Tuesday, December 15, 2015

6:30 PM

  • Needs a location

  • We'll introduce Elm and what makes it unique. We'll then dive into creating a simple application using Elm.

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  • Sprint Accelerator

    210 W. 19th Terr., Kansas City, MO (map)
     

  • Come and listen to fellow developers in the area give lightning talks over a wide variety of topics and stay after to socialize!

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  • Lackman Library

    15345 W 87th St Pkwy, Lenexa, KS (map)

  • Earl Glynn will talk about Jupyter notebooks.
    Additional topics to be announced later.

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    Friday, December 4, 2015

    7:00 PM

  • DeVry University

    11224 Holmes Road, Kansas City, MO (map)

  • DeVry University, Room 115, 11225 Holmes Road, Kansas City, MO
  • Park out in front of campus and come in through the front doors.
    Friday nights at 7:00 p.m. will be our weekly open house, meeting, and project night. We may start a bit early for members that want to know what we are planning for upcoming events, board meetings, etc. but we will try to get it out of the way before the night officially begins at 7:00 p.m.
    Keep an eye on MeetUp to see what events will be coming up. We may be having movie nights, build nights, PPPRS team sign ups and building, community out reach events, and more. Don't forget Maker Faire is coming up and we'll start planning for that fun event!

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    Thursday, December 3, 2015

    5:30 PM

  • McCoy's Public House

    4057 Pennsylvania Ave, Kansas City, MO 64111, Kansas City, MO (map)

  • Please join me at McCoy's in Westport for some much need post Thanksgiving crunch time decompressing!

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  • TranSystems Corporation

    2400 Pershing Rd Ste 400, Kansas City, MO (map)

  • See Directions in details below.
  • In our next Meetup Stephen Christense­n will be giving a presentation on Spatial Wizards, Elephants, and OGRes: Pouring the Foundation to Engineer a GIS with Open Source.
    Regardless of whether you’re building a web map, RESTful service, desktop GUI, or ETL tool, there are some common themes you will need to consider and implement when building a non-trivial GIS. How should I store my data? Can I quickly access the right data as my app grows? Is it feasible to interact with my clients’ arbitrary GIS data to add value to the app? We will focus on tools written for the C-family of programming languages, specifically GDAL/OGR, PostGIS, and postgres Foreign Data Wrappers, then show you how to use Python to pull it all together and build a respectable application.
    I am very much looking forward to this presentation! See you there!
    Ron
    Directions:
    Travel to TranSystems in Crown Center, Just park in the parking lot at 2400 Pershing Road. The parking lot entrance is on the north side. Just go in front of the West Crown Center hotel, keep going east to McGee Street. McGee runs into the parking garage.
    Go in to parking garage, take a ticket if you have to, but parking is free after 6pm.
    Then park on either the GOLD or ORANGE level. Just look for the big 2400 white numbers on the GOLD wall or ORANGE wall. Next to the 2400 Numbers are the elevators.
    Take the elevators to the 4th floor.
    That is TranSystems front desk, our meeting in behind the front desk in the Union Station Conference Room. 

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  • Sprint Accelerator

    210 W. 19th Terr., Kansas City, MO (map)

  • For this reboot meeting the plan is to network and have an open discussion about the kinds of content and presenters. We hope you can join us and help to set the direction for the group for 2016!

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    Wednesday, December 2, 2015

    7:00 PM

  • Needs a location

  • This is just a placeholder to make it clear that there will be no meetup for December due to the holidays.
    We plant to resume meetups on February 3.

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    Wednesday, December 2, 2015

    6:30 PM

  • Centriq

    8700 State Line Rd. Suite 200, Leawood, KS (map)

  • The project's model is defined, and now it's time to setup Entity Framework to generate our database.  Come join us as we represent our model in classes and configure Entity Framework to build our database.  Don't forget to bring the model for your project along with your laptop.  This will be a working meeting.

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    Tuesday, December 1, 2015

    7:00 PM

  • Tannin Wine Bar & Kitchen

    1526 Walnut Street, Kansas City, MO (map)
  • Open to anyone in the area who is interested in developing video games. In order to have a little structure, we'll try to do a couple things each week:
      Introduce new members. What have you worked on, game related or not? What do you want to work on next?
      Discuss this week's conversation starter. Some article, video or game that we can dig into a little.
      Members can present any games they're working on, for feedback or just to brag.
    Of course, it's all very informal. The main goal is interesting conversation(s) about our passion.
    Looking forward to it!

