Greetings!

>Some of us have long suspected there's something wrong with the operator.

Hey! How you wound me, Emru!

>But seriously folks -- your previous message came through fine.

I'll add a little something to the mtl_techwriter that says you should let a
little time pass before posting. I've had this comment before from some
other people, but they usually get through on their second attempt.
--
Be seeing you,

Dave
------------------------
John David Hickey
jdhobbes@...
MTWF Moderator
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, eh?

-----------------------

Some of us have long suspected there's something wrong with the operator.

But seriously folks -- your previous message came through fine.

Emru Townsend | etownsen@...
Softimage, Inc.
Personal Web site: http://purpleplanetmedia.com
Recent musings: http://purpleplanetmedia.com/eye/film/toystory2.html


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ann Waterhouse [mailto:awaterhouse@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 1:31 PM
> To: mtl_techwriter@onelist.com
> Subject: RE: [mtl_techwriter] Welcome to mtl_techwriter@onelist.com
>
>
> From: "Ann Waterhouse" <awaterhouse@...>
>
> Dave,
>
> I tried to post to the list and it returned my message saying
> I have not be
> given confirmation as yet. Is there something wrong with the
> list or the
> operator?

Dave,

I tried to post to the list and it returned my message saying I have not be
given confirmation as yet. Is there something wrong with the list or the
operator?

Ann

"Anyone who isn't confused here doesn't really know what's going on."

-----Original Message-----
From: mtl_techwriter-owner@onelist.com
[mailto:mtl_techwriter-owner@onelist.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 11:29 AM
To: awaterhouse@...
Subject: [mtl_techwriter] Welcome to mtl_techwriter@onelist.com

Greetings!

Welcome to the list.  Please take a moment to review this message.

Thanks for joining the Montreal Technical Writing Forum at Onelist.com!
This is my first time running one of these forums, so the rules and
guidelines
will be a bit fluid for a time while we make our mistakes and learn from
them.

But basically this is a forum for anyone to interact and
exchange information on just about anything even slightly related to the
technical writing profession. While the membership might weigh heavily with
Montreal/Quebec based writers, anyone can join in on the discussion,
regardless of where they are from! Come and share your experience with us!

To get started, maybe you could introduce yourself to the group
by stating where you work, the type of product your company produces,
and the type of projects you are working on.

I look forward to hearing from you!
--
Be seeing you,

Dave
-----------------------------------
MTWF Moderator
Montreal, Quebec, Canada eh?
jdhobbes@...

They say the pen is mightier than the sword.
But if you miss a deadline, you'd better bring the sword.
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Season’s Greeting folks,

I just heard about this group and immediately joined the community. Great to
know there are technical writers in the Montreal area who are willing to
share ideas and information. Of course, I just have to add my two cents
worth.

I currently am one of the instructors in the Technical Communication program
at Concordia and I can assure you there are not just engineers in here. As a
matter of fact, Concordia’s engineering program (undergraduate) offers a
technical writing course that is separate from the Technical Communication
Program at Continuing Education.

At Cont.Ed our technical writing courses are taken by a wide variety of
people. Most of who are taking Technical Writing as an extension for their
career such as going from scientist to medical writer or developer to
systems documentation.

The Technical Communication program also is currently being updated to
reflect the needs of Montreal’s technical writing community. If you want
more information, e-mail me or check out the Continuing Education website at
www.concordia.ca/cont_ed <http://www.concordia.ca/cont_ed> .

Ann Waterhouse

I think a much easier solution would be to put it on my Web site
(http://www3.sympatico.ca/emru) when I get home tonight.  I'll leave it up
for as long as I can (I do intend to use that space for something else), so
whoever wants it can grab it.

Emru Townsend | etownsen@...
Softimage, Inc.
Personal Web site: http://purpleplanetmedia.com
Recent musings: http://purpleplanetmedia.com/eye/film/toystory2.html


> -----Original Message-----
> From: JD Hobbes [mailto:jdhobbes@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 4:35 PM
> To: mtl_techwriter@onelist.com
> Subject: RE: [mtl_techwriter] The STC newsletter
>
>
> From: "JD Hobbes" <jdhobbes@...>
>
> Greetings Emru!
>
> >The PDF of the latest Connections is about 3.5 MB; I can
> send it to anyone
> >who wants it.
>
> You can't add attachments to your messages in this forum, but
> could you send
> it to my work email (dave@...)?
>
> Thanks Emru!
>
> --
> Be seeing you,
>
> Dave
> -----------------------------------
> John David Hickey
> MTWF Moderator
> Montreal, Quebec, Canada eh?
> jdhobbes@...
>
> They say the pen is mightier than the sword.
> But if you miss a deadline, you'd better bring the sword.
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Greetings Emru!

