As many may know IBM has due to the current economic conditions
discontinued our sponsorship as well other sigs including the
C++/Java sig. We have been lucky in that we have tentatively secured
a meeting location as well as locked in a good evening in the month
for our presentations. However, our long term viability is contingent
on us recruiting a solid membership for our SIG under our new
sponsors NYPC which btw is a non-profit organization and relies on
membership dues to pay the rent etc.

Our open admissions policy to our meetings will remain as it always
has i.e. nobody will be turned away. However, I am asking our
local "regulars" as well as anybody that believes that it is
important to continue promoting Smalltalk in New York City to support
our efforts by joining the NYPC under the "Smalltalk SIG" category.
Membership is $45.00 for a year and all of the proceeds go to the
NYPC directly. Corporate sponsorships would be of great assistance
and any organizations wishing to sponsor us should email me at:

charles@...

Individual membership application can be found at:
www.ocit.com/stug/membershipapp.pdf.

Frankly, the only way that we will be able to continue our efforts in
promoting Smalltalk in the NYC area is by being supported by the
community.

thanks

Charles
OCIT
Chair
NYC Smalltalk