Renew Your COE Membership and Win!

As of December 31, your 2001 COE membership benefits will expire! Watch your mailboxes for renewal invoices, and renew your membership for 2003 by Tuesday, December 31 for your chance to win a 3DCONNEXION Spaceball 4000 FLX 3D Motion Controller or a Dell Axim X5 Advanced Handheld, both sponsored by Dell! Please contact COE Headquarters at info@coe.org for more information about membership renewal.

COE’s key goals for 2003 include:

• COE member discounts for CATIA Certification Testing
• Holding two fantastic user conferences: New Orleans—March 30-April 2 and Seattle—September 28-October 1
• Expanding online member services; assisting local/regional user groups
• Reaching out to smaller CATIA installations to expand the COE community of users
• An online data exchange repository through the members-only page of the COE Web site
• Providing information to ease member company's successful migration to Version 5

By renewing your COE membership, you’ll not only retain access to all of COE’s benefits; you’ll also enjoy new benefits that will be launched in 2003. By renewing your membership, you’ll strengthen the user groups’ ranks, thereby assuring that COE has even more influence with your vendor, Dassault Systemes.

And as our strength lies in our extensive network of users, we are always looking for new members to become involved and share their skills. This is your chance to help, and be sweetly rewarded in the process with a sporty COE watch. You'll be the envy of all your CATIA peers because the only way to score this watch is HERE!

This new membership program COE has implemented involves existing members getting involved to make COE grow and it's as easy as 1, 2, 3!

1. Encourage a potential member to submit the online membership application and list your name where it asks "How did you learn about COE?"
2. Application approved by COE HQ and annual dues paid by new member for current year.
3. New member attends the next conference and we send you the ALL-NEW COE WATCH!

Special thanks to the trail-blazing COE member who has already taken advantage of this program, Mike Olson of Northrop Grumman Newport News.

See you in New Orleans for the COE Spring 2003 Conference!

Planning is already underway for the next great COE user event so make plans now to head to the Bayou from March 30 - April 2, 2003 for the largest, most comprehensive, international event dedicated to Dassault Systemes technology available. Bookmark www.coe.org to stay updated on sessions, speakers, exhibits, and airfare and hotel discounts. Plus make sure you log-on to www.coe.org after January 6th to register online at the early-bird rate and save $325!

Help COE to Meet Your Needs

We want your feedback. Each month we will be asking you a different question to help us improve COE member benefits. Next month we'll provide the results to our November question, and introduce a new question.

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