How big is Texas? El Paso is closer to San Diego, California than it is to Houston. FYI
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 8:15 AM Subject: Re: Spam:RE: Spam:[U2] Texas U2 Members listening? > Actually it's Sunrise Beach and you're right, I think we are closer to DFW > than El Paso is. I used to be part of the Dallas Branch back when I first > worked for Prime. I know the area well or at least I did. When they moved me > to Regional Tech Support I could have been anywhere in the South Central > Region but I based in Tulsa. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Baker Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 4:24 PM > Subject: Spam:RE: Spam:[U2] Texas U2 Members listening? > > > > Jerry, > > > > There used to be the St Louis user group, but I don't think it was > > extant when I arrived there in '95. > > > > We are calling this Texas Area MV User Group (TXAMUG, for now anyway) to > > leave the door open for anyone in states nearby who want to join with > > us. > > > > You are right about Texas being a bit large (you can drive from Dallas > > to Sioux Falls, SD faster than driving from El Paso to Texarkana). > > However, most of the towns we think we will be drawing members from are > > 3 to 5 hours from DFW. If we move our meetings to something slightly S. > > of Dallas/Fort Worth then the circle is even tighter. It may be a bit > > of driving for some, but we find folks in Texas are used to some > > driving. > > > > I think the most important factor will be to offer something in our > > meetings that makes the required effort a good bargain. One such > > discussion is blending MV with newer technologies - if we pick topics > > and spawn discussions along this line we are offering an intimate > > experience/personal development/business development that touches our > > daily tasks, and affects our future mutual survival. FWIW. > > > > BTW - Sunset Beach, Mo is not too far from DFW, given today's speed > > limit thru Oklahoma. 8-) > > > > -Baker > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry > > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 2:07 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Spam:[U2] Texas U2 Members listening? > > > > I wonder if we have anything like this in the Missouri or the central > > states area. With a state the size of Texas you will probably have one > > heck of a job with people making a commitment having people from Houston > > to Amarillo, Texarkana to El Paso. A meeting would probably mean a plane > > ride and an overnight stay. How you going to do it. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Baker Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 1:46 PM > > Subject: Spam:[U2] Texas U2 Members listening? > > > > > >> At the recent International Spectrum MV conference in Long Beach a new > >> Texas Area Multi-value User Group was launched. If you are located in > >> or around Texas we invite you to join by going to the yahoo group: > >> > >> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/texas_mug/ > >> > >> If you want to email me off-list I will send you a pre-approved > >> invitation link. > >> > >> This is a private group, only members can post to it, view archives, > >> etc. I would ask, therefore, that you give a few sentences or > > syllables > >> about yourself [your involvement in U2 or MV] so we can validate all > > our > >> members. This is for the security of our membership. > >> > >> Our first TXAMUG meeting is scheduled for June 28th, which will > > commence > >> quarterly meetings thereafter. > >> > >> Our aims for TXAMUG: > >> > >> --> Get face time with others who are using the MV database model to > >> share knowledge and experiences. > >> > >> --> Provide a technical and advisory resource to 'mutually aid' one > >> another in our respective daily tasks. > >> > >> --> Develop regional venues to disseminate knowledge and products for > >> the MV database. > >> > >> --> Personally advance in our MV expertise through educational > >> presentations by TXAMUG Group members and other training providers. > >> > >> --> Spread the news that the MV database model is not just surviving > > but > >> evolving into more interoperability and robustness, while retaining > > it's > >> 'business-intuitive' structure. > >> > >> Just for clarification, TXAMUG is intended to complement the role of > > the > >> U2 and CDP groups in the MV community, by providing periodic physical > >> meetings with some of the same friends you interact with on these > > worthy > >> technical forums. > >> > >> Cordial Welcome, > >> -Baker Hughes, > >> Moderator, texas_mug > >> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/texas_mug/ > >> ------- > >> u2-users mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > > ------- > > u2-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > > ------- > > u2-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
