From tobert at gmail.com  Mon Apr  9 16:17:53 2007
From: tobert at gmail.com (Al Tobey)
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 19:17:53 -0400
Subject: [grand-rapids-pm-list] Fwd: UG News: O'Reilly School of Technology
	Launches; Discount for Group Members
In-Reply-To: <LYRIS-6969878-39575-2007.04.09-13.02.01--tobert#gmail.com@newsletter.oreilly.com>
References: <LYRIS-6969878-39575-2007.04.09-13.02.01--tobert#gmail.com@newsletter.oreilly.com>
Message-ID: <5ac7acb10704091617x1fad6c68x3c5da8de166ee363@mail.gmail.com>

I don't forward all of these, but this one looks kinda neat....

-Al

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Marsee Henon <marsee at oreilly.com>
Date: Apr 9, 2007 4:02 PM
Subject: UG News: O'Reilly School of Technology Launches; Discount for
Group Members
To: tobert at gmail.com


Hi,

We're excited to release the following news. Please share with your
members if you think they will be interested:

The O'Reilly School of Technology has officially opened its virtual
doors with educational offerings for students looking to further or
launch their IT careers, whether they aspire to become alpha geeks or
not. The school is a unique partnership between O'Reilly Media and the
University of Illinois.

Students can earn a Certificate for Professional Development from the
University of Illinois Office of Continuing Education upon completion of
a selected series of courses. Certificates are currently offered in
Client-Side Web Programming, Linux/Unix System Administration, Web
Programming, Open Source Programming, and .NET Programming.

Courses are offered at beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels.
Whether students take the courses individually or with a certificate in
mind, the completion of each course earns Continuing Education Units
from the University of Illinois, and count toward the certificates that
include that course.

For more information about the O'Reilly School of Technology, including
a current list of certificate and courses, see:
<http://www.oreillyschool.com/?CMP=BAC-ostug>

Watch the video to see how it works:
<http://www.oreillyschool.com/why/theostmovie.mp4>


And UG Members Receive a 30% Discount!

As an O'Reilly User Group member, you save on all the courses and
certificate series. To redeem, use Promotion Code "ORALL1," good for a
30% discount, in Step #2 of the enrollment process. Each course comes
with a free O'Reilly book and a 7-day money-back guarantee. Register
online: <http://www.oreillyschool.com/?CMP=BAC-ostug>

Group leaders--post a discount banner on your group's site and I'll send
you the book of your choice:
<http://ug.oreilly.com/banners/sot/>

--Marsee Henon

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From tobert at gmail.com  Mon Apr  9 16:23:47 2007
From: tobert at gmail.com (Al Tobey)
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 19:23:47 -0400
Subject: [grand-rapids-pm-list] farewell for now
Message-ID: <5ac7acb10704091623i4338ff69k5d706bae19747581@mail.gmail.com>

Perl Mongers,

As some of you may have heard by now, I am leaving Grand Rapids for a
job I've accepted in San Diego, California.     Therefore, I must
resign my post as president of GR.pm and pass it on to Ed Eddington,
our current vice president.    I start my new job on April 23, so I
will not be able to attend or arrange the next meeting.

It has been great being associated with this group over the last six
years and I hope to be able to come back to visit if my occasional
trips to Michigan coincide with meetings.   I will also send you all
intel on how the San Diego Perl Mongers get things done when I get
there ;)

Best wishes,
-Al Tobey