Hello all IMAGE users,

Back on 15 Dec 99 I noted that Wed 16 Feb 2000 will be the
"Database Day" at SIG3000;  where SIGIMAGE, SIGHPSQL
(formerly SIGALLBASE), and SIGOMNIDEX will be the only
SIGs scheduled to meet on that day.

I also said:

> We will try and reserve about two hours (total time somewhat
> dependent on response to this call for participants and other
> agenda items) for IMAGE users to lead short focus sessions
> on subjects of particular urgency or special interest to their
> sites. ......
>
> To get on the schedule, at a minimum would like to get:
>
> (1)  A "focus session" title.
> (2)  A short description of the problem / needed feature(s) / etc.
> (3)  Estimated time required.
>
> To get the ball rolling, I asked for a member of the SIEC to
> volunteer to lead one focus session.  The other seven slots are
> for now reserved for users that are NOT on the SIEC.  .....
>
> Our first volunteer was SIEC member Ken Paul:  He offered to
> lead one 15-minute focus session on his long-standing pet
> peeve:   IMAGE ERROR MESSAGES.

And the response so far (except for one HP Expert Center
person who said they might be able to lead a focus session
of the pros and cons of PREFETCH):     A great silence....

....  well....  O.K...:    Having gone nearly a month without more
volunteers, I'm now going to also open this up to the rest of the
SIEC.  Trying to do my part, I volunteer myself to lead one 15-
or-so minute focus session.  My title is:

"The case for NOT letting SQL access to IMAGE fall behind
Microsoft SQL/Server 7.0"

Additional volunteers on other subjects still gratefully accepted...
or is everything going so smoothly for most users that there is
NOTHING else you want HP to improve / fix / enhance in
Image/SQL ??...  somehow I doubt that....     :-)

Ken Sletten
SIGIMAGE Chair