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AMIGA Offering two A1200HDs as Raffle Grand Prizes at AmiWest 2000! Amiga International, Inc., has donated two Amiga 1200HDs (260 MB hard drives) with Magic Packs which will be given away as grand prizes at the end of the show days on both Saturday and Sunday. Hourly raffles will be held on both Saturday and Sunday of the show where prizes, donated by the vendors and other sources, will be given away. These can include hardware as well as software. You must be present at the raffle to obtain your prize. We will not ship prizes. AMIGA has also provided an assortment of the round Amiga mouse pads and the "Back for the Future" CDs which will be given away during the hourly raffles. Remember, AmiWest 2000 is being held on Friday through Sunday, July 29-30, 2000 at the Holiday Inn, Sacramento NorthEast, in Sacramento, CA. Classes and seminars will be held throughout the day on both Saturday and Sunday with the exhibit hall being open on Saturday, July 29th from 10 A.M. - 5 P.M and Sunday, July 30th 10 A.M. - 4 P.M. Specially priced tickets for AmiWest 2000 are available in advance by mail. Prices are: two day admission tickets, $12 and one day admission ticket, $8. If you elect to purchase tickets at the door, the prices are: two day ticket at the door, $15 and One day ticket at the door, $10. If you are ordering a one day ticket by mail, please specify which day (Saturday or Sunday) you are attending. There will be a buffet banquet on Saturday evening, July 29th, with Bill McEwen, President of Amiga, Inc., as the guest speaker discussing the progress made to date on the new Amigas. Price is $35 per plate. Banquet tickets must be purchased in advance. They will NOT be sold on Friday nor Saturday due to the hotel needing attendance figures for planning the banquet. You can mail your requests for advanced admission and banquet tickets to: AmiWest 2000 c/o John Zacharias 10004 Vanguard Drive Sacramento, CA 95827 Make checks payable to "AmiWest". A form for ordering tickets can be found on the AmiWest web page at http://www.sacc.org/amiwest/ where you can learn more about AmiWest 2000. Petro Tyschtschenko, Managing Director, Amiga International, Inc., will be joining Mr McEwen in attendance at AmiWest 2000. Special hotel room rates are available at the Holiday Inn for those attending AmiWest 2000. Room rates are $ 79 (Single) and $ 89 (double) if reservations are made by July 7. You must mention that you are attending AmiWest to get the special rate. You can phone the Holiday Inn at 1-916-338-5800 or 1-800-388-9284 (Tool Free - Hotel directly) to make hotel reservations. You will also be able to purchase the recently announced Software Development Kit (SDK) for the new Amigas at AmiWest 2000. The SDK is being sold by several of the exhibitors at the show. Mr. McEwen and the re-birth of the new Amigas were recently featured in an article in the New York Times (June 22). This weekend event will again showcase the progress that IS the Amiga Community. Hope to see you at AmiWest 2000 on July 29-30, 2000. John Zacharias, chairperson AmiWest 2000 jzachar@calweb.com http://www.sacc.org/amiwest/ |