Howdy Yall!

Tonight we have another COBOL meetup. The group is new, with me having been the only member since its inception. In fact we are the very first COBOL on Meetup.com. They set it up at a special request. So far two of us have RSVPed. If you can make it, an RSVP just helps me keep a lookout for you.

The meetup will be at the Caribou on the corner of Center Ridge and 210 in Rocky River. I will be the funny looking guy with the Santa Hat on. I will also notify the Caribou staff, so if you cant find me, just ask them. I will be there until about 9pm then I am heading back to my office (its across the street).

If you need to get in touch with me to verify anything you can contact me at my office line [masked]. If I don't answer, leave a message and I will return your call promptly.

This meetup will be a meet and greet, due to our just getting it together. Don't despair about the small numbers though. The web design meetup group I organize (Now officially called Cleveland Web Standards Association or CWSA for short) started out back in April with only 2 of us showing up. Cleveland is a big town and there is still a lot of COBOL in use here, so hopefully after a few meetings we can grow this also.

As it says on my profile, it has been a long time since I used COBOL. But I plan on making it the de facto standard at our office. So I am looking to get back into it with gusto. I look forward to seeing whoever shows up and think we'll have a great time talking.

Many kind regards,
Joseph James Frantz