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Southwest Fox 2011 was a great success. Now we're trying to figure out what form next year's event will take. You can help us by answering a few questions about your preferences. Please take the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VCCKNDG, so we can include your input.

The recipients of the 2011 FoxPro Lifetime Achievement Award were announced at the keynote session. Congratulations to Steve Black, Toni Feltman, and Drew Speedie (RIP). Read more here.

The recipient of the 2011 VFPX Administrators' Award was announced at the keynote session. Congratulations to Joel Leach for his work with FoxTabs and ParallelFox. Read more here.

Geek Gatherings is thrilled to announce the addition of Steven Black to the speaker lineup. Steve's sessions are Looking Back: Techniques I'm Glad we Used and Niche Marketing for VFP Developers, Revisited.

The session schedule for Southwest Fox 2011 is now available. Exhibitor sessions don't appear but will be added soon. One change you may like this year is the ability to add a session to your calendar on your laptop or smartphone: simply click the calendar icon that appears beside each session.

Dave Aring's popular Kokopelli session scheduler application will be available soon; watch for an announcement when it's ready.

Geek Gatherings is thrilled to announce the addition of Steven Black to the speaker lineup. Steve's sessions are Looking Back: Techniques I'm Glad we Used and Niche Marketing for VFP Developers, Revisited.

Alpha Software is offering a free full copy of Alpha Five Developer to every attendee of Southwest Fox 2011, a $349 value. Alpha Five allows you to rapidly develop both web and desktop database applications. Alpha Software is exhibiting at this year's Southwest Fox, so you'll have a chance to meet and talk with them about their product. For more information on Alpha Five, please see their web site: http://www.alphasoftware.com.

The winners of the White Light Computing and Tomorrow's Solutions scholarships are Joel Leach, Stacey Violett, and Jon Love. Read Rick's blog and the SWFox blog for details.

Anyone who is registered before midnight EDT on September 1st (including those who are already registered) is eligible for one of three drawings for a DBi Technologies Studio Controls for COM license (which sells for $749). Thanks to DBi for their ongoing support of Southwest Fox!

We're trying to get a better handle both on how many people to expect and the factors in people's decision to attend or not. Please help us by taking a brief anonymous survey.

Geek Gathering is pleased to announce that the 2011 Ceil Silver Ambassador is Borislav Borissov.

Listen to Andrew MacNeill interview Rick Schummer, Tamar Granor, and Doug Hennig about Southwest Fox 2011 on the FoxShow #73.

We're tweaking the "ticket bucket" price mechanism as of July 25. See http://swfox.net/blog/2011/07/ticket-bucket-ch-ch-changes/ for details.

There are only 8 days left to get a free pre-conference session and chance for scholarships for Southwest Fox 2011. We're already ahead of the pace from this time last year so be sure to register before July 1 so you don't miss out.

West Wind is hosting the Web Connection User Conference on October 25 and 26, just before Southwest Fox.

The German FoxPro User Group, Visual Extend, and FoxRockX are sponsoring a free Silverswitch (Silverlight to VFP) workshop on Saturday and Sunday after Southwest Fox.

Speakers and sessions have been announced. Registration opens June 1.

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We are looking for nominations from the VFP community for the 2011 Ceil Silver Ambassador. To nominate someone you think is deserving to be selected, please email their name and a brief list of their contributions to the VFP community to ambassadorfund@swfox.net. Names must be submitted no later than April 15, 2011.

Southwest Fox invites prospective speakers to submit session proposals.

The dates for Southwest Fox 2011 have been announced: October 26-29, 2011.