Those people attending both of these sessions will be provided a certificate to indicate that they have completed their attended sessions (yes, attendance will be taken). All of these sessions will be held at the Fox Hollow Inn (our usual meetingplace).
This meeting has 2 parts: an Afternoon and an Evening session.
Pricing for this event is dependent upon whether or not you are a member and whether you come for the afternoon and evening sessions or for the evening only (the afternoon alone is not an option). Because May is our "renewal" month, the pricing is a bit complicated, but we can all handle it:
Without renewal or initiation fees: Members Afternoon+Evening: $ 75.00 Evening only: $ 50.00 Non-Members Afternoon+Evening: $100.00 Evening only: $ 65.00
With renewal fee: Members Afternoon+Evening: $125.00 Evening only: $100.00
With new membership (including initiation fee): Non-Members Afternoon+Evening: $175.00 Evening only: $150.00
Part 1 begins at 2:00 P.M. and runs until 6:00 P.M. (with a short break about mid-point which includes snacks).
Part 2 is our usual evening schedule (regular meeting format, cocktail hour starts at 6:00 P.M., dinner at 7:00, technical session about 8:00).
The afternoon part has 2 sessions
Essential Skills for the Modern RPG Developer
Are you exploiting all that RPG has to offer? What about your development environment
and toolsets? Is knowing RPG - even the latest and greatest - enough? What
other skills are essential for today's RPG developers? What about SQL, XML, ILE and Java?
How important are these skills for RPG developers? We'll look at these questions and
suggest which are the most critical skills and how to learn them.
Exploiting RPG's V5 Power Features
With free-format RPG stealing all the headlines, it was easy to overlook some of the other
powerful features introduced in the V5 releases of RPG IV. This session will show you how
to make the most of them to power-up your RPG programs.
Major topics to be covered include:
The evening session is:
