Meeting Information

Informix User Group of Colorado Meeting – November 11^th 2004

There will be a joint meeting with the DB2 Local User Group on November 11th, 2004 at the IBM Office.

9:00 AM - 11:30 PM
IBM
3rd Floor
4700 S. Syracuse
Denver, CO 80237

Informix User Group of Colorado – Training Day 2002

On May 22, 2002, the Informix User Group of Colorado held their annual training day for a phenomenal turnout of 78 at the Aurora Public Library in Aurora, Colorado.

The Colorado users attended a dual-track training day that consisted of presentations by Carlton Doe, Mike Lowe, John Miller III, Bruce Norquist (ArtinSoft), Jacques Roy, Don Bizell & Peter Reidy (4Js), Dan Farrell, and Tony Setter (Brio).

These powerhouse presenters were able to give us a mini-Informix User Conference right here in our own backyard. Users were able to choose from an Application/New User track or the Deep-Level DBA track. Everything from 4GL migration to Deep-Level Performance Tuning was available.

The almost 80 users were treated to a spectacular breakfast and lunch by The Blue Rose catering company. IBM generously sponsored the food and rooms for the event as well as the numerous IBM speakers that honored us with their presence. We also held a networking exercise where members filled out sheets and met other people in the group. They were requested to find out the names, titles and an interesting characteristic or hobby from other members. This was a lot of fun and we highly recommend it. The members got to meet each other, and then, we chose prizewinners from the completed sheets. Special Thanks to the IIUG and IBM for sending giveaways.

Many members have already commented on the benefits of the event, whether it be networking or broadening of skill sets due to the training provided. The event was a great success and we are looking forward to improving upon it next time.

Training Day Presentations

Dan Farrell: Performance Tuning.

John Miller: Archiving and Restoring.

Carlton Doe: 7.x to 9. Migration.

Four J's.

Mike Lowe: Performance Tuning Tips.

Jacques Roy: Introduction to Extensibility.
Note: This zip file contains a .prz file, which is a Lotus Freelance Graphics presentation. A downloadable player is available at http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/down.nsf. (Look for the Freelance Mobile Screen Show Player in the SmartSuite section.)

Training day photos (serious and whimsical).

Regards,

Nancy Balsbaugh
Informix User Group of Colorado
Acting Membership Director

Training Day - Informix User Group of Colorado

Please bring something to take notes on and with (paper and pen).
Don't forget to bring business cards - you will need them for networking and the door prizes.

IT'S FREE!! THERE IS NO COST FOR YOUR MEMBERSHIP OR THIS MEETING. PLEASE BRING A FRIEND!!

Our last meeting was STANDING ROOM ONLY!!

Please RSVP to iugoc@iiug.org by Friday, May 17, 2002.

Meeting date: Wednesday, May 22, 2002
Meeting time: 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM - Breakfast and Lunch will be provided.
Meeting location: Aurora Public Library Main Branch - see directions below

We are very excited to have a spectacular line-up for our Annual Training Day.

Please mark your calendars for May 22 to see Carlton Doe present an in-depth 7.X to 9.X migration. This presentation will have all the bells and whistles and the dos and don'ts. Carlton is tailoring his presentation specifically for our audience. Carlton Doe is one of the most requested speakers at IBM and has written numerous books on the Informix engines. You probably have one at your desk! Don't miss this one!

John Miller III will be here to give us the IBM definitive Backup and Recovery. You may have seen that John was recently promoted to one of the highest technical levels in IBM. It is a great honor to have him come to present to us. John is one of the most popular IBM speakers and is very interactive with his audience.

Colorado's very own Mike Lowe will be giving a presentation on the Informix Engine. If you came to the last meeting and were impressed with Mark Scranton, you don't want to miss this presentation. Mark was clarifying facts with Mike Lowe (who was in the audience). We are thrilled to have Mike make a special appearance.

WANT TO KNOW ABOUT:

De-Mystifying Datablades
Database Administration 101
Using 4Js Web Front-end
ArtinSoft - 4GL Code Analyzer

WE HAVE SPEAKERS ON ALL THESE SUBJECTS - AND MORE!!!

RSVP EARLY AND COME EARLY TO GET YOUR SEAT!!!

This is a meeting you don't want to miss!

Wednesday, May 22, 2002

7:30 AM - 5:00 PM -Breakfast and Lunch will be provided.

Aurora Public Library Main Branch
14949 E Alameda Ave
AURORA CO 80012-1544

THE PARKING LOT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION - Please park across the street. Thank you!

DIRECTIONS (please confirm your directions):

From I-70 & I-25:
Take I-70 E.
Take the I-225 S exit.
Merge onto I-225 S.
Take the ALAMEDA AVENUE exit- exit number 8.
Turn LEFT onto E ALAMEDA AVE.
Turn LEFT onto E ALAMEDA DR.
Turn LEFT onto E ALAMEDA AVE.

From I-25 and C-470:
Take I-25 N
Take the I-225 N exit- exit number 200- towards I-70/LIMON.
Merge onto I-225 N.
Take the ALAMEDA AVENUE exit- exit number 8.
Turn RIGHT onto E ALAMEDA AVE.
Turn LEFT onto E ALAMEDA DR.
Turn LEFT onto E ALAMEDA AVE.

IUGOC Meeting Recap

Meeting Date: March 13,2002

The Informix User Group of Colorado held its meeting on Wednesday, March 13, 2002.

Despite unusually heavy Denver traffic, the users came through and the meeting room was packed. Presentations were given to a "standing-room-only" crowd. We had a whopping 44 people attend. This was more than the attendance last year at our group's biggest event, Training Day.

Thanks to IBM, the crowd was kept happy with nice-sized room and breakfast goodies and beverages.

Jon Keener kicked off the meeting with a welcome to the crowd and introductions of the board.

He was followed by our International Informix Users Group Liaison, Paul Mosser. Paul presented the benefits of membership and let the users know about events that were coming up.

Next was Mark Scranton who did a presentation on "The Top 10 Things an Informix DBA Should Know". Click here to view the PowerPoint presentation slides. Mark kept the crowd jumping with great tips, slides that were numbered in binary and jokes on how knowing Informix Internals will improve your love life. If the users weren't already fans, they are now. We were also honored with the presence of Mike Lowe, who Mark drew on for support. It was nice to see the rapport between these two highly respected trainers. Hey - maybe we can get a duet presentation sometime!

Our "Clean-Up Hitter" was Carlton Doe. Carlton hit the Grand Slam we were expecting and did a summarized encore presentation of "7.X to 9.X Migration". His presentation went so well, that we've already had requests for his slides. Click here to view the PowerPoint presentation slides.

The meeting was punctuated with raffles. We were able to give gifts to all our users from our sponsors: IBM, The International Informix Users Group, Advanced DataTools Corporation and Xtivia.

The IUGOC Board finished-up the meeting by thanking everyone for coming, announcing openings on the board and asking for feedback, help and ideas.

We consider it a terrific success!

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