!!! AGAIN THIS  MONTH !!!  – SPAZIOS at 12031 Lackland Rd, St Louis (314) 576-0400.  This is in WestPort, at the Comfort Inn.

Pat Botz

Presenting

“Object Level Security”

Pat Botz, IBM, is a member of the IBM Systems and Technology Group Center for Lab Services where he specializes in security consulting. Prior to that, he was a member of the IBM Systems Security Architecture team focusing on cross-platform security solutions. He also was the lead System i security architect and development team leader. Pat has two issued patents and four pending all in the area of security. He's also worked in a number of areas in the software world, including compiler development and CAD/CAM/CAE. Pat can be reached at botz@us.ibm.com. 

Handouts available, click here 'Object Level Security' 

Lunch will start promptly at noon.  To register for the event, click this link:  RSVP, or register on the website by noon on Monday, March 8th.   If you prefer a vegetarian meal, please mark that on registration page.   It is free to members, $25 for extra attendees from member companies, and $40 for non-members. 

CHECK THIS OUT – Free 2 day virtual Web Conference, March 9 -10. IBM i Essentials featuring PHP: http://systeminetwork.com. Go to the lower right hand corner under "Featured Links" to register for this seminar.

 Gateway/400 Group Secretary Needed

Dale Ternaprovich has been our secretary for the last 5 years and has also served the group as past President and Vice President. He will be hard to replace, but he tells us that we must! He is retiring and he will finish up this spring but we will need a new Secretary bu the fall. Please let us know if you are interested in running for office. The group of Gateway/4000 officers is a fun group to belong to, so consider serving the group in this way.

Membership

The renewal letters are out this year.  If in doubt, please check with your finance office to see if your membership has been paid.  Please let us know if you did not receive your renewal letter.  If you are not currently a member or your company is not a member, please sign up for the group.  Membership has it’s benefits (see below)!!  Also, if you have any friends or colleagues who would be interested in our group, please direct them to our website at www.gateway400.org

WMCPA Spring Conference – The Milwaukee User Group is having their Spring Conference again this spring, March 16 – 18^th.  They are giving us the same rate as their members for the conference.  Check it out at www.wmcpa.org.

IBM Systems Magazine:

Here’s a link to the System i Version of IBM Systems Magazine:  http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/ibmi/index.aspx

COMMON News

As part of your Gateway/400 membership, you are a member of COMMON.  If you do not already have a COMMON ID and password, send me an email (infosys@amm.org) and I will contact COMMON to get one for you.  Upcoming COMMON Events:    http://www.common.org/

Future Meetings – Great Lineup so Mark your Calendars!

March 11               Pat Botz “Step by Step to Object Level Security”.  This is targeted to Developers.

April 8                    Mike Pavlak on PHP

May 13                  Aaron Bartell on “Debugging w/WDSC” & “How to Read Formatted Dump”