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Call for Registration
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SAGE-AU Fifth Annual Conference and General Meeting
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Dates: Tuesday 15/7/1997 to Friday 18/7/97

Venue: Melbourne Zoo's Conference Centre
       Melbourne, Victoria,
       Australia


The System Administrators Guild of Australia (SAGE-AU)
will be hosting its fifth annual conference in conjunction
with its 1997 annual general meeting.

The annual SAGE-AU Conference, Tutorials and AGM provides a forum for 
Systems Administrators, Systems Managers, Network Administrators, 
Developers of Systems Administration Software and Managers of 
such groups to meet and share their knowledge and experiences.

SAGE-AU'97 is hereby inviting you to participate in this Conference.

Conference Details
==================

SAGE-AU'97 will be a 4 day conference running from
Tuesday July 15, 1997 to Friday July 18, 1997.

The first two days (Tuesday & Wednesday) will be dedicated to
tutorials on tools and techniques to aid system administration.

The AGM will be held at the end of the third day (Thursday).
All other times will be allocated to presentations or discussions.

A conference dinner will be held on the Thursday evening.

The conference will feature a small trade show on the third and 
fourth days, focusing on system administration tools and information.

The Program
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Guest speakers and topics include:
* "NT in the USA" - (Russ Cooper, RC, Canada)
* "Making SNMP easier with SNMPY" - (Anthony Baxter, Connect.com.au)
* "Standardising Windows 95 Configuration and Files"
   - (Russell Noble, Dept. of Psychology, UoW)
* "Microsoft in the Enterprise" - Andrew Vanderstock, St. Vincent's Hospital
* "The Complete Firewall System" -  David Sammut, CiTR)
* "Managing a Production Environment" - (Geoff Halprin, SysAdmin)
* "Year 2000 bug" - (Dr Michael Yastreboff, BHP)
* "Spam Email: A heuristic filter" - (Giles Lean, Nemeton)
* "Rapid (Re-)Installation of PC's" - David Conran, Dept. of Maths, UofQ
* "SA324 - SysAdmin and Management" - Craig Bishop, Connect.com.au
* "Remotely administering Windows NT" - (Matt Gillard, Cybersource)
* "Network Security" - (Agent Byron Collie, AFP & Kymie Tan, Uni. of Melb.)
* "An Administration Methodology for Distributed IT Environments"
   - (Paul Young, Bond University)
* "Intruder Activity in Australia" - (Danny Smith, AUSCERT)

There will also be several sessions of work in progress.

Full details about the Conference Program can be found at the 
SAGE-AU web site at:

    http://www.sage-au.org.au/

Tutorials
=========

The following half and full day tutorials will be run (some concurrently)
on the first two days of the conference. 

* "NT Security" - full day - Russ Cooper, RC, Canada)
* "Documentation Techniques for System Administrators" - half
     - (Michael Ciavarella, Cybersource)
* "Advanced Perl 5" - half - (Frank Crawford, ANSTO)
* "Computer Security" - half - (Danny Smith, AUSCERT)
* "WWW caches" - half - (Stewart Forster, Connect.com.au)
* "Introduction to firewalls" - half - (Darren Reed, Cybersource)


Exhibition/Trade Show
=====================

On the third and fourth days of the conference (Thursday and Friday)
SAGE-AU'97 will host a small, technically orientated trade show 
focusing on system administration tools and information.


Registration
============

A text version of the Registration form is attached at the end of
this Call for Registration. A postscript version can be obtained
from the SAGE-AU ftp site at:

ftp://ftp.sage-au.org.au/pub/SAGE-AU/Conference/1997/regoform.ps.gz

The registration fee for SAGE-AU'97 is as follows:

                 |SAGE-AU Member|  Non-Member  |
                 | Early | Late | Early | Late |
-----------------+-------+------+-------+------+
Conference       | $150  | $175 | $225  | $250 |
Half Day Tutorial| $100  | $125 | $125  | $150 |
Full Day Tutorial| $200  | $250 | $250  | $300 |

Conference registration includes one ticket to the Conference Dinner and
Conference and Tutorial registration includes Lunch and Refreshments. 
Additional tickets to the Conference Dinner may be purchased.

