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UNIGROUP OF NEW YORK SEPTEMBER 1994 - UNIX EXPO ANNOUNCEMENTS
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1. UNIGROUP'S SEPT/OCT '94 GENERAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
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Subject: Unigroup Meeting - Greater NYC Area's UNIX Users Group
When: Wednesday, October 5, 1994 <===== Special Day & Time
Where: UNIX EXPO NEW YORK 1994
Jacob Javits Convention Center
Meeting Room 1E08
Time: After the show:
5:30 PM - 5:45 PM Introductions, Questions,
(waiting for people to arrive).
5:45 PM - 6:00 PM Unigroup Business,
Uniforum Affiliation and
Joint Membership Program,
"What's interesting at UNIX Expo".
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Main Presentation:
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Topic: Exploring the Internet using the World Wide Web
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The World Wide Web or WWW initiative has brought the
vast universe of information that is available on the
internet to the user's desktop. WWW browsers, through
their use of Hypertext Links, simplify movement around
the vast Web which consists of WWW, Gopher, FTP and other
internet information servers. Some common WWW browsers
are Lynx (text mode interface) and Mosaic (graphical
interface). WWW server and browser software is publically
available from various sources such as NCSA and CERN.
Mosaic, for example, is available for many platforms
including Unix X-Windows and MS-Windows.
Speakers: Tim O'Reilly of O'Reilly & Associates, Liz Stokes.
Tim O'Reilly is founder and president of O'Reilly & Associates.
As publisher, he has overall responsibility for the company's
editorial and business development as well as its international
partnerships. He has edited and written several best-selling
technical books. Tim graduated cum laude from Harvard with a
B.A. in Classics.
Liz Stokes was a panel member at Unigroup's PC Expo meeting on
Personal Unix. She has been running a Web server on her Linux
machine and she will be able to answer questions concerning its
setup and operation.
Fees: The UNIX EXPO meeting are FREE and open to the public!
Yearly Membership: $ 50.00
Single Meeting: $ 20.00
Student Yearly Membership: $ 20.00
Student Single Meeting: $ 5.00
==> Uniforum/Unigroup Joint Yearly Membership $110.00
Cash, Check, American Express.
==> Unigroup is the Greater NYC Regional Area Affiliate
of Uniforum - an International Unix Users Group.
Our Joint Membership Program gives you full membership
in both organizations for a discounted price.
Please mark it on your calendar and join us for the meeting.
Please tell your friends about Unigroup!
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2. UNIGROUP AT UNIX EXPO '94 - October 4th - 6th 1994
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Unigroup Booth:
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Unigroup is exhibiting at UNIX EXPO 1994 at
Booth 2076 in the User Group Pavilion of the show.
Please stop by our booth and say hello!
Unigroup Booth Volunteers:
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!! VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - UNIGROUP EXPO BOOTH - VOLUNTEERS NEEDED !!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Unigroup needs people to help us staff the booth for all three days of
the show. If you can donate an hour or a day... please let us know!
Thanks for your help!
Unix Expo Show Hours:
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Unix Expo '94 is held at the Javits Center in NYC,
October 4th - 6th, 1994.
Tuesday October 4th 11:00am - 5:00pm
Wednesday October 5th 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thursday October 6th 10:00am - 4:00pm
Important Notes:
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The UNIX EXPO Show Managers have indicated that Advance Registration,
Exhibits Complementary Guest Passes will be accepted ON-SITE!
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3. O'REILLY EVENT AT MCGRAW-HILL BOOKSTORE
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> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 18:57:28 -0400
> From: john@ora.com (John Dockery)
> Subject: Announcement
>
> Hello,
>
> My name is John Dockery. I work for O'Reilly and Associates, Inc.
> I'm hoping you can help me spread the word to members of your organizations
> that a group of O'Reilly authors and editors will be at the McGraw-Hill
> Bookstore in NYC to answer any and all technical questions that they may
> have.
>
> This Q & A session will happen on Monday, October 3, between 1:00 - 3:00 PM.
> The address of the store is 1221 Avenue of the Americas in NYC.
>
> The first 300 people to appear will be given an O'Reilly tshirt.
>
> On Wednesday, October 5, Ed Krol, the noted Internet author, will appear
> at the McGraw-Hill store between 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM. Ed may appear on
> Monday as well.
>
> Please feel free to post this notice to any appropriate newsgroup or BBS.
>
> Thank you,
> John Dockery
> --
> John Dockery (617) 354-5800 Fax: (617) 661-1116
> O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
> 90 Sherman Street, Cambridge, MA 02140
> uunet!ora!john john@ora.com
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4. UNIGROUP'S PLANNED MEETING SCHEDULE
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Sep 1994 (Move meeting to UNIX EXPO in Oct. to avoid holidays)
Oct 1994 Special Event - Meeting at UNIX EXPO in NYC.
Topic: Exploring the Internet using the World Wide Web.
The Unigroup Meeting will be after the show on
Wednesday, October 5th, 1994.
Nov 1994 DNS - Internet Domain Name System
Jan 1995 Sendmail
Mar 1995 NFS and NIS+
We are also working on meetings on Privacy, Encryption & Security.
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* We need VOLUNTEERS to help out at our booth at UNIX EXPO. *
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* If you can help, please let us know. We also need help arranging
speakers for our meetings, please let us know if you come across
some good speakers or interesting topics you would like to see
presented at our meetings.
* Unigroup is NOT charging admission fees to our Special-Event meeting
at Unix Expo (although we do hope attendees will enjoy the meetings
and join the group).
* As always, Unigroup had provided our membership with Complimentary
Admission Passes to UNIX Expo.
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5. UNIGROUP INFORMATION
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Thanks to Chemical Bank, Unigroup holds regular meetings planned for
the Third THURSDAY of Odd Months at Chemical Bank, 55 Water Street, NYC.
Planned meeting dates are: 10/5/94 (Unix Expo), 11/17/94...
Watch for our Special Event meetings at the various trade shows in NYC.
To renew your dues, pay your yearly membership or for general information,
contact Unigroup of NY by USmail:
Unigroup of New York, Inc., G.P.O. Box 1931, New York, NY 10116-1931
For further information or to get on the Unigroup Electronic Mail Mailing List
send an Email message to:
unilist@unigroup.org or uunet!unigroup.org!unilist
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I hope to see you all at Unigroup's October 1994 meeting...
-Rob Weiner
Unigroup Executive Director
unilist@unigroup.org
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