I totally forgot to include the ctdug list when I sent out the
already-late reminder to dita-users yesterday. I hope that you can
still make it tonight for a wrap up of the exciting discussion we were
having at the November meeting about how to help move our departments
towards adopting a topic-oriented writing methodology like DITA.

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Come join the Central Texas DITA Users Group (CTDUG) at their regular
monthy meeting this coming Wednesday evening, December 13, 2006. This
date was agreed to at the last meeting, since the usual "3rd
Wednesday" would put most of us into serious vacation/holiday time.

This month's meeting continues on the panel-based workshop from last
month that addressed the question of "how to prepare your
department/company for a switch to a topic-writing paradigm?"

The discussion at the last meeting was really just getting down to
some practical issues, so we felt that there was ample grist to use
this time to finish the discussion as a closing activity for 2006. If
you've done some thinking or prep work on the subject, come prepared
to share and to absorb from others in your shoes!

We will also review the year and make some tentative plans for topics
and activities for 2007. Despite this late reminder, I hope you can
make it.


Meeting Details
What: Central Texas DITA Users (CTDUG) Group meeting
When: Wednesday December 13, 2006 7:00 - 9:00 pm Central
Where: Freescale Parmer facility (North Austin), C building
(directions below)

Agenda:
7:00-7:30 General announcements and networking
7:30-8:30 Program
8:30-9:00 Q&A

Directions:
According to Bob Beims ("Beims Bob-RWBC70" <bob.beims@...>):

We have a room set up for 28 people in C building, which has security
guards on duty until 9:00.
* Google Maps link to the campus: http://tinyurl.com/ymts97
* Jpeg satellite photo of the campus: http://tinyurl.com/yeecnx

The photo has a marker showing the Building C entrance at the north
side of the campus. If you turn off of Parmer at the main entrance,
you'll need to skirt around the west side of the buildings to get to
the C entrance. If you head east/southeast on Anderson Mill from
Parmer, you'll find the "back entrance" that feeds directly to the
Building C entrance.

Regards,
--
Don Day
Program director, Central Texas DITA User Group

"Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?"
--T.S. Eliot