SIG Manager's Message

Off to the Windy City!

By SCOTT DELOACH
SIG Manager
Atlanta Chapter

Conference Happenings

The Annual Conference is just days away! In addition to the sessions, there are two important SIG events at the conference: the SIG Meeting and the SIG Networking Luncheon.

The SIG Meeting is scheduled for Sunday at 3:30 in the Columbian room (West tower). This informal (as in "fun!") meeting is our chance to talk about the SIG and what we want to do. If you have ideas for SIG projects, if you want to meet us, or if you want to volunteer, please stop by. Volunteers get a free drink!

The SIG Networking Luncheon is a great way to meet people. It's on Tuesday from 12:15 to 2:00 in Riverside Center West ballroom (East tower). Tickets are $20 and you can purchase them when you register. If you don't have plans already, we'd love to see you there!

Kudos to Karen

I'd love to hear three cheers — or really, 5,250! — cheers for Karen and her work on Hyperviews:Online. As you may have noticed, we received the Best of Show award in this year's newsletter competition. Karen and her wonderful team have done an outstanding job with Hyperviews:Online. It takes a lot of people and a lot of work to produce this newsletter, but everyone's hard work certainly shows. Thanks, Karen, for leading the effort!

Want to Pitch In?

Do you want to get involved in the SIG? We are currently looking for columnists and a Special Offers editor.

Columnist
Write (or have others write) one article per quarter focused on a specific area of online communication. We are open to suggestions, but some potential columns could be:

• HTML-based Help
• Web technologies
• Online design
• Various product tips and tricks
• Web site reviews (pick a site and review it)
• Adobe Acrobat
• Multimedia

Special Offers Editor
Solicit and post special offers for online information-related products (conferences, books, software, services, and so forth).

Interested? Send me an e-mail at scott@userfirst.net. Also, we are looking for articles for our next issue. Hyperviews:Online is your chance to reach over 5,000 online information developers!

In Your Neighborhood

As many of you know, over 20 chapters have a local Online SIG. If your chapter doesn't have an Online SIG and you want to start one, let me know. I would really like to help — especially with non-US chapters. I know you're out there! And for all you chapter-level Online SIG leaders — Thanks for all of your hard work!

If you are looking for online information-related events in your area, check out our new Events and Conferences page. Brian Curtis is doing an excellent job gathering and maintaining this information. Thanks, Brian!