Date:    Thu, 13 Mar 2003 00:52:19 EST
From:    Arnoldbilansky@cs.com
Subject: [Msoffice] User group kickoff. See the Tablet PC

Announcing the birth of the Boston Microsoft Business Productivity User
Group! The group is the successor to the Greater Boston Microsoft Office
User Group. Group Director Arnold Bilansky has worked closely with
Microsoft to craft a compelling new regional user group format keeping
pace with the changing dynamics of the computing industry. The Boston
MBPUG is focused on leveraging technology to improve individual
productivity and organizational efficiency utilizing the Microsoft
Desktop platform.  "Business productivity" reflects Microsoft's core
focus on helping individuals and workgroups realize their potential
through simplifying automation tools, and enabling new ways to
communicate and share.

The new meeting format kicks off this month with Kevin McKelvey,
Microsoft Business Productivity Advisor for Medium Business in New
England, introducing the Windows XP-based Tablet PC. Tablet PC is a
strategic, next generation business platform supporting the mobile
knowledge worker, providing both standard desktop functionality and
pen-based computing capability.  He discusses the key business drivers
around Tablet computing, and demonstrates core application functionality
and SharePoint Portal integration.

Date: March 20, 2003 (Monthly meetings are on the third Thursday of the
month)
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Microsoft, 6th floor, 201 Jones Road, Waltham MA 02451
For driving directions visit
http://www.microsoft.com/usa/offices/waltham.asp.

The Boston Microsoft Business Productivity User Group kickoff meeting
agenda includes:

·         Pizza dinner provided by Microsoft Corporation
·         Giveaways including Microsoft Office XP, Tablet Reference
Guides, Wireless Mouse Devices
·         Microsoft welcome
·         Demonstration of the XP Based Tablet PC

Meetings are free and open to the public. No reservations are required.
The user group Web site is at http://www.bostonusergroups.com/office
where you can subscribe to our e-mail meeting notification list. In case
of inclement weather you can call Microsoft's main number to check for a
recording of cancelled meetings at 781-487-6400.

We encourage your active participation! Let us know what technologies you
would like to see. Recommend speakers, or volunteer to show compelling
technologies. Become a steering committee member. Contact Arnold Bilansky
at arnoldbilansky@cs.com.

Please share this information with your colleagues

Stay tuned for rebranding of our mailing list moniker and URL.

************************************************************
Visual Basic Learning User Group Announcement
************************************************************

Another user group getting a shift in focus is the Greater Boston Visual
Basic Learning User Group (VBLearn for short).

For those of you interested in learning VB.NET, it is a great time to
begin attending
VBLearn meetings as the group is transitioning its presentations away
from VB 6
in favor of VB.NET.

Please note: The VBLearn March meeting is on the FOURTH Monday of the
month instead of its regular third Monday of the month.

Date: Monday, March 24, 2003
Topic: VB.NET 101: Intro for VB Developers
presented by Dan Hermes of Lexicon Systems
This is a rescheduling of the February meeting which was cancelled
because of the blizzard.

You're a VB developer. What do you need to know to develop in VB.NET?
We'll discuss simple, step-by-step code examples. Offer nuts-and-bolts
explanations. Starting at the very beginning, we'll cover topics
thoroughly. No tricks, no shortcuts, just VB.NET straight up. We cover:

Forms
Controls
Properties
Variables
Functions and Subroutines
Errors and Exception Handling


SPEAKER:
Dan Hermes, MCT, MCSD has over fifteen years of experience as a developer
and trainer. As a Microsoft Certified Trainer, he has taught Visual Basic
courses through the Microsoft Official Curriculum. On the faculty of
Northeastern University, Mr. Hermes has offered courses on Visual Basic
and E-Commerce development. As a developer and project leader, Mr. Hermes
has demonstrated expertise in mission-critical business applications,
object-oriented design, Internet applications, database design,
high-volume transaction processing, and multi-tiered, cross-platform
development.

Mr. Hermes is founder and president of Lexicon Systems. Lexicon Systems
provides software development and training services to IT organizations
nationally. Leaders in business, software development, e-commerce, and
Internet technology call on us to bring their endeavors to success and
profitability.

For more information on the VBLearn March presentation,
please visit http://www.lexicon1.com/, or email info@lexicon1.com.

****************************************

You can manage your subscription to this list (including subscribing or
unsubscribing)
by visiting http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/msoffice