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LA Fox Board Meeting Notes

The LA Fox Board of Directors held their monthly meeting on

December 6, 2000. Highlights of the meeting:

Officer Elections. Due to the recent resignations of Barry R.

Lee (President/Newsletter Editor) and Twila Miller (Treasurer!

Membership), the Board held elections. The new officers are:

President:

Bill Anderson

Vice-President:

Michael Cummings

Treasurer: Wayne Stahnke

President Emeritus: Barry Lee (joins Chuck Williams)

Our best wishes go out to the new officers as they assume their

roles effective January 1, 2001.

Boot Camp. LA Fox Boot Camp, held on December 2, 2000,

was a huge success. It was well-attended and all of the

attendees learned a lot. Because of this success, the Board is

now entertaining the idea of having a “Beginner’s Corner” pnorto

the start of every meeting. The exact format of the Corner has

yet to be decided upon, but look for it to start happening soon.

The board also decided on a half-hour presentation on a begin-

ning!review topic before the main meeting session begins. This

will start at 7:00 PM.

Boot Camp II. Coming in the Spring.

Slight Name Change. The Board decided to keep the name of

the group “LA Fox”, but they decided to change the expanded

name from the “LA FoxPro User Group” to “LA Visual FoxPro

User Group”.

Looks like there are some exciting changes ahead for the

membership

Out and About

by Barry R. Lee

In this issue

Getting Ready for .NET (Part 2)

The 12 Bugs of Christmas

LA Fox Year in Review

Page 3

Page 6

Page 7

and much more!

The LA Fox Developer

A Newsletter for FoxPro Application Developers in Southern California

Visit our WebSite at: http://vww.Iafox.org December 2000

The December meeting of LA Fox will be

held on Dec. 18, 2000, at 7:30 PM at our new

meeting place (NCR, 100 N. Sepulveda Blvd.,

El Segundo, CA). For details on how to get

there, see the map on the back page.

At LA Fox

December 18, 2000, 7:30 PM. The Annual LA Fox Christ-

mas Party. It’s that time of the year again. Come join us for

merriment, good times, LA Fox fellowship, and tasty treats.

And what would the Christmas party be without The White

Elephant Gift Exchange? So come prepared for a good time.

fEd. Note: The idea behind the White Elephant Gift Exchange

is to bring a wrapped “something” that is no longer useful to you

but might be to someone else <g>. Last year, ‘lucky” recipients

received such valuable gifts as “cheesy” romance novels,

copies of “useful” computer books (The Complete DOS 5.0

Reference, Understanding Lotus v2.01, WordPerfect 4.2, etc.),

hardware (2400-baud modems, etc.), stocking stuffers that

didn’t quite turn you on last Christmas, etc. It’s great fun, with

lots of laughs, and provicies you an opportunity to pass those

white elephants along to someone “deserving” of such presents.

So, look in the back of your closets and out in the garage

I’m sure you’ll find something. It’s not mandatoty that you

bring one since there’s usually plenty to go around, but it does

make it easier.) Oh. yeah and Ken Levy will be here, too.

<s>

Elsewhere

May 13-16, 2001, VS Connections, Orlando, FL. Join VFP

Developers from around the world at the award winning Hyatt

Regency Grand Cypress Resort in Orlando and experience the

most exciting conference on Visual FoxPro that’s worth your

time and investment. This is the conference that broke new

ground last Spring in New Orleans. As usual, there will be more