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  • SMB Nation Early Bird Rate to Expire Friday

    Posted on August 28th, 2009 HandyAndy No comments

    Hi Gang Update to fix broken link,

    Just a friendly reminder that the EARLY BIRD RATE for the SMB Nation Fall Conference expires this Friday 9/14/2012. Don’t delay and miss the discount!

    Check out Susan calling Harry to task :>)

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    Hi Gang,

    Just a friendly reminder that the EARLY BIRD RATE for the SMB Nation Fall Conference expires this Monday (August 31st).

    Also Harry is hosting another fall conference preview Webinar next week:

    “Your Community Confab – SMB Nation Fall 2009!”
    Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT

    Registration link https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/187223512

    Hope to see you at the conference, look for me around the GFI booth, “Hangin with MAX

    Have a Great Weekend,
    HA

  • Apparently I waited too long to become a twit

    Posted on August 25th, 2009 HandyAndy No comments

    Well I signed up for twitter finally; I may be the last person on earth to get an account. But it seems I waited too long, someone took my name, so I had to use http://twitter.com/OriginHandyAndy which of course is what I am, the original :>)

    Now all I have to do is figure out how it works, I was just getting the hang of FB

  • User Group Community Loses a Legend, Al Wromke

    Posted on August 25th, 2009 HandyAndy 9 comments

     

    Al Wromke half a lifetime ago

    Al Wromke half a lifetime ago

    Friday my friend Al Wromke passed away. If I have ever bailed you out of a jam or showed you how to solve a problem, then please take a moment to look up and thank AL. For it was he who got me involved in the user group community back in the early 90’s, when I walked into a SVCS meeting at HP in Cupertino. He took me under his wing as he did with so many others, and showed us how being part of the UG community was one of the most rewarding things one could do.  Al was always there to help anyone in need, whether he knew them forever or just met them at that moment. I always looked forward to seeing him on my trips back to the valley and I will sure miss having breakfast with him next month when I get into town.

    Our old friend Coline MacLean sent this note out about Al’s passing and Fred Townsend long time Leader of SVCS sent it out to the membership; allow me to share her words here.

     

    Members and Friends of SVCS:

     

     From Coline MacLean we receive this information:

     

    Al Wromke passed away today. He had lung cancer. He only lasted two

    weeks after the detection and most of that was spent in a catatonic

    state. He died at the Veterans hospital in Palo Alto. Very sad.

     

    Al returned to Silicon Valley from El Paso in June. He was trying to get

    re-established and did not seem to be in ill health. He had lost lots of

    weight but said he had been dieting and exercising. During the last

    three weeks the complaints of joint pain and the inability to sleep

    started. He went to the VA center in Palo Alto with little

    satisfaction. Al was then hospitalized.

     

    Within a few days, the bad news of renal dysfunction, lung cancer and

    God knows what else. They immediately told him to get his affairs in

    order, which knowing AL, as we do, know that getting anything in order

    was not Al’s strong suit. Al’s relatives were called, almost too late as

    AL didn’t want them called. 

     

    AL’s body is being shipped back home to NJ, where the family will have

    a service on Friday and bury him next to his parents.

     

    He was a good person. I never heard him say a bad word about anyone and

    he would give you the shirt off his back or anything he had if you

    needed it. He was always on the outlook for opportunities for his

    friends and he was constantly creating wild business opportunities,

    which benefited mostly other people. The world is a lesser place

    without him.

     

    … c

    Fred Townsend

    I leave you with the immortal words of Al Wromke, “Can You Send Me A Copy To Review”
    Good Bye Al, We Will All Miss You,
    HA

  • Attention Enterprise Geeks

    Posted on August 22nd, 2009 HandyAndy 1 comment

    Hello Geeks of the Enterprise World, I know a number of you are looking at our space and salivating.

    Please do yourself’s and us a huge favor and check OUT THIS POST  before you come into our sandbox to play :>)

    Thank You

  • Keep an eye on this Company, you heard it here first

    Posted on August 12th, 2009 HandyAndy No comments

    The other day the news and record wrote THIS ARTICLE about an up and coming local comany. Keep an eye on them, they are going to be making huge waves in the online shopping business over the next couple of year. Interested in trying out some of their products? Hop on over to THIS SITE, register (it’s free) and poke around some. Just click sign in at the top right to register.