Non-members who register for SAGE-AU'97 and successfully apply for 
membership of SAGE-AU will have their first year's membership fee 
waived.

Early Registration is considered when registration form and payment 
has reached SAGE-AU by COB on 20th of June 1997.

Travel
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To encourage interstate attendees, SAGE-AU offers members a travel 
discount off registration for interstate travellers. 
The discounts will be $120 for attendees from Queensland, Western
Australia, Northern Territory and $60 for attendees from 
South Australia, Tasmania, ACT and New South Wales.


Addresses
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Registration forms and payment should be sent to the
SAGE-AU Business Manager, Margaret Hassall,

Snail: SAGE-AU Business Manager
       GPO Box 1594 P
       Melbourne   VIC   3001
       Australia

Any enquiries can be emailed to: busmgr@sage-au.org.au

WWW Page
========

There are more details on the SAGE-AU web site, including local
information about accommodation and transport, at:

WWW:   http://www.sage-au.org.au/conf.html

Requests for general information about SAGE-AU and membership
applications should be addressed to:

WWW: http://www.sage-au.org.au/
Email: secretary@sage-au.org.au
Fax:   (02) 9717 9273 (Attn: Frank Crawford)
Snail: Secretary
       SAGE-AU
       GPO Box 2974
       Sydney NSW 2001
       Australia


Mailing List
============

If you wish to be kept informed about SAGE-AU'97, please subscribe to 
the "SAGE-AU97" mailing list by sending an email to 
    "majordomo@sage-au.org.au"
with the body of the email only containing 
    "subscribe sage-au97". 
It will send you an initial email telling you how to get off 
the list if you need to.

*note* The traffic on this list will be extremely minimal, 
so it won't flood your mail box.

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Registration 
SAGE-AU Fifth Annual Conference and General Meeting
Tuesday 15 July - Friday 18th July 1997
Melbourne Zoo's Conference Centre

Surname:        ......................  Firstname: .....................
Preferred Name: ......................
Department:     .........................................
Organization:   .........................................
Address:        .........................................
                .........................................
Phone:          ..................  Fax: ................
Email Address:  .........................................

Registration (circle one)                                Early    Late 
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(Early reg. must be received before 5pm, June 20 1997)

Member Registration (see Note (1))                        $150    $175

Non-member (includes 12 months membership)                $225    $250

Paper Presenter                                           $  0    $  0

Work-In-Progress presenter (50% discount)                 $ 75    $ 87.50

____ Additional tickets to the conference dinner $50 each         $_______

(Note: registration includes 1 ticket to the conference dinner.
A number of tickets for the dinner will be available for
purchase at the conference.

I wish to attend the following tutorials:
        (If you wish to attend tutorials held concurrently, 
        please contact the organisers).

  Tuesday AM  ____ NT Security (Part 1)   ____ Doc. Techniques for SysAdmins
          PM  ____ NT Security (Part 2) 
Wednesday AM  ____ Advanced Perl 5        ____ Computer Security
          PM  ____ WWW Caches             ____ Introduction to Firewalls

Total Tutorial fees: 
    (Member: $100(early)/$125 (see Note (1)
     Non-member: $125(early)/$150) per session)                     $_____

Members (see note (1)) are entitled to a $120 discount off
conference (not tutorial) registration if travelling from 
Qld, WA, or NT, and $60 if travelling from NSW, SA, ACT, or Tas
Discount if applicable:                                             $______

Total Amount Payable:                                               $______
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Payment:
    If paying by cheque, payment should accompany registration form.
    Cheques should be made payable to:
        "The Systems Administrators Guild of Australia",
    and crossed "not negotiable".

