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2nd Quarter 2007
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The Big Event Company Comes to the Spring 2007 La Crosse Customer Conference 
Many people were excited and ready to go for this year's spring customer conference in La Crosse. We invited The Big Event Company to provide the entertainment portion of the 4-day conference, just to mix things up a bit and keep it interesting. The Waterfront Restaurant in La Crosse served an outstanding dinner before the casino games started. Once the action begin, everyone enjoyed themselves playing Vegas-style craps, poker, black jack, and roulette.
The education tracks proved to be very informative and beneficial, even to the point that we had trouble fitting all the information into 2 hour sessions. The Nextgen Rev It Up session was especially well received by the group as they discussed all the new features coming up in the March 2007 update. In fact, there were more than a few comments that even two 4-hour sessions of Rev It Up were not enough! Now, that sounds like a dedicated group to me. With the other sessions for Contract Management, Inventory/PO Management, Orders/ Telesales/ E-commerce, GL/Financial Management, SQL Server Tips/Maintenance, Crystal Report Writing, and Service Management, the attendees had plenty of things to discuss and learn about.
We sincerely thank all of those who attended for taking the time out of your busy schedules to participate in the education sessions and demos. We will continue to do our best to continue providing quality training to you and your staff. Thanks to those who completed their customer surveys and gave us some very nice comments and suggestions. We hope to see you at our next customer conference in October 2007!  
 
"We really enjoyed the conference and all had a great week. There was time for networking with other Nextgen users, which was great and very beneficial, and, as usual, the LMS staff was friendly and helpful and made us feel very welcome. We really appreciated that John, Tom and the other La Crosse staff were willing to spend time with us to better understand our business and how Nextgen could be enhanced to assist with addressing our business needs."
Darlene Geller VP of Finance North Country Business Products, Bemidji, MN "The opportunity to informally discuss concepts is most helpful." Peter Mariahazy Director of Technology and Human Resources Modern Business Machines, Appleton, WI "The one on one attention is invaluable!" Greg Altemus Service Manager Hilyard's Inc., Wilmington, DE Upcoming Seminars
Current News See the New 2-Page Spread in imageSource Magazine Exclusively for the April 2007 edition of imageSource magazine, we have designed and published our first 2-page advertisement spread. 
In our current advertisement, we specifically list a set of powerful integrated tools that are either included with every installation of Nextgen or can easily be added onto Nextgen once it is installed:
Download PDF of our new ad in the April 2007 issue of imageSource Magazine (1.53 MB) See our ad in the current issue of imageSource Magazine See our vendor profile in imageSource Magazine John Brostrom Speaks at ITEX 2007 This year at ITEX in Las Vegas, John Brostrom was co-presenter at the Power Hour session titled "Back Office Technology to Support Business Growth." Moderated by Darrel Amy, President of Dealer Marketing Systems, this meeting room was filled with copier dealership personnel and people in the industry wanting to know more about the importance of software systems and technology for the future success of office equipment companies, and document solutions/copier dealerships. 
Among the various topics covered, it was mentioned by all the presenters that we are currently in an age where dealers cannot afford to fall behind in technology. Whether they are processing orders, purchase orders, invoicing, or handling transactions of any kind, dealers must focus on securing a strong and reliable back office system for efficiently doing business, so that they can protect their hard-earned revenue and profits. 
In addition to the busy show schedule, Imaging Network also hosted an awards dinner where attendees enjoyed a top notch meal and some popular Vegas-style entertainment. Posing as music legends Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Frank Sinatra, the "Rat Pack" performed several classic musical numbers on Thursday evening. Aside from the power hour sessions and after hours entertainment, the show floor at the Las Vegas Convention Center was extremely busy as usual during the show hours. Watching the transformation from a huge number of large boxes and crates into a polished and orderly collection of trade show booths is always a fascinating thing to see. Depending on how large and elaborate some booths are, there are work crews brought in before the show to build and set up sometimes massive structures. The whole transformation happens in about 24 hours, and somehow they manage to hide any indication that all of it was once a chaotic mess. Once the show gets underway, it is all over in 2 days, and hopefully, the exhibitors leave with a good feeling that their trip to Las Vegas was worthwhile. 
La Crosse Management Systems was definitely one of those exhibitors that left with a good feeling of success. Hope to see you next year at ITEX 2008 for an even bigger and better show! View New Software Video Demos on our Website
User Tips Known Issues with Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7 As more and more users switch over to the newly released Microsoft Windows Vista operating system, a few issues have been discovered that we want to let you know about. Please be aware that we do not recommend running Nextgen on the Vista operating system. Our current hardware specifications indicate Windows XP as the supported Microsoft operating system. The following issues are known to be related to Windows Vista.
Closing Remarks View from the Top The Spring 2007 La Crosse Customer Conference was very successful! Thank you to each and every one of you for attending, and thank you for the very nice comments. We appreciate your business! We want to thank you for letting us be your partner in dealership automation software training and development. Until next time,
Contact Information La Crosse Management Systems, Inc.La Crosse International, Inc. 200 Main Street Suite 220 La Crosse, WI 54601 Phone: 608-784-8400 Fax: 608-791-5660 Email: info@lacrossesoftware.com Website: http://www.lacrossesoftware.com
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