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UNIGROUP OF NEW YORK MARCH 1999 ANNOUNCEMENTS
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1. UNIGROUP'S MARCH 1999 GENERAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
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When: Thursday, March 18, 1999
Where: The Chase Manhattan Bank
55 Water Street (enter at Old Slip)
South Tower
13th Floor, Conference Room C
Time: 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Registration
6:20 PM - 6:35 PM Ask the Wizard,
Questions, Answers and Current Events
6:35 PM - 6:45 PM Unigroup Business
6:45 PM - 9:30 PM Main Presentation
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Topic: E-Business Management Systems:
Assembling, Modeling, Analyzing and Deploying
Quality Web Applications in Internet Time
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Speaker: Chris Riley, Technical Sales Engineer
Segue Software
Introduction:
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When building a Web Site, there are many aspects of development and
content creation which must take place. One method is to treat the
site as a classic development project where you use Source Code and
Revision Control Systems (like SCCS or RCS), Development Tools,
Testing Tools, Debuggers and Profilers. Some people use tools which
can simulate user interaction and can automatically detect variations
seen with varying keystrokes and displayed output. Wouldn't it
be nice if such tools also existed for Web development? Tools
that could not only help you assemble the content and programs
required for vary large web sites, but could also do everything from
checking links to simulating varying amounts of user load?
Such tools do exist and Segue makes a suite of them.
Description of Talk:
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** Please check the Unigroup Web Site for further information.
Our speaker could not provide us detailed information in time
for this EMailing. The description of the talk may change.
Segue Software will talk about their approach to Web and E-Commerce
development. They will be speaking about the various aspects
of building an E-Commerce Site and the methods they have developed
to make various tasks easier. The overall goal of their approach
is to deliver a new level of quality when development is completed.
Speaker Biography:
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Chris Riley is a Technical Sales Engineer from Segue Software.
Prior to working with Segue Software, Chris was employed at
Parametric Technology Corporation also in a technical sales
capacity. During his stay at Parametric Technology, Chris was
involved in developing Knowledge Base applications that employed
various Web Technologies to encapsulate Mechanical Engineering
Information.
Company Biography:
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Segue Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:SEGU), the leader in e-business
management software products, solutions and services, is committed
to providing its customers worldwide with a critical Internet
infrastructure specifically designed to manage the growing
complexities of today's continuously deployed e-business systems.
For the first time, business can turn to one company to assemble,
test, model, deploy, monitor and analyze their integrated e-business
application to ensure continued system quality and reliability,
while accelerating time-to-market and reducing implementation costs.
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Complimentary Refreshments will be served.
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Directions:
55 Water Street is between Water Street & Front Streets at Old Slip...
about 7 blocks south of Fulton St. and the South Street Seaport.
Take 4 train to Bowling Green & Walk Due East;
Take 2/3 trains to Wall Street, Walk East to Water St.
then walk South 5 blocks;
Take M/J trains to Broad St., Walk East to Water St.;
Take N/R trains to Whitehall St., Walk North East to Water St.
There is parking on the street (after 6:30-7pm) and there is a lot
right in the building, entrance on Old Slip.
Walking from Wall St., follow William St. south which bends around
and leads you to Hanover Sq. and Old Slip is across Water Street.
Room Location Specifics:
Enter the building at Old Slip. To get to the South Tower of the
complex, you enter the building at Old Slip at the "North Tower"
doors. This entrance is is immediately to the right of the main
entrance, towards Water Street. Go past the guard's desk (mentioning
you are heading for Unigroup) to the elevator bank and go to the 13th
floor. When you get to the 13th floor, follow the signs leading you
to the meeting room.
The signs will lead you from the elevator, through a set of doors
(soda machine will be on your left), then past the cafeteria. After
the cafeteria, you see another "lobby" area. Walk past the cash
machines, make a left and look for a sign marking the meeting room.
Conference Room C will be on your left.
If you come very early, we may not have the signs in place yet, but
hopefully these directions will get you to the meeting room.
If you arrive before Unigroup Board Members, please be patient and
wait for us to arrive. The building cafeteria is open to the public.
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Fee Schedule:
Yearly Membership (includes all meetings): $ 50.00
* Non-Member Single Meeting: $ 20.00
Student Yearly Membership: $ 20.00
Non-Member Student Single Meeting (with ID): $ 5.00
==> UniForum/Unigroup Joint Yearly Membership $140.00
Cash, Check, American Express.
* Employees of Chase (with ID) can attend general meetings at no charge.
==> 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.
UniForum membership is currently $95.00 per year.
For information about UniForum visit http://www.uniforum.org.
UniForum membership benefits include various discount programs as
well as a subscription to the "Open Systems Product Directory,"
an important resource for Unix Users. The Directory contains
information on Unix related hardware, software and services.
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Please mark this meeting on your calendar and join us!
Please tell your friends about Unigroup!
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2. CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
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Unigroup will be holding Board of Director Elections at our March meeting.
If you want to participate, now is the time to step up and state your name!
Contact the Board at uniboard@unigroup.org if you want to participate.
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The Unigroup Board of Directors is looking for a handful of new people to
help run the group. We have had a few people retire from the The Board of
Directors so there are vacancies on the Board which need to be filled.
Please- Even if you do not want the responsibility (and benefits) of
being a Unigroup Board Member, we still need your help. The Board meets
monthly for a dinner meeting where we plan the group's activities. If
you would like to help out, you are invited to attend the Board meeting.
Unigroup is a not-for-profit, volunteer organization... nothing happens
unless we make it happen and we need YOUR help to get things done!
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3. UPCOMING MEETINGS
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The following topics are scheduled for the next two Unigroup meetings:
a) May'99: Unix Anti-Virus Software - Why It Is Necessary
Speaker: Trend Micro, Makers of the Interscan Virus Wall
http://www.antivirus.com/
Trend Micro has software which, at the firewall, can scan and
clean Internet traffic such as SMTP, HTTP, FTP, Java/Active-X
Applets for viruses, worms and other known "evils".
Even though your Unix Boxes may be immune to PC-Viruses, your
Windows Boxes behind your firewall are not. You know Windows...
you must protect your users from Word Processor and Spreadsheet
Macro Viruses, aside from the good old executable virus or
worm. ** Beware: The Happy99 Worm is going around these days. **
If you know of other Unix Anti-Virus software, please let us
know and we'll put a list together in preparation for our next
meeting. To start the list: Trend Micro, Dr. Solomon,
TIS/Network Associates.
b) July'99: Building and Running a High Traffic Unix Web Site
Speaker: A Unigroup Member who runs a high traffic web site here
in NYC will discuss his experiences maintaining his
company's site.
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4. UNIGROUP INFORMATION
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Unigroup is one of the oldest and largest Unix User's Groups serving the
Greater New York City Regional Area since the early 1980s. Unigroup is
not-for-profit, vendor-neutral and member funded volunteer organization.
Unigroup holds regular and special event meetings throughout the year on
technical topics relating to Unix and the Unix User Community. Unigroup
is also the Greater NYC Regional Area Affiliate of UniForum - an
International Unix Users Group.
Thanks to Chase, Unigroup holds regular meetings planned for the Third
THURSDAY of Odd Months at The Chase Manhattan Bank, 55 Water Street, NYC.
Planned meeting dates are: 3/18/99, 5/20/99, 7/15/99,...
Watch for our Special Event meetings at the various trade shows in NYC.
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we need your assistance! Please let us know if you can help!
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I hope to see you all at our next meeting!
-Rob Weiner
Unigroup Executive Director
unilist@unigroup.org
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