Dear Members,

It is my unhappy duty to inform you that we are losing an executive committee member and dear friend; Adam LaManna.  Adam has been the treasurer for GVSUG for several years now and has been a driving force in the organization.  Adam has been invaluable to the GVSUG and to me in particular as he has functioned not only as a treasurer but as a sounding board for important GVSUG business.

We shall miss him and wish him well as he begins a new chapter of his life in North Carolina. Please join me in extending to him a warm thanks for all the wonderful work he has done for GVSUG over the years.

Sincerely,

Joseph J Guido,
GVSUG Chair

In preparation for the GVSUG Logo Contest being held at our Fall 2008 Meeting (this Tuesday!), I’m posting the five entries we have thus far received (see the full post for logo submissions).

Remember, a winning submission will net you a PharmaSUG conference bag stuffed with various and sundry cool conference goodies. So, if anyone out there is still working on their logo submission, please send a copy to Joe Guido ASAP so we can include it in the judging.
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Dear GVSUG Members,

Our Fall Meeting is only two weeks away! We’ll be getting together on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at the RIT Inn and Conference Center (address after the jump). As you can see we have just updated our web site, so anyone planning to attend may either use the form on our Contact Page or email me directly at joseph_guido@urmc.rochester.edu. This is so we can plan on the correct amount of food and beverage. We have a lot of exciting things for you (more…)

Greetings members,

I’m very pleased to announce the arrival of the GVSUG’s very own brand new presentation laptop. Thanks to some good comparison shopping and year end deals, I was able to obtain a well-loaded Dell Latitude D630 laptop with a 4 year warranty for just under $1000 before taxes. It came with Vista Business…sorry, but I am sure during these next four years that Microsoft will come out with a new, viable operating system. The base software is loaded, anti-virus protection in place, and SAS v9.2 has been installed so this means we can use it at our next meeting. The extra battery which Mike Tomb suggested will arrive in another week. (more…)

Attention GVSUG members, our Fall Meeting has been scheduled for November 18th, 2008 at the RIT Inn and Conference Center from 3:00-6:00pm (registration begins at 2:30pm). We are very please and honored to have Mr Mike Molter, former Chair of the GVSUG and Conference Chair for NESUG 2009 (Burlington, Vermont), as our keynote speaker. Stay tuned for further details.

Joseph J Guido,
Chair GVSUG