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    December 14th, 2015 Meeting


    The last HOADB2UG meeting for 2015 is coming up on Monday December 14th.  I am excited to have Linda Claussen, a Senior Systems Advisor for Themis, Inc. present for us.  Our second guest speaker is Marichu Scanlon, who is with the IBM Silicon Valley Laboratory.
    Here is the tentative agenda for the December 14th meeting:
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    8:00 to 8:30 am Check in and continental breakfast
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    8:30 to 8:35 am IBM
    IBM Announcements – Shri Shrimali, IBM
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    8:35 to 10:00 am – Linda Claussen - Part 1
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    10:00 to 10:15 am Break
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    10:15 to 11:30 am – Linda Claussen - Part 2
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    11:30 to 12:30 pm Lunch
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    12:30 to 12:35 pm Stefan Kolev, President
    User Group Announcements
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    12:35 to 2:00 pm –  Marichu Scanlon - Part 1
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    2:00 to 2:15 pm Break
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    2:15 to 3:30 pm – Marichu Scanlon - Part 2
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    More Information:
    Speaker Bios:
    Linda Claussen - A frequent speaker at conferences and user groups, Linda's 40+ years of experience spans the various roles of application developer, project manager, Data Base Administration and Systems Programmer. Linda's first exposure to DB2 started with DB2 1.1 and since the late 80’s she has been actively engaged in consulting and training assignments to large DB2 environments. She has frequently worked with new DB2 sites performing the initial DB2 install, providing training and consulting to the Project Leader, DBAs and Application staff responsible for the initial DB2 pilot project and conducting design reviews to insure successful project implementation. Linda is currently a senior systems advisor for Themis, Inc., a past member of the IBM DB2 GOLD Consultants program and a current member of the IBM consultants advisory counsel.

    Abstracts:
    Using DB2 for z/OS Extended Features to Solve Complex Requirements
    Throughout the last several releases of DB2 for z/OS IBM has introduced extended features to address complex data access requirements. Making informed choices in the utilization of MQTs, Table Expressions, Clone tables, Global Temporary Tables, Archive and Temporal Tables, surrogate keys, and more are critical to performance. This 2 part session helps the application developer and database administrator in the selection, use and implementation of the extended features of DB2 to solve complex performance problems.

    Objectives:

              Create and manage array data types, surrogate keys,  MQTs, clones, triggers, temporal tables, temporary tables, hash tables, LOBs, and more
              Make informed advanced feature selection choices.
              Identify key strengths and weaknesses of selected features.

    Data Server Manager Overview and Demo
    Customers have always had separate tools for database administration, performance monitoring, configuration management, and query tuning. Now you can do all of these tasks using one tool. IBM® Data Server Manager Base Edition (DSM) is available as a no-charge download from Developer Works. DSM Base Edition is a simple, scalable, and smart solution to administer, monitor, manage, and optimize the performance of IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows databases across the enterprise. Available with DB2 for Advanced Enterprise Server Edition and as a Business-value offering is the IBM Data Server Manager Enterprise Edition. The Enterprise Edition includes historical monitoring and analysis, smart alerting, client configuration and monitoring, query tuning, and more. Both editions offer a lightweight setup option for real-time monitoring and administration. DSM Enterprise Edition requires a repository database that can be created and setup before or after DSM is up and running. Today, you will see a high-level overview of DSM and then we will go through a demo of the product.
    Member Fees
    The membership fees for 2015 remain unchanged from 2014 and the breakdown is as follows:

    2015 Fee Structure:
    Annual Membership $180.00
    Pay in Advance Single Event $ 55.00
    Late Registration/Walk in Single Event $ 65.00

    Please Note:  There are options to purchase annual memberships as well as individual meetings through the website.

    Meeting Location
    A reminder that our meetings are held at Kansas University -
    Edwards Campus, Regnier Building at 127th and Quivira in Overland
    Park.
    *** Please note this is the Regnier Building at KU-E, NOT the ***
    *** Regnier Building at Johnson County Community College. ***
      
    Kansas University - Edwards Campus
    12600 Quivira Rd
    Overland Park, KS 66213-2402

    Maps and directions are available here:
    https://edwardscampus.drupal.ku.edu/campus-map#drivingdirections

    The Regnier building is in the southeast corner of the complex, and you will find parking in front of that building off of 127th St. Our exact room will be posted on the information screen as you enter the building.


