dennisg@pwcs.StPaul.GOV (Dennis Grittner) (03/24/88)
Sorry if this is a tad long but... The Pyramid User Group would like your feedback on a proposed meeting at or about the same time as the summer Usenix Conference in San Francisco. The current board met for about 4 hours following a breakfast meeting with representatives of Pyramid Technology and discussed many issues including a summer meeting to be held at or about the same time as summer Usenix. The purpose of the meeting would be to share our experiences with other Pyramid users, provice feedback to Pyramid Technology, and give presentation on what projects some Pyramid users are involved in. The boards feeling was that a conference held in the same place as Usenix at about the same time would generate more participation since the travel expenses would be minimal from say San Francisco to Santa Clara or vice versa. As President of the Pyramid User Group, I am asking for your feedback as to 'when should we hold this conference'? We could hold it early before Usenix or during the first several days of Usenix when the All Day tutorials are held - which some people attend and others don't... or hold the Pyramid Users Group conference after Usenix. This might cause it to carry over through Sunday or Monday. or ???? ... Please send your thoughts on this matter to me via e-mail as I don't want to clutter the net with the additional traffic. I will summarize your thoughts to the net as well as any input from the board and from Pyramid Technology itself. Quite a number of Pyramid Users ( like those of other Unix computers ) are not active participants in usenet, so we must make our decisions with their positions in mind as well as those from 'the net'. The first Pyramid Users Conference was held almost 2 years ago and was well attended with an excellent program. Through breakfast and dinner meetings at Usenix/Uniforum Conferences we have continued to communicate with each other regularly. If any of you have any questions concerning membership in Pyramid User Group I will be happy to send you information.(( I just know you all want the current software tape with the latest games and utilities.... :-) )) -- Dennis Grittner City of Saint Paul, Minnesota (612) 298-4402 Room 700, 25 W. 4th St. 55102