are employees I february 1978

d $stems grew by 24%, nearly %$growth achieved in 1976,

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' % , * I ' - '!!MIONUY OPUS SALES SPECIALISTS enjoy a break 'stein. N w & r k ; Lee:~ru~x1fdd.

[ FG 1977 revenues of Tymshare

( &;sf&%&orted John Indrigo,

d,@b0 J e s team to the

$he," Indrigo contends. 8 hospitals a remote batch

d e e that is dependable - bk enough to meet the .&me- to four-month federal

la changes in Medicare, b?& Blue Cross, and others," V. 35 'Spmshare Medical Systems

on the tast day of their sales seminar. Left to right: Steve CAPS West; Jack Nlelnic;Ol, Sy8terns Marketing area; Bill . Williams, Bay Area; Ken Hessinger, Northwest area; D e g Msrton, manager, S y w s MarktHIng area and CAPS; '?,

:-:lbie Armld, Los Angeles; Nick Hatfield, Dallas; Steve Bill Mulert, manager, ~;1~1ufamurimg and Distribution inn, Bay Area; Stan Scardino, Mkketing Services. Other Systems; Neil O'Conm11, CAPS East; Bridge Stuart,

. ."class attendees were: Larry Baron, CAPS West; Alan Bur- CAPS West; and Daue Wirnbetly, CAPS South.

Specialists A ttend Seminar To Study New MAGNUM OPUS

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seminar was held recently in Palo that officially kicked off a campaign of Piniglia, R&in,Todd & ~ k t a t b , . Alto for the benefit of the sales and to introduce the modular manufac- spoke at length on the requirements technical specialists who will be turing software to the marketplace. of a mccessfui manufacturing Astal-

1 A five-dav MAGNUM OPUS Svstems. headed the traininn session Remke 8r Maw, and Ted Pittielio

9 services to hospital; with or out in-house systems ospitals with in-house compu-

$are realizing more and more E we can comolement their

[selling andebstalling the manufac ~ t i e Atkins of Varian, the key- lation and MRP. S~ardino, B%l turing-oriented product. The semi- note speaker, discussed material Mrrlert, manager of Manufa-ing nar was a comprehensive workshop control systems, a subset of materi- and Distribution Systems, ~d Sam credit goes to the sales wbi& presented aa update on the als requirement plan* (MRP). Willow, manager of the MAGNUM ch made possible tbe best - --A s..-X-*~-~ --A , . . -.rr.n - : L - . - , i X - - 5 E - A ' e . 4 - .A . i l i - -a 8,' -_- -. -

York ; Paul Hupman, California; and John Munley, Philadelphia.

Indrigo says that plans are under way to offer TymMed services in a number of additional cities during 1978. Also, Technical Services is continuing development of our on-line, mini-based real-time system, TYMCARE, to be offered this year as a complement to TyrnMed.

TYMCARE will provide a real- time control of patient census. Basically, the new product is a patient accountability system which enables all areas of a hospital

to communicate any change of status on patients the moment the change occurs. A prototype of this administrative and patient care- oriented system is successfully employed in an East Coast hospital.

Throughout 1978, Tymshare Medical Systems will gradually add proprietary Tymshare products to its expanding line of health care services. "Starting with PERS, we plan to market our products aggres- sively in the same spirit of our pre- viously successful year," promises Indrigo.

