Xref: utzoo alt.sys.sun:3924 comp.org.sug:133 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rphroy!ox.com!ox.com!emv From: emv@ox.com (Ed Vielmetti) Newsgroups: alt.sys.sun,comp.org.sug,mi.misc Subject: Re: Sun User's Group in MI Message-ID: Date: 18 May 91 21:43:54 GMT References: <6464@vela.acs.oakland.edu> Sender: usenet@ox.com (Usenet News Administrator) Reply-To: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti, MSEN Inc.) Followup-To: comp.org.sug,mi.misc Organization: OTA Limited Partnership, Ann Arbor MI. Lines: 39 In-Reply-To: panguyen@vela.acs.oakland.edu's message of 18 May 91 19:34:16 GMT In article <6464@vela.acs.oakland.edu> panguyen@vela.acs.oakland.edu (panguyen) writes: To all netters on comp.org.sug, I would like to find out more information about Sun User Group (SUG) in Michigan. SEMISLUG meets monthly in Ann Arbor at the Industrial Technology Institute; i'm trying to remember whether it's 1st thursday or 2d thursday of the month. I believe it's still officially registered as a Sun User Group (tm) though it's not one of the more traditional ones; i.e. there's no dues, no elected officers, very few Sun salesmen around (tho we've been known to attact DEC tech support folks). As of late, the meeting agenda looks something like this: - pop and cookies -- graciously provided by our hosts - question session -- questions (of any sort) written down to be answered later - feature presentation -- sometimes hardware show and tell, sometimes software demonstrations, a mix of things presented by people from the group and vendors. pure sales presentations get hooted out the door. - answer session "snappy answers to stupid questions :-)" to deal with the first set of questions and anything else that comes up - rumor and innuendo -- truth, fiction, and somewhere inbetween regarding product announcments, corporate finance, and anything else that comes to mind. One of the highlights of the meeting. things usually break down once the rumors start flying. SEMISLUG is also the unofficial home of the "Michigan mail park", an opportunity for individuals to locate news and mail feeds and to discuss connectivity in the local area. afterwards we generally tend to adjourn to a bar to continue on. There are usually a few people from Oakland that attend the meeting; it draws people in from as far north as Midland and all throughout the metro Detroit area. --Ed Edward Vielmetti, SEMISLUG member since 1987, emv@msen.com "half a slug is better than none"