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  • Centriq Training

    8700 State Line Road, Leawood, KS (map)


  • Let's relax and have show and tell! Our annual potluck and demo night in December gives everyone the chance to see others' work and to have the chance to win valuable prizes! We will spend the evening sharing a potluck dinner, seeing what everyone's been up to during the past year, and exploring new tools and techniques with Creative Cloud. This is our "annual demo night" and it also gives us the chance to give away a complete year's subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud to one lucky winner.
    When you RSVP, tell us what you're willing to show and tell.
    Here's how to get more chances to win...
    • Just by showing up, you'll receive a raffle ticket.

    • Having earned one for each meeting you've attended since June, those raffle tickets will be added to the pile.

    • If you bring at least one food item for the potluck, you'll receive an additional raffle ticket.

    • If you give a demo of something you've worked on, are currently learning, or just want to show off a technique or tool you've discovered, you'll receive an additional raffle ticket. Demos are limited to 10 minutes.

    • If you want to buy an additional raffle ticket, they are $10 each and the funds will be used to help pay Meetup costs for the group ($180/year) plus incidental expenses.

    This is always a fun meeting, and gives us the chance to look up from our computers and see what else is going on around us. Come prepared to eat, have fun, and win prizes!
    See you there!

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    Help us Stock the Shoppe at the SMCKC December 4 breakfast
    It's not too late to get tickets for the Friday, December 4 SMCKC breakfast. We're asking if attendees will help us support the Eric Berry Foundation and Think Big Coworking Stock the Shoppe Toy Drive at Children's Mercy. This year, they're hoping to collect 1,600 new toys/gifts, 400 books and 300 stuffed animals for children ages newborn to 21 years old.
    Not sure what to donate? Take a peek at the most-needed items on their wish list. We will have containers at the breakfast to collect items. Hope to see you there!
     
    Register Now


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    Next up, Monday December 7th:  At Think Big Partners for ”Holiday Cheer with UXPAKC and Connecting for Good.”   Join UXPA-KC for holiday cheer in December! Our friends from Connecting for Good will share how they are helping Kansas Citians get online and up-to-speed with computing skills and access to the internet. In the spirit of the giving, we'll be collecting donations of old working computers. We will also have a raffle with awesome prizes to raise funds for Connecting for Good.  Get your tickets here:  


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    Tuesday, December 1, 2015

    7:00 PM

  • Johnny's Tavern North

    410 N Second, Lawrence, KS (map)
     

  • Hey, there's a KU basketball game this evening so getting a large table could be tricky. If you're planning to attend, please RSVP so we don't tell Johnny's staff we need a larger table than we actually need.
    This informal gathering is for designers and developers to get together, grab some food and/or drinks, and talk shop. A lot of great discussions and networking happen organically at these meetings, don't miss out!

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  • Sprint Accelerator

    210 W. 19th Terr., Kansas City, MO, Kansas City, MO (map)
     

  • http://codeforkc.org/
  • Interested in helping the Kansas City area?  Great! Whether or not you know how to code, you can help by joining us to work on civic hacking to create a better Kansas City and surrounding cities. Bring projects, ideas, designs, laptops, data, and friends.
    Meeting Format
    6:00 - Social / Introductions 6:10 - New Member Orientation 6:20 - Project Pitches
    See if there are any updates on projects
    See if anyone has a new project they would like to work on Pitch existing projects to work on
    6:30 - Work on projects (7:00 ~ Pizza arrives -- first Mondays only)  7:45 - Wrap up - get project updates


    Location: Community Room on the South side of the building.
    Please RSVP so that we know how many snacks & drinks to bring.
    Civic Heroes of all types welcome! This event is for coders and non-coders alike -- as long as you're interested in making government more transparent and building interesting things for our city, you're more than welcome!
    Bring a laptop: If you intend on getting some hands-on hacking done (it’s ok if you can’t but it definitely helps to have one).
    On first Mondays, there will be pizza! We'll be getting some 'za from Sizzle Pie, so there will be a vegetarian option.
    If you have something you'd like to work on or are excited about, please let us know via the meetup or at the hack night itself. We are growing our initiative and the energy comes from the community.
    Code for Kansas City has a Code of Conduct! Please always be respectful and help us keep our events welcoming, positive, productive environments for everyone.
    Connect with Us:
    • Join our Code for KC email list.
    Follow us on Twitter @CodeforKC
    • Registering up at the national Brigade site.
    • Joining our Google+ community.