March of Dimes Attacks Birth Defects with FOCUS One baby in every ten is born with Physicians may query the auto-

a birth defect. At least some 15 mil- mated system when attempting to lion people in the United States are identify a birth defect. Because affected in some way by birth many symptoms of syndromes defects. The March of Dimes, in overlap, the system offers a flexi- conjunction with the Massachusetts bility that allows the physician to Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), access only the information he Tufts Medical School, and Tym- needs, thus helping him to pinpoin share, has devised an interactive the syndrome more readily. He system which could prove a major

drome data. This data can be used has the capability to input new syn-

tool in dealing with birth defects - (syndromes). by other physicians in the recqni-

The system can interact with a tion of similar syndrome patterns physician, helping him to identify appearing in other geographical possible syndromes; can recognize locations. unnamed syndromes; can act as an Early detection of new syndromes early warning system by monitoring leads to early research in their cure. birth defects throughout the coun- The data base will be updated dailv

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JACES Sites Chosen as ~ i r s t l 1 7 Qualifiers Achieve ~ u o t a 1 Seacoast sites have been chosen

and arrangements are under way for the third annual East and West Coast awards conferences of the Tymshare AppIications Consultants Excellence Symposium (ACES). ACES is the honorary organization which pro- vides recognition for the Marketing

The West Coast ACES awards con- ference is scheduled for April 5 through 8 at Sea Lodge in La Jolla, Calif. ACES and their spouses from the Northwest, Southwest, Midwes~ and Southern areas, as well as Mar- keting Services, Western (Bell) branch, CAPS West, and CAPS

ACES Qualifiers We congratulate the first qualifiers

for 1977 ACES. Their diligent efforts contributed to their branch's achieving 100% of assigned quota as of November 1977. David h i s - S t . Louis Charles Chenault-Petro

CYDNEY BRADFORD, manager of the Security Ser- Services and Information Services South will attend. (CAPS is the Alan Codkind-Stamford vices department (seated), is surrounded by Security Division's technical representatives new name for TASC; see gory,) Marti Coleman-Stamford supervisors (left to right) Louise Astle, Brenda Patane, d o s e account penetration and sup-

On the East Coast, the ACES George Fenster-Petro Dave Downard, and Ann Marie Murphy. Thirty-eight reports. They keep in contact with law port contributed to their unit's people are employed in Security, which is staffed agencies and frequently have to try eve aebieving of quoP for 9,7. awards conference is scheduled for Dan West

Qudified candidates must have been 24--27 at the Raton David Killam-Petro around the clock every day of the year.

on plan by A p d 1,1977. and Club in B o a Raton, Fla. Attend- wayne L"de-Headquarters @el1 ing the eastern conference are the Becky McNown-CAPS West New York, Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Betty Mod-Manhattan and Mideast areas. Also participating Mike Aheller-Seattle are Northeastern (Bell), Southeastern David Ray-St. Louis Rakoczi C ites (Bell), CAPS E W ~ , a d CAPS Mid- George schad-~enver west. Sharry D m , executive secre- T~*Y Schroeder-St- Louis tary, Computer Services Group, will Andy Schwartz-St. Louis coordinate arrangements. Tony Tadross-Manhattan

Richard Winklesky-Chicago Loop

esen Considered for Hero8 fter Dramatic Rescue

MARK HEYDON (left) and Roz Jee, lostlstolen securi- ty clerks, handle calls from cardholders or cardholder banks concerning lost and stolen card reports. In 1977, qualify, the Commission will send a over 125,000 such reports were taken concernjnq TTS field representative to Campbell to cardholders, card is rewarded $25. valiantly res- personally interview f i e department

Security Services Tracks Thousands cued an elder- officials and witnesses.

The risk to the rescuer is one of

Lost and Stolen Credit Cards Yea the prime considerations of the Commission, Swartzlander explained. Tom's successful rescue placed his

By Mary Jane Baird 0 Bill Meador (Application Prod- life in jeopardy, but he fortunately

Tymsbare Transaction Services ucts Division-Professional Growth escaped serious injury while in the

September it's about tym), is cur- burning apartment and when he It's not exactly "cops 'n robbers," TWO weeks pass. rently being considered for the car- leaped from a second-floor balcon!

but the Security Services department 10: 05 a.m., TU negie Hero Medal. Tom Ovesen, after dropping the victim to by- at Tymshare Transaction Services is in from a camera sto ganders below. Tom sprained his most definitely involved with stolen cation for purchase mnnager Tymshare's Termid ankle in the jump but was able to credit cards and law enforcement Master Charge card. Equipment Services, may receive assist authorities redirect traffic

ttol clerk tells the the award through a program agencies. after the rescue. - - - - . - . - --..

