grahamf@hparc0.HP.COM (Graham Fraser) (01/20/91)
H P H H M E L B O U R N E High-Powered HandHeld User Group of Melbourne Newsletter - February, 1991 JANUARY MEETING The January meeting was the first meeting that the group has held at Hewlett- Packard - Thanks HP! The change in meeting location has meant that some members who could not make it to Monash Uni, can now come to meetings at HP. It was good to see some old members returning to the group meetings. Most of the meeting was spent with members huddled around Mike Halprin's laptop computer viewing a demonstration of HP's new Program Development Link (PDL) for the HP48SX. NEXT MEETING Date: Tuesday 19 February, 1991 Time: 7:30pm Location: Hewlett-Packard Australia 31-41 Joseph Street Blackburn Vic 3130 VISITORS One of the good points about belonging to a user group with national and international contacts, is that no matter where you go, there are others with a common interest that you can meet. During January, I received a telephone call from Lee Woodriff (USA). To my surprise, the call was from a local number. Lee was in Melbourne on an Australian tour. An instant invitation, and a quick call around, resulted in Lee, and local member Neil Woodhams coming to my home. We were all able to share and exchange a few programs, ideas, and thoughts. NEWSLETTER DISTRIBUTION One of the discussion points of Lee's visit was the exchange of group information. Melbourne is still remembered for its past contributions, and there are many members around the world who are still interested in our activities. Even if our newsletter is essentially a "meeting notice", Lee suggested that other HPHH user groups would be interested in receiving the newsletter - it lets them know that there is still activity in our area, and that they are not alone. At the last meeting, it was announced that future newsletters would be distributed to international user groups in exchange for a return copy of their local newsletters (if published). ________________________________________________________________________ CONTACTS & INFORMATION HPHH MELBOURNE P.O. BOX 512 Ringwood Vic 3134 AUSTRALIA John McGechie +61 (3) 870-7595 (home) Graham Fraser +61 (3) 842-4586 (home & bus) HPHH Melbourne meets on the third Tuesday of each month at Hewlett-Packard Australia, 31-41 Joseph Street, Blackburn Vic., at 7:30pm. New Membership: $12.00 (local membership) HPHH SYDNEY c/- Ken Besley 10 Damon Avenue Epping NSW 2121 AUSTRALIA Ken Besley +61 (2) 868-3712 (home) Nigel Davies +61 (2) 560-7186 (home) Jim Gibson +61 (2) 671-3214 (home) ________________________________________________________________________ ======================================================================== HPHH Melbourne will distribute its newsletter to a representative of any HPHH type user group. There is no cost to the receiving user group, except that we would hope that they add HPHH Melbourne to the distribution list of their newsletter (no matter how small!!) if published. Any User group which would like to receive the HPHH Melbourne newsletter should contact me or HPHH Melbourne with details. The newsletter is primarily a "meeting notice" with a few extra notes. At this stage, there is no provision to provide individual international membership. The group is relying on members attending meetings for the lat latest news. Also, we want to keep printing and distribution of the newsletter as simple as possible. Also, there is no guarantee or promise to meet a publishing schedule - we simply do what we can, when we can. Graham Fraser HPHH Melbourne PS. Wlodek, HPCC Datafile is on the list.