TEAM OS/2 RELATIONS AND PC USER GROUP SUPPORT

April 16, 1996

Hi.  We are pleased to report that IBM will continue its 
support of Team OS/2 activity in North America for 1996. 
IBM will also support PC user groups and OS/2 special 
interest groups in 1996.

IBM has a long history of supporting PC User Group 
activity, and we are committed to supporting this user 
community.  IBM will continue to request invitations to 
present IBM software to user group members, and provide 
evaluation software for user group newsletters.  We will 
sponsor user group officer events such as APCUG/Spring 
Comdex in Chicago June 1-5, and Intergalactic June 15.  Our 
team looks forward to meeting many of you at these events, 
and welcomes e-mail from all user group members who seek
IBM information.

IBM appreciates the grassroots marketing and support 
efforts of Team OS/2.  IBM appreciates what Team OS/2 has 
accomplished for OS/2, and would very much like to see that 
enthusiastic support for the product continue.  Teamers who 
hold OS/2 demonstrations will continue to receive materials 
for events from IBM.  The support staff will do more to
communicate information from IBM to Team OS/2, using mailing 
lists and echoes to publish this information.  We'll take 
Teamer requests and concerns back to IBM.  And we'll encourage 
Teamers to help fellow Teamers in promoting and supporting 
OS/2.  With the upcoming beta of Merlin, we want to have 
Teamers help make the new version of Warp as successful as 
possible.

A four person team will be responsible for this activity:  
Anita Venable, Arylnn Poczynek, Richard Woolsey, and Terry 
Hamilton will act as the support group for both Team OS/2 
and PC User Groups.

Over the next few weeks, we'll be putting up a set of Web 
pages with more information.  We'll start collecting 
information on Merlin and let you know where and when to 
obtain it.  And we'll keep sending support packages out 
when requested.

To contact us, you can start by sending e-mail:

Team OS/2:  teamers@ibm.net
PC User Groups:  ibmpcug@ibm.net

We will monitor newsgroups such as comp.org.user-groups.* and
alt.org.team-os2.  We are creating a mailing list for Team OS/2
Relations, at the following address:

teamplans-L@teamos2.org

Our Internet web pages:

Team OS/2:  http://www.teamos2.org/ibm
PC User Group:  http://www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/ibmpcug.html

We'll post information here on a regular basis over the next 
few weeks, directing you to more resources as they come on-line.

Grassroots marketing - successful grassroots marketing - will be
critical to IBM's success with OS/2 Warp.  It's our hope that user
groups and Team OS/2 will find new ways to help users of OS/2, and
encourage others to try OS/2 Warp. 

Keep in touch,

Team OS/2 Relations at IBM
IBM PC User Group Support

- Arylnn Poczynek
  arylnn@ibm.net
  Tel:  905-316-2468
  Fax:  512-838-9821

Notice posted by:
Tim Bryce
Editor, OS/2 CONNECT
M. Bryce & Associates, Inc.
Palm Harbor, FL  34683
E-Mail:  TimB1557@aol.com
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