MS Office intro; Office 2003 for $20

[bill at horne.net (Bill Horne)]

For the benefit, or amusement of, BLU members, as the case may be.

Bill  Horne
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "IP495" <announce at ip495.org>
To: <announce at ip495.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 2:59 PM
Subject: IP495 - Microsoft Office 2003 Sneak Peak and Software


> Just because you are on the IP495 mailing list, you have an opportunity
> to get a not-for-resale copy of Microsoft's new Office 2003 product,
> from Microsoft.
>
> COST:
> The cost to you will be a one-time $20 fee to join the BizProd group as
> a "Premium" member and 90 minutes of your time spent in the Microsoft
> Office 2003 "Sneak Preview" live presentation on October 14 in Waltham.
>
> But, you must pre-register and attend Microsoft's meeting!
>
> [The BizProd group is a sister group to IP495 in the Boston User Group.]
>
> More details below:
>
>
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> Subject:  The Office 2003 Tour and NFR Software announcement
>    Date:   Tue, 16 Sep 2003 11:30:50 EDT
>    From:   Arnoldbilansky at cs.com
>        To:   Members at bostonusergroups.com
>
> *** Free Not For Resale copies of Microsoft Office 2003 for BizProd
Premium
> User Group Members ***
>
> This is the actual full product, not a time limited version. The only
restriction is
> that you are not permitted sell it (hence the "Not for Resale" label).
>
> The Boston Microsoft Business Productivity User Group (AKA BizProd) is
> hosting the Microsoft IT Professionals Office 2003 Sneak Preview on
> October 14. We are offering two identical sessions, one at 5:00pm and one
> at 7:30pm, in order to double our attendee seating capacity.
>
> MS Office experts from Microsoft's Redmond headquarters are coming in for
> these live presentations. The meeting sessions are FREE.
>
> Only paid-up BizProd User Group Premium members will be entitled to the
> free NFR software. Read further for information on becoming a paid
> Premium member.
>
> The session content is technical, geared towards IT Professionals as
opposed
> to knowledge workers or end-users. Details about the topic are at the end
> of this e-mail.
>
> You must pre-register. Seating is limited. All attendees receive a free
copy
> of the MS Press book "First Look Microsoft Office 2003" and a VOUCHER
> for a Free NFR copy of Office 2003.
>
> In order to redeem your voucher, you must become a Premium Member of
> the BizProd User Group, which entails paying a $20 signup.  Membership
> dues have historically been  event-driven as opposed to time-driven.  This
is
> certainly a marquee event! We are making this offer available to you as an
> affiliate of Boston User Groups, Inc (BUG).  Membership fees go directly
> to BUG to fund user group activities of their affiliates.
>
>
> Here are the details:
>
> 1) Register for either the 5pm session OR the 7:30pm session.
>
> You can register by phone by calling 1-877-673-8368 and giving the event
> code. If registering on-line, since Organization is a required field - you
may
> use "BizProd".
>
> The 5:00pm to 6:30pm session event code is 1032236380
> You can register on-line at
>
http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032236380&EIDS.x=7&EIDS.y=8
>
> The 7:30pm to 9:00pm session event code is 1032236381
> You can register on-line at
>
http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032236381&EIDS.x=11&EIDS.y=5
>
>
> 2) Sign in at the event and pick up your free book and personalized
voucher.
>
> 3) Enjoy the meeting
>
> 4) When you get home after the meeting, follow the instructions on the
> voucher to activate it.
>
> This tells us how many copies of Office 2003 to have shipped to us.
> You can pay for your Premium BizProd User Group membership through
> Paypal at that time, or wait and pay cash or check for your membership
> when you pick up the NFR software. Please pay strict attention to the
> deadline for activating the voucher.
>
> 5) Show up at the one of the designated follow-up pickup dates about one
> month later to get your software, and pay for your membership if you have
> not already done so. One of the pickup dates is expected to be the
> November 11 BizProd meeting night.
>
> Full details will follow later, including one or two additional pickup
dates.
>
> Only one membership and NFR product is permitted per person.
>
> Everyone is required to individually attend one of the sessions on
> October 14.  However, you may have a designee pick up your copy
> of NFR software for you on the pickup night.
>
> ***
>
> Here are the details on the meeting.
>
> Location: Microsoft, 6th floor, 201 Jones Road, Waltham MA.
>
> Microsoft BizProd User Group Program Presents: OFFICE 2003 PREVIEW
>
> DESCRIPTION
>
> The new Microsoft Office 2003 System is coming, and Microsoft is offering
> special technical previews for IT professionals. This firsthand look
provides
> an opportunity to see new Microsoft Office technologies that are keeping
> corporate data safer, reducing downtime, and increasing productivity.
>
> Join the Boston Microsoft Business Productivity User Group as Microsoft
> Office System specialists from Redmond showcase Microsoft Office System
> deployment tips and tricks, new security features, integration with
Microsoft
> server technologies, and much more.
>
> The BizProd Web page is at http://www.bostonusergroups.com/bizprod/
>
>
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> DON'T FORGET:  Oct. 7, 2003, the next IP495 meeting
>
> After several "techie" topics like ColdFusion, XML, and .NET, we're
changing
> pace a bit and learning how to "Work the Room with Confidence" - a
workshop
> to improve networking skills, presented by Dr. Jan Cannon.  Attend our
> October 7 meeting to polish your networking skills, and use the October 14
> Sneak Preview meeting to expand your network as well as getting a head
> start on Microsoft Office 2003.
>
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Give
> us the e-mail address that received this message, select "Leave our
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> distribution list," and click "Submit the RSVP" button.
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