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The first VOICE meeting for the new year is scheduled for New Year's day (well actually New Year's day evening here on the East coast of the United States). Please join us in the #voice channel on the webbnet IRC network at 8PM EST (01:00 GMT). We plan to discuss new services to be provided on the VOICE server for VOICE members and the OS/2 community.

If you are unfamiliar with IRC please see the information on the VOICE Meeting page - http://www.os2voice.org/meetinginfo.html which lists OS/2 IRC clients and links on webbnet servers and even a link to a IRC web interface that allows you to access #voice via a web browser.

Confused about the meeting time? There is a link to a time zone conversion page so you can make sure you show up on time -
http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc :-)

Regretfully, the weather here in Atlanta has given us no choice but to postpone our meeting. Our next meeting will be January 16th, so mark it on your calendar! See our web page for directions to the IBM location.

Regards,
Roger Borrello
Atlanta OS/2 User's Group Secretary
Eddress: rfb@GoldenCode.com
http://www.goldencode.com/atlos2/atlos2.html

Sydney OS/2 SIG meeting is on the 18/12/2000 at 6:00 PM, IBM Building Darling Park at corner of Sussex ~Market Streets, Level 10.

The next meeting of the Southern California OS/2 User Group (SCOUG) will be TOMORROW, Saturday, December 16, 2000 at 9:00 AM PST, at Grace Baptist Church in Anaheim.

eComStation

Kim Cheung, Executive Director of Serenity Systems, will be on hand to demonstrate the officially released eComStation, a managed client product from Serenity Systems. This is a follow-up to an impromptu demonstration he gave at the September 2000 meeting.

eComStation is built on rock-solid IBM technology and Serenity Systems' WiseMachine technology. eCS is a smart client that fits perfectly into existing network environments. With powerful recovery and control features built-in, and the ability to seamlessly execute a broad range of current and legacy applications, eComStation allows for the protection of existing investments in technology while significantly controlling future technical support costs.

Also, we are soliciting your OS/2 hand-me-downs for the final raffle of the year. You know what we're talking about -- all those things that are still good, but you don't use and they're taking up space, collecting dust. If you don't have a use for them, but think some other SCOUG members might, then bring them with you and donate them to the December meeting raffle.

After the main meeting presentation, we'll have Q&A, the big raffle, and then the Saturday SIG meetings:

General Interest Group: TBA

Programming SIG: Will continue with their Adopt-an-App project, Newsharvest.

Help Desk chats now happen on Wednesday evenings at 7 PM PST. If you've got a problem with hardware or software, join the chat and ask for help. For further info, go to
http://www.scoug.com/chat/index.html.

Sunday, January 7, 2:30 PM PST meetings at Chapman University, Orange:

OS/2 Help Desk: Got problems with your system? Volunteers at the OS/2 Help Desk will help you solve them. Bring your system and all related hardware and software, along with a detailed explanation of your problem.

Networking SIG: Will be providing help to members setting up a peer network and connecting their local LAN to the Internet via a cable modem connection, DSL connection, or a dial-up connection via an ISP.

The Sundial SIG is on hiatus, pending the successful search for a new SIG leader.

Special note: Starting in January 2001, our Saturday meetings will be at a new location: Regal Lanes in Orange, on the 2nd floor. Regal Lanes is normally known as a 72-lane bowling center, but they do have banquet rooms on the 2nd floor that is a great improvement over the current meeting location. The banquet rooms are quiet, have elevator access, has a phone line for our use, and a DSL connection is in the works. Also, there are nearby restaurants for post-meeting lunches and plenty of parking spaces. More details to come, so stay tuned.

How to get to Grace Baptist Church:

The Grace Baptist Church in Anaheim is at 2528 W. La Palma Ave. It is on the south side of the street (about 200 ft. E of Magnolia). It's a 2-story office building close to La Palma Ave. with the address of 2528 up near the roof. (It's between 2 large apartment complexes and can be easily missed). Look for the SCOUG banner and/or a sign with the words "New Hope Christian Center". Turn in (south) there. Park in the front lot. For the general meeting, go up the stairs in the middle of the building along the parking-lot side. For the Help Desk ~Networking SIG, go in at the middle on the ground floor and down the hall to your right.

Freeway exits: (subject to change due to freeway construction on I-5 and the 91 freeways):
1) North I-5 (from central/south Orange County): take the Brookhurst/La Palma exit and turn left (going west over I-5). The church will be on your left side.
2) South I-5 (from Los Angeles): take the Magnolia exit and turn right going south. Turn left on La Palma Ave; the church will be on your your right side.
3) West 91 freeway (from the Inland Empire, etc): take the Magnolia exit and turn left going south. Turn left on La Palma Ave; the church will be on your right side.
4) East 91 freeway: take the transition to I-5 south. Stay to your right and take the Magnolia exit. Turn right going south. Turn left on La Palma Ave; the church will be on your right side.

OR: Go to http://www.scoug.com/directions.html; there is a map to the school, plus a more detailed map ~driving directions from Yahoo!

How to get to Chapman University:

There are two ways to get directions:
1) Go to http://www.scoug.com/warpexpowest/sitemap.html 2) Go to http://www.mapquest.com/ and enter the address 400 N. Center
Street, Orange, CA.

You can park in any of the University lots for free on Sundays, but if you part on the street, watch the signs carefully or else risk getting a parking ticket.

Come to Hashinger Hall Science Building, room 203. It's on the second floor and there's an elevator for you to bring up your equipment.

Come and join us!