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  • Subject: RE: I told you it was coming....it's here. OUR iSeries Nation home page.
  • From: "jt" <jt@xxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 22:00:58 -0400
  • Importance: Normal

Don,

Any chance on that tax-exempt status changing any time in the near future?

The post I wrote a week ago "REAL GRASSROOTS iSeries Nation (was RE:
OS/4I )" follows.

jt

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
[mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of jt
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 8:40 PM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: REAL GRASSROOTS iSeries Nation (was RE: OS/4I )


Don wrote: "Why do you think the REAL GRASSROOTS iSeries Nation Phoenix is
getting ready to rise from the ashes of 'IBM as usual'????"

Don, what is the address of this REAL GRASSROOTS iSeries Nation.  I'd like
to send them a donation, if it's tax-deductible.

Thanks.

jt



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
[mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Don
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 1:55 PM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: RE: I told you it was coming....it's here. OUR iSeries Nation
home page.




JT,

I don't recall the offer off hand, but I'll take any checks anyone wants
to send.  Just keep in mind that they're not tax deductable as a
contribution as a check to ADRA or the United Way would be....

iSeries Nation, Inc., POB 765, Herndon, VA 20172.



--------

On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, jt wrote:

> Don,
>
> I didn't look at everything on your new site, but what I saw sure was
> ***impressive!***  ***Very high-class!***
>
> I liked your post, too, especially the line "we think the Future is so
> bright, you're gonna need a welder's mask...:)"
>
> You've inspired me!  I'm thinking about expanding the scope of my project
> (to set up a website dedicated to OSS development) to include other
aspects
> as well.  I appreciate the downside to having more than one site to
express
> "the non-IBM, 'user' side of the equation" so I don't know for sure if
this
> would be a wise move.  My current thinking is that the iSeries Community
is
> big enough to support more than one view of things, and maybe a little
> good-old-fashioned competition would spur each of us on.  Obviously, this
> kind of thing is too big for one person to do, so I'm not going to attempt
> this as a one-man show.  Just have to see.  If anything does come of it,
it
> will certainly be the no-class-at-all approach...:-)
>
> One thing that immediately jumped out at me, from a quick look at your
site,
> was that you have the backing of a lot of the biggest "players", including
> IBM's iSeries Nation.  I have to wonder if you even need the $500
> contribution I promised your new group.  But as I said before, if you give
> me the address of the "iSeries Nation, Inc" the check will be in the mail.
> If I don't hear back today, I'll assume you're on such solid footing you
> don't need it that much.
>
> Another small question, if you feel like it:  Where did the concept of
> having different states come from.  I thought it was a good idea, so I
> mentioned it to Mr. Haines (the one time I talked to him back before
> COMMON).  I was just wondering...:)
>
> Anyhoo... contgrats on putting up Phase I.  That sure is a milestone!
>
> jt
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Don
> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 9:46 PM
> To: Undisclosed recipients:
> Subject: I told you it was coming....it's here. OUR iSeries Nation home
> page.
>
>
>
>
> Those of you that were at the CMC meeting on Thursday in NOLA, heard me
> mention a project that was coming down the line that I wasn't prepared to
> talk about.
>
> Today, I'm announcing that part I of that project is out of beta and ready
> for the light of day.  www.iseriesnation.org
>
> This is just the start.
>
> This is the non-IBM, "user" side of the equation.  You're going to see
> things here you NEVER would see at a IBM site.  We have plans to make this
> site and concept a major focal point in the iSeries and soon to be eServer
> Community.  We're going to be very positive, informative and since we're a
> user advocative association, not necessarily politically correct....but,
> politely so.
>
> Many of the things that IBM drags their asses on and the
> ex-cookie-chef-wannabe in Armonk will never want you to have or the world
> to see, we plan on providing.
>
> We're NOT going to reinvent the wheel.  If there's someone already
> providing a quality service in a field of need, we're going to tell you to
> use them.  Example:  No listserver planned.  Midrange.com and ignite/400
> have that covered...and what they don't Yahoo does...
>
> We are planning a regular email delivered eBulletin on events happening
> of interest and perhaps ways and persons in the media that may have not
> gotten the right word about the iSeries and need some education....etc...
>
> This site is going to be under constant construction.  There's only a
> small handfull of us right now, so please be patient on content.  FOlks
> that have content or content ideas, please let me know.  Please put
> "iSeries Nation User Page:" in the subject line...it helps me ALOT! :)
>
> We're still growing as fast as we can, we not perfect, but we're gonna try
> like hell to breach the grand canyon between "party line" and reality.
> And, it's time that all those thinking M$ is the best, got a dose of
> reality.
>
> Yes, because, we're not IBM, you need to signup a second time, with us.
>
> Since we're user driven, we're not being run by a multi-BILLION dollar
> company.  This means, I'm not going to be sending you any tedy bears to
> get you to signup.  There aren't any gimmicks here.  We're straight
> shooters who have been in the midrange trenches for more years than we
> have fingers and toes.  We fully intend to give you content you can use
> and need to help keep your day to day, day to day.
>
> We don't have a monopoly on brains or ways to skin the cat, and we're not
> bashful to ask.
>
> It's time to let the Phoenix rise....we think the Future is so bright,
> you're gonna need a welder's mask...:)
>
> It's time we kicked some ass to save what's important....
>
> It's time you signed up for YOUR iSeries Nation....
>
> Don in DC
>
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