(top posting only for consistency with the previous reply in this thread...) Aha, this does answer one question I was wondering about: (here is a quote from "http://www.aztcs.org/about/about.shtml":) << "TCS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation and is affiliated with Association of PC Users Groups and the Arizona Alliance of Computer Clubs ." >> I had been wondering whether or not TCS (aztcs) was "affiliated with" the IEEE Computer Society. ((Apparently not; - - or, it would probably say so, right at or near the place quoted above). Just FYI, from -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwartz@acm.org Mike.L.Schwartz@gmail.com On 1/4/07, keith smith wrote: > > That would rock! I think this is something we need. It would be nice to > put up on the site what books are available so members can reserver the > book. I'll get ahold of the web team. > > I was a member of the Tucson Computer Society in the early 1990's. They > did not offer anything I really wanted or needed so I did not renew my > membership. They required a yearly membership which cost at the time about > $35.00/yr. > > In 2002 I joined again so I could be the Linux Sig lead because the lead > had moved on. Job conflicts caused me to discontinue being the Sig lead. > > The Tucson Computer Society is more of a hobby group. > http://www.aztcs.org/ > > I am still a member of TFUG. > > Keith > > > *"der.hans" * wrote: > > Am 03. Jan, 2007 schwätzte keith smith so: > > > I am not sure if I had mentioned it on this list or not .... The Tucson > Computer Society gets free books with the agreement that someone will review > the book and the review is published in their journal, used to be printer, > and circulated to about 3000 members. Of course this is 5 year old > information. > > Tucson computer society? Do you mean TFUG or something else? > > We could get that type of deal with several publishers. We have to have > people willing to read the books and publish reviews. We also need a place > on the web site for them to publish the reviews. > > > I think they used to publish a list of available titles and the ones > selected were ordered and distributed. > > > > Is it possible to do something like that here at PLUG? I would be > interested in reviewing a couple of books a year for a couple of free books > and the reviews could be posted to our soon to be new website. > > > > I would even volunteer to help with this. > > Make sure the web team knows you need to be able to publish book reviews. > I can get you in touch with a couple of publishers. > > ciao, > > der.hans > -- > # https://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.CiscoLearning.org/ > # Join the League of Professional System Administrators https://LOPSA.org/ > # History is nothing but a collection of fables and useless trifles, > # cluttered up with a mass of unnecessary figures and proper names. > # -- Leo Tolstoy--------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > Keith Smith > A link from my website to yours > Submit Your Metro Phoenix Website > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >