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I haven't talked to Trish lately, so I don't know where they're at with the effort to get ISUG going again. I do know that Bill had been the driving force on keeping it alive until he began having his health problems a year or year & a half ago. I was a board member back in 97 - 98 and even then we were struggling getting people to attend the meetings. The folks in Des Moines don't like leaving there for meetings, and those of us on the eastern side of the state get tired of traveling to Des Moines for all the meetings. In addition, it's next to impossible for us to go to Des Moines for a lunch meeting. It seems like most people are no longer in favor of an evening meeting that takes away from their free time. When I first got involved in ISUG, most people would come to every meeting even if the presentation that night was not of interest to them. Unfortunately, over the last few years we had meetings, the attitude changed and people only came when they were interested in the topic. That cut down on the attendance considerably, so the only well attended event was the all-day conference in May. There also used to be a Quad Cities Midrange Users Group here in Davenport/Rock Island/Moline, but it has apparently also died from lack of interest. Thank you, Ronald L. Zimmerman I.T. Applications Manager Swiss Valley Farms, Co. http://www.swissvalley.com "The Good for You Company" Email: Ron-Zimmerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Ingvaldson, Scott" <SIngvaldson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 11/22/2005 07:35 AM Please respond to Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> cc Subject RE: Iowa Systems Users Group of Cedar Rapids Last I heard (in Sept.) Trish Froeschle from IBM (pafroes@xxxxxxxxxx) was working on getting it reorganized. They are working on the meeting format, whether lunch or dinner meetings and doing alternate months in Des Moines, etc. They are definitely trying to continue doing their one-day conferences (normally in Newton in May.) Regards, Scott Ingvaldson iSeries System Administrator GuideOne Insurance Group -----Original Message----- date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 18:00:33 -0500 from: Don <dr2@xxxxxxxx> subject: Iowa Systems Users Group of Cedar Rapids Anyone know if this user group is still active? I just recieved word that Bill had passed this summer and I'm not sure that anyone is running the group there or intending to. Thanks Don in DC DISCLAIMER: This message and accompanying documents are covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. ?? 2510-2521, and contains information intended for the specified individual(s) only. This information is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or the taking of any action based on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message.
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