RE: Another AS/400/iSeries/i5 User Group bits the dust -- i5

What are user groups doing in the way of getting involved with local
colleges?  We need new blood :-)
 
I just had lunch with a prof from a local tech college and he is going to
have me come and speak about XML web services on the iSeries.  I am also
going to see if I can get some class time to show the students WDSC.  To
some of these kids appearance is EVERYTHING, and when they see a green
screen they do a 180 and sign up for M$.  If they see WDSC I think they will
be much more inclined to become iSeries developers.

Now we're lucky to get 12 every few months.

Things have been deteriorating for quite some time and that will take awhile
to come back.  We need to get into the colleges to show people that the
iSeries is still going strong.  I am fortunate enough to have a local
college that still teaches RPG and iSeries classes.  From the sounds of it
IBM recognizes this and has some solid case studies of them getting back
into colleges.  Now that same pattern just needs to spread to other
colleges.

Aaron Bartell

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Subject: RE: Another AS/400/iSeries/i5 User Group bits the dust -- i5

FRUIG in Denver is now phasing out.  We are down to just the board members.
We are trying to find a way to regroup and maybe start from scratch but I
don't know how we could ever rebuild.  The group used to get 200 members at
a meeting.  Now we're lucky to get 12 every few months.

Debbie Kelemen