Have you attended a Local User Group meeting in your area recently? These meetings are a great way to share information with others. Local User Groups are a great source of knowledge and experience as well as a great place to discuss what is happening in the industry and how it may affect your organization. Check the list below and attend a meeting at your next opportunity.

PENNSYLVANIA AREA

Location:	UGI Utilities, Inc, 225 Morgantown Rd, Reading PA
Date:	Wednesday, August 27, 2003
Time:	9:00 a.m.
Topic:	TBA
Contact:	Susan Miller - smmiller@ugi.com

Please click here for the minutes from the April 30, 2003 meeting.

WISCONSIN AREA

	"Express to Success" Register TODAY!
July 30-August 1, 2003
You don't want to miss out on this great opportunity! Register online or fax your form to Group 1 Software, Attention Registration Coordinator at 301-918-0464 and take advantage of this great discount. With less than a month until Horizons 2003, don't miss your chance to participate in informative sessions presented by Group 1 associates and leading industry experts on both DOC1 and Enterprise Solutions Division products. Existing products, as well as soon-to-be-released products, will be the focus of many of our interactive sessions. While you're there, stop by our Solutions and Technical Help Centers to speak with technical support representatives, developers, pre-sales and professional service representatives on hand to help you. Get your questions answered and learn about some of the newest technology from Group 1 vendors and business partners. For more information about Horizons 2003 including conference highlights, session descriptions, and guest speakers as well as hotel accommodations, visit our Web site at http://www.g1.com/uconf.

With the upcoming release of Geographic Coding Plus, we would like to provide you with some of the highlights from this release. The new release of Geographic Coding Plus is a major release and will impact all users of the product. This release contains several enhancements and will also serve as the replacement for remaining legacy Demographic Coding System customers.

This release will contain the following enhancements:

• Street Coding Option
• Enhanced Latitude/Longitude
• Auxiliary Matching
• Enhanced geographic data from GDT including Census Block
• Multi-Locator Function
• Intelligent Callable Function from GCP to CODE-1 Plus
• Mapping Product-Compatible Output File formats
• Multiple latitude/longitude formats
• License Management

For more information concerning the release of Geographic Coding Plus 5.0.0, please refer to the Pre-Release Announcement located in the Support area of the Web site, http://www.g1.com, Login to Support, Product Documentation, Customer Communications. If you are not a current Geographic Coding Plus customer, but would like more information concerning this product, please contact your local sales executive.

Take a look at some of the recent updates and additions that have been made to this valuable section of our Web site. The FAQs are listed by product so you can easily find the questions that apply to your specific products. There is also a link to the FAQ Submission Form if you have a question/answer you would like to have considered. Below are a few of the most recent additions and update to this area.

After installing Code 1 Plus 2.5.1 and trying to run a batch job, I receive an error message 'user not authorized to QSYS/CHGSYSLIBL *CMD'. How do I resolve this?

Please click here for the answer to this CODE-1 Plus - iSeries question.

What can I do to speed up processing in CODE-1 Plus?

Please click here for the answer to this CODE-1 Plus - DPV question.

Since a USPS Form 3553 CASS Summary Report is no longer required when submitting a mailing, how does the Post Office know that a mailing has been processed using CASS-certified software?

Please click here for the answer to this CODE-1 Plus question.

What does the Maximum Address/Overall Correction mean?

Please click here for the answer to this CODE-1 Plus - Product Usage question.

How can I check to see what version of software I have?

Please click here for the answer to this CODE-1 Plus - Product Usage question.

Where can I find a copy of the CODE-1 Plus parameters/setup that Group 1 used for CASS?

Please click here for the answer to this CODE-1 Plus - Windows Specific question.

For a complete list of all available FAQs, please visit the FAQ area of the Support Web site at www.g1.com/support/faq.

Back issues of NewsCast are being archived. Click previous issues to go the NewsCast homepage to review any prior issues.

Below are some links that may be of interest to our customers:

Group 1's Web Page - http://www.g1.com. The Group 1 Software Web site provides customers with valuable information concerning different areas of the company. From this Web site, you can access education information, recent press releases, support, and much more useful information.

USPS Web Site Business Section - http://www.usps.com/smallbiz

The USPS Web Site - www.usps.gov. This Web site allows customers to check out the latest information regarding postage rates and fees, news and events in the postal community, locations of local post offices, and provides various other links. There is also a place where postal service customers can track the status of a package or access other online mailing forms.

Canada Post - http://www.canadapost.ca/splash.asp. This is the direct link to the Canada Post Web site.

USPS PostalOne - http://www.pilot.uspspostalone.com. This is the direct link to the USPS PostalOne Web site.

USPS Rapid Information Bulletin Board System - http://ribbs.usps.gov. This is the National Customer Support Center for the United States Postal Service. It provides you mail-service updates, current weather conditions, and other interesting facts pertaining to the Postal Service.

Postal Rate Commission - http://www.prc.gov. The Postal Rate Commission Web site provides information about the organization, its function and procedures, along with postal rates and fees. It also provides a location where you can voice your opinion to the Consumer Advocate.

Nonprofit Mailers - http://www.nonprofitmailers.org. The Alliance is the primary representative of nonprofit mailers before the Postal Rate Commission, at the United States Postal Service's (USPS) Headquarters, and on Capitol Hill.

Postcom - http://www.postcom.org. Postcom is the Association for Postal Commerce. Its Web site provides you with up-to-date information regarding what is going on in the "postal world." It includes links to other helpful sites, as well as a place to contact your US Senators or Representatives.