HP 3000 volunteers moved onto other boards

A pair of longtime advocates for HP 3000 manufacturing users have moved onto the board of directors of CAMUS, the Computer Aided Manufacturing User Society. Terry Simpkins of Measurement Specialities and Terry Floyd of the Support Group inc. were elected in August, taking three-year and two-year board posts respectively. Simpkins has been a good source of SOX compliance procedures and policy interpretations for the HP community for the past year, while Floyd joins the CAMUS board in a newly-created seat, Associate Member Director, a position that will bring the perspective of CAMUS’ third-party members into the Board. Floyd’s company provides support for MANMAN sites that supplements or stands in for vendor support from SSA Global.

CAMUS is holding its annual conference Oct. 24-25 in Chicago. “Preparing for the Future: How to Get the Most from Your Legacy System - How to Prepare for Migration” will be held at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare. For more details on the CAMUS conference visit the Web page at www.camus.org/Conferences/2005-CAMUS/index.htm

While researching the other user group alternative for HP 3000 customers, Encompass, we learned that another HP 3000 volunteer is serving on that group’s board. Chris Koppe, marketing director for Speedware, is listed on the board of directors page for the group that’s reaching out to former Interex members. Koppe was serving as an Interex board director at the time that user group closed its doors last month.