What is Team OS/2?
Team OS/2 is like an electronic user group: it consists of people around the world who are OS/2 enthusiasts and are voluntarily and actively sharing their knowledge and enthusiasm with others. They work to promote the use and availability of OS/2 wherever they can.
But unlike a user group, there is very little organizational structure. As groups of Teamers come together though, they often start to form formal or informal groups so they can provide their own support network to work more effectively with IBM, vendors, user groups, and others.
Being part of Team OS/2 is a state of mind. Team members are those who see that
something needs to be done, and they figure out a way to do it. Some have started OS/2 BBS's to provide support for local OS/2 users. Others see that help is needed for local retailers to help them feel more confident in offering OS/2 to their customers.
Membership in Team OS/2 is self-determined. You are a part of Team OS/2 (if you wish) if you consider that you are actively doing something to help support OS2 and OS/2 users and your efforts are beyond the expectations of your job.
Team OS/2 is not owned or run by IBM. In fact, most Team OS/2 members are not IBM employees. Those Teamers who do happen to work for IBM generally use their own time to help others and promote the use of OS/2 and OS/2 applications just as other Teamers do.
Although we at Team OS/2 Support in IBM PSP do maintain a Team OS/2 member list and put out this newsletter, we do these as services to Teamers worldwide. Being on the list is NOT a requirement to be part of Team OS/2. But it does help Teamers find other local members when looking for help, and provide a way to recognize the efforts of so many people in helping to promote OS/2. See Appendix B for information on how to get on the Team OS/2 member list.
Team OS/2 Members: Where are they?
The full Team OS/2 member list is available any place you can find this Team OS/2
newsletter. Because of the size however, it's kept in a separate file. Each month, the ZIP file will include the Team OS/2 member names in two separate formats: one by country and city and the other alphabetically by name.
These were created as of 25 March 1994:
Teamers by Network
The following list was created from the email addresses given to us. It's a little misleading in that many people have Internet connectivity from a network (such as America Online), but we do not have a specific Internet Address listed in our database. So, the number of Internet-connected users is much higher than appears here:
Electronic Network Teamers
America Online 71
Compuserve 742
Delphi 20
Fidonet 474
Genie 37
IBMMAIL 113
IBM Internal (VNET) 246
Internet 803
MCIMail 9
Prodigy 198
OS2BBS (IBM Talklink) 94
Other 186
No Email capability 404
Team OS/2 Members by Country
Team OS/2 is now in 41 countries as follows:
Country Teamers
Argentina 4
Australia 47
Austria 8
Belgium 12
Brazil 16
Canada 201
Chile 1
Denmark 21
Finland 5
France 5
Germany 68
Guam 1
Hong Kong 5
Israel 1
Italy 19
Japan 1
Latvia 6
Litchenstein 1
Mexico 6
Netherlands 44
New Zealand 3
Norway 11
Peru 1
Philippines 1
Portugal 5
Qatar 1
Russia 9
Saudi Arabia 3
Scotland 3
Singapore 5
South Africa 4
Spain 29
Sweden 26
Switzerland 3
Taiwan ROC 1
Trinidad & Tobago 1
Turkey 3
UK 59
Ukraine 3
USA 1785
Virgin Islands 1
Appendix A: How do I contact IBM Team OS/2 Support
Contact us sending an electronic note to one of the following. If necessary, contact us via fax or telephone, but electronic mail is definitely preferred.
AOL Ed D'Avignon at "TEAMOS2 ED"
CompuServe: Vicci Conway at 76711,1123
Delphi: Steve Gallagher at GALLAGHER
Fidonet: Janet Gobeille at 1:109/347.3479
IBMMAIL: Janet (USIB45RN at IBMMAIL) or Vicci (USIB55J9 at IBMMAIL)
IBM (PROFS): Team OS/2 Support at LUVOS2 at AUSVM1
Internet: Team OS/2 Support at luvos2@vnet.ibm.com
OS/2 BBS: Vicci Conway at USIB55J9 at IBMMAIL
Prodigy Gene Gough at DWJG89A
fax: Send your request to Janet Gobeille, Team OS/2 Support, at 512 823-3252
telephone: Jeff Mallon, Team OS/2 Support, at 512 823-1682
mail:
Janet Gobeille
IBM PSP - Bldg 800
Internal Zip 2996
11400 Burnet Rd
Austin, TX 78758 USA