🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <82879@ut-emx.uucp>, mknox@bongo.cc.utexas.edu (Margaret Knox) writes:
> 
> I just had an email from one of the Digital counterparts reporting that
> she and a couple of others taking a seminar class had NOT received the
> Fall US DECUS symposium/seminars brochure (Las Vegas in December). So
> this is an informal query:

FYI - There has been 2 mailings so far this year.  The first one was a white 
"greeting card" size envelope that contained the original 12 page program plus 
some information and registration forms.  That went out in August to all DECUS 
members.  In September their was a smaller "tickler" that was glued shut and 
had a multi-colored cover.  That did ***NOT*** go to any DEC employees.  There 
shortly will be a "last chance - act now" letter going to any new members or 
anyone who has attended a Seminar/Symposia week in the last two years.  That 
letter will not be sent to DEC employees or to anyone who had their 
registration processed before last week.

> would you let me know if you DID NOT receive the symposium/seminars
> brochure  (and you are a member)

If you have not received a copy of DECUScope in the last five months in 999
out of 1000 cases you are NOT a DECUS member today.  Only if you have received
a copy of DECUScope should you consider yourself a DECUS member with a correct 
membership profile.

> would you let me know if you threw it away without reading it because
> you assumed that the fat ol' Preliminary Program was going to show up

I too would be very interested in the answer to this question.  For lack of a
better term there is a lot or "urban folklore" developing around this
Symposia/Seminars mailing.  It comes from folks in DECUS leadership (who do
not have hard numbers at this point) talking about how they know or heard that
someone received their mailing and threw it away.  Of course when we track
this down we find it is the same 5 or 6 very vocal folks who are the source of
this lore. 

Of course the reason why this lore is developing is because we are only
hearing about the negative cases.  We need to hear from everyone at this
point. I have a favor to ask of all in the U.S. Chapter who are reading this
newsgroup (even at the risk of flooding our mailboxes).  Please tell us if... 

	1) If you were aware or not aware that the first mailing you
	received was your registration kit.

	2) If you really did or did not hold off registering while you
	waited for the old fat program.

	3) If you called the 800 number for materials and never received
	them.

	4) If having to call for the full seminar abstracts casued you
	not to register.

	5) For those of you who have attended fall Symposia/Seminars in the 
	past but are not doing so this time - why not?

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE take the time to send your response to these four 
Internet mail address...

margknox@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu
killeen@decus.org
cory@decus.org
fuhr@decus.org

We need to hear both sides (folks who it worked for as well as folks who it 
didn't) - thanks for taking the time to respond.

-- 
Jeff Killeen - DECUS U.S. Chapter NLC Chair | Email:killeen@eisner.decus.org

DECUS is for folks who are responsible for delivering computing technology.
The NLC is the national council for DECUS's Local User Groups - come join us!