>The PDF of the latest Connections is about 3.5 MB; I can send it to anyone
>who wants it.

You can't add attachments to your messages in this forum, but could you send
it to my work email (dave@...)?

Thanks Emru!

--
Be seeing you,

Dave
-----------------------------------
John David Hickey
MTWF Moderator
Montreal, Quebec, Canada eh?
jdhobbes@...

They say the pen is mightier than the sword.
But if you miss a deadline, you'd better bring the sword.
-----------------------------------

The PDF of the latest Connections is about 3.5 MB; I can send it to anyone
who wants it.

Emru Townsend | etownsen@...
Softimage, Inc.
Personal Web site: http://purpleplanetmedia.com
Recent musings: http://purpleplanetmedia.com/eye/film/toystory2.html


> -----Original Message-----
> From: JD Hobbes [mailto:jdhobbes@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 3:17 PM
> To: mtl_techwriter@onelist.com
> Subject: [mtl_techwriter] The STC newsletter
>
>
> From: "JD Hobbes" <jdhobbes@...>
>
> Greetings!
>
> It seems that my contributions to the latest newsletter have
> been a success.
> I've received some very positive feedback so far.
>
> I say "it seems" 'cause I haven't gotten mine yet! Argh!
>
> Does anyone know if a copy of the newsletter was sent to me
> at all? Is there
> a PDF version somewhere?

Greetings!

It seems that my contributions to the latest newsletter have been a success.
I've received some very positive feedback so far.

I say "it seems" 'cause I haven't gotten mine yet! Argh!

Does anyone know if a copy of the newsletter was sent to me at all? Is there
a PDF version somewhere?
--
Be seeing you,

Dave
-----------------------------------
John David Hickey
MTWF Moderator
Montreal, Quebec, Canada eh?
jdhobbes@...

They say the pen is mightier than the sword.
But if you miss a deadline, you'd better bring the sword.
-----------------------------------

Greetings Peter!

>I am looking for a good independent health insurance/dental plan. At

What kind of things are you looking for in a "good" plan? What's important
to you?

--
Be seeing you,

Dave
-----------------------------------
John David Hickey
MTWF Moderator
Montreal, Quebec, Canada eh?
jdhobbes@...

They say the pen is mightier than the sword.
But if you miss a deadline, you'd better bring the sword.
-----------------------------------

Hi, this is a bit off topic.
I am looking for a good independent health insurance/dental plan. At the moment
I am with the company one, but it has just increased the premium by 40% and
the deductible to $100 per claim. I forked out over around $1000 last year
for this and frankly think that there must be a better policy out there,
this one is very basic.
If anyone has a good plan, i'd apprecite it if you could let me know.
Thanks
Peter

>> Emru - when you figure out a good basic minimum, I'd be
interested to hear what it is [of course your basic minimum may be
completely different to mine, but I'm a curious soul]. I've developed the
habit of reformatting my hard disc every six months because I'm constantly
trying new programs and deleting what I don't want. <<

Penny, I've been at this for almost six years and I still don't have a fully
working solution -- largely due to time constraints and my ever-shifting
configuration.  But I do have a plan.

First: establish a basic configuration, with Windows 98, my network and
system settings, and must-have applications like Office, Netscape, and
RealJukebox (good music is crucial to good writing) and their settings.
Back that up to a CD-RW and make two emergency backups (one just in case,
the other offsite.)  When I have to wipe everything clean, I should be able
to just reinstall.  I understand that Veritas' Backup Exec Pro makes it easy
to restore an entire system; I have it at home, but it's not yet installed
(see reference to time constraints).

That done, I should have a CD-RW with all of my completed writing and DTP
projects, past and present.  Since I'm paranoid, these should also be backed
up to a Zip 250 disk.  Every weekend I should go through my documents
directory on my data partition and move completed work to the two discs.
(I'm not as worried about works in progress since I do a lot of my writing
in longhand beforehand -- my notebook is my backup.)

Next, there's the issue of my data partition.  I figure I should make a
complete backup once a week, and incremental backups nightly, also onto
CD-RWs or my SyQuest SparQ.

