AXLE Newsletter

October 2000

AXLE = The Association of ex-Lotus employees

Well, it's Fall already. Can you believe it? We hope that your summer was a good one. This is just an email to give you an update on what we've been up to with AXLE, http://www.axle.org and to invite you to our next party on November 7th (details below). Welcome, New Members Membership in AXLE has surpassed 1850 members. Recent additions include: Bannon Mark, Nick Ordon, Sandy (Peco) Landwehr, Bob Congdon, and Richard Watt. We know there are many more ex-Lotus people out there. If you know people who are interested, please ask them to visit the site. Events Update We are planning our next party at the Cambridge Sail Loft on Tuesday, November 7th from 6:30 - 9:00. (Yes, it's election night, so vote early in the day if you can.) This party is sponsored by refer.com, the online job referral network that pays you up to $5,000 for helping your friends and business contacts find better jobs! Sad News Kelsey Selander died in the crash of a small plane in California on Sunday, October 1, 2000. The family requests that no flowers be sent; donations should be given to the charity of your choice. There will be an informal gathering of her friends in the Boston area on October 19th. If you are interested in attending, please contact Michael Kolowich at michael@kolowich.com. Update, Update, Update! Don't forget to update your member profile. Moved? Changed jobs? Stay involved. Stay current! Also, have you noticed anyone missing? Help keep AXLE vibrant and growing. Go to "Who Are We Missing?" on the directory page and share a lead. Hope your Fall is grand. That's all for now, Carole Gunst, Glenn Kaufman, Reed Sturtevant, & Chris Wraight Special thanks to Corporate Alumni Inc., the company powering our AXLE community site. ----------------------------------------------------------------- AXLE thanks refer.com for sponsoring our next party ----------------------------------------------------------------- refer.com is a new online job referral service that pays up to $5,000 to people who help their friends and business contacts find better jobs. With more than 60,000 job openings, refer.com is the best job referral site designed for people who are natural networkers with an ability to match jobs with candidates. refer.com users are well-connected folks from a variety of professional backgrounds, technology to finance, dot-coms to telcos, NYC to San Francisco. They help friends find rewarding careers ... and they like to be rewarded as well! Backed by idealab!, refer.com will continue to enhance its services to become the world's best site for professionals who network. Check it out at www.refer.com. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hello, AXLE members. Hope your summer is starting off nicely. We just wanted to give you an update on what we’ve been up to with AXLE, www.axle.org

 

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We've got the pictures!

The most recent pictures from the last Cambridge AXLE party are posted! Go check them out at www.axle.org.

 

Welcome, New Members

Membership in AXLE has surpassed 1750 members. Recent additions include: Jorulf Beitland, Brigid Brahe, EG Green, Zigrida Kruckovs, Margaret McLeod, David Sauer, Sheryl Macleod Stockless, Lee Wohlwerth, and Lydia Wohlwerth. We know there are many more people out there. If you know people who are interested, please add them to the database or ask them to visit the site.

 

Events Update

Stay tuned for updated information on AXLE. In the meantime, are you interested in hosting an AXLE party in your city? How about it, Paris? Let us help you by posting the information on AXLE.

 

Job Postings

Take a look at all of the great jobs out there that are being advertised specifically to AXLE members. Here are just a few:

--Senior Software Engineer and Principal Software Quality Engineer for Viveca Software in Boston;

--Lotus Notes Tech Writer in Dallas;

--QA Engineers at PrimeStreet in Boston;

--Java Developers in Pittsburgh;

--VP of Engineering in Waltham; and

--Lotus Notes Developers in Chicago.

 

Update, Update, Update!

Don't forget to update your member profile. Moved? Changed jobs? Stay involved. Stay current! Also, have you noticed anyone missing? Help keep AXLE vibrant and growing. Go to "Who Are We Missing?" on the directory page and share a lead. Hope your summer is grand.

That's all for now,

 

Carole Gunst, Glenn Kaufman, Reed Sturtevant, & Christ Wraight

 

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