Bankcard / Visa / Mastercard (circle type)
			     (sorry, we can't accept American Express)

.................................  ...............   .......................
    Card Number                      Expiry Date        Signature

Please send completed forms and payment to:
    SAGE-AU Conference, GPO BOX 1594 P, Melbourne  VIC 3001
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Note (1) "Member" means existing member "before" registration
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Tuesday, 15th July 1997
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Tutorial Day #1
---------------

8:30am	Registration

9:00am	"NT Security"
        (Russ Cooper, RC, Canada)

9:00am	"Documentation Techniques for System Administrators"
        (Michael Ciavarella, Cybersource)

12:30am	Lunch

1:30pm	"NT Security" cont.
        (Russ Cooper, RC, Canada)

5:00pm	Close

5:30pm  Drinks

7:00pm  Informal Dinner


Wednesday, 16th July 1997
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Tutorial Day #2
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8:30am	Registration

9:00am	"Advanced Perl 5"
	(Frank Crawford, ANSTO)

9:00am	"Computer Security"
        (Danny Smith, AUSCERT)

12:30am	Lunch

1:30pm	"WWW caches"
	(Stewart Forster, Connect.com.au)

1:30pm	"Introduction to firewalls"
	(Darren Reed, Cybersource)

5:00pm	Close

6:00pm  Drinks / Birds of a Feathers

7:00pm  Informal Dinner


Thursday, 17th July 1997
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Conference Day #1
-----------------

8:30am	Registration


9:00am	Official Opening and Welcome
        (Craig Bishop, SAGE-AU President)

9:10am  "Making SNMP easier with SNMPY."
        (Anthony Baxter, Connect.com.au)
9:35am  Questions

9:40am "Standardising Windows 95 Configuration and Files"
        (Russell Noble, Dept. of Psychology, UoW)
10:05am Questions.


10:10am	Morning Tea


10:30am WIP: "Switched Ethernet: DSTC's Implementation - Do's and Dont's"
        (Jason Andrade, DSTC)

10:45am	"Microsoft in the Enterprise"
        (Andrew Vanderstock, St. Vincent's Hospital)
11:35am Questions.

11:45am WIP: "System Management of a Supercomputer"
        (Frank Crawford, ANSTO)

12:00pm "Intruder Activity in Australia"
        (Danny Smith, AUSCERT)
12:25pm	Questions.


12:30pm Lunch


1:30pm	"Managing a Production Environment"
        (Geoff Halprin, SysAdmin)
2:20pm  Questions.

2:30pm  "NT in the USA"
        (Russ Cooper, RC, Canada)
3:20pm	Questions.

3:30pm	Afternoon Tea / Birds of a Feather Sessions

4:00pm	SAGE-AU Annual General Meeting.

6:00pm	AGM Close


7:00pm	Conference Dinner.


Friday, 18th July 1997
----------------------
Conference Day #2
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9:00am	"Year 2000 bug"
	(Dr Michael Yastreboff, BHP)
9:25am	Questions.

9:30am	"Fake/Spam Email: A heuristic based filter"
	(Giles Lean, Nemeton)
9:55am	Questions.

10:00am WIP: "Snapshot Stats"
        (Kate Lance, Connect.com.au)

10:15am	Morning Tea / Birds of a Feather Sessions


10:40am "Rapid (Re-)Installation of PC's"
        (David Conran, Dept. of Maths, UofQ)
11:25am Questions.

11:30am "SA324 - SysAdmin and Management"
        (Craig Bishop, Connect.com.au)
11:55am Questions.


12:30pm Lunch


1:30pm  "Remotely administering Windows NT"
        (Matt Gillard, Cybersource)
1:55pm  Questions

2:00pm  "Network Security"
        (Agent Byron Collie, AFP & Kymie Tan, Uni. of Melb.)
2:50pm  Questions

3:00pm	"An Administration Methodology for Distributed IT Environments"
        (Paul Young, Bond University)
3:25pm	Questions.


3:30pm	Afternoon Tea / Birds of a Feather Sessions


4:00pm	WIP: "Implementation of simple UNIX facilities on Windows 95 in Java"
        (Russell Noble, Dept. of Psychology, UoW)

4:15pm  "The Complete Firewall System"
        (David Sammut, CiTR)
4:40pm  Questions.

4:45pm  Conference closing address
        (New SAGE-AU President)
5:00pm	Conference Closed

5:30pm  Drinks
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