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Sundial Systems, http://www.sundialsystems.com, developers of Clearlook, DBExpert, JunkSpy, Mesa2, Relish and RoverPack will be our guests and they have planned a night of fun and prizes!!!

It's time to put on those thinking caps and get ready for a chance to win valuable prizes and discounts on Sundial products -- just in time for the holiday gift giving season!

The entire chat will focus on a series 15 questions (some from past Warped Jeopardy events, some from past VOICE chats, some entirely new) related to OS/2, VOICE, Sundial Systems, and other timely topics. Everyone will have a chance to earn points by entering the correct answers on Sundial's website during the event. It promises to be lots of fun and by the end you'll know a little more about OS/2 (and what you've won as well).

So please be sure to join us for one of the last, and most exciting VOICE Speakups of the year 2000. As always everyone is invited. If you are new to IRC (Internet Relay Chat) then check out the VOICE Meeting Information page http://www.os2voice.org/meetinginfo.html which gives links to some help for some OS/2 IRC clients, and a link to a web interface for WEBBNet.

We will be trying to get the show started on time, so try to come early and get a good seat. We wouldn't want you to miss any of the prize point opportunities. For a quick way to convert times on this page to your local time zone, try:

http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc

The November Meeting of the Triangle OS/2 User's Group will take place Tuesday Evening November 28th, 2000 7:30PM IBM Sales Office (5th Floor) 4800 Falls of the Neuse Rd. Raleigh, NC 27609

Our President, Rich Cottle intends to lead a discussion on: E-com Client, and interesting programs for the coming year.

Remember: This is our last meeting for the year. We don't meet in December.

Steve Kissell
Treasurer

Tired of the West Palm Beach election canvassers asking for your vote? Do you want to stop all the unwanted ads for "chad repair kits"? Try JunkBuster!

We'll be talking about JunkBuster (http://www.JunkBuster.com) and how it can be used to save you from having to look at all those unwanted banner ads, as well as protect your cookies from unwanted hands.

Also, the return of the Hedges Top-Ten list, and News-and-tidbits.

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

VOICE is pleased to announce a SpeakUp with Bob St. John from Serenity Systems on Friday, November 24, 2000 at 3 p.m. EDT and Monday, November 27, 2000 at 8 p.m. EDT.

Anyone care to guess the "Topic" of the SpeakUp? ... You're right! eComStation!!! The SuperClient for the I'net Generation!

Now that the beta of eComStation has been out for a few weeks, we thought we'd take this opportunity to have a real-time IRC chat session with Bob St. John and invite those that are now using the beta and those that are just plain curious as to what all this excitement is about to join us.

Here's an excerpt from the article in the November issue of the VOICE newsletter, "eComStation (eCS) First Look, The Preview Edition", written by VOICE's President, Dan Casey.

"eCS (eComStation) is essentially a new Operating System. New in the sense that it's put together and marketed by Serenity Systems. However, it is based on the Convenience Pak version of OS/2 Warp (Warp 4, FixPak 15 level)."
What's Wisemanager (r)? What's DeskTop On-Call? What's JFS? What's LVM?

Learn about all of the above and more .... Ask questions, make suggestions, share your experiences with our guests or just drop by and say hi!

Visit Serenity Systems at:

http://www.touchvoicecorp.com/eComStation.html

*Virtual* Door Prize!

Brush up on your OS/2 trivia...you could be the winner of eComStation!!!

Here's information for those not familiar with IRC:

http://www.os2voice.org/meetinginfo.html

Judy McDermott
VOICE Liaison

The next meeting of the Southern California OS/2 User Group (SCOUG) will be this Saturday, November 18, 2000 at 9:00 AM PST, at Grace Baptist Church in Anaheim.

"How to Get Rich in the Stock Market with OS/2"

After a year of begging and pleading by the program chairman, Peter Skye will be showing SCOUG members his unique integrated stock market programs, based upon his own proven algorithms, and running, of course, under OS/2.

This presentation is a must-see for day traders, and day-trading wannabees to see how it's REALLY done to minimize risk and maximize results. Peter's integration techniques and OS/2 make this thing work well.

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

General Interest Group: Carla Hanzlik will help us develop a complex document under Clearlook (complex as in having text ~graphics & interesting formatting). Tony Butka will then attempt the amazing feat of saving this document as a PostScript file. Then after installing the latest ~greatest versions of GhostScript ~GhostView, we plan on viewing the PostScript file (with color, of course) and printing it out!

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, December 3, 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.

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!

The Sydney OS/2 Sig meeting is on Monday 20th November at 6:00pm Level 10 IBM Building on the corner of Sussex and Market Streets Sydney. See you there.

The OS/2 SIG of the Philadelphia Area Computer Society invites all interested computer users to attend the November meeting:

.. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2000 7:00 - 10:00 PM
.. The Episcopal Academy, 376 N. Latches Lane, Merion, PA

*** NOVEMBER 15th FEATURE PRESENTATION ***
-- INTRODUCTION TO REXX PROGRAMMING --
WHAT REXX CAN DO FOR YOU

At the November 15th meeting, SIG member Barry Mann will conduct a presentation/demo of REXX, a subject of continuing interest by many of our members.

The REXX programming language, now celebrating its 20th birthday, is another gem included with OS/2. REXX can be used in a variety of ways, ranging from simple batch-type files to programming full GUI applications.

In his presentation, Barry will introduce the REXX language and cover the basics, such as the syntax, statements and style. Then he will walk us through some simple programs that can be used to build and destroy desktop objects; and to collect various files into archives for subsequent distribution. These are the same "textbook" techniques used by numerous commercial products to install and uninstall their programs.

Finally, he will demo "Jukebox," a multi-threaded GUI application coded in REXX. "Jukebox" will show how a single console, serving multiple broadcast stations, might exercise simultaneous control of many players, each of which has a number of selections.

Attendees will leave with a basic knowledge of REXX programming and a group of REXX program shells that may be easily customized for their own needs.

Other agenda items include SIG business matters, OS/2 news, new software releases, Q&A session ~raffles. An OS/2 system will be on hand for demos of OS/2, Java, Internet, etc. as time permits. Free light refreshments will be available.

Mark the date and time: Wednesday, November 15th, at 7:00pm, to hear about all the new and exciting developments, or if you have questions about OS/2 Warp and Java. OS/2 SIG meetings are open and free for OS/2 users, their guests and all others interested in learning about OS/2 and associated Java technology.

WE SUPPORT THE JAVA LOBBY: http://www.javalobby.org

Further information, directions to Episcopal Academy, and other useful information about the OS/2 SIG activities may be found on our web site at, http://www.phillyos2.org or contact SIG Leader Larry Lavins: , llavins@worldnet.att.net or phone (215) 878-9609.

Thursday November 9, 2000, the Toronto OS/2 User's Group will be holding it's next general meeting at:

The IBM Canada Building
3600 Steeles Ave. E.
in the Auditorium

Featured this month is a demonstration of eComStation.

Come on out and take a look for yourself.

George Sikou -- chairman@to2.org
Chairman ~Shareware Editor -- Toronto OS/2 User's Group
http://www.to2.org/