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UG: New UK OS/2 User Group
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Mon Jun 22 01:57:34 1998
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Date: 14 Jun 1998 14:10:00 -0400
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Announcement: New UK OS/2 User group
In the last few months a growing number of OS/2 users in the British Isles
have decided to start a new OS/2 users group. We are mainly individuals in
the SOHO market, but we also have members who use Warp in a larger
environment.
The group is in its embryonic stages yet, so everyone can have an input into
how it is run and what its objectives are. Membership is open to anyone with
an interest in OS/2.
We have started a UK OS/2 mailing list.To subscribe, send a message with
'subscribe os2uk' in the body to majordomo@sross.anglianet.co.uk. If you
have not got a confirmation from the mailing list that you have subscribed
within a few days, please try again.
The website is up and going The page
http://www.denzil71.demon.co.uk/os2ug.html will point you to it or it is at
http://www.denzil71.demon.co.uk/os2
Archives of recent mailings are available.
Some ideas we are considering:
1. Regular newsletters
2. Meetings
3. Mini-conferences
4. Warp demonstrations
5. A Web Page
6. Promote OS/2 friendly retailers (???)
7. Campaigns to promote OS/2, Freedom of Choice etc
8. Ongoing recruitment
9. Workshops
10. Speaker meetings
11. Encourage the setting up of local groups
12. A UK Warpstock, if nobody else is organizing it,
but not to take away from a European Warpstock
13. Educate local computer user groups
14. Name for the group
Recent discussion on the List focused on:
Planning an Initial members meeting - picking the date and venue
Warpstock, UK anyone?
Designing a Website - we have volunteers for contributing a site and doing
the graphics Website - brainstorming on the contents Identifying OS/2
software retailers and promoting them in some way on the website; adding
links with other OS/2 websites and making them reciprocal where possible.
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