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General News
General News
You can now pay online using Apple Pay
If you have an Apple device (+ Safari) you can now make payments to the QCC using Apple Pay:
- Membership Subscriptions: Subscriptions
- Bookings for Functions: Bookings
- Donations: Donations
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Tony Austin’s IBM Australia and IBM Asia/Pacific photos 1970-1992
Class I graduation – March 1970 (IBM Australia)
Class II graduation – October 1970 (IBM Australia)
S.E. School June-July 1971 (IBM Australia)
Definitely still the “white shirt” era at IBM!
Who are all these handsome IBM systems engineers?
IBM Australia General Systems Division ‘Think Big’ meeting Sydney (mid 1970s)
This GSD meeting was part of the campaign with a “think BIG” theme.
This was in the IBM System/3 era, 1976 or 1977, as a precursor to the radical IBM System/38
then in its last few years of development, and announced in October 1978, leading on to
the highly successful IBM AS/400 and iSeries and System i over following decades,
Perspectives Program 14-18 October 1985 (IBM Australia)
Demonstrating my liking for gaudy shirts!
Some other IBMers’ photos from the 1970s … ( link1 ) ( link2 )
My role supporting the IBM System/38 and, later, the IBM AS/400
in the IBM Australia/New Zealand and Asia/Pacific region
System/38 Teach The Teacher (T3) class October 1979 Hong Kong
(IBM S.E Asia Region – SEAR)
at the time when the first IBM System/38 machines were being delivered.
I was instructor for this S/38 country technical specialists’ class in SEAR region
and it was my first exciting trip to an Asian country.
Module B-GS class September-October 1979 (IBM Asia-Pacific)
In the late 1980s and early 1990s I was the AS/400 Program Manager
at the IBM Asia Pacific South Systems Centre (a group managed by Chris Ellenby)
AS/400 Product Council – Sydney 7-8 May 1990 (IBM Asia-Pacific)
AS/400 PC Support Release 2 workshop 15-17 May 1990 (IBM Asia-Pacific)
AS/400 Release.3 Update workshop – July 1990 (IBM Asia-Pacific)
AS/400 Country Announce Manager (CAM) meeting Feb-March 1991 Singapore (IBM Asia-Pacific)
AS400 Country Announce Manager (CAM) meeting – January 1992 Hong Kong (IBM Asia-Pacific)
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Analysis of Membership by Post Code
An interactive map showing the geographic distribution of members by suburb/postcode is available here: https://www.mapcustomizer.com/map/IBM%20QCC
Further work is needed to fix some missing or incorrect postcodes but this map provides a useful guide to where QCC members reside.
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Newsletter No. 7 – June 2020
Our June newsletter is available for viewing/download here: IBM QCC VIC Newsletter – June 2020
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Newsletter No. 8 – November 2020
Our November newsletter is available for viewing/download here: IBMQCC Victoria Newsletter November 2020 print
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Newsletter No. 6 – March 2020
Our March newsletter is available for viewing/download here: IBM QCC VIC Newsletter – March 2020
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Newsletter No. 5 – December 2019
Our December newsletter is available for viewing/download here: IBM QCC VIC Newsletter – December 2019
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Newsletter No. 4 – October 2019
Our October newsletter is available for viewing/download here: IBM QCC VIC Newsletter – October 2019
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Newsletter No. 3 – August 2019
Our August newsletter is available for viewing/download here: IBM QCC VIC Newsletter – August 2019
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Newsletter No. 2 – May 2019
Our second newsletter for 2019 features:
The Newsletter is available for viewing/download here: IBM QCC VIC Newsletter – May 2019 |
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