Finally, complete nightly backups of my application settings (Eudora
mailboxes, Photoshop settings, Office settings, Netscape bookmarks, etc.)
since I tweak them pretty much daily.  They'd probably all fit on a Zip 250.

Done properly, all I'd have to do is stick a CD-RW in one drive and a Zip
disk in the other and run the backup before going to bed every night, and
spend a little more time backing up on the weekends (it can run in the
background while I catch up on my reading).

I think it's a great plan, and I'd certainly worry less.  Right now, the
only part of the plan that's actually working is the bit about the writing
and DTP projects.

P.S. Yes, it would be easier to just use a tape drive.  However, my system
(and desk) is rather cluttered as it is, with cables coming out of every
port, most of the slots filled, and room for only one more IDE drive.  I'd
rather work with what I've got.

Emru Townsend | etownsen@...
Softimage, Inc.
Personal Web site: http://purpleplanetmedia.com
Recent musings: http://purpleplanetmedia.com/eye/film/toystory2.html

Hi I'm Penny - I've been lurking since yesterday and following the backup
conversation. Emru - when you figure out a good basic minimum, I'd be
interested to hear what it is [of course your basic minimum may be
completely different to mine, but I'm a curious soul]. I've developed the
habit of reformatting my hard disc every six months because I'm constantly
trying new programs and deleting what I don't want.
. : . : . : . : . : . : .
Penelope Conlon
Technical Communications
Positron Public Safety Systems
5101 Buchan Street
Montréal QC, H4P 2R9
(514) 345 2200 ext. 2514
pconlon@...


	 -----Original Message-----
	 From: Emru Townsend [SMTP:etownsen@...]
	 Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 11:05 AM
	 To: 'mtl_techwriter@onelist.com'
	 Subject: RE: [mtl_techwriter] E-Editors?

	 Unfortunately I can't really do that; my other job is writing
software and
	 hardware reviews, which means I install and uninstall a lot of stuff
on my
	 system and acquire a lot of detritus.  I have to wipe everything
clean and
	 start over every 3-6 months.

	 I'm aiming for a combination of your approach and mine: to figure
out the
	 basic minimum configuration and back that up, then restore that when
	 necessary and only add whatever else I happen to need.

	 Emru Townsend | etownsen@...
	 Softimage, Inc.
	 Personal Web site: http://purpleplanetmedia.com
	 Recent musings: http://purpleplanetmedia.com/eye/film/toystory2.html


	 > -----Original Message-----
	 > From: "Dan A. Wilson" <editor@...>
	 >
	 > And my colleague Emru Townsend wrote:
	 > >. . . it's making sure you can get all your old setting back
that's
	 > >nightmarish. [ . . . ] finding out which files I need to
	 > save from every
	 > >one of the programs I use is time-consuming and sometimes
flat-out
	 > >nonintuitive.
	 >
	 > And that's one of the reasons why many of us back up the
	 > entire system and
	 > all of the installed software once every week or two. It's an
	 > easy and
	 > fail-safe way to the desired end. I set one of my machines to
	 > back itself
	 > up and then work on the other until the first finishes.
	 > Starting the whole
	 > backup routine for a machine takes only moments, once the
	 > backup profile
	 > has been created, and there's always something else to do
	 > while the machine
	 > that's creating an image of its hard drive is busy.
	 >
	 > When the worst happens (as it did to me recently), I don't have to

	 > selectively overwrite the files of re-installed programs with
	 > my own stuff:
	 > I just copy the old system onto the new drive, and know that
	 > everything
	 > will be there when I finish the process. I don't even have to
	 > remember the
	 > details of my custom installations of the various huge
	 > programs and suites.
	 > It's all in there.


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Unfortunately I can't really do that; my other job is writing software and
hardware reviews, which means I install and uninstall a lot of stuff on my
system and acquire a lot of detritus.  I have to wipe everything clean and
start over every 3-6 months.

I'm aiming for a combination of your approach and mine: to figure out the
basic minimum configuration and back that up, then restore that when
necessary and only add whatever else I happen to need.

