Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 21:59:17 -0400 From: Michael Steinberg Subject: New Eng Palm Users Group Newsletter - Please Read! *********************************************************** New Eng Palm Users Group Newsletter - Please Read! *********************************************************** NEPUG News - Sept Exec Board Meeting - Sept general meeting update - Peanut Press special offer - Meeting location survey Palm News - Palm Y2K Status - HandSpring - PalmSource - Palm Developers Conf NEPUG News *********** - Sept Exec Board Meeting The next meeting of the NEPUG Exec Board will be held on Tues, Sept 7, 1999 at 6:30PM. The meeting will be held at the Cambridgeside Galleria in the Food Court. We meeting in the lower level near the windows facing the lagoon. The Galleria offer low cost on site evening parking and is accessible from the MBTA Green Line at the Lechmere station. The NEPUG Exec Board meets on the first Tues of the month to discuss general group business, including planning monthly meetings and special events and other services to be offered to the general membership. The meeting is open to all members and is free of charge. - Sept General Meeting update The Sept General Meeting of the NEPUG will take place on Tues, Sept 21, 1999 at 6:30 PM. the meeting will be held at the Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street, Boston, MA. BPL staff member Alice Kane will present Pendragon Forms software and discuss how the BPL plans to use the software internally. - Peanut Press special offer Peanut Press, a local publisher of books for the Palm and great supporter of the NEPUG has again offered NEPUG members a special discount. From now until Oct 31, all members will get $1 off all titles purchased. You must Type NEPUG99 in the promotional code box on our secure checkout page to receive the $1 discount off each title. Peanut Press offers a wide variety of books. The web site is http://www.peanutpress.com - Meeting location survey We are still looking for feedback on our meeting site survey. If have not already done so, please cast your vote for the meeting site you prefer: IBM in Waltham or the Boston Public Library. This is your user group - please vote! E-mail your vote to execboard@ne-palm.org Palm News ********* - Palm Y2K Status All Palm Computing products are Y2K ready according to the manufacturer. For the complete Palm Y2K statement go to http://www.palm.com/custsupp/helpnotes/palmapps/year2000.html - HandSpring Several news reports indicate the long awaited first product from HandSpring (a company formed by the original founders of Palm Computing) will be released at Internet Expo in Oct in NYC. It is expected to be a low cost product with an expansion slot, code named SpringBoard. Watch your news for more details. - PalmSource - Palm Developers Conf Palm Computing has announced the date and location of the next Palm Developers Conf. Called PalmSource 99, it will take place on Oct 19-22, 1999 at the Santa Clara Conv Ctr, Santa Clara, CA. For details, please go to the web site: http://www.palmsource.com As always, please check the NEPUG web site for the latest information. Don't forget, we also have a message board and a listserv available. Thanks Michael Steinberg President New England Palm Users Group e-Mail: mes@ne-palm.org web: http://www.ne-palm.org Author: Sams Teach Yourself PalmPilot and Palm III in 10 Minutes, MacMillian Comp Publishing http://www.business-trip.com/PalmBook