RE: Iowa Systems Users Group of Cedar Rapids

Ron;

If you, or anyone else for that matter, get any other info on the resumption
of the ISUG meetings in or around CR, I would appreciate knowing. I dropped
out a couple of years ago, and was recently thinking of getting back into it
in January. I gave up after I found out that it had gone by the wayside, but
if there is a revival I would like to be involved again.

Thanks
Duane Christen

-----Original Message-----
From: Ron-Zimmerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 10:12 AM
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Subject: RE: Iowa Systems Users Group of Cedar Rapids


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



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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


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