>> On another note, I've a friend who has the funding (7 digits) put together to write an accounting package. However, he has put it on hold due to the nightmare of putting together a team and getting out a product in 6 months (the deadline for the funding). I'm a little pissed (come on, how often do you get funding for a project like this anyway?). I'm trying to talk him into doing it in FoxPro and using VFE. He already has a lot on his plate though...
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>Hey ... if you are looking for team members ... count me in!!! If you can convince him to reevaluate, let me know. I have extensive accounting background and am currently available. I have not used VFE, but it's the framework that I was most hoping would have an accounting package. Maybe you should hook him up with Mike or Phil Feltman from F1 Technologies to see if they'd be willing to colaborate on the project. It's certainly worth a shot!
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I was thinking something like that. We'll see how it goes.


>> Note 3: So, how do you go about putting together a users group? We need one here in Hawaii, but I've been slow to move, having no experiance in such things
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>I just started the user group here in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area and it wasn't too difficult but it did take a lot of leg work. The most difficult task is getting a list of people in your area who would be interested. We did a search on the UT for members in the area and also tried searching other online sources for potential members. Then we sent out an email asking people to let us know if they'd be interested in a group. We also put out an announcement on the UT and the Wiki asking whether people would be interested.
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>Once we realized that there was enough interest, we arranged for a meeting place (provided by one of the members and his company), picked a date and time and sent out an announcement. We used the first meeting as an information gathering meeting. We didn't have a formal presentation, instead just used the time to go around the room and introduce ourselves and find out what everyone wanted to gain from the group and what they could give to the group.
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>I also registered a domain name for the group (www.grafug.com) and put together a website. That also brought in some hits and gained some new members (besides giving me a practice assignment for learning the web.)
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>It's worth the effort and the support from the group is great. I'm glad I pursued it.
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>Cathy

Thanks. Very useful information.

Daniel