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ded school in K6lmrcky. Member rnd Homeovners Association.

OvPescn" name wa9 pat Wkxe the m~&&rn %s mictersf a lod nc:wpqa which w i e d the seoq at Tm'e We. R E. S-er, &icf-mafolihB.eW- Hero Puml Cqmmigaim in Has- bur&, sa t a qwry m the Ctmg13eU Fire I)~&oltCm&p3t r c q u ~ q an offb citll a s m n t sf Ooegcn's temie, Fire Qicf Gene Bordan of the Camp- bell F h Depmment has submitted' his r-.

or not Tom recahw~pthe aelebxaed W z e m&i wiU depend m pna hq* by &@ c- 3ai9m, 131ckdiq eontact with twi, q c &4fmscsw If Tom stilS sppws to

"18 y)TOglFg m s - ' - Chief Bord#g wd%e in lei ~~xzives l~tt~rrodeChqjieCMnt-rossr . . Qfh "this b an* of rB* mmt btqwew &$km mmIes Ik 4summemd." Totg b m d lo* mdk and ~~, blimbg makt in his winch bot the .cl&a$y . After the re-, kt wen uicd to ttcnter the b u i l ~ r c r ~ i e ~ ~ neeM kelp, but was turned back by the m* blaze.

WE m a Y ~ know fw smsd moaths if~b@%V&bllUmh'@d~~#&t SOW 1'79 men and ~ n e n hmred a n d y b~ the Cm+e I C o d eian f a &eir b p a v q in rkkiulg their lives for athem. Ma heP$ already a certified hero a q his CampbeU ndghber~s md kbw wmp50pes.

ONNEL APPOINTMENTS

TbM MANOAN-From manager, Northeast area, Information Services Division, to manager, &stern Region Tax Sales. Member of Lance Lam's team. Developing marketing strategies for Unitax, Dynatax, rnd FRS. Building sales staff and training mmagern, Began Tymshnre career in 1971 as New Jersey sales rep. Old Tymer and three-year attendee Resident's Club. B.S.. marketing, and M.B.A., management, University of Buffalo. Member American Marketing Association.

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THE ADDITION to Tymshare's corporate building starts to take form as i t s first walls are gingerly craned into place adjacent to the east wall of the exist- ing corporate structure. Some anxious Tymshare souls who work in the east- ern section of the building watched dubiously as the cement sections swerved into their resting places. A round of cheers was raised amid a few sights of relief as the sections securely stood upright.

Tymshare Mailbox I read in a magazine recently that Chrysler Corpora a a new

Dodge model called the ~ a & m . Can Chysler legally do this when Tym- share's data base management language, MAGNUM, cavies a registered name?

What prompts m y question is the knowledge that, several years ago, Tym- sbare chose to rename its TYMEX and MZDAS products so as not t o conflict with similar names used b y the watch and muffler companies.

WHEN SANTA VISITED the Syracuse data center over SANTA ENTERS DATA on the 129 keypunch machine, the holidays, she spread a lot of humor and good cheer. keeping up with the production load-just like data entry Yes, she! Cleverly disguised as the old boy himself, operator Sherry Mooney. Wait a minute, that IS. . . Sherry Mooney, Syracuse data entry operator, is shown

"AHA! I'VE FOUND IT, WAT- SON!" a workman yells, as he lo- cates a second false ceiling in the I

Tymshare U.K. office. Actually, he ,

knew it was there all along, as he b assists in the conversion of extra of- ,I: fice space into a new terminal area.

distributing gifts to the other member; of her.~eypunch department, who are: (front row, left to right) Barbara Barbur, Carol Foley, Louise Jarmac, department super- visor Mary Moran, Darlene Grahm, and (back row) Mar- garet Wossner, Bonita Prockup, and, of course, Santa.

