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1. Newsletters/Slides Introduction 
 
This page provides web site readers with recent VIP CLUB newsletters files and topical viewgraphs.  

2. Electronic Newsletters

To sign up for notification when a new newsletter is available, send an e-mail to us.  If you have dial-up service, we suggest that you continue with U.S. Mail deliveries as it may take several minutes to download the pdf files.  [lab]
On this page, scroll to:
  1.  Introduction
  2.  Electronic Newsletters
  3.  Newsletter Archives 
  4.  Slide Shows

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3. Newsletter Archives
2010  January/February, March, April, May, June, July/August, September, October, November, and December.

4.  Slide Shows 

Note that pdf format files are used to reduce the download time of many of these slides.  If a reader wants an individual viewgraph for re-use, contact the webmaster with your specific need.
September 2008 through May 2009 - Minnesota's Hidden History of Computing - A lecture series presented by the Charles Babbage Institute, Dr. Tom Misa, et al.  (http://www.umn.edu/~tmisa/MHHC.) Note that the first of these was repeated at the VIP Club program on September 9th, 2009.
 
August 2008.  Sesquicentennial Tent on the Minnesota State Fair Grounds.  Slides were presented at a Computer Technology Forum on 24 August.  Thanks to Bernie Jansen for coordinating the forum presenters.  Thanks to Ron Q. Smith for merging this set of presentations. 
 
May 2008.  Sesquicentennial Booth on the Minnesota Capitol Mall.  Slides were scrolling on a large screen display.  Thanks to Harvey Taipale for coordinating and formatting this set of ERA history.

VIP Page 83 updated Wednesday, June 02, 2010