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Updated 3/18/2003 -- '03 #43

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View previous calendars -- Read Our Story -- OLD User Group Directory and contact list (not updated)
Bostonusergroups.com: "Monthly Meeting Calendar"   --   Boston TechVenue Calendar
User Group events:
See below for Seminars, Shows, Learning, etc.

March 18, 2003
Boston SPIN, "When a Team Performs SW Inspection on Test Scripts", 6PM, MITRE Corp, Bedford
NE Palm Users, "Master the English language with your Palm!", 7PM, MIT Plasma Fusion Lab, Bldg NW17-218
PC Users Group of RI "Quick 'n' Dirty eCommerce with FrontPage 2002", 6:30PM, N.E. Tech, Warwick, RI
Boston's FrontPage Web Developer Group,  6 pm, Exeter, NH.
Storage Networking of New England "Storage Management Taxonomy" 6-9 pm, Microsoft Waltham
WebTech Chapter, "Emergence of the Interaction Tier", 7PM, IBM SPC, Waltham

March 19, 2003
Boston Linux & Unix UG, "LinuxSoup VI: More on Linux in the Enterprise", 7-9pm, @ MIT room # 4-370
So NE Network Users (SneNUG), "Microsoft Tablet PCs", 7:00, @NE Tech, Warwick RI
Women in Computing, "Open Source Software - Doing More for Le$$", 6PM, FleetBoston Financial, Waltham
ICCA Breakfast "Mobile User-Interface - .NET Development Platform", 7:30-8:45 am, Rebecca's, Burlington
Club Pocket PC-Boston, "Bluetooth Bonanza", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
MacWoburn, "Computer Ergonomics with Contour Design", CompUSA, Washington St, Woburn
Cape Cod .NET, "ADO.NET & XML.", 7:00 pm,  Senior Center in Mashpee
SIGGRAPH/Boston "Real-time 3D Graphics for the Desktop", 7pm, Mount Ida College, Newton Centre
Access Day, "Introduction to Access",  9:00 AM - noon,  Microsoft, Waltham
Access Day, "Intermediate Access, 1-5:30 pm,  Microsoft, Waltham
Access Day, "Access Developer",  6:45 - 8:45,  Microsoft, Waltham

March 20, 2003
Business on the Web on-line chat, "using email discussion groups for marketing", Noon-1PM
NE Information Security Users, "Securing Linux", 6:30, Schwartz Communications, Waltham
Worcester Macromedia, "SoundEdit 16", 6:30-8:30 PM, Assumption College; IT Building
GBC/ACM, "Xtreme Enterprise Architecture (XEA)", 7PM, @IBM SPC, Waltham
NH .NET Users, "Data Access Methodologies/Managed C++", 6PM, BU Corp Ed Ctr, Tyngsboro
Business Productivity User Group kickoff meeting, "Tablet PC", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham

March 24, 2003
Boston Area Visual Basic Learning UG "VB.NET 101: Intro for VB Developers" 7pm, Microsoft, Waltham
RI Mac Users (riMac), "iChatting or Blogging?", 7PM, Brown Univ CIT board room

March 25, 2003
Boston AppleScript Users, "Variable data publishing", 6PM, MIT Bldg E51, Room 372
Ind Computer Consultants, "Basic Insurance Needs", 6PM, Rebecca's, Burlington

March 26, 2003
Worcester Linux Users,"Jon 'Maddog' Hall", 7PM, Kinnicutt Hall, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
DBUG (the DataCAD Boston Users Group)  6 p.m.  CADvantage Boston
Merrimack Valley Linux Users, "A tour of Redhat 8.0", 7:30, Martha's Exchange, Nashua NH
FoxPro Users, "Accessing Internet Data Sources With VFP", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston .NET User Group "Web Site Developmer Orientation", 4-8:30, Microsoft Waltham

March 27, 2003
Exchange Server User Group, "Exchange 2003 and InfoClarus" 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Software Eng & Quality SIG, "Techniques for Gathering Requirements", 6:30, location TBD

April 1, 2003
I-495 Internet professionals, $ "Meet ColdFusion", 6:30, @EMC Hopkinton

April 3, 2003
RI ColdFusion Users, "ColdFusion-to-Acrobat integration", 5:30, J&W Technology Ctr, Providence

April 7, 2003
Windows Technical Forum, "Demo and Discuss the New Tablets" 6:30-9, Microsoft, Waltham

April 8, 2003
Greater Boston SIGCHI "Knowledge Management at a Financial Services Co", 7 pm, Sun Micro, Burlington

April 9, 2003
Software Quality Group, "Test Planning in an Agile Environment", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Boston .NET User Group "Programmatic Access to SQL Server", 5-6:30, Microsoft Waltham
Boston .NET User Group ".NET Remoting Essentials", 6:30-8:30, Microsoft Waltham
Large Install Sys Admin (BBLISA), "Cross-Platform Server Management", 7PM, MIT Bldg E51, Room 149
Boston Mac Users (BMAC), "How to call Tech Support/Dymo Label Printers", 7PM, MIT Bldg E51
Seniors Computer Group, topic TBA, 9:30AM, Newton Senior Center

April 10, 2003
NE Java Users (NEJUG), "JBoss - Architecture, Clustering, and Configuration", 6:30, Cross Point Bldg, Lowell