Emru Townsend | etownsen@...
Softimage, Inc.
Personal Web site: http://purpleplanetmedia.com
Recent musings: http://purpleplanetmedia.com/eye/film/toystory2.html


> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Dan A. Wilson" <editor@...>
>
> And my colleague Emru Townsend wrote:
> >. . . it's making sure you can get all your old setting back that's
> >nightmarish. [ . . . ] finding out which files I need to
> save from every
> >one of the programs I use is time-consuming and sometimes flat-out
> >nonintuitive.
>
> And that's one of the reasons why many of us back up the
> entire system and
> all of the installed software once every week or two. It's an
> easy and
> fail-safe way to the desired end. I set one of my machines to
> back itself
> up and then work on the other until the first finishes.
> Starting the whole
> backup routine for a machine takes only moments, once the
> backup profile
> has been created, and there's always something else to do
> while the machine
> that's creating an image of its hard drive is busy.
>
> When the worst happens (as it did to me recently), I don't have to
> selectively overwrite the files of re-installed programs with
> my own stuff:
> I just copy the old system onto the new drive, and know that
> everything
> will be there when I finish the process. I don't even have to
> remember the
> details of my custom installations of the various huge
> programs and suites.
> It's all in there.

JD Hobbes wrote:
>I didn't even know there were e-editors out there.

You and most of the rest of the world, JD. But we're workin' on it.

An e-editor is an editor who not only does his editing entirely onscreen,
but is heavily *dependent* on the machines he or she uses, to accomplish
the desired results. Sure, I *could* edit on paper again, but if I had to
give up my complex macros, my wild-card Find & Replace routines, my
built-in change-tracking switches, and all of the other wonderful
electronic aids that make it possible for me to do top-notch work in short
time spans, my work would suffer dreadfully. After lo, these many years of
developing my e-editing skills and learning to adapt off-the shelf software
extensively to my needs, I'm so attuned to the very different mindset that
e-editing requires that I'll never be able to go back to slogging through
those hard-copy edits again.

And my colleague Emru Townsend wrote:
>. . . it's making sure you can get all your old setting back that's
>nightmarish. [ . . . ] finding out which files I need to save from every
>one of the programs I use is time-consuming and sometimes flat-out
>nonintuitive.

And that's one of the reasons why many of us back up the entire system and
all of the installed software once every week or two. It's an easy and
fail-safe way to the desired end. I set one of my machines to back itself
up and then work on the other until the first finishes. Starting the whole
backup routine for a machine takes only moments, once the backup profile
has been created, and there's always something else to do while the machine
that's creating an image of its hard drive is busy.

When the worst happens (as it did to me recently), I don't have to
selectively overwrite the files of re-installed programs with my own stuff:
I just copy the old system onto the new drive, and know that everything
will be there when I finish the process. I don't even have to remember the
details of my custom installations of the various huge programs and suites.
It's all in there.

Dan A. Wilson
The Editor's DeskTop
http://editorsdesktop.com
Even a superb writer needs a good editor.
A merely good writer needs a superb editor.

Greetings Dan!

[much ado about config files snipped]
>tweaks and . . . need I go on? I kid you not: the machines e-editors use
>are so personal and indiosyncratic that many of us won't accept
Wow... I see your point! Maybe you could get someone to write you a script
that makes backups of specific files or groups of files that are important
to you instead of backing up the whole echilada. Maybe backing up the
enchilada is easier than coming up with the special script. Hmmmmm...

I didn't even know there were e-editors out there. Is this something you
built yourself or is there an e-editor application out there?
--
Be seeing you,

Dave
-----------------------------------
John David Hickey
MTWF Moderator
Montreal, Quebec, Canada eh?
jdhobbes@...

They say the pen is mightier than the sword.
But if you miss a deadline, you'd better bring the sword.
-----------------------------------

I'd have to agree.  Reinstalling Windows and the software is tedious, but
not overlong; it's making sure you can get all your old setting back that's
nightmarish.  I'm currently working on creating a backup set that will save
my applications' settings every night, but finding out which files I need to
save from every one of the programs I use is time-consuming and sometimes
flat-out nonintuitive.

Emru Townsend | etownsen@...
Softimage, Inc.
Personal Web site: http://purpleplanetmedia.com
Recent musings: http://purpleplanetmedia.com/eye/film/toystory2.html

>JD Hobbes wrote,

>If I lost my drive, I'd have to reintall the OS, the applications I'm
>documenting, and Frame and then I could keep working, but I'd have
>everything reinstalled in a few hours.

