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MISC: OS/2 Warpstock '97 Location Finalized
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Felix Cruz)
Thu Jul 3 04:28:46 1997
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Date: 03 Jul 1997 04:03:00 -0400
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Warpstock website: http://www.warpstock.org
405 947-8085 405 947-8169 (fax)
Warpstock '97 Location Finalized
OS/2 Community to Convene in Los Angeles, CA
Oklahoma City, July 1, 1997 -- At a highly charged internet IRC meeting last
week, the Warpstock event steering committee selected southern California's
South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) to be the host of the 1997
OS/2 Warpstock convention. Commonly known as Warpstock '97, the inaugural
event will be held October 25-26, 1997, in Diamond Bar, California. The event
kicks off promptly at 8:30am Saturday and ends Sunday at 6:00pm. Over 50
events in multiple tracks are scheduled for the SOHO user, the individual OS/2
user, and for officers of OS/2 user groups. Presentation modules are also
scheduled for OS/2 developers and those users interested in programming
applications for OS/2. Hardware vendors, OS/2 ISVs, OS/2 user group officers,
and IBM representatives will all be on hand to help OS/2 users get the most
out of their investment in OS/2 software applications.
"I'm quite pleased to announce the details of Warpstock '97 at this time.
We've been swamped with requests for information ever since Warpstock '97 was
conceived and announced in April" said Paul Hethmon, president and CEO of
Hethmon Brothers, an internet tools provider and chairman of the Warpstock
steering committee. "We hope to address the most critical questions regarding
dates, location, and registration fees with this announcement", Hethmon added.
"We've worked hard to make this event affordable for everyone, while packing
the event with as much usable information as a multitasking, multithreaded
OS/2 user can take" said Judy McDermott, a Warpstock steering committee member
and head of volunteer registrations and assignments. "At the same time, we
recognize 'All work and no play' make OS/2 users go banannas, so we're
planning tours of local attractions which the whole family can enjoy",
McDermott said.
Attendee Registration Individuals may sign up for a single day or for both
days of the event. Attendee registration is $40.00 for both days or $30.00 for
a single day through September 1st. Registrations received after September
1st are $60.00 for both days or $45.00 for a single day. Online registration
and traditional phone and mail registrations will be handled by BMT Micro,
Inc. via any of the following methods:
800-414-4268 - Voice / USA-Canada
910-350-2937 - Voice / Outside North America
800-346-1672 - Fax / USA-Canada
910-350-2937 - Fax / Outside North America
internet: http://www.bmtmicro.com or
https://secure.falcon-net.net/BMT/order0262.html (case sensitive; secure
browser required)
All attendee registrations received prior to September 1st will automatically
be entered into a special drawing for attractive "Early Bird" prizes.
The Warpstock '97 planning committee is negotiating with AQMD to provide child
care facilities during the event. AQMD is conveniently located near a wide
variety of amusement parks and other family oriented attractions, so OS/2
users are invited to bring the whole family and make a vacation around
Warpstock '97.
Exhibitor Registration
Exhibitors may register through September 1st for $300.00. Exhibitor
registrations received after September 1st is $450.00. Exhibitor registrations
will receive two complimentary show passes; additional show passes are
available for $40.00. All exhibitors will be allocated 10' x 10' booths.
Hardware vendors, software ISVs, user groups, and shareware authors are all
invited to attend. Shareware vendors may share a single booth to reduce
expenses; however, each shareware author must register as an attendee in order
to qualify for the booth sharing arrangement.
Travel and Lodging
The Warpstock steering committee has negotiated special travel arrangements
with Ship to Shore Travel (Toll free: 888/447-1333 or 405/ 447-1333; please
ask for James Kruger and mention the Warpstock '97 event). Warpstock attendees
flying to Warpstock '97 may save money by scheduling airfare, lodging, and car
rentals through Ship to Shore Travel. A group of hotels in a wide range of
prices near AQMD (21865 E. Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA 91765) have been
reserved to accommodate Warpstock '97 attendees. Ship to Shore travel is
located at 1932 W. Lindsey St, Suite E, Norman, OK, 73069.
Warpstock 97, a major conference for OS/2 small office/home office (SOHO) and
individual end-users, is an excellent opportunity for OS/2 SOHO and individual
users and OS/2 vendors to identify this market segment's product requirements
and to exchange ideas. The idea of an "OS/2 love-fest" was conceived as one
result of The OS/2 Marketplace, a highly successful OS/2 vendors conference
held recently in Phoenix.
Discussion about the event is ongoing on the internet's comp.os.os2.misc
newsgroup, on commercial on-line services, and with centralized discussion on
an Internet mail list. For more information, visit http://www.warpstock.org
and join the Warpstock listserv. To subscribe to the Warpstock listserv, send
an email to warpstock-request@warpstock.org with no subject and the words
"subscribe" in the message body.
Further announcements about Warpstock will be forthcoming as planning for the
event continues; updates will be posted to the Warpstock '97 home page.
Warpstock '97 is an ALL-VOLUNTEER effort; anyone committed to promoting OS/2
is invited to sign up and volunteer their time and skills to make Warpstock
'97 a success. Volunteers should join the listserv to obtain information on
available slots.
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Felix Cruz SofTouch Systems
http://www.softouch.com
800 944 3028 405 947 8085
fcruz@softouch.com
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