The next meeting of the Kansas City Area SAS User's Group will be September 14 at 1:00 pm at the KU Regents Center at 12600 Quivira in Overland Park, Kansas.

Our corporate parade this quarter will feature short presentations from Sprint and Best Solutions.

Our feature presentation will be provided by Bill Hefner of SAS Institute: > Building upon Version 7, Version 8 is the next major release of the > SASŪ System. In this presentation, we'll take a broad overview look > at the new functionality available in these two releases. Specifically, > enhancements to I/O processing (SAS I/O and external file I/O) will be > covered, as well as features in the DATA step language and a few Base > procedures. Also, new output / reporting capabilities will be > discussed. A brief demonstration of the user interface and some of > these enhancements will follow.

*** Order SAS manuals at 15% off at our September 14 meeting! *** SAS Institute is offering a new discount for purchasing SAS manuals and Books by Users books. Once a year, attendees in each local user group can purchase books at a 15% discount. You must attend the meeting to qualify for the discount. If you complete your order form at the meeting, YOU WILL NEED YOUR CREDIT CARD NUMBER or a PURCHASE ORDER.(pre-payment)--no cash or checks please! We cannot be responsible for handling cash. If you opt to take the order form back to your office for processing, a check may be submitted with the order. Orders must be placed within 2 weeks of the meeting to receive the 15% discount. We will have catalogs and order forms available at the meeting. So be sure to attend so you can take advantage of the 15% savings!

** Win a free SAS manual! ** Also, we'll be having a drawing and whoever wins will receive a free SAS manual or Books by Users book of their choice!

Come and join us!!

For questions or directions, please contact Kerril Bauerly KCASUG Chair (913) 577-1318 kerril.bauerly@labone.com