Changes made in FALL 88 (V2.0) to support the Canada DECUS Symposium in Feb.
1989 in Vancouver, B.C.:

1)	The SRN number that was assigned automatically has been changed to use
	the participants full DECUS Number. This required extensive changes to
	support the longer string and introduced some potential restrictions
	in operations since we don't want to re-use a number. For persons with
	no DECUS Number (new Walkin Members), the system will assign a fake SRN
	as before.

2)	The registration form was changed to support the modifications to the
	Manual form sent out. This was really just a simplification as the
	number of different packages was changed.

3)	The badge layout was changed a bit. The Full DECUS Number is there,
	with just the first name in bold double height, double width
	characters. The character set was extended to support all printing
	7-bit characters.

4)	A check is made on every registrant to against a DENIED PARTIES LIST.
	This check is done after the tombstone information is verified. The
	last name and company name are used as search strings in the DENIED
	file. The first 12 matches are displayed. The DENIED file does not
	contain addresses, so any likely match from the display must be
	further checked against the full hardcopy list.

5)	Pickup utility has been implemented to identify attendees registered
        at the conference hotel or location at which they may be reached 
        during the conference. The data is gathered and entered when the
        registrant comes in to pickup his hand-out/registration package.


Keith Weaver