G L O B A L   A C C E S S


Volume 1, No. 6                                         May, 1988

                             MUMPS means you never have to say you're sorting.



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     I don't want this piece to sound like an obituary, but I'm
afraid that at least a little of that aspect is inevitable, so
here goes:  on February 24, Bill Leroy resigned from DECUS.  At
that point, his numerous DECUS hats included chairmanship of both
the Atlanta LUG and the SIG Publications Committee (which brings
you this amazing compendium of editorial excellence every month).
Bill had done some reflecting, and come to the (unfortunate for
DECUS) conclusion that his heavy DECUS commitment was just not
compatible with the rest of his responsibilities.

     I first met Bill bright and early on the Sunday morning
which preceded the initial Symposium I attended after joining the
MUMPS Steering Committee.  We chanced to sit next to each other
in a leadership training session, and proceeded to work together
on the assigned problems.  This pure coincidence turned out to be
a great stroke of luck.  Back then, Bill was the RT-11 SIG News-
letter Editor, and already totally qualified in DECUS leadership
arcana.  I was brand new, and feeling like I had just parachuted
into a strange city with a blank page where the roadmap was sup-
posed to be.  Bill did a lot to put information on my roadmap. 
For that, and for all the other ways Bill helped me personally,
and DECUS in general, I would like to express my thanks.  And, I
am sure you will all join me in wishing Bill the best of luck in
all his future endeavors.$DATA

     Just look at all the goodies we've cooked up for you in
Cincinnati:

                        General Interest

MUMPS Roadmap                                   M010   Mo  9:00AM
Multi-Lingual Translation of Text               M021   Mo  9:30AM
DECUS Abstract Keyword Index                    M014   Mo 10:30AM
Large MUMPS Systems                             M005   We  4:00PM
MUMPS System Management Panel                   M006   We  5:00PM
MUMPS Tricks and Treats                         M008   Th  8:00PM
MUMPS Development Committee Report              M019   Fr 10:00AM
MUMPS Future Planning Session                   M018   Fr  1:00PM

                            Tutorials

Multi-Way B-Tree Database Implementation        M009   Mo 11:30AM
Software Prototyping                            M020   Mo  6:00PM
MUMPS Tutorial, an Overview                     M016   Mo  7:00PM

                     Public Domain Software

The Government and MUMPS                        M004   Tu  2:00PM
Medical Query Language (MQL):  An Application
     Generator for MUMPS Applications           M017   We  3:00PM
Full Relational Database in the Public Domain   M022   Fr  9:00AM

                          DSM Specific

DSM Product Panel                               M015   Tu  9:00AM
DASL--A 4th Generation Application Generator    M011   Tu 10:00AM
DECRAD:  Radiology Application System           M012   Tu  1:00PM
DSM and Networking                              M007   We 12:00M
FMS, All-IN-1, and MUMPS                        M013   We  2:00PM
MUMPS Dump Busters                              M002   Th  7:00PM


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May 8               Submission deadline for July newsletter
May 16-20           Spring '88 Symposium; Cincinnati, OH
June 13-17          MUG '88 Conference; New Orleans
October 17-21       Fall '88 Symposium; Anaheim, CA$ORDER("Podium")

     EVERYBODY misuses the word podium.  The podium is the wooden
contraption you stand behind, clamp your microphones to, and rest
your note cards on while you're making a speech, right?  (Joe
Clubmember told several amusing stories while he was behind the
podium....)  Wrong!  The podium is the dais or platform Joe was
standing on at the time.  The word comes from the Greek root pod-
which means foot.  The same root appears in the English word for
"foot doctor,"  podiatrist.  And, to finish straightening things
out, the proper term for the microphone and note card stand is
lectern, from the Latin word lector, meaning reader.


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     Did you know that there is a Kermit written in MUMPS?  Find
out about that, and what really went on at the Cincinnati Sym-
posium, in the July issue.

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     "Unless you're the lead dog, the scenery never changes."
 --Bumper sticker