dennisg@pwcs.StPaul.GOV (Dennis Grittner) (05/07/88)
Sorry for not getting this posted sooner. I have been involved in trying to become a National Delegate for Mike Dukakis. I came close but.... Anyhow, I certainly meant to get tell all of you much sooner than this and I apologize for the lateness. We will be conducting the PUG meeting at the beginning of Usenix since this was requested by about 90% of the respondents that sent mail to me. You can join the Pyramid User group ( PUG ) by paying $25 for an individual membership or paying $100 for an Organizational Membership. Individuals must pay $50 for a copy of our software tape and this is included with the organizational membership. Organizational Membership includes 5 names ( which can change ) and the software tape. All 'members' can vote on matters before the body. Hey we're pretty loose when it comes to rules. WE try to meet at the same time as Usenix int he summer and Uniforum in the Winter. This is a copy of an article that Kevin Payne wrote for the Pyramid newsletter that I'm tagging along . If you have detailed questions please call Elaine at the phone below. Article by Kevin Payne Wouldn't it be great if there was a way that a Pyramid user could meet with other Pyramid users to share ideas, discuss concerns or just plain compare notes? Wouldn't it be nice if, say twice a year, Pyramid users got together to discuss successful projects and software solutions, see product demonstrations, and meet with Pyramid Engineering and Marketing say, you could get together at major UNIX functions such as UseNIX and UNIforum? If you answered yes to any of the above questions than please allow me to introduce you to the Pyramid Users Group (PUG). PUG was formed by Pyramid users back in 1986. The PUG meets twice each year to discuss needs and answers and to share information. The most recent meeting of the PUG was during UNIforum in Dallas this past February. Following a PTC sponsored breakfast, the newly rejuvenated group added new members and chose officers for the coming year. PUG also had the opportunity to discuss Pyramid hardware, software and operating system updates with Pyramid President Dick Lussier, Steve Tolchin, VP of Engineering and other Pyramid representatives. Part of the meeting was spent planning the growth and activities of the group. As a user, these are a few of the things that you can expect to see in the coming months: a PUG newsletter, the implementation of a PUG e-mail network and the availability and distribution of free public domain software. PUG is dedicated to promoting the needs of users, resolving user problems and increasing communication both between Pyramid minimainframe users and between users and PTC. As expressed by Lussier in Dallas, the PUG has the complete support of PTC. The next meeting of the PUG is scheduled for June 20 and 21 in Mt. View, California, concurrent with UseNIX in San Francisco. For a small amount of your time and support, the user group will return you large amounts of shared ideas, information, stronger communications and improved service and performance for your system. Please plan to attend the next meeting during UseNIX this June 20 and 21. Please contact David Abajay at Oracle in Belmont, CA (415-598-8000) or Elaine Friedman at Pyramid (415-965-7200) for details. Let them know what you'd like to see discussed at the next meeting! Feel free to call or e-mail me. Please add daveg to your cc list at our site here so that one of us will be sure to get back to you sooner. Thanks again. Before TOO much longer we will have an 'automated' mailing list for e-mail to ALL PUG Members and another to ALL PUG Executive Board Members. Patience please these darned jobs keep getting in the way of.... Oh yeah, I'm the Pres. -- Dennis Grittner City of Saint Paul, Minnesota (612) 298-4402 Room 700, 25 W. 4th St. 55102 "Let's just put Ollie, Ronnie, and the rest in jail!" -- Dennis Grittner City of Saint Paul, Minnesota (612) 298-4402 Room 700, 25 W. 4th St. 55102 "Let's just put Ollie, Ronnie, and the rest in jail!"
csg@pyramid.pyramid.com (Carl S. Gutekunst) (05/24/88)
There is a tentative plan for the June PUG meeting that I will be chairing a forum on Wide Area Networking, including X.25, USENET, Electronic Mail, and related issues. If you are planning to attend this meeting and you have any issues that you would like to see discussed in this forum, please forward your request to your PUG contact, or e-mail it to me. I am working with Pyramid's PUG contact, Elaine Friedman, to select the other members of the panel; if we have a good idea of what problems people need solved, then we'll have a better idea of which people to include. <csg>