The LA Fox Developer Newsletter

January 1997

Spring Conference ‘97 FAQs

by Barry R. Lee

Are there User’s Group discounts, or discounts for group

registration?

No.

Do you accept credit card payments?

Yes. However, the prices reflect a cash discount Credit card

users must pay the full price of $209, $235, and $259 respec-

tively.

...are they [the meals] still included in the registration

price?

Yes. Unofficially, we’ll be covering breaks and lunches. If we

can at all afford it, we’ll be having continental breakfasts Satur-

day and Sunday, too. I’m pretty sure we’ll be doing the CBs,

but we’ll have to see how registration goes.

What about hotels and airlines?

- Hotel: We have secured discounted rooms at the rate of

$89.00 per room. To get this discount, you must call the LAX

Westin directly at (310) 216-5858 (not their “800” number). Be

sure to tell them that you are making reservations for the

“MICROCOMPUTER ENGINEERING SERVICES room block”.

This price will be honored 3 days prior and 3 days after the

event. You will need a credit card to hold the reservation.

- Airlines: We have secured a 5% discount of any published

fares on United or Delta. To get these special rates, you or your

travel agent will need to call one of the following phone numbers.

United’s meetings desk phone number is 1 -800-521-4041. Our

meeting ID Code for United is “513DA”. Delta’s meeting desk

phone number is 1-800-241-6760. Our file number for Delta is

“XHO3I”.

It’s That

Time of Year Again

Membership Dues

It’s time to start thinking about membership dues again. Last

year, we implemented a new payment policy that brought

everyon current in a matter of months. Here’s how it works:

Look at your mailing label on the back of the newsletter. If your

membership expired in the first three months (January thru

March) of 1996, your name will be eliminated from the newslet-

ter mailing list in January, 1997; if your membership expired in

the second three months (April thru June) of 1996, your name

will be eliminated from the newsletter mailing list in February,

1997; if your membership expired in the third three months (July

thru September) of 1996, your name will be eliminated from the

mailing list in March, 1997; and if your membership expires in

the last three months (October thru December) of 1996, your

name will be eliminated from the mailing list in April, 1997.

Last year, using this type of methodology and an “amnesty”

program, we were able to bring memberships current that had

expired back in 1993. So virtually everyone that is now a

member of LA Fox has an expiration date of 1996 or 1997. This

helps us out a lot since we are a totally self-supported group

and membership helps defray the costs of newsletters, the

meeting room, guest speakers, etc.

There are several advantages to membership the

commaraderie and networking capabilities of the group, the

chance to speakers that you would have to spend hundreds of

dollars to see elsewhere, a monthly ten-page newsletter, the LA

FoxCast, etc.

So everyone make sure you look at your mailing label for your

membership expiration date and please respond accordingly.

Membership dues are $45, payable to LA Fox, and can be

mailed to Allen Garfein, 3449 Beethoven, Los Angeles, CA

90066, or Barry R. Lee, P.O. Box 6624, Huntington Beach, CA

92615-6624, or brought to the next meeting.

Year in Review (Con’t from page 7)

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FoxPro Q & A

Microsoft's Filer for VFV5.O

The Business Side of Things

Re: Genscmx/Tabbed Windows + Phone Dialer Function

Need Some Christmas Ideas?

The Client/Server Survival Guide

Show the Form Faster When Using Pageframes

It Can’t Get Any Easier.......

We’ve come up with an easy way to submit articles to the L.A

Fox Developer Newsletter one that has been overlooked for

a long time.

You can submit your articles to Barry Lee at CIS# 72723, 3422

on Compuserve, or brlee@earthlink.net.

These articles can be on any FoxPro-related topic, whether it

concerns a new technique you’ve discovered, a certain develop-

ment technique you may favor over others, book reviews, etc.

Editor reserves the right to edit or offer constructive comments

concerning submitted articles and accepted articles shall be

considered to be in the public domain.

The quality of this newsletter really depends on the members

that support it, not just read it. And I think we’d all be surprised

by the useful information that could be circulated around the

membership.

So

How ‘bout it?

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