<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="Street"> <O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="address"> <O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"> <O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"> <O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"> <O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"> <O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"> <O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"> <DIV class="Section1"><DIV style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">In case anyone's interested in seein' Ed Yourdon....</DIV><DIV style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; 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line-height:12.0pt"><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;layout-grid-mode:line;font-weight:bold">(<ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:CITY w:st="on">Chicago</ST1:CITY></ST1:PLACE> Quality Assurance </SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="layout-grid-mode:line">Association -- </SPAN></B> <A href="http://www.cqaa.org/">www.cqaa.org </A><B><SPAN style="layout-grid-mode: line;font-weight:bold">)<FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom: 3.0pt;text-align:center"><B><I><U><FONT size="4" color="red" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red;font-weight:bold; font-style:italic">Note for March only: Special time & PRE-REGISTRATION required!!<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></U></I></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.0pt"><B><I><U><FONT size="3" color="red" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:red;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">Follow instructions below.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></U></I></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:center; line-height:12.0pt"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:PLACENAME w:st="on"><B><FONT size="3" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana; font-weight:bold">AT&T</SPAN></FONT></B></ST1:PLACENAME><B><FONT face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold"> <ST1:PLACETYPE w:st="on">Center</ST1:PLACETYPE></SPAN></FONT></B></ST1:PLACE><B><FONT face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold"> Campus<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:12.0pt"><FONT size="1" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Verdana">(formerly SBC Center Campus)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><B><FONT size="3" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight: bold">AT&T Institute Atrium & Auditorium – Room 129<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-align:center"><ST1:STREET w:st="on"><ST1:ADDRESS w:st="on"><FONT size="1" color="black" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black;layout-grid-mode:line">Lakewood Blvd</SPAN></FONT></ST1:ADDRESS></ST1:STREET><FONT size="1" color="black" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black; layout-grid-mode:line"> and <ST1:ADDRESS w:st="on"><ST1:STREET w:st="on">Eagle Way</ST1:STREET>, <ST1:CITY w:st="on">Hoffman Estates</ST1:CITY>, <ST1:STATE w:st="on">IL</ST1:STATE></ST1:ADDRESS><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black;layout-grid-mode:line">(See directions and parking information near the end of announcement.)</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:.5in;line-height:12.0pt"><B><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line;font-weight:bold"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;layout-grid-mode: line;font-weight:bold">See the list of future meeting dates at the end of this announcement and mark your calendars now.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;layout-grid-mode: line;font-weight:bold"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:12.0pt"><B><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black;layout-grid-mode:line; font-weight:bold">Wednesday, March 7, 2007<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:12.0pt"><B><I><U><FONT size="3" color="red" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red;font-weight:bold; font-style:italic">Networking & Refreshments 5:00 – 6:15 PM<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></U></I></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.0pt"><B><I><U><FONT size="3" color="red" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:red;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">Program 6:15 – 8:00 PM<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></U></I></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.0pt"><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black;layout-grid-mode:line"> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> <DIV align="center"> <TABLE class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-left:2.8pt;border-collapse:collapse;border:none"> <TBODY><TR><TD width="584" valign="top" style="width:438.35pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in"><B><I><FONT size="3" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight: bold;font-style:italic"> </SPAN></FONT></I></B> <B><FONT size="4" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black;font-weight:bold">Program: </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">"What IT Departments Need to Do About Web 2.0 in 2007 to Avoid Being Irrevocably Left Behind"<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:3.0pt"><B><FONT size="4" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Presenter: Ed Yourdon </SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-family:Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> </DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold"> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy;font-weight:bold">Abstract<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT size="1" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The “paradigm” of the original Web (or Web 1.0, as it’s now called) was that of corporate/government organizations publishing “content” to be consumed by large numbers of customers or citizens. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The paradigm of Web 2.0 is that of “content” being created by customers and the entire Internet community, as well as corporations and the “mainstream” media. Sometimes this grass-roots content is aggregated and distributed by the traditional publishers; but often it exists as tiny, stand-alone creations on the Internet – such as the millions of blogs, photographs, and video clips that have sprung into existence in the past few years.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><FONT size="1" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">What does this mean for companies in today’s competitive environment? Most important, it’s forcing them to adopt a more “open” approach to their systems: instead of closed, proprietary systems and databases, more and more companies like AOL, Yahoo, and Google are providing “API” interfaces so that end-users and small software providers can add their own content. