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- TEAM OS/2 Information
- Last Updated: 21 August 1993
- Maintained by: Janet Gobeille, Austin, Texas, USA
-
- This file accompanies the list of TEAM OS/2 members world-wide (TEAMOS2.LST).
-
- This list is distributed to many networks including Fidonet, Internet,
- Compuserve, and others, and can be distributed to others as long as the
- files are kept unmodified.
-
- This file contains questions and answers about TEAM OS/2. If you have any
- suggestions for improving this file, please contact Janet Gobeille at one
- of the addresses given in the answer to question 2.
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- 1. Question: What *is* TEAM OS/2?
-
- Answer:
- TEAM OS/2 consists of people who are OS/2 enthusiasts and are
- actively sharing their knowledge and enthusiasm with others.
-
- This is a very general description, but it's true. You become part
- of TEAM OS/2 by doing something that is not expected of you... Whether
- you're and IBMer or not, a teamer spends some of his own time helping
- other OS/2ers or promoting OS/2. This is not something done as part
- of a job description.
-
- Note that teamers include IBMers and non-IBMers world-wide. Membership in
- TEAM OS/2 is not limited to IBM employees.
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- 2. Question: but what does TEAM OS/2 DO?
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- Answer: Some of the things TEAM OS/2 members do include:
-
- - supporting OS/2 user groups (starting new ones, being a user group
- officer)
- - running OS/2 BBS's and online conferences (includes having your own
- BBS or being conference moderators or sysops)
- - demoing OS/2 to user groups, at retail stores, and in other public
- places
- - encouraging others to install OS/2
- - helping support those who have it already by answering questions
- - and many other activities -- limited only by the unlimited
- imagination of teamers
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- 2. Question: How can I join TEAM OS/2?
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- Answer: Just let IBM know. The "Team OS/2 Support group" keeps a
- database of members. Please send us the following:
-
- To be added to the public TEAM OS/2 list, contact one of the following:
- Compuserve: Vicci Conway at 76711, 1123
- Internet: TEAM OS/2 Support at luvos2@vnet.ibm.com
- Fidonet: Janet at 1:109/347.3479
- IBMMAIL: Janet at USIB45RN at IBMMAIL
- IBM (PROFS): TEAM OS/2 Support at LUVOS2 at AUSVM1
- or fax your request to Janet Gobeille at 512 823-2733
-
- For this list, please send us:
- Name
- City, State, Country
- your email userids and networks
- Optional: you can include a short (1-2 line) description to be
- included with your name. Sometimes software developers like
- to mention which products they've written or BBS operators
- include how to reach their BBS.
-
- For our private records (these will NOT be published), please
- also include:
- Mailing address
- Phone number (home/work), Fax, etc
-
- Also please let us know what you've been doing so that
- you feel you qualify for TEAM OS/2.
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- 3. Question: How can I contact IBM's TEAM OS/2 Support?
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- Answer: Contact Janet Gobeille of IBM via one of the following. We
- prefer being contacted electronically rather than by telephone
- if possible.
-
- Compuserve: Vicci Conway at 76711, 1123
- Internet: luvos2@vnet.ibm.com or janetg@vnet.ibm.com
- Fidonet: Janet Gobeille at 1:109/347.3479
- IBMMAIL: USIB45RN at IBMMAIL (this is Janet)
- Fax: Janet Gobeille at 512 823-2733
- Telephone: Janet Gobeille at 512 823-3247 (IBM Tieline: 793)
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- 3. Question: What can I get from TEAM OS/2 Support?
-
- Answer: What do you need?
-
- Currently, we have a couple of packages that we offer, but if you have
- some other ideas, please let us know. Anyway, here it is:
-
-
- --- IBM-PSP support of TEAM OS/2: ---
-
- Due to the number of TEAM OS/2 members who have gone out on their
- own time (and often at their own cost) to do public OS/2 demos
- and support and encourage local retailers, we'd like to offer
- official support for these activities.
-
- 1. Demos:
- If you're planning to do a demo for a group of people or for a
- public event, please contact us (see above for contact information)
- For example, public demos at universities, at PC fairs, at hamfests,
- or at shopping center malls and OS/2 days at local retailers.
- We would like to know:
- Date and location of scheduled event (location, city, state,
- country)
- Number of teamers involved in doing or supporting the demo
- Number of people expected to attend and see your demo
- If this is a public demo at a software retail store, also
- send the number of store clerks expected to be working
- during your demo.
- Your name, shipping address, and telephone number
-
- We would like to help with a 'TEAM OS/2 demo pack' with some
- things to support your demo and to give away
- during it. Since the contents will vary according to
- the event, we'll discuss what this will consist of after receiving
- your request.
-
- Note: this support is not for user group presentations.
- To support a demo for a user group, contact:
- Internet: ibmpcug@vnet.ibm.com
- Inside IBM: IBMPCUG at AUSVM1
- Fax:
-
- Then after your event, we would like a report on it including:
- - names and addresses of all the teamers involved in the activity
- - number of people who saw your demo or tried OS/2 during that
- time
- - How did it go? Tell us what went well, what didn't, what
- advice you'd have for others doing this? Also, what suggestions
- do you have for our TEAM OS/2 support in the future.
-
- 2. Retail stores
- If you have a local retail stores, we encourage you to 'adopt
- a store'. Meet the employees, answer their questions on OS/2,
- encourage them to stock it, visit them on a regular basis.
-
- If you adopt a store that plans to carry OS/2, please contact
- us with the following information:
- Name and address of store
- Name of the store manager
- Does the store have a demo OS/2 system (or will they?)
- Do they need some OS/2 marketing materials (poster, literature
- etc?)
-
- If the answer to the last question is yes, we'll send you
- a 'TEAM OS/2 Store Pack' for you to give to them. This
- contains some small things for the store employees,
- marketing literature, poster, catalogs for OS/2 merchandise, etc.
-
- Note: at this time we are only prepared to offer this support
- within the US. However, if there are teamers outside the US
- who are seriously interested in requesting one of these packs,
- please EMAIL or FAX your inquiry below and we'll see what we
- can arrange.
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- 4. Question: Where does TEAM OS/2 'hang out'?
-
- Answer: Almost anywhere. There are several TEAM OS/2 user groups
- that have been formed recently. There are also some TEAM OS/2 gathering
- places electronically:
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- Fidonet: TEAMOS2 echo conference (on zone 1 backbone, available
- internationally)
-
- Compuserve: (send a note to Vicci Conway for information)
-
- Within IBM: See TEAMOS2 FORUM and TEAMOS2 CFORUM on internal
- conferences
-
- Also, there are often TEAMOS2 get-togethers or meetings at trade shows
- and technical conferences. If you plan to attend a conference, please
- check electronically for any TEAM OS/2 activity that may be planned.
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