HTML Writers Guild Newsletter
Volume 6 Number 11, 5 June 2000
http://www.hwg.org/
mailto:editor@hwg.org
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Table of Contents
1. WWW9 in Amsterdam a complete success!
2. HWG welcomes two new employees, Marshall and Chris!
3. June Town Hall: Thursday, June 22nd
4. Member-Submitted Tips: Member Tips Categories
(Next Issue's Topic: )
5. Upcoming Online Classes: Take an online class!
6. HWG Events in Your Future: XML Europe 2000
7. Why Did I Get This Email? And Other HWG-News FAQs
(How to change your email address, how to unsubscribe, and more.)
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1. WWW9 in Amsterdam a complete success!
(Frank Boumphrey, VP of Special Events, vp-events@hwg.org)
The Guild recently returned from the WWW9 conference in Amsterdam,
where we gave a tutorial on XHTML, a talk on the Gutenberg Project, and
manned a booth.
The tutorial was well attended, and received good ratings from the
participants. Frank Boumphrey gave a talk on the Gutenberg Project in the
cultural track, which developed quite a bit of interest, especially among
the European Council for Culture, as well as the library community.
Our booth was a success, and it was the 'place to be' for many people
attending the conference, with a great time had by everyone there. If you
made it to the show, we were glad to see you, and if you missed us in
Amsterdam, make sure to keep an eye out on our events calendar, to see
if we are coming to an event near you!
2. HWG welcomes two new employees, Marshall and Chris!
(Ann Navarro, Chief Operating Officer, ann@hwg.org)
The Guild would like to extend a warm welcome to two new full-time
employees that have joined our staff this Spring.
Chris Weiss (chrisw@hwg.org) joined our staff in mid-April as an
Accounting Clerk. She brings a large array of organizational skills which
have already proven to be a great asset to our Florida office. If you
have contact with us regarding membership and class payments, or any
other matters handled by our Treasurer staff, you'll most likely be
speaking with Chris!
Marshall Jansen (marshall@hwg.org), who some of you may know as our
volunteer VP of Marketing and Outreach, came on board full-time last week
as our Senior Web Developer. Marshall will be responsible for the
maintenance and production of the Guild's primary Web site, and will be
assisting in the maintenance of our Web Crossings server used for the HWG
Online Education program, and the Guild's online bookstore, The Bookmark.
Marshall joins us remotely from his home off the coast of Mobile Bay
in Fairhope, Alabama.
We're happy to have both Chris and Marshall on staff, helping us to
provide you with faster service and the most up to date resources on
the Web as possible!
3. June Town Hall: Thursday, June 22nd
(Frank Boumphrey, VP of Special Events, vp-events@hwg.org)
Our last Town Hall was a little short on participants (no doubt due to our
missing the previous two months), but we're back in full swing, so please
come to our meeting. Town Halls are informal affairs, where you can talk
to the governing board, ask questions, and generally let you opinions be
known in a more public forum than email. We hope to see you there!
The details on the June town hall meeting are:
22 June Town Hall Meeting
Date: Thursday, 22 June 2000
Time: 6:30 p.m. PST, 9:30 p.m. EST
Server: HWG Interactive, http://interact.hwg.org/
IRC: irc.hwg.org, port 6667
Channel: #townhall
To connect, either go to the URL above and use the Java-based client
available via the web, or use your favorite IRC client and join channel
#townhall.
4. Member-Submitted Tips: Member Tips Categories
(Marshall Jansen, HWG-News Editor, hwg-news-tips@hwg.org)
The Guild's foundation is members helping members, sharing our expertise
and knowledge to improve our skills in the craft of web design. Everyone
has something to teach, and something to learn!
In keeping with that spirit, the HWG-News Newsletter HWG-News features
member-submitted "tips" in each issue, in the space between articles and
announcements. What happens if your tip is selected? Each issue, the
first-place winner will receive a free HWG t-shirt. Runner-up tips will
be also listed in the HWG-News newsletter as space permits, and
submissions will be posted on the HWG web site.
The topic for this issue, as announced last issue, is:
Member Tips Categories
Your editor is running out of ideas for tip categories! For the next
issue, I'd like to see you submit some categories you'd like to see
tips on, with the winner being the person who sends in the best
tip category!
An archive of old tips may be found at:
http://www.hwg.org/opcenter/newsletter/tips/
Complete rules and information (including size limits) are also listed
at the URL above -- please read it!
This issue's winner was sent in by Shannon Hager
[HWG-News Tip: Member Tips Categories -------------------------------]
Please do run a tips feature on the following:
Taking over (and cleaning up) a website when the former webmaster
is gone.