FATHER TYM, who goes by the moniker Fred Lemin, gets ready to bow out as 1978, a.k.a. Lakeba Clark, pre- pares to take over. It was a l l part of a "Farewell '77"

ANN CLEMENTI, Promotional Services manager (left), and Tina Chavez, secretary for the Sales department, toss old papers into the dumpster as the Marketing depart- ment preMres for its move to the second floor at Tym- share Transaction Services. Kaz Ostrom, building facili-

party at Tymshare rans sac ti on Services' Distribution ties manager in charge of the big move, turns his-back on and Word Processing Center. the whole situation, knowing everything is under control.

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tfersonnel Appointments Chris Rehberg, Fhance Division (Continued from page 2 )

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Thank you very much for your letter through it's about t ym concerning NEIL PLAIN-From sales representativ~ KAREN KOLLING-From systems Tyrnner ~ykshare Transaction Services the protection of our corporate tradenames and, specifically, the trademark Stamford branch, to area marketing analyst to section technical consultant, MAGNUM. The issue of the protection of trademarks i s obviously a com- specialist, New York area. Com&ates PDP-10 Operating Systems, R&D Division. ROBERT B A I L E Y - F ~ ~ ~ communica- PETER SNELL-From marketing

marketing of SAM1 DATA using Reports to Allen Gineburg. Tymsharer tiOns Network COnuO1, manager, Reservation Services, Industry plex one, and it would be impossible to do justice to the subject in this EXPRESS (SOLO) as the delivery 1 since 1974. Former senior software 1. programmer-analyst, Network Analysis. Services Division, to director of Sales,

.forum. E~~~~~~~ he test is the sale, for disuibubn, or vehicle. Joined Tymshare in 1974 as ' s ~ e c k h t , DiMtal Equipment CO~P. Analyzes and reports network statistics, Marketing. Responsible for sales and

- - _ 2 . . - --A .- - . --. PLI -LLP. - n ~ j , ~ , SL nsd MA. , , ~ u s i r r ~ l . ~ . ~ ~ ~ i ~ i ~ ~ ~ writes software, and performs statistical support of large bank customers and new

is likely to cause a purchaser to be confused as to the source of the goods; that is, would such a purchaser believe that he was obtaining the goods from 'I).mshare? While the marks are idenrical, the goods are so different that a purchaser could not possibly be confused.

In fact, prior to selecting MAGNUM, we searched the name and found that it had been used literally dozens of times in connection with books, CB antennas, lighting ftxtures, staplers, etc. However, no other computer-related use could be found, and therefore we went ahead and selected the name. The

, .result of this is that, while we cannot prevent its use for unrelated commerce, I..,''' '

we would protect the name vigorously against an attempted infringement by

* 4 W ' ' a firm utilizing the name for a computer program or related item. . - ,

, . + , A second approach for the protection of a mark might be one where the ..," . ' I mark had become so strongly associated with a particular product or com-

+ '1 2 . ,J:, pany that a second use.of the same mark would serve to "dilute" the value - . of the frist one. In fact, the abandonment that you refer to regarding ::.$~ : 8

,;>;- f', ' TYMEX and MIDAS was based on this approach by the watch company

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and the muffler company-both of which marks have extensive recognition. ,'& ,'..

: < . ' I know that this answer is not a totally satisfactory one, but 1 hope that at .'b

least it conveys to you the complexity of the problem. $& - -

- Thank you very much for your concern.