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    Monday, November 30, 2015

    6:30 PM

  • Red Nova Labs

    4830 Rainbow Blvd, Westwood, KS (map)

  • Join us on Monday, November 30 for a discussion of the DMCA or Digital Millennium Copyright Act with Ralph Munyan!
    Everyone who is working on the web today should know what the DMCA is and how it can work for them. So, how does WordPress, GPL, and DMCA work together? Bring your burning questions and find out next week!
    Networking begins at 6:30 and the presentation begins at 7:00.

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  • Stackify

    11551 Ash St #250, Leawood, KS (map)

  • Park in the free parking garage south of the AMC HQ, come up the stairs in the Becker building, walk to the end of the hallway to the party!
  • You probably know that Stackify makes a killer dev tool for .NET and Azure Web Apps, but did you know we also brew our own beer and make our own card game? True. We’ll prove it to you.

    Come hang at our place Tuesday, December 8th at 6PM for pizza, drinks, and a Developers Against Humanity death match (other random nerdery may ensue. It’ll be a surprise).

    This hang out is totally free, there is a 15 person limit though so register now!

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    Wednesday, December 2, 2015

    6:30 PM

  • Centriq

    8700 State Line Rd. Suite 200, Leawood, KS (map)
     

  • The project's model is defined, and now it's time to setup Entity Framework to generate our database.  Come join us as we represent our model in classes and configure Entity Framework to build our database.  Don't forget to bring the model for your project along with your laptop.  This will be a working meeting.

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  • IBM

    11200 Lakeview Ave, Lenexa, KS (map)

  • 2nd building South of College and West of Lakeview. Parking is on the west side of the building.
  • Wow, what a great turnout at the last meetup! The TechRIoT launch event, at the Garmin facility, brought together an estimated 150 attendees. Let's continue that momentum and end the year with another great meetup.
    In this meetup, we are very excited to bring you a cool demonstration of IoT technology that has the potential to save lives! This demo built with IBM software and Intel hardware, garnered a lot of attention at the TechWeek KC conference in September. If you are a developer, you will not want to miss the session on how to create an interactive web app using Bluemix in 15 minutes. Finally, don't leave your entrepreneur friends at home. We will have a local entrepreneur sharing his ideas on building a business from the ground up.
    We look forward to seeing everyone at the next meetup. Please make sure you RSVP for this event, so we can get a good estimate.
    When: December 8 @ 6PM CT
    Where: IBM Lenexa - 11200 Lakeview Avenue, Lenexa, KS 66221. We will meet in the Lightning & Thunder Conference room
    Agenda:
    6:00 - 6:15 PM - Updates (Industry, products, and events)
    6:15 - 7:30 PM - Topics of the month
    • Could IoT save lives? Demo by Pradeep Natarajan
    • Create a web app in 15 minutes using Bluemix by Nick Geib
    • Entrepreneur of the month - Jeff Gray, CEO of CertTech (www.certtech.com)
    Please bring your fellow IoT enthusiasts too (have them sign-up to the meetup group and RSVP to this event please). We are still looking for new  IoT topics for discussions, and an active participation from this group. This session is meant for everyone - noobs, tinkerers, developers, and entrepreneurs! If you bring your laptop you can sign up for a Bluemix trial (https://ibm.biz/Meetup_Lenexa) and try a few things hands-on.
    IBM will be sponsoring refreshments.
    See you all at the meetup!

