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COMMON Calendar of Events and Affiliations

You're sure to find an event to meet your educational needs, geographical location and schedule. Take a look at the following calendar listings:

Upcoming COMMON Conference Events
Upcoming COMMON Web-based Education (Webcasts and Webinars)
Upcoming COMMON Seminars
Local User Group (LUG) Monthly Meetings
LUG Conferences and Special Events
International COMMON Events

Upcoming COMMON Conferences
Conference/Event	Date	Event	Location
COMMON Directions 2008 Radisson Hotel Central Dallas	September 25 - 26, 2008	COMMON	Dallas, Texas
COMMON Focus 2008 San Francisco Airport Crowne Plaza	October 5 - 8, 2008	COMMON	Burlingame, California
2009 Annual Meeting and Exposition Grand Sierra Resort	April 26 - 30, 2009	COMMON	Reno, Nevada
*Please note: Dates and locations of future conferences may be subject to change.

Upcoming COMMON Web-based Education
Webinar: ILE Essentials for RPG Programmers	April 28 - May 19	COMMON	Your Desk
Webcast: What's New in Lotus Domino 8 Server	May 15	COMMON - Free to Members	Your Desk
Webcast: Implement a WMS with Success	July 17	COMMON - Free to Members	Your Desk

Upcoming COMMON Seminars
Seminar: Disaster Recovery Primer - Ready, Set, Plan	May 20	COMMON	Nashville, Tennessee

Local User Group Meetings
Meeting	Date	Meeting	Location
Application System Users Group of Greater Cleveland, Inc.	3rd Wednesday of each month, except Dec. and Aug.	Monthly Meeting	Cleveland, Ohio
Cascade User Group	2nd Tuesday of each month	Monthly Meeting	Portland, Oregon
Central Florida Midrange Users Group	1st Tuesday of each month	Monthly Meeting	Orlando, Florida
Central New York 400 User Group	2nd Tuesday of each month	Monthly Meeting	Syracuse, New York
Computer Professionals of Central Pennsylvania	3rd Thursday of each month	Meeting of Members	Harrisburg, Lancaster and York, Pennsylvania
DEBUG	2nd Wednesday of each month	Meeting of Members	Tampa, Florida
Delaware Valley Computer Users Group	4th Wednesday of each month	Monthly Meeting	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Fairfield CT AS/400 User Group	3^rd Tuesday of each month	Meeting of Members	Norwalk, Connecticut
Gateway/400 User Group	2nd Thursday of each Month, Sept. - May	Monthly Meeting	St. Louis, Missouri
Gulf Coast Midrange User Group	TBD	Monthly Meeting	Mobile, Alabama
Hartford Users of Midrange Systems (HUMS)	Dates vary	Monthly Meeting	East Hartford, Connecticut
Houston Applications Systems Group	2nd Thursday of each month	Monthly Meeting	Houston, Texas
IBM Midrange Users Group	3^rd Tuesday of each month, Sept. - May	Monthly Meeting	Nashville, Tennessee
Kentuckiana Small Systems Assoc.	3rd Thursday of every quarter	Quarterly Meeting	Louisville, Kentucky
Long Island System Users Group	3^rd Wednesday of each month	Monthly Meeting	Woodbury, New York
Metro Midrange System Association	3^rd Tuesday of each month	Monthly Meeting	Irving, Texas
Midrange Users Group of Western New York	4th Thursday of each month	Monthly Meeting	Buffalo, New York
New England MidRange Users Group	3^rd Wednesday of each month	Monthly Meeting	Seekonk, Massachusetts
OCEAN User Group	3^rd Tuesday of each month	Monthly Meeting	Costa Mesa, California
OMNI User Group	3^rd Tuesday of each month	Chicagoland Association of IBM Midrange Platform Users
Pacific Midrange Systems Association	2nd Thursday of each month	Monthly Meeting	Kent, Washington
QUSER Twin Cities iSeries Local User Group	TBD	Monthly Meeting	Twin Cities, Minnesota
Reno-Sparks Midrange Users Group	2nd Thursday of each month	Monthly Meeting	Reno, Nevada
South East Michigan iSeries User Group	3rd Thursday of each month except July, August and December	Monthly Meeting	Southeast Michigan
STATUS	2nd Tuesday of Sept. - Nov. and Jan. - May	Monthly Meeting	Fort Wayne, Indiana
Toronto Users Group for System i		Bi-monthly Meeting	North York, Ontario
Washington Area Midrange Users	3^rd Tuesday of each month	Monthly Meeting
Wisconsin Midrange Computer Professional Association	2nd Thursday of each month	Monthly Meeting	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Local User Group Conferences and Special Events
User Group	Date	Event	Location
Wisconsin Midrange Computer Professional Association (WMCPA)	April 9-10, 2008	23rd Annual Spring Technical Conference	Grand Geneva Resort, Lake Geneva, WI
Northeast User Group	April 14-16, 2008	18th Annual Northeast Users Groups Conference	Sheraton Framingham Hotel, 1657 Worcester Rd., Framingham, MA
Toronto Users Group for System i	April 22-24, 2008	TUG Technical Conference	Toronto, Ontario
Long Island System Users Group	May 21, 2008	2008 Education Day Event	Fox Hollow Inn and Conference Center, Woodbury, NY
OCEAN User Group	June 30, 2008	15th Annual Technical Conference and Vendor Solutions Expo	Hyatt Regency Irvine - Irvine, California
Northeast User Group	April 20-22, 2009	19th Annual Northeast Users Groups Conference	Sheraton Framingham Hotel, 1657 Worcester Rd., Framingham, MA
Northeast User Group	April 12-14, 2010	20th Annual Northeast Users Groups Conference	Sheraton Framingham Hotel, 1657 Worcester Rd., Framingham, MA
Northeast User Group	April 11-13, 2011	21st Annual Northeast Users Groups Conference	Sheraton Framingham Hotel, 1657 Worcester Rd., Framingham, MA
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International

We have no information on upcoming COMMON International events at this time. For more information on COMMON organizations in other countries, visit their Web sites:

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