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><FONT size="1" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Other companies are focusing on the social aspect of Web 2.0, by emphasizing the collaboration opportunities of an Internet-enabled society. Some observers refer to this as the “wiki phenomenon,” after the highly popular “Wikipedia” website; others refer to it as “crowdsourcing,” to emphasize that literally millions of individuals can contribute their ideas, suggestions, digital content (e.g., images), and skills to a shared activity. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><FONT size="1" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Technology certainly plays an important role in the new Web 2.0 world, with XML, <ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:CITY w:st="on">Ajax</ST1:CITY></ST1:PLACE>, and Ruby on Rails being three of the leading examples of development technologies helping companies build new Web-based systems more quickly and easily. But most of all, Web 2.0 is a “strategic” issue: it requires senior corporate executives to rethink basic assumptions about their business, customers, suppliers, and work-force.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><FONT size="1" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">A veteran of the IT industry for over 40 years, Ed Yourdon has been involved in Web 2.0 since its beginnings in the 2002-2003 period, and he currently consults, lectures, and writes about various aspects of the new technologies. Ed will summarize the technologies, and identify the strategic issues facing IT managers and senior executives.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy;font-weight:bold">About the Presenter<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT size="1" color="navy" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy;font-weight:bold"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">EDWARD YOURDON is the author of more than two dozen books, including Byte Wars, Managing High-Intensity Internet Projects, Death March, Rise and Resurrection of the American Programmer, and Decline and Fall of the American Programmer. His latest book “Outsource: competing in the global productivity race”, provides practical strategies for individuals, small businesses, and the nation to cope with this wave.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><FONT size="1" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">According to the December 1999 issue of Crosstalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering, Ed Yourdon is one of the ten most influential men and women in the software field. In June 1997, he was inducted into the Computer Hall of Fame, along with such notables as Charles Babbage, Seymour Cray, James Martin, Grace Hopper, Gerald Weinberg, and Bill Gates. Ed is widely known as the lead developer of the structured analysis/design methods of the 1970s, as well as a co-developer of the Yourdon/Whitehead method of object-oriented analysis/design.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><FONT size="1" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Ed has worked in the computer industry for 40 years, beginning when Digital Equipment Corporation hired him in 1964 to write the FORTRAN math library for the PDP-5 and the assembler for the popular PDP-8 minicomputer. During his career, he has been involved in a number of pioneering computer technologies such as time-sharing operating systems and virtual memory systems.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><FONT size="1" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Several of his books have been translated into Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, French, German, Polish, and other languages; and his articles have appeared in virtually all of the major computer journals. He has been a keynote speaker at major computer conferences around the world.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in"><B><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy;font-weight:bold">Agenda<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">5:00 – 6:15 p.m. Sign-in, Networking & Light Refreshments<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.85in;text-indent:-1.6in"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">6:15 – 6:30 p.m. CQAA and C-SPIN announcements <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt; margin-left:.25in"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Presentation including Q & A<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><FONT size="2" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:11.0pt"> Note that Sign-in will begin at <B><SPAN style="font-weight:bold">5:00 p.m. Please arrive early enough to sign in by 6:00. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left: .25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt; margin-left:0in"><B><FONT size="2" color="red" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:red;font-weight:bold">Registration</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT size="2" color="red" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:red;font-weight:bold"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><B><I><FONT size="2" color="red" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red; font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS <U>REQUIRED</U> TO ATTEND THIS PROGRAM</SPAN></FONT></I></B><B><I><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic"> – BOTH CQAA and C-SPIN members please register on the CQAA website as described below.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></I></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><B><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight: bold">PLEASE REGISTER BY: Friday, March 2, 2007.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">To register, go <FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black">to </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><A href="http://www.cqaa.org/"><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">www.cqaa.org </SPAN></FONT></A><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black">and click on the "Programs" tab, then select "Upcoming Programs". Follow the "Click here to register or for more information" link, and then follow the Registration Instructions on the page. You will receive a confirmation email that your registration has been received. If you find out you will not be attending the event please cancel your registration by sending an email to </SPAN></FONT><A href="mailto:programs@cqaa.org"><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">programs@cqaa.org</SPAN></FONT></A><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black"> . <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style="mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt; margin-left:0in"><I><FONT size="1" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:italic">PLEASE FORWARD THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TO ANYONE IN YOUR COMPANY WHO MAY BE INTERESTED.