April 16, 2003
Worcester Linux Users,"TBA", 7PM, Kinnicutt Hall, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Boston Linux & Unix UG, "CUPS: Common Unix Printing System", 7-9pm, @ MIT (room 4-370)
So NE Network Users (SneNUG), "NetIQ - TBA", 7:00, @NE Tech, Warwick RI

April 19, 2003
RI Retro-Computing Society Open House: "Packard Bell PB-250", 10AM-4:30PM, 25 Eagle St, Providence

April 22, 2003
Boston AppleScript Users, "Mac OS X sys/command line scripting", 6PM, MIT Bldg E51, Room 372
PC Users Group of RI "TBA", 7 PM, N.E. Tech, Warwick, RI

April 24, 2003
GBC/ACM,  "A New Kind of Science with Stephen Wolfram", 7PM, MIT Room 10-250

April 30, 2003
Boston SPIN, "Agile Software Development", 6PM, MITRE Corp, Bedford

May 5, 2003
Windows Technical Forum, "PowerQuest - V2i backup and recovery software" 6:30-9, Microsoft, Waltham

May 8, 2003
NE Java Users (NEJUG), "Jakarta Struts Hands-on Session", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

May 14, 2003
Boston .NET User Group "TBA", 5-6:30, 6:30-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Mac Users (BMAC), topic TBA, 7PM, MIT Bldg E51

May 15, 2003
Worcester Linux Users,"TBA", 7PM, Kinnicutt Hall, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

May 17, 2003
RI Retro-Computing Society Open House: "Lab Instrument Computers", 10AM-4:30PM, 25 Eagle St, Providence

May 20, 2003
Boston SPIN, topic TBA, 6PM, MITRE Corp, Bedford
PC Users Group of RI "TBA", 7 PM, N.E. Tech, Warwick, RI

May 21, 2003
Boston Linux & Unix UG, "Overview of Request Tracker", 7-9pm, @ MIT (room # 4-370)
So NE Network Users (SneNUG), "SonicWall Security presentation", 7:00, @NE Tech, Warwick RI

June 2, 2003
Windows Technical Forum, "TBA" 6:30-9, Microsoft, Waltham

June 11, 2003
Boston .NET User Group "TBA", 5-6:30, 6:30-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham

June 12, 2003
NE Java Users (NEJUG), "How to Make J2EE Perform Well", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

June 17, 2003
Boston SPIN, "Non-CMM Software Quality Improvement", 6PM, MITRE Corp, Bedford

June 18, 2003
Boston Linux & Unix UG, "Introduction to Qt", 7-9pm, @ MIT room # 4-370

June 21, 2003
RI Retro-Computing Society Open House, 10AM-4:30PM, 25 Eagle St, Providence

July 9, 2003
Boston .NET User Group "TBA", 5-6:30, 6:30-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham

July 16, 2003
Boston Linux & Unix UG, "GNU Privacy Guard: HOWTO", 7-9pm, Location to be determined



Events, Conferences, Education and Training:

March 19, 2003
IEEE Boston Section "Fundamentals of Client Side JAVA Programming" 6:15-9:45, WPI Waltham
Russ' Tool Shed, "Intro to Web Services using VS.NET", 9-5, Hynes Convention Center

March 22, 2003
GBC/ACM Professional Development Seminars: "Secure XML" 9=4:30, MIT Room 34-101

March 25, 2003
IEEE Boston Section "Peer Reviews and Inspections" 8:30-4:30, WPI Waltham

March 28, 2003
National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) Tour, 10AM-5PM, Hynes Convention Center, Boston

April 1, 2003
IEEE Boston Section "Predictable Software Development - Part I: Management's Role" 8:30am-Noon

April 8, 2003
IEEE Boston Section "Predictable Sw Development II: Accurate Estimates and Schedules ..." 8:30am-5pm

April 10, 2003
ASQ Boston Section: "Software Development for Medical Device Manufacturers"  all day, Burlington

April 12, 2003
GBC/ACM Professional Development Seminars: "Understanding & Programming Cryptography" 9-4:30, MIT Room 34-101

April 15, 2003
IEEE Boston "Predictable Sw Devlpmnt III: Verification and Validation for Practitioners and Managers" 8:30-5

May 2, 2003
IEEE Boston Section "UNIX Commands and Visual Editor Fundamentals" 9am-5pm, Burlington, MA

May 3, 2003
GBC/ACM Professional Development Seminars: "C# and .NET Programming" 9-4:30, MIT Room 34-101

May 5, 2003
IEEE Boston Section and WPI "LINUX System Administration Lab Crash Course" 9am-5pm, WPI Waltham

May 7 - 8, 2003
Spring IEEE Conference on Technologies For Homeland Security, Volpe Auditorium, Cambridge

May 16, 2003
IEEE Boston Section and WPI "LINUX TCP/IP Network Administration and Lab Course" 9am-5pm, WPI Waltham

June 18-20, 2003
Enterprise Analytics and Data Warehousing Conference, Boston


Ongoing:

MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science events open to the public

The IEEE Boston Section posts local courses at http://www.ieee-boston.org/

Cambridge Center for Adult Education  Call (617) 547-6789 or check the courses
available at http://www.ccae.org

DevelopMentor Training Classes, Cummings Park, Woburn. http://www.develop.com

Future Media Concepts provides training in all areas of digital media

Apple seminars  MA NH RI
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