Albert A Eisenstat, Vice President Administrative Services Division

Laws Explain Human Foibles Haw you ever received a phone call from the vice president of your

&Lion Qe minute you get your teeth sack in a carmel apple? Certain astute individuals have noticed that such events are not the exception but, rather, the role. Men like Muqhy have made it their lifework to ferret out the operating principles, the laws, that govern the frustrating Eves we mortals live. Here is a small samplhg of these laws from Arthur Block's Murphy's Law-and Other Reasons Why Things Go Wrong;

1. Mwrphy8s Law: If anything can go wrong, it wilL 2. O'Toole's Commentary on Murpby's Law: Murphy was an

optimist. 3. The Unspeakable Law: As soon as you mention something, if it's

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good, it goes a&y ; if it's bad, it happens. 4. Nonreciprocal Laws of kpectatiotzs: Negative expectations

yield negative resulrs. Positive expectatioms yield negative results. 5 . Hows's Law: Evcry man has a scheme that will not work. 6. 2ymwrgpl% First Law of Evolving Sysiem Dynamics: Once you

open a can of woltms, the only way to reem tbem is to use a larger can. 7. Etorre's Observation: The other line mopves faster. 8. Skiaver's Constant (Flannagan's FinagIing Pactm): That quan-

tity which, when multiplied by, divided by, added to, or subtracted from the answer you get, gives you the answm you should have goHen.'

9. Law of Selective Gravity: An object will fall so as to do the most &mas. 10. Jenning's Corollmy: The chance of the bread Ming with the

buttered side down is directly proportional to the cost of the c q e t . 11. W d o n ' s First Law: If a research project is hat worth doing, it is

not worth doing well. 12. M&rS Law: If the facts do not conform to the theory, they

mast be disposed of. 13. Bort?nBs First Law: When in doubt, mumble. 14. The Golden Rule of Arts and Sciences: Whoever has the gold

makes the rules. IS. Barth's Distinction: There are two types of people: those who

divide people into two types, and those who don't. 16. Sepl's Law: A man with one watch knows what time it is. A

man with two watches is never sure. 17. Ninety-nine Rule of Project Schedules: The fhst 90% of the

project takes 90% of the time, and the last 10% takes the orher 90%.

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Consultant November 19

@ Jhw 1997; d R a a t ~ b &war& May 1975. Member I.E,&E,. X M , d XI. Perfosm~ duntcer work for @mwIs.

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JAMES ABELE- to district manager Western Computer ment Diddon. C preventive mointcna TYMCOMS IX and a70 systeam Formerly empl~ped e ~~ as computer services s m p d w f Rra&awd from Lake Wates IE@ S&qd IB kS. , electronic teolraQIcqp, ~ r r y Beach Junior Gollegr. GoK Pnd t enthusha.

MAXINE t t ~ ~ F & r o r a -s

Marketing SendemY@w~@ m executive mctclry, TecW~rl tWVks Group. Repm t~ Qmb vice president. TLB yW#'@& Tjhshaik, Twice s e a e t q of &Tpwm. Aidb 5n . . sihnmxation of Tqtlk&mL S k -

HAZEL McGlRlTY-From unit men- ager to supervisor, Production, ACCOUM. iag Applications Development. Olvetsees staff of 16 in print sbop. Joined Tym- &are in 1974. Reports to Janelle Lyde. Performs quality assurance, schedules

- work loads, and orders print supplies. Studied at Dodge City Senior Mgh, Dodge City, Kan. Fitst v i a president of Single Adult Fellowship Enst, Inc. Orgmizs and past president of first W~chita chapter of Parents Without Partners Currently tracing her ancestry far publication.

BlLL PARRlS-From camputer maintenance engineer to district super- visor, Comrpoter Wintenme, Denver, Equipment Division. Reports to Jim Westlake, Western ~ e g i o n manager. Responsible Sor management of personnc

- - - - - -- -1 and new third-party maintenance accounts in the Rocky Mountain area. E d e l d

% engineer for Digital Equipment Corp., TASC W ~ ~ @ QFi~n@d; 1 s i t Lake C~W, urab.