[--------------- Submitted by Shannon Hager ]
If you have suggestions for upcoming HWG News Tip topics, you can
send those to hwg-news-tips@hwg.org as well. The category for
the next newsletter is:
Taking over another author's site.
In today's job market, new web developers will often be required
to take over existing code... often when the original author(s)
are long gone. What are some methods that can help ease the pain
of having to take over existing code, cleaning it up and making
it more maintainable?
Send in your 5-8 line tips on Taking over another author's site
to hwg-news-tips@hwg.org.
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5. Upcoming Online Classes: Take an online class!
(Ann Navarro, Online Education Director, classes@hwg.org)
Through a web-based interface, we offer a broad series of online
classes designed to teach you the skills you need, in a way that fits
your busy schedule. Our instructors are your fellow Guild members,
chosen for their expertise in their field and their willingness to
pass along their experience to you.
Upcoming courses you can take include:
Online classes currently open for enrollment include:
Introduction to XML
Dates: June 12, 2000 - July 23, 2000 (6 weeks)
Tuition: $40 Full members, $70 Trial members
Details: http://www.hwg.org/services/classes/x101.7.html
Come find out what the buzz is all about! XML, the Extensible
Markup Language, is driving the future of data storage and
exchange. Get hands on development experience using freely available tools.
Introduction to HTML 4.0
Dates: June 19, 2000 - July 30, 2000 (6 weeks)
Tuition: $40 Full members, $70 Trial members
Details: http://www.hwg.org/services/classes/h101.16.html
Leave your WYSIWYG editor behind and explore the nuts and bolts that
make web pages function!
Beginning Programming with Perl
Dates: June 26, 1999 - August 6, 2000
Tuition: $40 Full members, $70 Trial members
Details: http://www.hwg.org/services/classes/p101.7.html
Learn the basics of the Perl programming language, system
administration, and a variety of other tasks. The course will cover
the fundamentals of the language, preparing you for a variety of
scripting projects. (Please note, this is not a CGI course)
Business Writing Basics
Dates: July 3, 2000 - August 27, 2000 (8 weeks)
Tuition: $25 Full members, $50 Trial members
Details: http://www.hwg.org/services/classes/b101.8.html
You may be good at HTML tags, but that's just half the equation!
Learn how to make your content sizzle in our writing course!
COURSE FEES
Course fees are based on membership level; Full members receive a
discounted tuition price, while Trial members pay the standard price.
Full membership is only $40 per year, so upgrade your membership
before registering, and save money! Payments may be made online via
secure transaction; all figures are in U.S. funds.
A certificate of completion is available for an additional $5;
the request needs to be made at the time of registration. A
certificate can be requested after class is completed for $10.
Textbooks (when required) are separate and may be purchased through
the Guild's online bookstore, The Bookmark. Books should be
purchased before the first week of class! In addition, students
should have regular access to the web and the ability to post
completed assignments on a public (non-Intranet) web server.
Sign up today through our online enrollment forms or get more
information at:
http://www.hwg.org/services/classes/
6. HWG Events in Your Future: XML Europe 2000
(Frank Boumphrey, VP of Special Events, vp-events@hwg.org)
As part of our ongoing Speakers Bureau program, we are pleased to
present this list of upcoming industry events at which the Guild will
be participating. More information can be found at our events page:
http://www.hwg.org/opcenter/events/
* XML Europe 2000
Paris, France
June 14, 2000
http://www.gca.org/attend/2000_conferences/europe_2000/default.htm
Frank Boumphrey will be presenting "Using XML in Medical Internet
applications".
* BJS/Search National Conference: Justice, E-Government, and the Internet
Dallas, Texas
June 26-28, 2000
http://www.search.org/conferences/BJS062600.htm
Ann Navarro will be hosting several panel discussions throughout the
event.
If you are attending either of these events, please stop by and introduce
yourself to our HWG representatives, we'd love to meet you!
7. Why Did I Get This Email? And Other HWG-News FAQs
(HWG-News Newsletter Editor, editor@hwg.org)
This newsletter was edited by Marshall Jansen . Thanks
to Christy Jansen for proofreading and moral support, and putting up with
me writing a newsletter the night after our wedding night!
Some questions you may be asking:
Q: Why did I get this mail?
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http://www.hwg.org/lists/hwg-news/index.html
Q. Why doesn't this newsletter talk about web design or HTML more?
A. The newsletter is the Guild's administrative bulletin to the
membership; beyond the HWG News Tips, we don't include specific
information on web creation. If you are interested in the topics
of Web design and HTML, then you might want to subscribe to
some of our discussion lists devoted to those topics. More
information on the Guild's offering of discussion lists can be
found at:
http://www.hwg.org/lists/mailinglists.html
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