4 Opportunities to "Advance" your development

Hi

Your eyes do not deceive you… you in fact have read the title correctly. FMPug has four (4) copies (that’s $2000 worth of database heaven) of FileMaker 8 Advanced (FM 8 Advanced) to be given away in October! The drawing will be open to ALL FMPug members who wish to stake their claim on the prize. The drawing will take place the first week of October -- plenty of time to enter your name into the proverbial hat!

To see the HTML version of this newsletter, visit http://www.fmpug.com/newsletters/2005/september1.html

However before we get all ‘grabby’ with the prize(s), FMPug has one small, itsy-bitsy caveat: For all those FSA Associates/Partners among us and/or those persons who have already purchased their copy of FM 8 Advanced, we implore you to resist the urge of entering to allow someone who has yet to experience FM 8 Advanced, a chance to win.

Heck, we just want to spread the crazy-8 love!

Now FMPug would like to give a shout-out to all those fence sitters out there; to all those girls & boys who have been dilly-dallying around & have yet to take the Pug-plunge….. it’s time to jump off your collective duffs & join! C’mon, as a member you’ll have access to this drawing (which in itself is worth the cost of membership) in addition to full-on, VIP access to each & every Pug Perk available.

Visit http://www.fmpug.com/join.php here to sign up as a new member. Members login at http://www.fmpug.com to register.

Want to know more about these so-called Pug Perks? My pleasure…….

DISCOUNTS - FMPug members have access to mark-downs (shhh, some of them are FMPug exclusives) with many FileMaker vendors including (but not limited to)

Discounts on FileMaker 7 Hosting

Discounts on Plug-ins from various manufacturers

Discounts on FileMaker Magazine membership

Discounts with book publishers

Discounts on training providers

WAIT! There’s more….FMPug members are also presented with special limited-time offers that extend outside the world of FileMaker (who knew there was one?). These offers are updated monthly & have included discounts on Apple conference fees, MAC hardware, application software, etc, etc. The offers are constantly updated to keep members guessing & moreover, to keep membership fresh & new.

REVIEW IT & WIN -- Every FMPug member has the opportunity to have their name in lights! Well, okay, so it’s not a marquee, but you are published. Why is reviewing something a perk? Well, because at FMPug when you review one of the products available, it’s yours for the keeping. Of course there is also the added benefit of being able to read what other fellow users/developers have said about some of the hottest products in the FM marketplace today! We like to think of the process as FMPug’s version of ‘Show & Tell’!

The list is expansive & is continually being expanded to meet the interest & needs of our members. At the present time we have books, manuals, training CDs, applications and plug-ins – all just waiting review. Furthermore, if it’s a plug-in, we guarantee a site license at minimum, a developer license at best.

BUT WAIT…….WE'RE NOT DONE!

REVIEW IT & WIN HIGHLIGHTS

Alright, so some of you might be disappointed that you won’t be receiving your two additional steak knives with membership but we have been known to include a chance to attend some of the world’s foremost training in exchange for an opinion or two! We believe that everyone should consider professional training and with that in mind we are offering one member the chance to review John Mark Osborne’s 5-day Professional Training Series II class in January 2006. The fee will be waived in exchange for a review.

Not bad right?

Well…we’re not quite done. We are also offering another member the opportunity to attend the Philosophy of Scripting 101 & 201 training class at the end of January being taught by…that’s right, John Mark Osborne.

John Mark states:

“After presenting the Philosophy of Scripting as a session at the recent Developers Conference I was approached by several people asking if there was an upcoming course. This has led me to create the course at the end of January 2006”

Now once you recover from the excitement, we would be amiss not to mention the other wonderful perks of being a member of FMPug………

SELF PROMOTION, NETWORKING & MORE SELF-PROMOTION - FMPug members get to list their business card in our online Member/Business Directory. Think of this as our way of advertising your services (selfless aren't we)!

And if you like what you see, just click the Get my vCard to add them to your Address Book.

At the end of the day, FMPug is all about building a network whose sole purpose is to promote sharing & growth within the FM community at large. We’re all about the good stuff like:

Learning,

Networking,

(Shameless) Self-promotion

Collaboration and

Getting like-minded individuals grooving, just shooting the breeze about topics like…hmm…let’s just say FileMaker (amongst other topics too)

FMPug believes in a quality user-group experience & we’re dedicated to continually earning the accolade of the “best darn-tootin user group around” – ok, so it's self-titled, but why don’t you see if you agree!

Visit http://www.fmpug.com/join.php here to sign up as a new member. Members login at http://www.fmpug.com to register.

They come for the FileMaker but they stay for the perks!

Regards

FMPug Quarters team

[email protected]

http://www.fmpug.com