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| TEAM OS/2 Wants You! | teamos2
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TEAM OS/2 consists of volunteers who are OS/2 enthusiasts and who
actively share their OS/2 knowledge and enthusiasm with others. Their
activities include:
o Supporting OS/2 user groups
o Running private OS/2 BBSs or serving as a SysOp on major public BBSs
or e-mail systems
o Demoing OS/2 to user groups, at retail stores, and in other public
places
o Encouraging others to install and use OS/2
o Helping support those who use OS/2 already by answering questions
and many other activities fostered by the unlimited imagination of
teamers!
Joining the Team
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Teamers include IBM employees and non-IBMers world-wide. Membership in
TEAM OS/2 is not limited to IBM employees; we encourage everyone who
wants to promote OS/2 to join the team.
To join TEAM OS/2, contact one of the following:
CompuServe: Vicci Conway, 76711,1123
Fidonet: Janet Gobeille, 1:109/347.3479
IBMMAIL: Vicci Conway, USIB4V94 at IBMMAIL
Internet: Vicci Conway, vicci@vnet.ibm.com
Inside IBM: Vicci COnway, VICCI at BCRVMPC1
or fax your information to Vicci Conway at 1-407-982-1229.
Please include:
o Your name
o Your userid(s) on all BBSs and e-mail systems that you frequent (this
will be published in our public TEAM OS/2 list)
o Mailing address (will not be published)
o City, state, zip (this will be published)
o Phone number (will not be published)
o A one-line description about your participation (this will be
published). For example, you may run an OS/2 BBS, be a member of (or
have founded) a user group, be an OS/2 software consultant, or be the
author of an OS/2 application.
Also, please let us know what you've been doing to qualify for TEAM
OS/2. Refer to the list of activities mentioned above, or come up with
something new and different!
We will then put your name, city and state, e-mail addresses (of
whichever systems you mention), and description in our public TEAM OS/2
list.
IBM Support of TEAM OS/2 Activities
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Because TEAM OS/2 members use their own time, and often their own funds,
to do public OS/2 demos and to support and encourage local retailers,
IBM is offering support for these activities.
Demos
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If you're planning to demonstrate OS/2 for a group of people or a public
event -- for example, public demos at universities, PC fairs, hamfests,
shopping center malls, and OS/2 days at local retailers -- please
contact us (see how at the end of this note). We would like to know:
o Date and location of scheduled event (location, city, state, country)
o Number of teamers involved in doing or supporting the demo
o Number of people expected to see your demo
o If this is a public demo at a software retail store, also tell us how
many store personnel are expected to be working at the store during
your demo (so that we can send them all OS/2 T-shirts to wear during
your demo!)
o Your name, shipping address, and telephone number
We would like to help with a TEAM OS/2 Demo Pack, which consists of
things to support your demo and to give away during it. The specific
contents of your Demo Pack will vary according to your event, and we
will discuss the contents after receiving your request.
After your event, please send us a report that includes:
o Names and addresses of all the teamers involved in the activity
o The number of people who saw your demo or tried OS/2 during that time
o Your assessment of how it went. Tell us what went well, what didn't,
and any advice you have for others doing demos.
o Your suggestions for our TEAM OS/2 support in the future
NOTE: This demo support does not apply to user group presentations. For
support of a demonstration to a user group, contact:
Internet: ibmpcug@vnet.ibm.com
Inside IBM: IBMPCUG at AUSVM1
Adopt a Store
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We encourage you to "adopt" a local retail store. Meet the employees,
answer their questions about OS/2, encourage them to stock it, and visit
them on a regular basis.
If you adopt a store that plans to carry OS/2, please contact us with
the following information:
o Name and address of store
o Name of the store manager
o Does the store have, or will it have, a demo OS/2 system?
o Does the store need some OS/2 marketing materials (posters,
literature, and so on)?
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. It contains things for the store's
employees, marketing literature, posters, OS/2 2.1 demo diskettes, etc.
NOTE: Retail store support is currently available only within the U.S.
However, if teamers outside the U.S. want to develop local versions of
these Store Packs, please send an e-mail note or a fax to LUVOS2 (see
below). We will then send you more information.
Contact Information for TEAM OS/2 Support from IBM
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Please send your support request or inquiry to:
CompuServe: Vicci Conway, 76711,1123
Fidonet: Janet Gobeille, 1:109/347.3479
IBMMAIL: Janet Gobeille, USIB45RN at IBMMAIL
Internet: Janet Gobeille, LUVOS2@vnet.ibm.com
Inside IBM: LUVOS2 at RHQVM12 (will change within the next few
months; new information will be
posted when it is available)
or fax your request to 1-914-766-3784 (will change within the next few
months; the new fax number will be posted when it is available).