Southwest Fox/Xbase++ Deadline Looms

Hear that sound? Tick, tick, tick, tick...

That's the countdown clock at Geek Gatherings getting closer to the Super-saver deadline for Southwest Fox and Xbase++! July 1 is only a few days away and we thought we would pass along a reminder just in case you forgot to type it into your task list, or stick it on your monitor on a yellow sticky note.

The conferences take place October 18-21, 2012 in Gilbert, Arizona and we really hope you can be there. We would hate to see you miss out on the $125 discount and the free pre-conference or post-conference session. These sessions are more popular than ever this year. One person has registered for four pre-cons, and all three post-cons!

Already registered? Thanks. Can you help us remind your fellow developers who have been procrastinating that the deadline is looming? Anything else you can do to promote the conference would also be appreciated.

Also, if you sent in your registration and have not received your confirmation, please contact us to see what has happened. Everyone gets a confirmation and a paid invoice as a receipt when registration is processed.

Special drawings for people who register before July 1st:

• Two White Light Computing Scholarships of $150
• One Tomorrow's Solutions LLC Scholarship of $150 (only those who have not attended Southwest Fox since 2007 are eligible)
• One license of Stonefield Query SDK (a $6,000 value; both conferences eligible)

Check out our list of amazing speakers and dig into our session tracks. Follow the news about the conference on our blog.

Only 2 More Days to be Eligible to Win a Tablet

There are only two more days (the deadline is June 21) to register for Southwest Fox or Southwest Xbase++ to be eligible for a drawing of a tablet: iPad 2 with 16GB of memory (value of $399), Kindle Fire (value of $199), or Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (value of $399) (winner gets to pick).

Registering before June 21 also makes you eligible for the other goodies we’re offering (these drawings are from everyone who registers before July 1):

• three $150 scholarships (Southwest Fox only)
• a license of Stonefield Query SDK (a $6,000 value; both conferences eligible)

Plus you save $125 off the regular conference price, plus you get a free pre-conference or post-conference session, plus those registering for Southwest Fox get a free copy of Lianja App Builder Standard Edition (valued at $395, courtesy of Lianja Inc.), plus you get access to all the session materials (even those sessions you don’t attend), plus all the networking opportunities, plus … I could go on for a while here, but I think you get the point.

New Book on VFPX Coming Soon

Rick Schummer blogged about a new book on VFPX, VFPX: Open Source Treasure for the VFP Developer. He said it all, so I’ll just point you to his blog to read all about it.

Southwest Fox/Xbase++ 2012 Solstice Special

Geek Gatherings is adding an incentive to get you to register early. In addition to all the perks you get when registering before July 1st (a $125 discount, a free pre-conference or post-conference session, and a chance for a $150 scholarship or Stonefield Query SDK), one person who registers before June 21st wins a tablet!

The winner will select one of the following:

• iPad 2 with 16MB of memory (value of $399)
• Kindle Fire (value of $199)
• Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (value of $399)

Winner is selected on July 3, 2012 from the list of people registered before June 21st.