Well, I'm editing, not writing, and the custom keyboards, custom client
dictionaries, custom toolbars, macro libraries, sets of settings of the
options, and so on in the various word processors, and the complete
re-tooling of Windows 98 and Windows 95C themselves, including a LOT of
registry editing to get rid of many things B. Gates thinks are "good for
you," not to mention the dozens and dozens of patches and upgrades and
tweaks and . . . need I go on? I kid you not: the machines e-editors use
are so personal and indiosyncratic that many of us won't accept contracts
that involve having to use anyone else's machines. Too much of the
excellence of the product on schedule depends on the skills we've developed
at setting up the software to do the jobs we want it to do the way we want
it to, and rapidly. And no other editor could use my software without
training on it. The reprogrammed keyboards alone would give another
operator migraines.

So, . . . I'm a big fan of complete system backups for my business.

Dan A. Wilson
The Editor's DeskTop

Greetings!

>projects are routine here. But data backups aren't enough. My
>software is so heavily customised for the work I do that if I
>lost a hard drive and had to reinstall my programs from the
>original CDs, I'd have to spend *days* getting my configuration

Whoa dude... What're you doing that requires that kind of configuration? If
I lost my drive, I'd have to reintall the OS, the applications I'm
documenting, and Frame and then I could keep working, but I'd have
everything reinstalled in a few hours.

Are you using special equipment to write your docs?

--
Be seeing you,

Dave
-----------------------------------
John David Hickey
MTWF Moderator
Montreal, Quebec, Canada eh?
jdhobbes@...

They say the pen is mightier than the sword.
But if you miss a deadline, you'd better bring the sword.
-----------------------------------

Hi I took the tech writing course at Concordia when it was first starting up a
few years back and most of the students were already employed in some form of
writing work. Since then it has changed to a more specialized type of course,
but as far as I know it's not confined to engineering staff.
Peter

Greetings!

>home, I'm seriously considering setting my system clock back a
>few days, since I've read (from a few sources) that Y2K is expected
>to be the single biggest virus outbreak in computer history, since

I like that idea... I've got Norton Anti-Virus running on my system, but ya
never know what might have creeped in. Maybe I'll set my clock back a couple
of weeks before I go home for Xmas vacation.

>I'm also going to update my antivirus files.

That's what's great about Norton. It's really easy to update the virus files
(I do it about once or twice a month).

--
Be seeing you,

Dave
-----------------------------------
John David Hickey
MTWF Moderator
Montreal, Quebec, Canada eh?
jdhobbes@...

They say the pen is mightier than the sword.
But if you miss a deadline, you'd better bring the sword.
-----------------------------------

JD Hobbes writes,
> Is your company backing everything up on tape on a regular basis, are you
burning CDs, printing hard copies, or nothing at all?
============
The subject of backups is near and dear to my heart, and has
recently become more so than ever before. I never have more than
three projects going at once, and nightly backups of all running
projects are routine here. But data backups aren't enough. My
software is so heavily customised for the work I do that if I
lost a hard drive and had to reinstall my programs from the
original CDs, I'd have to spend *days* getting my configuration
reset, and much of what has been hard won through trial and error
would inevitably be lost in the process. It just makes basic good
sense for me to keep up-to-date *complete system* backups, so I
prepare a complete image of the hard drive on CDs every time my
configuration changes significantly on one of my machines.

Two weeks ago, one of my hard drives failed. I called my dealer
and found that he had a replacement in stock. I picked it up, did
a minimal install of the O/S so that I could use it to recreate
the old drive, copied the old system back to the new drive from
the image CDs, did the requisite renaming of directories in
Windows and in DOS, re-booted, and was back up and running less
than two hours after the old drive failed. No re-installation or
re-configuring of any of the dozens of programs on the machine
was necessary.

Oh, yes. Backups are loverly things to have, even when there
isn't a major rollover coming.
--
Dan A. Wilson
The Editor's DeskTop
http://editorsdesktop.com
Even a superb writer needs a good editor.
A merely good writer needs a superb editor.

Greetings Frances!

>the list pretty much out of curiosity about the tech writing field in
>Montreal.  I teach tech writing to engineers and graduate students in the
>English department at Wayne State University in Detroit.

Very cool! Concordia University in Montreal has a technical writing
certificate, but I'm not sure if the students that take it are engineers.
Anyone know?

What are the topics that you teach specifically? What kind of prerequisites
are there for your students? How strong does their English need to be before
they can take your class, or is it even an issue?

--
Be seeing you,

Dave
-----------------------------------
John David Hickey
MTWF Moderator
Montreal, Quebec, Canada eh?
jdhobbes@...

