As many may know IBM has due to the current economic
conditions discontinued our sponsorship as well other sigs including
the C++/Java sig. We have been lucky in that we have tentatively
secured a meeting location as well as locked in a good evening
in the month for our presentations. However, our long term viability
is contingent on us recruiting a solid membership for our SIG
under our new sponsors NYPC which btw is a non-profit organization
and relies on membership dues to pay the rent etc.
Our open admissions policy to our meetings will
remain as it always has i.e. nobody will be turned away. However,
I am asking our local "regulars" as well as anybody
that believes that it is important to continue promoting Smalltalk
in New York City to support our efforts by joining the NYPC under
the "Smalltalk SIG" category. Membership is $45.00 for
a year and all of the proceeds go to the NYPC directly. Corporate
sponsorships would be of great assistance
and any organizations wishing to sponsor us should email me at:
charles@ocit.com
Individual membership application can be found
at: www.ocit.com/stug/membershipapp.pdf.
Frankly, the only way that we will be able to
continue our efforts in promoting Smalltalk in the NYC area is
by being supported by the community.
thanks,
Charles
OCIT
Chair
NYC Smalltalk
