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| Annual Elections - Currently held positions (2009):
President: Jody Meyer Vice President: Cathy Pountney Secretary: Mike Timpe Treasurer: Mike Potjer Webmaster: Jody Meyer |
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| Postponed until January 2010 – We swapped this meeting so we could have our special meeting in August 2009 | ||
| The GRAFUG November meeting is being cancelled
in lieu of the special “GR GiveCamp” event which falls on the same weekend. We are encouraging all our members to donate
their time to this wonderful event. Here’s some info from their website (www.grgivecamp.org).
GiveCamp is a weekend-long event where technology professionals – from designers, developers and database administrators to marketers and web strategists – donate their time to provide solutions for non-profit organizations. Some organizations may need a new website or a renewal of an old one. For others, GiveCamp helps them make the leap from Excel spreadsheets to true donor databases. And for still others, this is an opportunity to think strategically, with the help of a consultant, about their social media presence or e-mail marketing. This is about matching the needs of non-profits with the talent of our local technology-loving community. Any 501(3) can apply to participate in GiveCamp. Accepted non-profits will be matched with a project liaison prior to GiveCamp who will help them shape their project and answer any critical questions to ensure the weekend is a success. For volunteers, GiveCamp provides a unique opportunity to connect with the local tech community. A typical GiveCamp draws 75 to 100 volunteers. Individuals can work with their colleagues in company teams, or they can opt to be matched with fellow volunteers who have complementary skill sets. Everyone is welcome to head home for the evenings – but there are always the diehards who work from Friday kickoff straight through Sunday afternoon. Food and drinks, especially of the caffeinated variety, are provided, along with game systems for breaks. Please go to the website and follow the links to register to volunteer your time. You can volunteer as a technical person .. or a non-technical person. The deadline for technical volunteers is 10/15 so there’s only a few more days left. |
& Jody Meyer have already joined GR Give Camp… how about you? |
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Jody Meyer - pre-Southwest Fox session
Mike Feltman of FI Technologies - pre-Southwest Fox session |
& Mike Feltman |
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| Cathy Pountney - pre-Southwest Fox session | ||
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Rick Schummer - pre-Southwest Fox session
Jim Nelson - pre-Southwest Fox session |
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| Summer Vacation - No meeting | ||
Sybase iAnywhere - Advantage Database
You already know that Visual FoxPro is one of the best tools available for application development, but did you know that Advantage Database Server has better support for Visual FoxPro than any other database engine? Join us as we take you on a tour through the product. We'll introduce you to Sybase and how Advantage fits into the big picture there. Then, we'll move on to the technical aspect of the server and why it's different than any other database engine. You'll see getting started tips and demos to view first hand just how easy it is for FoxPro developers to move to client/server with Advantage. We'll even provide development versions of the software for attendees. See you there. |
& Jay Wendt, ADS Sales |
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Toni Feltman of
FI Technologies - pre-
Southwest Fox session
Toni is going to take a fast paced, action packed look at using Subversion and Tortoise as the version control repository for FoxPro applications. We all know that FoxPro developers are cheap and how much cheaper can you get than FREE! Subversion and Tortoise are both free tools that despite the price, work very well for version control. The biggest problem using any version control system with FoxPro is the darned binary files (SCX, MNX, PJX, VCX and FRX). Toni will show you several tools that she uses to help with the process of working with these binary source code files and version control systems. This session is not to be missed. |
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| BullZip – is a free PDF Printer / ActiveX control that can be used during Visual FoxPro report generation. It is must have control if you want to print reports to PDF that can also append (top or bottom) and/or superimpose to an existing PDF report. Text watermarks are also a breeze. BullZip allows you to password protect the generated PDF as well. Come learn more during Jody Meyer's presentation. | ||
| Mike Hogan - will be talking on Internet Programming using Visual FoxPro and Web Connect. He will use his condo management and real estate applications as examples | ||
| Skype - What is it and how to use it
Twitter- Twitter.com - TweetDeck - twill |
& Jody Meyer |
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| 1) Remote Desktop Access using a VPN connection
2) Safely Connecting to a Customer's network - Improving your customer support without depending upon accurate details from the customer. |