</SPAN></FONT></I><FONT size="1" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black"> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> <H3><B><I><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:11.0pt; color:navy">Driving and Parking Directions<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></I></B></H3><P class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">From I-90 Northwest Tollway exit North on <ST1:STREET w:st="on"><ST1:ADDRESS w:st="on">Barrington Road</ST1:ADDRESS></ST1:STREET>. Take <ST1:STREET w:st="on"><ST1:ADDRESS w:st="on">Barrington Road</ST1:ADDRESS></ST1:STREET> to <ST1:STREET w:st="on"><ST1:ADDRESS w:st="on">Lakewood Blvd</ST1:ADDRESS></ST1:STREET> (2nd light) and turn East (right) onto <ST1:STREET w:st="on"><ST1:ADDRESS w:st="on">Lakewood Blvd.</ST1:ADDRESS></ST1:STREET> Turn right into the <ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:PLACENAME w:st="on">AT&T</ST1:PLACENAME> <ST1:PLACENAME w:st="on">Campus</ST1:PLACENAME> <ST1:PLACETYPE w:st="on">Center</ST1:PLACETYPE></ST1:PLACE>’s West Employee Entrance (1 entrance past Eagle Way) and follow the signs to the West Parking Structures. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;line-height:12.0pt"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Parking is available in covered lots W2 or W3 and additional parking is available in the upper level parking lot W1. Look for parking spaces towards the west side of the parking structures. Then walk to the <ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:PLACETYPE w:st="on">Institute</ST1:PLACETYPE> <ST1:PLACETYPE w:st="on">Building</ST1:PLACETYPE></ST1:PLACE>, which is located across the road (west of the parking structures). It is estimated to take about 3 to 5 minutes to walk between the West Parking Structure and the AT&T Institute.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;line-height:12.0pt"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:3.0pt;line-height:12.0pt"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Visit the C-SPIN website </SPAN></FONT><A href="http://www.c-spin.net/"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">http://www.c-spin.net</SPAN></FONT></A><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> for a map of the <ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:PLACENAME w:st="on">AT&T</ST1:PLACENAME> <ST1:PLACENAME w:st="on">Campus</ST1:PLACENAME> <ST1:PLACETYPE w:st="on">Center</ST1:PLACETYPE></ST1:PLACE>.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:3.0pt;line-height:12.0pt"><FONT size="2" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> <H3 style="mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><B><I><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy">Planned Future 2007 Program Schedule <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></I></B></H3><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 3.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><B><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold">All these programs are planned to be held at the AT&T Institute Auditorium.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 3.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Be sure to check the C-SPIN website [</SPAN></FONT><A href="http://www.c-spin.net/" title="http://www.geocities.com/chicago_spin/"><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">http://www.c-spin.net/</SPAN></FONT></A><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black;layout-grid-mode:line">] to confirm details.</SPAN></FONT><B><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black;font-weight:bold"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 3.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><B><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold">Future program topics are to be determined. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 3.0pt;margin-left:1.0in"><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Typically programs are held the <B><SPAN style="font-weight:bold">first Wednesday of the month</SPAN></B> from 6:00 – 8:30 PM.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">April 4, May 2, June 6 *** Summer Break *** September 5, October 3, November 7<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> <H3 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><B><I><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></I></B></H3> <H3 style="mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><B><I><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy">About C-SPIN<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></I></B></H3><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">C-SPIN is made possible through the efforts of its Steering Committee. The Steering Committee is composed of<FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black">, Alan <SPAN class="spelle">Berow</SPAN><SPAN class="grame">, <ST1:PERSONNAME w:st="on">Kathy Brown</ST1:PERSONNAME>, Steve Coffman, <ST1:PERSONNAME w:st="on">Susan <SPAN class="spelle">Davidowski</SPAN></ST1:PERSONNAME></SPAN>,<SPAN class="grame"> Donna</SPAN> Miller, and Robert Stalzer.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">C-SPIN is a leadership forum for the free and open exchange of software process improvement experiences and practical ideas. We promote achieving higher levels of process maturity, software quality, and mutual respect. Companies, academic institutions, government organizations and individuals are invited. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">For more information regarding this meeting, contact <ST1:PERSONNAME w:st="on">Kathy Brown</ST1:PERSONNAME> at </SPAN></FONT><A href="mailto:klbrown@mosaicinc.com"><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black">klbrown@mosaicinc.com</SPAN></FONT></A><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">. For information about C-SPIN or the steering committee, contact Robert Stalzer at </SPAN></FONT><A href="mailto:cspin@coderelay.com"><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">cspin@coderelay.com</SPAN></FONT></A><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black">.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">To receive future announcements electronically, send your e-mail address (include name, personal email address, company, and phone number) to Robert Stalzer at </SPAN></FONT><A href="mailto:cspin@coderelay.com"><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">cspin@coderelay.com</SPAN></FONT></A><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black">.</SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoPlainText"><FONT size="2" face="Courier New"><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> </DIV> </O:SMARTTAGTYPE></O:SMARTTAGTYPE></O:SMARTTAGTYPE></O:SMARTTAGTYPE></O:SMARTTAGTYPE></O:SMARTTAGTYPE></O:SMARTTAGTYPE></O:SMARTTAGTYPE><IMG src="cid:image001.png@01C74BEF.03E3DBC0"><IMG src="cid:image002.jpg@01C74BEF.03E3DBC0"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">C-SPIN mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:C-SPIN@c-spin.net">C-SPIN@c-spin.net</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://c-spin.net/mailman/listinfo/c-spin_c-spin.net">http://c-spin.net/mailman/listinfo/c-spin_c-spin.net</A></DIV> </BODY></HTML>