They say the pen is mightier than the sword.
But if you miss a deadline, you'd better bring the sword.
-----------------------------------

Dear all,
Well, I personally back up all of my document files onto a cd every  two weeks,
and backup to the office network every week(more often if  the work load is
heavy), cd's  are,after all, dirt cheap. As I have  most of the software
programs on cdrom I don't  forsee too much of a  problem in re-installing stuff
should the nasty bug strike. The  network administrator here made sure the
system was y2k compliant.
I don't think that there is too much point in printing out hard  copies
  of stuff if everthing is already backed up onto cd, if things  get to the
point where we are only able to use hard copies, I think  that there will be
more urgent problems in the world.   A little  note, after you have copied
your doc files from the cd back onto the  hard drive make sure to go into the
document file properties. Here  you will need to reset the file attributes
to archive...when you burn  a cd, the attributes are defaulted to read only
and if you don't  reset them you won't be able to save anything to the file
once it's  back on your hard drive.
Hope this is of some use
Pete
And I suppose those older tape drives are compliant??

JD Hobbes wonders <<What are you doing to prepare for any Y2K glitches in the
new year in
regards to your documentation projects?>>

Not all that much new; we have a good backup system in place. At
home, I'm seriously considering setting my system clock back a
few days, since I've read (from a few sources) that Y2K is expected
to be the single biggest virus outbreak in computer history, since
hackers apparently have been planning for some time to have
viruses or Trojan horses that go off on that date (because of its
significance). So there are likely to be a few logic bombs floating
around that "detonate" on or around that date, and I'd rather let
someone else discover them for me.

> Personally, I was planning on burning a copy of all my source files on CD
> "just in case". Should I do more?

Sounds like an excellent suggestion to me. I'm already keeping a 4-
disk (100-Meg zips) backup rotation going so that I can recover my
data to previous versions, if required. I'm also going to update my
antivirus files.


--Geoff Hart @8^{)}     Pointe-Claire, Quebec
geoff-h@...

Hello to the Montreal list!  I thought I would introduce myself rather than
lurk; I may not have much to contribute to the discussion since I've joined
the list pretty much out of curiosity about the tech writing field in
Montreal.  I teach tech writing to engineers and graduate students in the
English department at Wayne State University in Detroit.  My research field
is legal writing conceived as technical communication, and based upon my
prior undergraduate major in French I'm interested in the language laws in
Quebec.  That's quite a mix, I know.  I'll be interested in following your
discussion and will be happy to contribute anything I can.

Frances


Frances J. Ranney, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Professional Communication
Wayne State University Dept. of English
51 W. Warren
Detroit, MI  48202

(313) 577-3007

Greetings!

What are you doing to prepare for any Y2K glitches in the new year in
regards to your documentation projects? Is your company backing everything
up on tape on a regular basis, are you burning CDs, printing hard copies, or
nothing at all? Or are you left to deciding for yourself what should or
should not be backed up?

Personally, I was planning on burning a copy of all my source files on CD
"just in case". Should I do more?

Or is this just a case of millenia jitters and I shouldn't worry too much
about it? Whaddya think?

--
Be seeing you,

Dave
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John David Hickey
MTWF Moderator
Montreal, Quebec, Canada eh?
jdhobbes@...

They say the pen is mightier than the sword.
But if you miss a deadline, you'd better bring the sword.
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Hi All,
Well this is a tiny group, but no doubt it will grow. Meantime I'm looking
forward to getting into some good discussions.
Pete

We stuffed 'em last Tuesday.  I expect they'll arrive soon.

Emru Townsend | etownsen@...
Softimage, Inc.
Personal Web site: http://purpleplanetmedia.com
Recent musings: http://purpleplanetmedia.com/eye/film/toystory2.html


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> Greetings!
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> Anyone know when the Montreal STC Newsletter's coming out?
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> I know that Emru worked on the layout of this issue, so maybe
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Greetings!

Anyone know when the Montreal STC Newsletter's coming out?

I know that Emru worked on the layout of this issue, so maybe will a little
prodding, he could be coaxed in releasing a teaser about the type of
articles in this latest and greatest of issues?
--
Be seeing you,

Dave
-----------------------------------
John David Hickey
MTWF Moderator
Montreal, Quebec, Canada eh?
jdhobbes@...

They say the pen is mightier than the sword.
But if you miss a deadline, you'd better bring the sword.
-----------------------------------

Greetings!

This is a test message. Please ignore.

Dave
Moderator