Trademark ~ ~ k 8 ERN1 E SOCCI-From systems

, analyst to unit mmager, PDP-10 Oper- TASC h28 8, ILEW ~~~ ', ntimg Systems, R&D Di imn. Oversees Bill Mort-, ma-r 8iP $&$ems and pmicIpates in PDP-10 operating

M&e&g a*, m- , system aiaintenmce and development. tio-1 TASC oppa~ons, gQCg!g&@ Xmubleshoots for operations and main-

announced that! &e gmp senanee groups. Was f4eniOr mftwarc engineer with Digital Equipment Corp.

will be ded T~*ays -llting I B.s., mathematics and c3ompum science, and Frofessional -&=a- Stevens institute of Technology. Member tion (CAPS). ACM. Plays saxophone, pitar, and organ.

The name change was made mces- sary by the fact that a company located in the Boston mett'opIf~n MARY ANN WdAR-From Kcre-

gtes had a tradema& on Eastern Com~uwr @erati"=, name TAS~. It is hoped ha Computer Operations Division. C m p u t s

Services Group, to seaetary, E m s n new tide will convey both s mem- CommunicPtions -tanan-, Equip- orable and meaningful description ('\ ,,, rn node code for of the CAPS organization Eastern Region. @w9Nidly will assist

As announced in January's it's. customers oa the mtwotk. ~ o n n e r about tym, CAPS now has offioe~ ~ssistmt jewelry tmmger, Gand Catalog in four cities: New York, Chiago, Showroom, Nerristawn, Pa. Graduete of Houston, and Palo Alto. I Bidop K m k k High Wml

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spedaKg, Enoirommal Radiaion md credit a&&&, joined T ~ & ( v c in 1 *3 Resea&, MoneCrey, CaW- Wdicd ~t ' ~ ~ s ~ o M - o ~ o mwhiag &wager. R U ~ uniymity, NW a ~ n s i c k , N'J. saved brand! mga, m paw-. Goqkting studies in compum =ierrrce, B.A., saeid sciehoc~ Pna bu~.im%@, $a@ Lilrcs billin&, h h g , and a u t ~ rac ia Josc State GaIIegc. acsidcnt'a Club

1975 rtnd 1977. Alphe akicr.

BlLL CORgtN-Prom iepd opaot01~ S w t b r n CBmputer Operetiom, Computer Openuions RivirM, Computer Semias Qoup, t o cWkwrn wlgport rcptewnta- rive, Ceabnl Rqjkin, Tymnef. c o O s c i i a a ~ efforts d f b n6w &eN mesage warit~hing system sod other CWTyBlc Lending support with TwCOhb-nr itrstaUatiorqc and cllgma~er support. T'ymshm tom and a hatf yeam.

TOM WELSH- From sriw reprrmbrr- tiw, Bay Ares bnmcSr, Zdomtign Savlicas Didskm, to senior arroulpt manager, Mwketkg. Reparts EO P e w %ell, &maw of Wm. P r e ~ ~ t v s Club 1976. Uurst*nding Pnrtieipadon ~wardss eew employee in 1975. Top gXPRESS .performn far Northwest area in 1936, B.S., business m~agemmt, and UBA., nwrketing9 Som Jose State Vniversky,

~t Prestigiour Champagne Marathon

The Six& Annual Paul Masson Champagne Marathon, held last month and recognized as the most well-organized and prestigious 26 mile race in the west, was enhanced by Tymsharhg this year.

In s u p p a of the Saratoga, Calif. race, sponsored by the local winery, Tymshtut donated people and com- puter resources in the development of a FOCUS data base which record- ed and reported participants' times, categories, and order d fiaisb within those categories. The m a t h o n organizers found that Tymhwe's computer techniques and raources minimized the huge reeord-keeping function while providini immediate information on the rea lm

The FOCUS program+.dewloped by Jim Munay, m a n a p of Applica- tions Support, and FOCUS special- ists Don Mortimer and Fran Walker, catalogued the name, age, sex, best

previous running time, and other data for some 1500 to 2000 partici- pants from around the world. FOCUS was chosen for its retrieval and analytical capabilities.

