[pm-h] O'Reilly UG Program

[G. Wade Johnson]

Well, it's now official. Houston.pm is an active part of the O'Reilly User
Group Program. Here's the official notice, I just received, with a few minor
edits. I removed the discount code so our code isn't available to just
anyone.<grin/> If you'd like to take advantage of these offers, contact me and
I'll pass it on. All my edits are marked like {{this}}.

G. Wade
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Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:15:50 -0700
From: Marsee Henon   <marsee at oreilly.com>
To: gwadej at anomaly.org
Subject: Welcome to the O'Reilly UG Program


Thank you for registering for the O'Reilly User Group Program.

Welcome!

Here are details about the program you should know--PLEASE READ:

O'Reilly offers free review copies of our books. As the group rep, {{Wade}}
may request a copy for review in your newsletter, web site, mailing
list, or for your group library. Requests for review copies must be
submitted by {{Wade}}, as the contact for your group. If you wish for the
review copy to be shipped to another group member, please supply the
name, address, and phone number of that member for shipment.  If a
review of a book has been written, please forward a copy to me. We are
also encouraging user group members to post reviews on their favorite
book review sites such as Amazon or Slashdot. For current user group
info, graphics, and book review information please go to:
http://ug.oreilly.com/

Feel free to list your group on our User Group Wiki:
http://wiki.oreillynet.com/usergroups/index.cgi

Your group members are entitled to a 30% discount on O'Reilly, 
No Starch, Paraglyph, Pragmatic Bookshelf, SitePoint, or Syngress books
purchased directly from O'Reilly. The discount code your members should
use is {{code}}. They may place an order online at www.oreilly.com
or by calling 800-998-9938. Your members are also entitled to a discount
on O'Reilly conferences and tutorials.  Other special discount offers
may also be forwarded to your group from time to time.

In addition, we regularly donate books and other promotional items for
raffles or auctions to help your group raise money, or for meeting door
prizes--just let me know if you're in need of something. (Allow at
least three weeks for shipping.)  Please feel free to request our
catalogs anytime.

Some of our authors are able to speak at group meetings. Let us
know if you are interested by adding your name to our User Group 
Wiki page and we'll do what we can to help arrange speakers:
http://wiki.oreillynet.com/usergroups/index.cgi?UGsLookingForSpeakers


We'll also send you links to articles, tips, and book news from the
O'Reilly web sites via the UG newsletter. If you opted not to receive
the newsletter, you may want to reconsider, as this is the best way to
know which books are being released, and serves as a reminder to
request review copies for your group. Many groups post the newsletters
to their members list or on their web site.

What you can do for O'Reilly:

- Add an O'Reilly Banner or RSS feed to your web site from our UG page:
  http://ug.oreilly.com/ 
  If you don't have a web site, please post O'Reilly information in
  your newsletters or mailing lists.

- Encourage your members to review our books and post the reviews on
  your site or discussion lists, in your newsletters, or at any online
  book review site such as Amazon, Slashdot, or Barnes & Noble--making
  sure to notify me when a review is written. 
  For book review suggestions go to:  
  http://ug.oreilly.com/bookreviews.html


Please let me know if you have any questions. I look forward to working
with you.

--Marsee Henon

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