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  • Sprint Accelerator

    210 W. 19th Terr., Kansas City, MO, Kansas City, MO (map)

  • http://codeforkc.org/
  • Interested in helping the Kansas City area?  Great! Whether or not you know how to code, you can help by joining us to work on civic hacking to create a better Kansas City and surrounding cities. Bring projects, ideas, designs, laptops, data, and friends.
    Meeting Format
    6:00 - Social / Introductions 6:10 - New Member Orientation 6:20 - Project Pitches
    See if there are any updates on projects
    See if anyone has a new project they would like to work on Pitch existing projects to work on
    6:30 - Work on projects (7:00 ~ Pizza arrives -- first Mondays only)  7:45 - Wrap up - get project updates

    Location: Community Room on the South side of the building.
    Please RSVP so that we know how many snacks & drinks to bring.
    Civic Heroes of all types welcome! This event is for coders and non-coders alike -- as long as you're interested in making government more transparent and building interesting things for our city, you're more than welcome!
    Bring a laptop: If you intend on getting some hands-on hacking done (it’s ok if you can’t but it definitely helps to have one).
    On first Mondays, there will be pizza! We'll be getting some 'za from Sizzle Pie, so there will be a vegetarian option.
    If you have something you'd like to work on or are excited about, please let us know via the meetup or at the hack night itself. We are growing our initiative and the energy comes from the community.
    Code for Kansas City has a Code of Conduct! Please always be respectful and help us keep our events welcoming, positive, productive environments for everyone.
    Connect with Us:
    • Join our Code for KC email list.
    Follow us on Twitter @CodeforKC
    • Registering up at the national Brigade site.
    • Joining our Google+ community.

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    Wednesday, December 9, 2015

    5:30 PM

  • The Well

    7421 Broadway , Kansas City, MO (map)

  • It's the holiday season so rather than hang out at Centriq and talk Java, let's hang out at The Well and talk Java.
    RiverPoint will be sponsoring and will buy the first round! Hope to see you there.

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    This is a group for people interested in bioinformatic applications, either as researcher or a programmer. The Kansas City area has a large concentration of biotechnology companies and institutions doing amazing and diverse work. I'm hoping this group will give people a chance to meet others in this field. We'll meet once a month after work for a happy hour to see how everyone is doing and to discuss projects, interests, or whatever. I want to help grow the bioinformatic community in KC, and I think a little face-to-face time would do us all wonders.


    Thursday, December 3, 2015

    5:30 PM

    McCoy's Public House

    4057 Pennsylvania Ave, Kansas City, MO 64111, Kansas City, MO (map)

  • Please join me at McCoy's in Westport for some much need post Thanksgiving crunch time decompressing!

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  • Lawrence Public Library

    707 Vermont St, Lawrence, KS (map)
     

  • Meeting Room C: Downstairs level, the the right as you come downstairs
  • Join us for a pre-holiday show-and-tell. Topics to be determined: If you have something you want to share, leave a comment on the event.
    If you'd like to be fed at the meetup, I need a volunteer to order and pick up pizza from Rudy's. If that's you, let me know and I'll help you figure out how much to order based on RSVPs. I'll also reimburse you for the cost of the pizza, and your fellow coders will thank you for your help.
    Or if you'd rather eat beforehand, that's cool too.

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  • Sprint Accelerator

    210 W. 19th Terr., Kansas City, MO (map)
     

  • For this reboot meeting the plan is to network and have an open discussion about the kinds of content and presenters. We hope you can join us and help to set the direction for the group for 2016!

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    KC SQL Server User Group - Overcoming Chartaphobia

     

    Thursday, November 19, 2015 from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
    Presenter:  Meagan Longoria
    Topic:  Overcoming Chartaphobia: Moving Your Organization Toward Interesting and Enlightening Data Visualization

    Do your organization’s reports consist mostly of giant tables of data? Perhaps you’ve gotten as far as adding KPI indicators to the tables. Although tables of data presented as reports are commonly found in many organizations, they might be doing you and your users a disservice. You should optimize your data visualization just as you optimize your databases. Reports are a user interface that must be purposefully designed to help users achieve their goal of making informed decisions. In this session we’ll review some data visualization best practices and apply those concepts to the use of Microsoft reporting tools such as Excel, Power View, and SQL Server Reporting Services. You’ll leave with guidance on how to take boring, unreadable tables of data and turn them into useful and visually appealing reports.



    http://www.eventbrite.com/e/kc-sql-server-user-group-overcoming-chartaphobia-tickets-19598062332?aff=mcivte                                                                       
    Cerner Worldheadquarters
    2702 Rockcreek Parkway
    Kansas









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    What is Global Entrepreneurship Week?
     
