Re: Win a SAAB at COMMON !

[David Dunfield <ddunfie@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It is not the COMMON I used to know. Getting Commercial, no spouses program, not
very responsive to membership. Maybe it's time for COMMON to go the way of DPMA.

Charles L. Massoglia wrote:

> Does anyone else have a problem with this or am I out in left field.  I'm
> not sure this is the image I want associated with a user group for which I
> volunteer to speak. It sounds more and more like a commercial enterprise.
>
> I have attended every COMMON since April 1977 in Chicago and have spoken at
> every COMMON since October 1977 in Boston.  I am debating whether September
> 1998 in Anaheim will be my last conference as a speaker.
>
> Am I overreacting?
>
> >I hope David doesn't consider this an advertisement and kick me off the
> >list !   =:-o
> >
> >Anyone check out the http://www.common.org/ page lately ?
> >Attendees at the Fall COMMON conference can enter a draw to win a SAAB
> >9-3 Convertible !!!
> >
> >
> >Win a new SAAB at COMMON's Fall
> >                                     Conference in Anaheim!
> >
> >
> >                                     There's a one-of-a-kind SAAB story
> >happening at the
> >                                     Fall Conference in Anaheim. As
> >part of a special
> >                                     promotion, SAAB will be taking
> >entries in their great
> >                                     car giveaway contest. SAAB has
> >picked the Fall
> >                                     Conference in Anaheim to kick off
> >their celebration of
> >                                     their Intranet Retail Information
> >Systems (IRIS),
> >                                     which helps SAAB retailers serve
> >customers and
> >                                     prospects more efficiently. IRIS
> >runs on an AS/400
> >                                     central server and was developed
> >jointly by SAAB
> >              and IBM Global Services. So while you're at the Expo area
> >during the Fall
> >              Conference, stop by the SAAB booth, see an IRIS
> >demonstration, learn about
> >              e-commerce solutions at SAAB and complete your entry in
> >their contest. Next thing
> >              you know, you could be driving a brand-new SAAB 9-3
> >Convertible. For more
> >              information about SAAB, visit http://www.saab.com
> >       (Saab USA at http://www.saabusa.com/ )
> >
> >
> >
> >Neil Palmer         DPS Data Processing Services Canada Ltd.
> >                                             AS/400~~~~~
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> >mailto:NeilP@DPSlink.com    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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> >
> >
> >
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>
> Charlie Massoglia, Massoglia Technical Consulting, Inc.
> PO Box 1065, Okemos, MI 48854, USA
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