On site, Linda Lang and Karen Wells, secretaries for Marketing Ser- vices, catalogued late race entrants and finish times as runners passed the 26 mile-385 yard mark. In order to avoid any possible data loss, par- allel data bases were maintained on the TYMCOM-370 systems in Palo Alto and Valley Forge.

The festive occasion marked the largest participation the Paul Masson Marathon has experienced in its six- year history. The runners were hon-

ored with a bugle and drum ebcort as they gathered at the starting line. At that time, 300 pigeons were released in a spectacular flurry, signaling the beginning of the marathon.

March of Dimes (Continued from front page)

The interactive system took four years to develop and will be available this month. Tymshare's flexible data management, combined with the computational techniques of the Sloane School, the data and medical expertise of the March of Dimes, and the clinical testing capability of Tufts, will provide the medical com- munity with an automated system that will touch millions of people.

The system will be marketed to hospitals, universities, and clinics by a nonprofit organization chosen by the March of Dimes.

1978 HOLIDAYS

Washington's Birthday: Monday, February 20

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ b l D ~ ~ : Mon&y, h y 29

Independence Day: Tuesday. July 4

Labor Day: Monday* Septmber

Thank3giving: Thursday, Novem- b s 23, and Friday, November 24

Christmas: Monday, December 25, and Tuesday, December 26

New Year's Day: Monday, January 1

Welcom Tymshare from Adragna to Ursino ALEE A D R A O N k R e c e p t i ~ t , Melville data center NANCY fERE8Z ALBAMESE-Dara en;nay operator, SJem data center DAVID ALP@-Solar reprrsd~tathw, ~ u a t o n branch JUDITH ~ P r o ~ p ~ l y s t , Finrncc Division JOANMA MmONI-Tspe Bibrary cWk, Tymshare Medical Systems RENE M~&LAMO-AE~OUE)O p a w l e clmk, F i n c e Division BETTY MNOLD-Rept io~s-c Iwk typist, Application Produw Division J4MES ASHLEY-Cablefact9 c ~ n u o l derk, Lexington data centct ChRRtE DIANNE BANISTER-fha entry operator, Denver data ccaser RICHARD BCAMNING-Computer opetator, Computer Operations Divisiniioa B;dY LE BARTEL-Systems prolgsunmer, Acsounting Applications Development,

Technical Sewices Group JAkllES WES-Data en- opratE)r, Denver data center LAWREME BEAGIN-Computer lirIs~a, Anaheim Unitax dat$ ccnm DIANA BOCKKOhA-BbcWdcs assemblet, Equipment Division ALAN BRENDEL-Computer operator, Tymshare Medical Systems RICHARD BROWN-Applications comultant, Utility Industry Marketing RQBERT BPUIN-Padtag@ clerk, T e e Medical Systems ALAN BURSTEIN-Sales representative, Hew York b m c h JoHhl BURTON-Paclragieg derk, T p s h a t e klpdial Systems RKHARD BUTTS-Stock deck, Valmmp RANWLPW CABRERA--ter operator, Compum~ Operations Division KATHY C&DINAL-O~&M @it=, A e m - Applmtions Development,

Tedmiclll S&&S Group MANE CHRlSTtANSON-Secretary, Miami branch MARILYN GtAPIDER-Techaical writer, Marketing Sarlws ANNE Clii%XT~f@-~cwunts payable clerk, Finann Division DENNIS tXlGtCJINS-Cbiptn operator, Computer Qperations Dnision JERALD d-WELL-Bystems d y e , A E C O U & & ~ A.p@icadons Development,

m a l Bl?rvia (irsup CLAIRE C Q @ O C E - ~ m service lad. M e h Unitex data center EkllfLY ELIZABETH ~ ~ L O - b s s a ~ m ~ d o e representatioe,

