From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,447bd1cf7a88c198 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-08 10:47:13 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.gv.tsc.tdk.com!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!enews.sgi.com!coop.net!newsfeed1.global.lmco.com!svlnews.lmms.lmco.com!not-for-mail From: William Dale Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: What to Do? Silly Valley Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 10:15:27 -0800 Organization: LMSSO Message-ID: <3A5A03BF.3E6E42AF@lmco.com> References: <3A4F5A4A.9ABA2C4F@chicagonet.net> <3A4F759E.A7D63F3F@netwood.net> <3A50ABDF.3A8F6C0D@acm.org> <92qdnn$jfg$1@news.huji.ac.il> <01HW.B6765648002CE836078EC71C@news.pacbell.net> <006101c074fe$f4c8f620$63075140@Cal> <3A526299.8FA7E6C6@lmco.com> <3A5783CC.821793A3@ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: william.dale.jr+adanews@lmco.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.197.10.38 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3781 Date: 2001-01-08T10:15:27-08:00 List-Id: All good information. At this point I'm sure Lockheed nor even Rational will put too much support behind Ada of SIGAda. I'm not sure I am available to help too much more that assisting with a few meetings a year and getting better visibility at Linux conferences. My fear is that soon everyone will be switching to C# -- even outside of Microsoft systems. Lao Xiao Hai wrote: > > One of the organiztions in Silicon Valley that gave support to the local > SigAda Chapter was Rational which is based in Santa Clara. They used > to provide meeting space for us. Also, certain units of Lockheed-Martin > were willing to let us use their meeting areas. My guess is that United Defense, > currently an active user of Ada, would also be willing to host a meeting now > and then. > > If the meeting notice is submitted eary enough to the San Jose Mercury News, > it will be published in the Computing Section in advance of the meeting. If > anyone from Rational is listening to this forum, perhaps they would be willing > to offer their facility for the first meeting. > > When Tyler Sperry was editor of Embedded Systems Programming Magazine, > he supported our efforts to combine one of our monthly meetings with the SF > Bay Area Embedded Systems Conference. > > At present, none of the SF Bay Area Colleges and Universitites (except NPS) still > teaches Ada so we cannot expect much support from that group. However, a few > professors are open-minded enough to consider attending a SigAda meeting now and > then. > > Perhaps Tucker would consider being the inaugural speaker for a resurrected SigAda > > in the Bay Area. > > I am a past Chairperson of the Chapter. The nomimal current Chair is Greg Downing > who > used to work at Rational. Greg is now working elsewhere. I don't recall who > the Treasurer > was, but there was a couple of hundred dollars in the treasury at the last report > I recall. > > Running this kind of organization will require commitment and energy. We need > someone with > the support of her/his company to do the job. Otherwise it will simply fade into > obscurity again. > > There are still people using Ada in the SF Bay Area who would be interested. > There are also > quite a few who are curious about Ada. This would be a good time to act. > Now, the question. > Who will take charge and make sure this all comes together? > > Richard Riehle > > William Dale wrote: > > > The ACM SIGAda Bay Area Chapter has been dormant for quite a while. I > > have an action to help revive it sometime before the LinuxWorld Expo in > > August 2001 here in San Jose. > > > > If anyone would like to get involved here in Silly Valley please let me > > know. I hope to hold a BOF at the LinuxWorld Expo event to get it kicked > > off? A meeting sooner would be possible as well. > > > > JF Harrison wrote: > > > > > > > Maybe we need a Silly Valley Ada Users Group? > > > > > > > > -- Brian (in Santa Clara, the belly of the beast) > > > > > > I'd join. Still learning Ada, but isnt that part of what a club/users group > > > is all about? > > > -JF in San Francisco > > > > William Dale > > "Ada has made you lazy and careless. > > You can write programs in C that are just as safe > > by the simple application of super-human diligence." > > mailto:william.dale.jr+adanews@lmco.com > > mailto:n2rhv+adanews@arrl.net