Dear SAS-L-ers,

Art posted the following:

> > The next meeting of the Toronto Area SAS Society (TASS) will be at 8:30 > am, > Friday, June 3rd, 2011, at SAS Canada (280 King Street East, Toronto, > Ontario). The meeting is really two meetings in one with the morning's > topics selected primarily for non-EG users, and the afternoon's topics > selected primarily for EG users. > > However, for this meeting, I think that both groups will want to attend > both > sessions. In addition to all of the other great presenters, SAS-L's own > MMMMIIIIKKKKEEE will be presenting three of his SGF talks/papers, > namely: > "Its’ Not Easy Being a SAS® Programmer," "So, You Want to Be a SAS > Press > Author" and "PROC DATASETS: The Swiss Army Knife of SAS Procedures." > > And, if you want to network, coffee, pastries and juice will be > available > before the first morning session. > > Oh, did I happen to mention the cost? It's free and open to all, but > you do > have to register! > > The agendas and link to register can be found at: > http://www.torsas.ca/attachments/File/06032011/TASS_Agendas_June_2011.p > df > > The agenda includes: > > 9:00 – 9:05 (5 minutes) – Words of Welcome > Arthur Tabachneck, TASS President > > 9:05 – 9:25 (20 minutes) – An Update from SAS > Matt Malczewski, SAS Canada > > 9:25 – 10:00 (35 minutes) – Business Macro Variables, PROC SQL & > the > Data Dictionary: The Efficiency Quest > Andrew Farrer, CIBC > > 10:00 – 10:20 (20 minutes) – Break > > 10:20 – 10:40 (20 minutes) – Discrete data coding using PROC > TRANSREG > Michael Lerner, Ontario Ministry of Education > > 10:40 – 11:15 (35 minutes) – Its’ Not Easy Being a SAS® > Programmer > Michael Raithel, Westat > > 11:15 – 11:45 (30 minutes) – Breakout Sessions > • Statistics > • So, You Want to Be a SAS Press Author? > • Coders Corner > • Enterprise Guide/Reporting > > 11:45 – 12:00 (15 minutes) – Prize Draw & Closing Remarks > Matt Malczewski, SAS Canada > > Lunch (on your own) > > 1:30 – 1:35 (5 minutes) - Words of Welcome > Craig McCulloch, CAMC Consulting > > 1:35 – 1:50 (15 minutes) – My SAS Global Forum > Fulton Lee, CIBC > > 1:50 – 2:40 (50 minutes) – PROC DATASETS: The Swiss Army Knife of > SAS > Procedures > Michael Raithel, Westat > > 2:40 – 3:00 - Break > > 3:00 – 3:40 (40 minutes) – Cluster This! > Meera Das, RBC > > 3:40 – 4:10 (30 minutes) – Enterprise Guide, Statistics, & > Clustering > Laurent Josso, RBC > > 4:10 – 4:25 (15 minutes) - Prize Draw and Closing Remarks > Craig McCulloch, CAMC Consulting and Matt Malczewski, SAS Canada > > Hope to see/meet you there,

Art, a free SUG meeting in one of Canada's premier cities; free coffee, pastries, and juice; interesting speakers; great give-aways; and a great host (SAS Canada); wow the Toronto Area SAS Society certainly knows how to host a users group! Count me in; I definitely plan to attend!!!!!

Take Care!

----MMMMIIIIKKKKEEEE (aka Michael A. Raithel)