[svfig-announce] THIRD Saturday Meeting

[Kevin Appert]

SVFIG Meeting at Cogswell on December 17 --- this Saturday

Note that by long tradition the December SVFIG meeting is
held on the THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH!!!

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Special Notice:
If you're familiar with HS-Forth or have HS-Forth Documentation,
please contact erather.at.forth.com as soon as possible.

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Check the web site at http://www.forth.org/svfig/ for
last minute changes to the schedule.  The most
up-to-date meeting information is at http://www.forth.org/svfig/next.html.

Preliminary agenda along with schedule
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  SVFIG  Meeting Agenda for Saturday, December 17,  2005
At Cogswell College, 1175 Bordeaux Drive,  Sunnyvale, CA
http://www.cogswell.edu

9:45 --- "A Jolly Nice Cup of Coffee" (Lionel Hardcastle from 'As Time Goes 
By')

10:00 --- OFFETE IS ON-LINE FINALLY -- C. H. Ting.
"I had just opened a business account in Yahoo, and put
up most of the Offete documentation on-line.  It is
www.offete.com.  Please visit eForth Academy and peek
into the library.  I have PayPal, but have not yet
figured out how to do on-line business."

NOON --- LUNCH
     Some go to TOGO's , some bring their own and stay at Cogswell

1:00 --- INTRODUCTIONS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, RUMORS, RANDOM ACCESS

1:30 --- PHOTO STORY  - Dave Jaffe
Dave will demonstrate Windows Photo Story, a free
flexible Windows XP application that creates a video from a
collection of photos, videos, captions, and music.

2:45 --- INTERMISSION

3:15 --- IT GOES BEEP!   --- Kevin Appert
A short program in SwiftForth (I thought this was an
oxymoron.) and a long diatribe about the SwiftForth
and SwiftX emailing lists.

IF THERE'S TIME --- RANDOM ACCESS
	TOPICS FROM THE ASSEMBLED
	FORTH SUCCESS STORIES
	
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Wireless Internet access is anticipated (though not guaranteed) at 
Cogswell, so bring your wifi.

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Please suggest a speaker or present at a SVFIG meeting. Email me,
Kevin Appert  forther at com-you-know-the-rest.com  (see the return address)