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108 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0029_01C2B1BE.757CC910 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Happy new year to all. Last year was fun, hopefully '03 will be even = better. I don't have the stats, but I suspect our club is following the = same curve as the stock market. Member participation is down. = Commercial speakers are down. SIG meetings are down. We couldn't get a = slate of officers to run. Our meeting hall is gone. Wherever we meet, = whatever the topic, I'll make sure we have donuts. =20 Stocks should rebound this year, and hopefully SCOUG will, too. I really enjoyed Lynn's presentation in December. It was intellectually = and technically interesting, and it gives me hope that we can create a = constructive outlet for SCOUG. I haven't done any significant coding = for many years, but I'm looking forward to getting back into it. I quit = before to save my marriage, but my priorities have changed over the = years. And she has become more tolerant. Lynn said he would publish the materials from his presentation. I hope = you'll all look for it and I hope we can make it something we can use to = develop SCOUG. I expect most of the discussion will be on = scoug-programming, so I hope you'll all join that list. You don't have = to be a programmer (they let me in) and there isn't much traffic. But = we'll need all the help we can get. We can take on projects, deliver improved programs to the community. We = might even take Lynn's visions to heart and develop better tools for = developing improved programs to deliver to the community. =20 Side note for anyone who has used my concentric.net address, I'm = upgrading to cable and won't use that much longer. Reach me at = david.watson@earthlink.net now. Dave ------=_NextPart_000_0029_01C2B1BE.757CC910 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable charset=3Diso-8859-1"> Happy new year to all. Last year = was fun,=20 hopefully '03 will be even better. I don't have the stats, but I = suspect=20 our club is following the same curve as the stock market. Member=20 participation is down. Commercial speakers are down. SIG = meetings=20 are down. We couldn't get a slate of officers to run. Our = meeting=20 hall is gone. Wherever we meet, whatever the topic, I'll make sure = we have=20 donuts. Stocks should rebound this year, and = hopefully=20 SCOUG will, too. I really enjoyed Lynn's presentation in = December. It was intellectually and technically interesting, and = it gives=20 me hope that we can create a constructive outlet for SCOUG. I = haven't done=20 any significant coding for many years, but I'm looking forward to = getting back=20 into it. I quit before to save my marriage, but my priorities have = changed=20 over the years. And she has become more tolerant. Lynn said he would publish the = materials from his=20 presentation. I hope you'll all look for it and I hope we can make = it=20 something we can use to develop SCOUG. I expect most of the = discussion=20 will be on scoug-programming, so I hope you'll all join that list. = You=20 don't have to be a programmer (they let me in) and there isn't much=20 traffic. But we'll need all the help we can get. We can take on projects, deliver = improved programs=20 to the community. We might even take Lynn's visions to heart and = develop=20 better tools for developing improved programs to deliver to the = community. =20 Side note for anyone who has used my = concentric.net=20 address, I'm upgrading to cable and won't use that much longer. = Reach me=20 at href=3D"mailto:david.watson@earthlink.net">david.watson@earthlink.net= =20 now. Dave ------=_NextPart_000_0029_01C2B1BE.757CC910-- ===================================================== To unsubscribe to this list, send an email message to "steward@scoug.com". In the body of the message, put the command "unsubscribe scoug-general". For problems, contact the list owner at "rollin@scoug.com". ===================================================== Return to [ 01 | January | 2003 ]
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