The Philadelphia Visual FoxPro User Group will meet next Wednesday, October 24 at 7 PM at Valley Forge Pension Management, 715 Twining Road, Suite 202, Dresher, PA 19025. (Note: The Oreland offramp from PA 309 Southbound has been permanently closed. The easiest way to reach the meeting location from the PA Turnpike or 309 Southbound is to come through the Fort Washington Industrial Park.) Feel free to bring something to eat and arrive as early as 6:30.

We'll start out with a review of Southwest Fox. Then member Bill Fitzgerald will speak on keeping users informed of changes to business' status quo Bill is founder and president of Woodbury Systems Group, a Long Island based consultancy specializing in using Visual Foxpro to develop and support Financial, Distribution and Manufacturing System for small to mid-sized businesses.

He founded Woodbury Systems Group in 1984 after a long career in corportate MIS and Financial management. Since he moved to Hamilton NJ in 2006, his daughter and long-time partner Deirdre Volpe has assumed the responsibilities of running the business in New York and Bill has concentrated on programming, golf, painting and his family.

Bill saw combat with the United States Air Force. He has a BS from Adelphi University and is a Visual FoxPro MCP.

We'll also have lots giveaways from Southwest Fox.