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iSociety newsletter - Updating you on iSociety happenings. 2007 Edition 4 Welcome to another issue of the iSociety newsletter. This newsletter will be published occasionally to spread the iSociety word. All submissions are welcome ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In this issue: iSociety.org: Welcome page Fireside Chat: Transcript a star is born: Video contest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +--- iSociety.org Welcome page ********************************************************************** iSociety is an online community - a collaboration between members of the System i community. The iSociety Welcome Page (http://www.isociety.org) is designed to help you more easily navigate iSociety. The Welcome Page displays the three pillars of iSociety and introduces you to the various web sites and portals where the iSociety community gathers. iSociety showcases events on the recently added Exclusives page (http://www.isociety.org/exclusive.html), and a Featured page (http://www.isociety.org/featured.html) - to providea focus on additional iSociety members and activities. If you are looking for a place to introduce a friend to iSociety, send them to iSociety.org. If you are looking for the best iSociety page to add to your "favorites" file to be sure you don't miss any System i news, use iSociety.org. If you want to join iSociety, the membership pages can be found at iSociety.common.org. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +--- Fireside Chat ********************************************************************** iSociety Fireside chat On February 1st, 2007 at 12:30 noon US Central Time My iSociety (http://isociety.common.org) hosted a fireside chat featuring the IBM System i General Manager, Mark Shearer. The chat started with this question and answer: Question from Susan: What do you think is the best thing about System i? What do you think is the worst thing about System i? MShearer says: The best thing about System i...... MShearer says: no question is the passionate group of users, application providers and partners MShearer says: It's a fantastic community! MShearer says: The worst thing? MShearer says: I'd say is the fact that in many places..... System i is still the best kept secret in the IT industry. ..and, continued for an hour! The complete transcript can be found at http://www.isociety.org/Chat20070201.html. The next Fireside chat will be held March 1st, 2007 and will feature the System i VP of Marketing - Elaine Lennox! Stay tuned for more details. If you have suggestions for future fireside chat participants, send an email to newsletter@xxxxxxxxxxxx to let us know! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +--- a star is born - at iSociety! ********************************************************************** iSociety is looking for the next star in the world of viral videos! Starting February 1st, 2007 and ending April 13th, 2007 a panel of iSociety judges will be looking for great videos on the System i for everyone web site (http://www.i4everyone.com). Five categories mean five ways for your creativity to shine in the System i community: 1. Judges Favorite 2. Members Favorite 3. Best Use Of System i Values And Technology 4. Most Creative 5. Silliest/Funniest All the category winners will receive a star is born award. Category winners can have their picture posted at iSociety. Winners will be announced at the Spring 2007 COMMON Annual Conference in Anaheim which runs from April 29th to May 3rd, 2007 (http://www.common.org). (You do not need to be present to win.) The Judges Favorite Category winner will also be awarded a Nintendo Wii! Come and join the fun. Create your video, upload it using the instructions at http://www.i4everyone.com/upload. This may be your moment to shine for System i, a moment to say - a star is born! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you have any suggestions, contributions or feedback, send an email to newsletter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx The HTML version of this newsletter can be found @ http://isociety.org/newsletters/2007.03.html © Copyright 2007 iSociety Foundation. All rights reserved
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