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
At our June 17, 2009 meeting, we had a presentation on "Cool Features in Access 2007", presented by Luke Chung of FMS, Inc. It was well received as Luke when through a series of things we can do with the latest version of Access.
At our upcoming September 16, 2009 meeting, we will have a presentation by Norm Eaddy on programming VBA using Access 2007. This will be tailored toward users who have some or little experience with VBA.
At our December 9, 2009 meeting, we will have a presentation by Bill Franz and Carl, his VBA teacher, on integrating Access 2007 with Excel.
We normally meet quarterly at 7pm-9pm on the third Wednesday (except December) of the last month of each quarter. Our next meetings are Wednesday June 17, 2009 and September 16, 2009. Unless we have a guest speaker, our meetings consist of sharing information among attendees. Beginning users go first, then experienced users. The room where we meet has a projector and individual PCs that each attendee can use. The meetings are held at the Veteran's Administration Medical Center located at First and Irving Street, N.W., D.C., next to the Washington Hospital Center. We meet in room 4C106a, also called the Barbara Jordan room, on the fourth floor. The following is a map of the area around the meeting 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. Page me at 516-3764 and I will come to the Metro Station until the meeting starts; if the phone your using doesn’t display a number for dialing it, enter 4043 and I will come to the Metro Station – should take about 10 minutes (with 5 to simply exit the building).
Parking: Park in any visitors space. There are plenty; I suggest using the ones on the right as you come in, opposite the emergency room entrance, as that is the only one open after 8. You can park on the circular drive past the main entrance or in the large lots beyond the main entrance.
Building Entry: Enter via the Emergency Room entrance. You will 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 the slight jog and past the windows on the right. We should be in the first room on the right after the windows, 4C106a. If you get lost, ask anyone where the IRM Training 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)
Paul Robinson, Vice-Chair, pmr2212@aol.com, (703) 451-9321
Skip Williamson, Host, robert.e.williamson@va.gov, (202) 745-4043
Meeting room, (202) 745-3000 x4277
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