Southwest Fox Conference Blog

Keeping conference delegates informed

Conferences are dynamic in nature and organizers have a lot of details to pass along to the people who come each year. The Southwest Fox organizers process communication via email and we normally get high marks for keeping people informed. We already have sent out three emails to people who are registered: 1) Early August Added Eric Selje as speaker, hotel change reminder, international travel information, request for Show Us Your App, door prizes, books Read more…

By Rick Schummer, ago

Speaker Ch-ch-changes…

We have some news to share about our speaker line up for Southwest Fox 2010. We are disappointed that Craig Boyd will be unable to present at Southwest Fox 2010; we look forward to his return in the future. We are delighted that Jody Meyer has agreed to step in. She’ll present two topics: “Web Development using CSS – 101” and “It’s Easy & It’s Green: PDF Output.”  Jody did a terrific job as a Read more…

By Rick Schummer, ago

Early Bird deadline rapidly approaching!

There is still time to get in on Early Bird Registration for Southwest Fox 2010! Register before September 1st and the Early Bird discount saves you $50 over regular conference registration. Southwest Fox is an incredible value. This year’s conference, to be held October 14-17, includes 15 speakers, 26 different sessions in the main conference, and 4 pre-conference topics. Plus, if you’re a member of a registered VFP user group, when you attend Southwest Fox, Read more…

By Tamar Granor, ago

Two Great Reasons to Attend Southwest Fox

Kevin Ragsdale blogged about two good reasons to attend Southwest Fox this year. His reasons were the previews Bo Durban and Steve Ellenoff give for their Southwest Fox sessions. I especially liked these comments: “During Bo’s session, my mind was spinning with new ways of approaching the web browser control in my apps. I couldn’t wait to get home so I could start working on them. Some of them I’ve already tried, and the speed Read more…

By Doug Hennig, ago

Southwest Fox 2010 Change of Venue

We have a big change for Southwest Fox we need to share with you. For the last three years, we have held Southwest Fox at the Arizona Golf Resort and Conference Center. Until recently we expected this would be true for Southwest Fox 2010 as well. Due to a change in the ownership of the Arizona Golf Resort, we have made the difficult decision to relocate. We are happy to announce Southwest Fox 2010 is Read more…

By Tamar Granor, ago

Southwest Fox 2010 News Update

Southwest Fox 2010 SuperSaver deadline approaches Your opportunity to save big on registration for Southwest Fox ends soon. Super-saver registration offers $125 off the price of the conference, and gives you one free half-day pre-conference session, for total savings of $224. In addition, you’ll be eligible for drawings of three $150 scholarships, a copy of Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate with MSDN ( a $11,899 value), a license of Stonefield Query SDK (a $6,000 value), and Read more…

By Rick Schummer, ago

New Southwest Fox scholarship

Since we started running Southwest Fox, White Light Computing, Rick Schummer’s company, has offered one or more scholarships, to reduce costs for a few Southwest Fox attendees. This year, my company, Tomorrow’s Solutions, is offering a new scholarship. I have a theory that going to the first conference is the hardest, so this scholarship is open only to those who haven’t attended Southwest Fox in the years that Rick, Doug and I have run it Read more…

By Tamar Granor, ago

User Group Discount is back

As we’ve done in the past, we’re giving user groups a chance to benefit from Southwest Fox and hoping that, in return, they’ll encourage their members to attend. The deal is the same as in the past. Your group must register with us by July 1. Then, after the conference, you send us a list of your members who were paid attendees, and we’ll send you $25 for each one. Your group can use that Read more…

By Tamar Granor, ago

Southwest Fox 2010: Speakers and Sessions

The organizers know the biggest draw to get you to come to Southwest Fox is the sessions and the speakers who share their vast knowledge with you during your stay in Mesa. We have an extraordinary line up with some of the best minds in the Visual FoxPro Community lined up to cover some topical and interesting material. Our speakers include a mix of people who have presented at one of the six Southwest Fox Read more…

By Rick Schummer, ago

Hello world, again!

Our blog entries have been processed through Blogger and FTP’ed to the Southwest Fox Web server since we started the blog back in November of 2007. Blogger announced they no longer are supporting the FTP posters so we moved our blog to a new engine. Today this was accomplished! We are now using WordPress as the blogging engine and the initial impressions are positive. So please be patient as we go clean up the links Read more…

By Rick Schummer, ago