Dear SIGAda WG Officers,
         SIGAda Chapter Officers,
         SIGAda Extended Executive Committee,
         SIGAda 2000 Committee Volunteers,
         SIGAda 2001 Committee Volunteers, and
         Other SIGAda Volunteers:

For the last couple of years, the SIGAda Conference has conducted a tutorial which is free to the SIGAda volunteers. This tutorial is oriented toward making SIGAda Volunteers more effective in their use of the WWW and electronic maillists to perform their duties better. The ACM Host will be used an an example. Most of the course is oriented towards technologies that are applicable in other WWW resources so what you learn can also be applied to work and home applications.

ITS FREE TO SIGAda VOLUNTEERS:

The Tutorial is free to SIGAda Volunteers. This includes all existing SIGAda Officers, Chapter Officers, and Working Group Officers. It's also free to your volunteers who do not hold elected positions.

Title:

Venue:

Presenters:

Abstract:

This tutorial provides the basic information on disseminating information effectively using the World Wide Web. The tutorial addresses the use of HTML and XML for developing web pages, incorporation of graphics, effective designs for web pages, and using automated tools (both UNIX and PC-based).  Strategies for announcements, configuration management, mailing lists, and databases are addressed.

The Ada Common Gateway Interface, AdaCGI, will be discussed;  AdaCGI supports developing Ada programs to generate data, process forms, and perform other requests for WWW users.

The ACM host machine will be used as a model. Although this tutorial is specifically designed to support the needs of SIGAda Working Groups and SIGAda Chapters, the information will be useful to all interested in learning how to set up a WWW home page.

Samples:

Please take a look at any of the following sites as a sample as to what you can do as a result of this course:

   ACM SIGAda Home Page:

        http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigada/
        (Is your chapter or WG information up to date?)

   DC SIGAda Home Page:

        http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigada/locals/dc/

   SIGAda ASISWG Home Page:

        http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigada/WG/asiswg/

   SIGAda 2000 Conference Home Page:

        http://www.acm.org/sigada/conf/sigada2000/

Especially check out the on-line Registration System which was done by Clyde Roby - Portions of this more advanced capability will be discussed.

TO SIGN UP:

   Please send an email to Currie Colket at both:       <colket@mitre.org> and <colket@acm.org>

indicating that you would like to attend the tutorial. This will register you with no cost. You may also register for the tutorial using the on-line registration system for SIGAda 2000. If your company is one that is willing to pay for the registration, we encourage you to register for the tutorial along with your normal SIGAda 2000 Conference registration. You do not have to register for SIGAda 2000 in order to attend this free course, but it is highly encouraged.

PLEASE FORWARD:

   Please forward this message to those in your organization who have been contributing towards your success.

v/r
Currie Colket
SIGAda Vice Chair for Meetings and Conferences
SIGAda 2000 Conference Chair
(703) 883-7381
colket@mitre.org | colket@colket.org | colket@acm.org