    Global Entrepreneurship Week—powered by the Kauffman Foundation—is the world’s largest celebration of the innovators and job creators who launch startups that bring ideas to life, drive economic growth, and expand human welfare. During one week each November, thousands of events and competitions around the world inspire millions to engage in entrepreneurial activity while connecting them to potential collaborators, mentors, and even investors.

    Kansas City consistently has been among the leading cities for GEW events and this year looks to be bigger and better than ever! With more than 80 activities planned by local organizations throughout metropolitan Kansas City, there’s something for everyone. The wide variety of education, networking, and collaborative events give aspiring entrepreneurs and experienced business people an opportunity to share in the spirit of entrepreneurship in Kansas City.
     

    http://www.kcsourcelink.com/docs/default-source/default-document-library/gew-calendar-20151.pdf?sfvrsn=2

    SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE
    THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12

    • Kansas City Business for Breakfast
    • Intellectual Property Basics for Entrepreneurs
    • Engineers Working and Thinking Outside the Box
    • Advanced Patent Topics for Entrepreneurs
    • Hispanic Entrepreneurs Expo – Tools to Help Your Business Take Off
    • Don’t Waste the Week!



    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13
     
     
    • Startup Weekend


    SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14
     
     
    • A Taste of Excelsior Expo
    • Holiday Open House



    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16
     
     
    • Kickoff: Networking in Your Neighborhood
    • #Cowork4Good
    • Multicultural Business Happy Hour
    • T(eacher)ED Talks: Ideas About the Future of KC Education
    • Bloch Entrepreneur of the Year Award



    TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17
     
     
    • Breakfast for Champions
    • #Cowork4Good
    • Bringing Innovation to Life: How Digital Sandbox KC Is Fueling Future KC Entrepreneurs
    • Coffee with Danny O’Neill
    • eKC Explained 2015
    • Resource and Regulatory Assistance Seminar
    • CYA: Cover Your Assets
    • Capital Kansas City Style
    • Venture Lounge
    • Business Showcase Networking + Put Your Business on the Map
    • Kauffman FastTrac® New VentureTM for Women
    • How to get into Techstars – the Sprint Mobile Accelerator
    • Esprit Event
    • Money Making Marketing: Don’t Waste Your Money
    • Startup Grind: Barnett Helzberg
    • Business Basics: The Business of Non-Profits
    • Taking Your Ideas from Conception to Commercialization
    • The Five Must-Have Business Relationships
    • How to Start a Business in Blue Springs



    WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18
     
     
    • HEMP Retreat
    • One in a Million
    • Starting a Business: Small Business Basics in a Day
    • #Cowork4Good
    • Northland Coffee Connect
    • Kauffman FastTrac® Listening to Your BusinessTM
    • 1 Million Cups – Lawrence
    • SBA Financing 101!
    • Design Your Own Website – 101
    • Hard-Hat Lunch
    • KCK Women’s Chamber Luncheon
    • Beyond Science: Overlooked IP for Life Sciences
    • Against the Odds: Take 2
    • Disruption Institute’s Demo Day
    • Fearless Founders Reception



    THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19
     
     
    • #Cowork4Good
    • Think Big Thursday: Collisions Coffee (Wise Words)
    • QuickBooks® How to Track Jobs, Time and Mileage
    • The Sales Series: Finding the Right Sales System
    • Networking Lunch
    • QuickBooks® Intermediate
    • Women’s Entrepreneurship Day: Ask the Experts
    • 2015 Annual Dinner
    • Ice House Entrepreneurship Program
    • Athena League VOX
    • 22nd Anniversary Event: Enterprising Individuals, Strengthening Communities
    • Open House Night, GEW
    • Women in Entrepreneurship Panel
    • Chat with Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, Inc.
    • Discover the Better Business Bureau



    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20
     
     
    • Startup Waffles
    • #Cowork4Good
    • Global Entrepreneurship Week Tour
    • Anderson Chandler Lecture with Steve Wozniak
    • Congressional Forum
    • Arts in Entrepreneurship Showcase
    • GEW Wrap Up
    • Entrepreneur StoryTime: The Business of Microbrews
    • WineDown Weekend: An Exhibition of Local Food and Drink



    • Annual Gala


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    December 14th, 2015 Meeting


