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Source: Judy McDermott (bri@gt-online.com)
Moderator: Dirk Terrell (admin@os2ss.com)
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Countdown to Warpstock!    http://www.warpstock.org

Warpstock  October 17-18, 1998  
Wyndham Northwest,  Chicago, IL. USA


September has arrived, the kids are back in school, and the
Warpstock '98 Team is continuing to put together this 
year's celebration of OS/2. It's only a little more than a 
month away!

If you haven't visited the Web site at
http://www.warpstock.org lately,
it's time to do so: we have a new look, a new logo, and 
most importantly, updated vendors and presentations.


Presentations Confirmed

Check out the new lists of Presentations, Events and 
Software Demonstrations 
http://www.warpstock.org/sched.html.  We are updating these 
items as we gather information; it's been changing almost
daily.

If you don't see your company, product or topic presented,  
we may be missing information!  Just use our on-line forms 
to register for a software or speaker presentation for your 
company or yourself.

More Presentations Wanted

While we have plenty of presentations scheduled, there's 
always room for more. OS/2 users are anxious to learn 
*everything* about the operating system, after all, and the 
context in which OS/2 is used. If you have wisdom to share 
about any of the following topic areas, we'd love to hear 
about it.

 * Software development
 * Small business computing
 * Internet connectivity
 * IBM's products and perspectives
 * Home user issues
 * OS/2 interaction with the community
 * OS/2 architecture and features
 * Extending OS/2 applications

Remember, Warpstock is all about sharing our knowledge. You 
don't have to be a wizard on the topic (though we'd never 
turn one down), but if you've accumulated knowledge worth 
sharing -- or worth exploring together -- then you're 
probably a good candidate for speaking. Give our web page 
at http://www.warpstock.org/exspeak.html a visit.

Plus, software vendors have a great opportunity to 
demonstrate their applications at Warpstock. We hope to 
have continuous demonstrations of freeware, shareware, and 
commercial applications throughout the weekend. Just surf 
over to the sign-up form at
http://www.warpstock.org/present_software.html and sign up! 
It's that easy!

While Warpstock isn't an IBM event -- not by any stretch of 
the imagination! -- we welcome IBM employees (and 
ex-employees) who are interested in talking about the 
company's directions, OS/2-related products, and "how it 
works" subjects. While the Warpstock Team is well 
connected, we know that many you have a lot of contacts 
inside the company. We urge you to encourage any IBMers you 
know to help out as presenters... and hey, just to attend. 
IBM staff who attended Warpstock last year were recharged, 
just as were all of us customers. Arguably, IBM's not 
especially good at communicating inside the company about
non-IBM events, so we can't be sure how well the "Warpstock 
word" has gotten out, or, in. Anything you can do to let 
IBMers know about the event will be much appreciated, 
especially by those IBMers.

End of $99 Room rate at Wyndham Northwest

I want to thank everyone that has booked their rooms at the 
Wyndham Northwest.  You have made it possible for Warpstock 
to meet its budget. As of September 1,  and there are now 
less than 40 rooms left at the incredible Warpstock $99 a 
night rate left.  This $99 rate will close out on September 
16th, and after that the Wyndham will accept the room rate 
at their discretion. Based on their current actions of no 
longer giving the rate for extra nights, we believe that 
they will be charging their standard rate schedule.  If you 
find that they are quoting $189 or some such figure, you 
can still get a somewhat discounted rate if you are a AAA 
member, they do have a discounted weekend rate; AARP 
members can also get a discount.


Job Fair

Looking for a new job?  Warpstock may be able to help you!  
We are currently in negotiation with several recruiters who 
are looking for OS/2 people, and we hope to set aside an 
area for them to do interviews.  Bring your resume!   If we 
are unable to reach a final terms with these recruiters and 
companies, we will collect resumes anyway and see if we can 
set up a searchable OS/2 database on one of the web sites.


Special Mentions

SCOUG deserves a special mention. Not only was SCOUG a 
early financial backer of Warpstock, and  a vendor at 
Warpstock; they have also been a great advertiser of 
Warpstock with both their Webfoot and Peter Skye's 
interview that was just published on the web 
http://www.scoug.com/os24u/1998/scoug809.2.warped.html.  I 
have never been called a visionary before.   I am proud 
to wear the SCOUG polo shirt at my office and when I go to 
a OS/2 meeting. I know that I will be purchasing a new one 
this year.

Hethmon Brothers Software (http://www.hethmon.com/) also 
deserves a special mention.  Hethmon Bros. purchased 
advertising on Warpcast for the month of August, which was 
almost all about Warpstock.  Paul Hethmon, last year's 
Warpstock Chair, continues to host our email site, is on 
the Warpstock Executive Board, and has been great help to 
Warpstock'98.  He and his company are truly what Warpstock 
is about -- helping the OS/2 Community.



Final Words

I personally, want to thank everyone who has helped us 
bring this new Warpstock together in such a timely fashion. 
It has been a real challenge for me to work with as 
far-flung a group as the current Warpstock '98 Team. I 
think that we have done a great job, considering that we 
have had only 3 months to do it in.  Some people have questioned if this is the same Warpstock as last year. When 
I look at the devotion that the people helping us put this 
together, I am absolutely amazed. Warpstock still has the 
same Heart as last year. This year we are in a lovely 
hotel, we will have beautiful trade booths and we will look 
less like a 'computer flea market' than last year's
Warpstock.

I know that I am looking forward to seeing all of you at 
Warpstock. I think that we will have some surprises for 
you, I know that you will find lots of new things to see, 
to think about and to take home with you.


Stan Sidlov
Event Chair
http://www.warpstock.org

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