We share our experiences with Access and solutions to Access problems with our user group members.
We offer:
1. Quarterly meetings where users can gather together and discuss mutual problems.
2. An e-mail membership list, where announcements are made, job openings posted, and questions posted.
3. Being part of the Capital PC User's Group, an established user group in the Washington Metro area that concerns a full range of issues relating to hardware and software of personal computers.
4. A user group that is open to all levels of experience with Access, from beginners to experts.
Current News
Our previous meeting rooms at the Veteran's Administration Medical Center are currently not available. They are doing major renovations. Our last meeting, in December 2011, was at the Tenley-Friendship Public Library in D.C. at 4450 Wisconsin Ave in the first floor programming room. It is very close to the Tenleytown Metro stop on the Red Line. There is also neighborhood parking within 3 blocks of the library. It turned out to be a very good facility. We had a turnout of 9 people. They mentioned that the closeness to the Metro was a significant factor in their being able to attend.
Our next meeting is Wednesday March 21, 2012, tentatively at the Tenley-Friendship Public Library. Dennis Courtney gave a terrific presentation in December 2011 on ASP and how to create dynamic web pages. In March he will present part 2 of his presentation, to show us how to create a dynamic web page with a Microsoft Access back end database that can receive data from the client and send data results back to the web.
On June 20, 2012, we tentatively will have a presentation by Fred Maier of Compuware on how to take a dynamic Microsoft Access form and port it to a web page.
We normally meet quarterly at 7pm-9pm on the third Wednesday (except December) of the last month of each quarter. Our additional meetings are Wednesday March 21, 2012 and Wednesday June 20, 2011. Unless we have a guest speaker, our meetings consist of sharing information among attendees. Beginning users go first, then experienced users. Previous meetings have been held at the Veteran's Administration Medical Center located at First and Irving Street, N.W., D.C., next to the Washington Hospital Center. Once renovations are completed, we will resume meeting there.
Directions to the Tenley-Friendship library are simple. By car, simply get on Wisconsin Ave. From the North, you'll pass Friendship Heights/Western Ave. It is shortly after that. From the South, Massachusetts Ave. then Van Ness Street.
The following is a map of the area around the Veteran's Administration Medical Center location:
The following are directions to the Veteran's Administration Medical Center:
From the East: Route 50 West to New York Avenue, exit onto South Dakota Avenue. At 7th traffic light, turn left onto Monroe Street. Follow Monroe until it dead ends. Go left on Michigan Avenue. Follow right lanes onto Irving Street. Get in left lane and make first left. VAMC is located to the left.
From Baltimore & Northern Areas: I-95 Southbound. Veer right onto I-495 toward Silver Spring. Leave I-495 almost immediately at New Hampshire Avenue, exit Route 650 South. Go south for approximately 4 miles on New Hampshire Avenue, then go south on North Capitol Street for approximately 2 miles. Exit right onto Irving Street Following signs to VAMC. Get in left lane immediately and make first left. VAMC is located to the left.
From the West: South on 270, then go east on I-495 (go left at fork marked "Washington"), to the Connecticut Avenue exit, southbound Route 185. Proceed south on Connecticut Avenue for about 3 miles. Turn left onto Military Road for approximately 3.5 miles. Turn right at light onto North Capitol street. Go approximately 1.5 miles then exit right onto Irving Street following signs to VAMC. Get into left lane immediately then make first left. VAMC is located to the left.
From Virginia & Southern Areas: Take I-95, Virginia Route 1, or Virginia Route 50, to the 14th Street bridge. Continue north on 14th Street until you reach Harvard Street where you will turn right. Harvard ends at light (approximately 2.5 miles). At light, turn left onto Irving Street. Stay in middle lane. At 3rd light turn right. VAMC is located on the left.
Taking the Metro: Take the Red Line to the Catholic University/Brookland Metro Station. Metro Buses H2 and H4 will bring you to the VAMC. However, if you get to the Metro by 6:40PM, you can phone Dr. Williamson, our host, at: office, 202-745-4043, pager: 202-516-3746, cell, 301-775-0500 and he will come to the Metro Station to pick you up. It should take about 10 minutes (with 5 to simply exit the building) for him to get there.
Parking: Park in any visitors space. There are
plenty; We suggest using the ones on the right as you come in, opposite the
emergency room entrance, as that is the only entrance open after 8. You can also
park in the large lot past the main entrance.
Building Entry: Enter via the Emergency Room entrance. You may need to
show an armed guard a photo ID, e.g. driver's license. Continue in the direction
you entered until you come to a large "room"; then look to your right and back
the way you came; there are three elevators there.
Fourth floor: When you get to the fourth floor make an immediate right
and continue to the dead end. Turn left and proceed past elevators and take the
only corridor to the right. We should be in the second room on the left after
the fire doors, 4D118. If you get lost, ask anyone where the IRM Conference Room
is located.
Membership
To become a member of the Microsoft Access Special Interest Group, do the following:
1. Join our announcement list by sending an e-mail to david.kiasi@appalt.com.
2. Join our discussion list by getting on the CPCUG web site by doing the following:
a. Get on http://listserv.cpcug.org/.
b. Click LISTSERV web list management interface.
c. Click "Get Password"
d. Register your password.
e. Once you have a password, at step "c", "Log In"
f. Log in.
g. On the top bar click, "List Management" then "Subscriber Management"
h. On "Select List", click "ACCESSSIG-D CPCUG Access SIG Discussion". (Note that the announcement list is inactive.)
i. You can add your name to the discussion list or remove it.
j. You use the discussion list by sending your question or comment to
ACCESSSIG-D@LISTSERV.CPCUG.ORG
Links
Capital Area .NET User's Group
David Kiasi, Chair, david.kiasi@appalt.com, (301) 350-4752 (messages), (301) 335-5802 (cell)
Vice-Chair (Vacant)
Skip Williamson, Host, robert.e.williamson@va.gov, (202) 745-4043
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