    The last HOADB2UG meeting for 2015 is coming up on Monday December 14th.  I am excited to have Linda Claussen, a Senior Systems Advisor for Themis, Inc. present for us.  Our second guest speaker is Marichu Scanlon, who is with the IBM Silicon Valley Laboratory.
    Here is the tentative agenda for the December 14th meeting:
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    8:00 to 8:30 am Check in and continental breakfast
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    8:30 to 8:35 am IBM
    IBM Announcements – Shri Shrimali, IBM
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    8:35 to 10:00 am – Linda Claussen - Part 1
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    10:00 to 10:15 am Break
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    10:15 to 11:30 am – Linda Claussen - Part 2
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    11:30 to 12:30 pm Lunch
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    12:30 to 12:35 pm Stefan Kolev, President
    User Group Announcements
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    12:35 to 2:00 pm –  Marichu Scanlon - Part 1
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    2:00 to 2:15 pm Break
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    2:15 to 3:30 pm – Marichu Scanlon - Part 2
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
    More Information:
    Speaker Bios:
    Linda Claussen - A frequent speaker at conferences and user groups, Linda's 40+ years of experience spans the various roles of application developer, project manager, Data Base Administration and Systems Programmer. Linda's first exposure to DB2 started with DB2 1.1 and since the late 80’s she has been actively engaged in consulting and training assignments to large DB2 environments. She has frequently worked with new DB2 sites performing the initial DB2 install, providing training and consulting to the Project Leader, DBAs and Application staff responsible for the initial DB2 pilot project and conducting design reviews to insure successful project implementation. Linda is currently a senior systems advisor for Themis, Inc., a past member of the IBM DB2 GOLD Consultants program and a current member of the IBM consultants advisory counsel.
     
    Abstracts:
    Using DB2 for z/OS Extended Features to Solve Complex Requirements
    Throughout the last several releases of DB2 for z/OS IBM has introduced extended features to address complex data access requirements. Making informed choices in the utilization of MQTs, Table Expressions, Clone tables, Global Temporary Tables, Archive and Temporal Tables, surrogate keys, and more are critical to performance. This 2 part session helps the application developer and database administrator in the selection, use and implementation of the extended features of DB2 to solve complex performance problems.
     
    Objectives:
     
              Create and manage array data types, surrogate keys,  MQTs, clones, triggers, temporal tables, temporary tables, hash tables, LOBs, and more
              Make informed advanced feature selection choices.
              Identify key strengths and weaknesses of selected features.
     
    Data Server Manager Overview and Demo
    Customers have always had separate tools for database administration, performance monitoring, configuration management, and query tuning. Now you can do all of these tasks using one tool. IBM® Data Server Manager Base Edition (DSM) is available as a no-charge download from Developer Works. DSM Base Edition is a simple, scalable, and smart solution to administer, monitor, manage, and optimize the performance of IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows databases across the enterprise. Available with DB2 for Advanced Enterprise Server Edition and as a Business-value offering is the IBM Data Server Manager Enterprise Edition. The Enterprise Edition includes historical monitoring and analysis, smart alerting, client configuration and monitoring, query tuning, and more. Both editions offer a lightweight setup option for real-time monitoring and administration. DSM Enterprise Edition requires a repository database that can be created and setup before or after DSM is up and running. Today, you will see a high-level overview of DSM and then we will go through a demo of the product.
    Member Fees
    The membership fees for 2015 remain unchanged from 2014 and the breakdown is as follows:

    2015 Fee Structure:
    Annual Membership $180.00
    Pay in Advance Single Event $ 55.00
    Late Registration/Walk in Single Event $ 65.00
     
    Please Note:  There are options to purchase annual memberships as well as individual meetings through the website.

    Meeting Location
    A reminder that our meetings are held at Kansas University -
    Edwards Campus, Regnier Building at 127th and Quivira in Overland
    Park.
    *** Please note this is the Regnier Building at KU-E, NOT the ***
    *** Regnier Building at Johnson County Community College. ***
      
    Kansas University - Edwards Campus
    12600 Quivira Rd
    Overland Park, KS 66213-2402

    Maps and directions are available here:
    https://edwardscampus.drupal.ku.edu/campus-map#drivingdirections

    The Regnier building is in the southeast corner of the complex, and you will find parking in front of that building off of 127th St. Our exact room will be posted on the information screen as you enter the building.


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