W f e dote writer AUWST'O DERECHO-Tax analyst, Uni te data center MICHAEL DICKERSON-~sctromechOnid technician, Valcmp TERRl DICKSON-Sersetaryqeceptionist, Computer ~e&es Gmup RICHARD DUVAL-Computer maintenance engineer, Equipment Division SAUL EADY-Pac- clerk, Tymshare Medical Systems DOUQLAS EARL-Senior technical consultant, Application Products Division PAT FERRI-Computer operator, Computer Operations Division MATTHEW FILIPEK-Data entry operator, Madison data center STEPHEN FORT-Computer operator, Computer Operations Division JULIE FREITAS-Account validation clerk, Computer Operations Division JAM6S FUREY-Central and Lipping clerkdriver, Salem dsta center SY GARBAN-S&s representative, Los Angcks branch ALCONIDA GARCIA-Data entry operator, M i i data center ROYLENE BAWEL-Secretary-receptionist, Computer Services Group JENNl PER GI5ElONS-Intermediate design drabpmon, Equipment Division JWiN GIBSON-sales representative, Utility l n d u a y Marketing DCK GIORDANELLA-Wes representative, New York b w h ROY GLASGOW-&semblydispatch clerk, Denver dam center

urer Serviecs Group

PATTY H U F P ~ S ~ C

Applications Development,

, Denver data center

CHERYL KUHN-Computer o m , A Applications Dewlopment,

tamford branch

Technical Service3 Group NANCY PSENIQKA-Data .entry

KAROL ROTHE-Lead, Partnerships and Corporations, Anaheim Unitax data center

EDMUND RUSH-Technical writer, Marketing Services LISA RY AN-Secretary-receptionist, Chicago branch WILLIAM SCHALLMO-Communications maintenance engineer,

Equipment f ) ivhh HEIWZ-ALFRED WHIFFER-Sales representative, Taylorix-Tymshare TERRY SCHWkB-Resource admi iaa tor , Technical Services Group ROLF SEVEN-Slrles tepresentatiw, Taylorix-Tynshare EDWARD WERtPOK-Dynatax sales representative, San Dicgo NINA !WOUP-Tape librarian, Computer Operations Division DIXIE SHURTLEFP-Secretary, Application Products Division JAMES SIDORSI-DytWax sales representative, Los Angeles MELVIN ShYlTH-Cmputer operator, Computer Operations Division MILDRED ELLEN @&ITH-Data entry operator, Birmingham data center ANNETTE SQMEB-Quality assurance inspector, Equipment Division JANICE STANLEY-Data entry operator, Salem data center ELIZABETM STEPHENS-Clerk. Dynatax-Unitax, Santa Pe Springs MITCHELL STUART-Systems analyst, Application Products DiuSon MARY STUTT-Cornpter opsrator, San Mateo Uhitsx data center NANCY SWINIAtWKI-Data entry operator, Salem data center TAR SYBER-QpwaWs analyst, Chicago Loop b m c h STAN TERRY-Symfitg programmer, R&D Division TO UOMG-Computer operator, Computer Operations Division MARK URSINO-Applieotions consultant, Seattle branch

20 New Members Join President's Club 1977 Roster

Twenty 1977 President's Club hopefuls have passed their 100% quota or better mark and will be on their way to Camelback Inn in ScottsdaIe, Ariz. this hlny for the annual meeting of the company's top sales achievers. The new inductees are:

JimBtdca BubCony Joel Leichter Dave Olson Ron Bmnier Bob Field Roger L9Hommedieu Carlton O'Neal Chris Bus& Joe Gahm Frank Lynn Gary Turner Bill Cletvy Bob Harcharik Ken Maxwell Ed Walz Bill Combs Art Kelly Larry Nebel Don Wehe