It is only a little over two months until the 6th Annual R:Base Developer's Conference. Do you have a topic which you would like to present? Let me know. We're already in the process of building the schedule. There is a lot of new stuff in R:Base 7.1. It will take a lot of presenters just to scratch the surface of what can be done. And there will be a lot of new surprises announced and demonstrated at the conference.
You might want to check airline schedules NOW, and make your reservations and get the best rates possible. The conference activiites will begin Friday, May 21, at noon for the golfers, at about 6:00pm for conference registration. Sessions will run all day Saturday and Sunday, and half of Monday, with the conference ending at about noon Monday, May 24, followed by a second golfing opportunity. We will be needing volunteers to do many things. You can email me privately with whatever you are willing to help with at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Here are some things we need or can use, but the most important for right now is the very first one: Presenters! -- Do you have an application or just a tricky thing you did that will Razzle-Dazzle other developers? An integration technique others can use? Marketing or customer service methods that keep your customers happy? Volunteer to show it. It can be a 10 minute quick little tip or trick, or it can be an hour long (well rehearsed and well prepared!) presentation. Email me your possibilities. Sergeants At Arms -- one or more to enforce charitable donation rules, safeguard the donations, and encourage further contributions to Pittsburgh's Project Bundle-Up. Caterers -- for the Midnight Session coffee and pizza. A photographer -- to get all those candid digital photos and publish the results web-world-wide. Entertainers -- such as the SWORBUGs, which no longer stands for South West Ohio R:Base Users Group, but might be the "Singing, Weird Ohio R:Base Users' Group." Awards tabulators -- to distribute, collect, tabulate, and keep secret polls for awards to presenters in several categories ... and many more opportunities to help. Stay tuned here for details as plans develop. You can register now at www.rbase.com/conference And those web pages will be filling with more and more details during the coming days and weeks. Looking forward to seeing you in May in Pittsburgh, Bill Downall co- Emcee
