www.canacu.org/events-technicalseminars.htm 2. THREE LUCKY SEMINAR PARTICIPANTS TO RECEIVE NEW HP PRINTER HP has donated a new hp psc 950 all-in-one photo-copier, scanner, fax machine as the door prize for each seminar location. The following winners were drawn at the end of each seminar: Calgary: John Belicka, Senior Analyst, Systems Technology, B.C. Lottery Corporation, Kamloops, BC Toronto: John Beard, Senior System Administrator, TD Bank Financial Group, Toronto, ON Montreal: Leo Lachance, Enterprise Architect - Technology, SSQ Financial Group, Sainte-Foy, PQ Once again, the Association would like to thank Hewlett-Packard for the prizes and contributing to the success of the seminars. 3. TECHNICAL SEMINAR CONTENT TO BECOME AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS For those who were not able to attend the seminars but would still like to benefit from the technical content, we will be making the presentation material available to Association members within the next couple of weeks. Instructions on how to access the seminar material fromthe Association Web site will be available in the next edition of this newsletter. 4. ASSOCIATION MESSAGE BOARD NOW AVAILABLE FOR MEMBERS You can now sign up to participate in a message (bulletin) board exclusively dedicated to Association members. This is a private moderated forum for members to interact and exchange information online with other members from across the country. Full details on how to access the message board is available at: http://www.canacu.org/members-messageboard.htm 5. MEMBERSHIP RECRUITMENT TO BE NEXT FOCUS OF ASSOCIATION DEVELOPMENT As part of the association's ongoing efforts to grow the organization, a Membership Referral Program will be introduced within the next few weeks. Details on how to participate in the program and the prizes you can win will be made available on the recruitment program section of the Web site at: http://www.canacu.org/programs-recruitment.htm 6. ASSOCIATION'S HERITAGE TO BE ARCHIVED IN ONLINE SCRAPBOOK The Association Web site is currently used for communicating the present and announcing the future. As part of the Web site's ongoing development to create an online presence for the Association, we are creating a scrapbook section to archive past events and activities. To look at what we have started so far, go to: http://www.canacu.org/events-scrapbook.htm 7. SELF MAINTAINERS SIG There has been interest in a new SIG for Compaq Self Maintainers. As you may know, a self maintainer is a firm that does not have a direct service level agreement with Compaq and is therefore responsible for supporting their own hardware and software. The purpose for this new SIG would be for members to exchange information regarding issues pertaining to those self maintainers that specifically deal with internal customers. This is an exciting opportunity to exchange ideas, concerns and questions for those members that do not have specific relationships with Compaq. In addition, the Association can serve as a conduit to Compaq, providing a way for self maintainers to more effectively service their users. If you are a Compaq Self Maintainer, and are interested in participating in this SIG, please let us know at 'inquire@canacu.org'. 8. ON-LINE ADVOCACY Have issues for Compaq? Share your thoughts! Reach Compaq through the "Local Voices...Global Reach" Online Advocacy Program. Your opinions count, so visit today to submit issues or participate in the latest Insta-poll question. If you have issues specific to Compaq Canada that you think are not appropriate for the Online Advocacy Program, feel free to forward them to advocacy@canacu.org, and the Association board will present it to the Canadian Management Committee through our Compaq Delegate, Matthew MacFarlane. 9. OpenVMS HOBBYIST LICENSE You can order the OpenVMS Hobbyist License through your membership in the Association. Here are the instructions: - The complete transaction takes place on the OpenVMS site - Go to - Go to the link "License Register". This will take you to a license registration page where you will be required to complete a form - Enter your Association membership number on the ordering form - If you do not know your membership number, or you are not a member of the Association, send an e-mail message to inquire@canacu.org. The license is free of charge. There is a charge of $30.00 USF if you want to receive the software on CD media. 10. EARLUG (Edmonton and Area Local Users Group) EARLUG has their regular meetings on the third Wednesday of the month at The Druid at 5 p.m. - 116 St. & Jasper Ave. For further information, contact Dave Richardson 'DRichardson@interbaun.com' at (780)420-9084. EARLUG has been meeting continuously for more than 20 years. 11. ITUG SUMMIT 2002 The conference is on October 27-31 2002. The exhibition is on October 28-30, 2002. The event is being held in San Jose, California. For more information or to register go to . 12. 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