Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 09:20:45 -0500
Reply-To: Michael Raithel <michaelraithel@WESTAT.COM>
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From: Michael Raithel <michaelraithel@WESTAT.COM>
Subject: The Complete Guide to SAS Indexes - Book Giveaway
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Dear SAS-L-ers,
Yippee! My new book, The Complete Guide to SAS Indexes, has finally
been shipped from the printers, so it is officially "published":
http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?catid=1&pc=60409
Yesterday, I received my "Author's copies" and I am all smiles! Really!
After giving one book to each of my sons, sending one to my Dad, giving
one to my boss, and putting one on my desk, I am left with three extra
copies. So, I have a choice to make: I could let them gather dust on
my bookshelf; I could hawk them on a street-corner in nearby Washington,
DC; or I could give them away to interested, deserving, SAS-loving
colleagues... like, perhaps Y-O-U; my fellow SAS-L-ers.
That last choice is exactly what I intend to do. I am going to hold a
drawing to give away the remaining three Author's copies of my book. If
you win, then I will mail a copy of my new book to you, no matter where
you are domiciled on this big, wide, wondrous, blue-green orb that we
call Planet Earth.
If you are not interested in participating in this drawing, then you
should probably send this message to email Valhalla, because the rest of
it describes how to participate in the drawing. If you are interested,
please read the rest of the message carefully.
What the book is About:
The previous web link (and the title, itself) should give you a pretty
good idea of what the book is about. If not, here is more explanatory
text concerning the book:
http://support.sas.com/publishing/bbu/authorline/2006/1_06/1_06a.html
Please note that this is not a "mainframe SAS book." It was written to
discuss the why's and where fore's of SAS Indexes on _ALL_ of the
platforms that you can run SAS on.
How to Participate
Send one email, with the specific Subject:
Index Book Drawing
... with this simple text in the body of the message:
"I would like to participate in the drawing for a copy of The
Complete Guide to SAS Indexes"
... and, in the body of the message include your first and last name...
... to my home email address: maraithel@erols.com.
Send your one email any time between now and midnight (24:00) Eastern
Standard Time (USA) on Saturday, March 4th.
Emails received after the aforementioned date/time will be discarded.
Emails sent to my Westat address will be discarded.
If you send more than one email, all of them will be discarded.
If you send Emails to my Westat address and to my home address, all of
them will be discarded.
If your message is missing either the afore-mentioned Subject, text, or
first and last names, it will be discarded.
If you are not a registered SAS-L-er (e.g. you heard about this from a
co-worker, a spouse, a significant other, a literary critic, or from the
grapevine but do not participate in SAS-L) as of yesterday, your message
will be discarded.
How the Drawing Will Work:
I will wake up completely rested and refreshed on Sunday, March 5th,
wondering how many emails came in during the night, before midnight
struck.
I will print off each and every email that I received during the past
week. I will fold the emails into eights, and put them into a hat (yes,
a real hat). I will shake up the hat and withdraw three emails from it.
Those three will be the potential winners of the books that I plan to
give away.
I will check "the list" and verify that the three persons were valid
SAS-L subscribers as of the date I posted this message to the 'L. If
any of them are not, I will discard the email and draw another one from
the bloated hat. I will repeat this step as needed.
I will then send a "congratulations; you won" type of message to all
three of the people whose names were drawn. I will ask them for the
address that they would like a copy of my new book mailed to.
If I do not hear back from a potential winner within 72 hours, I will
select a new name from the hat. (Which, means that I cannot wear that
darn hat for, at most, three days). Then, I will attempt to get a
mailing address from the new person that was selected. (Note that an
"Out of Office" reply does not count as me "hearing back" from you).
I will mail a copy of The Complete Guide to SAS Indexes to each of the
persons who was selected and who provided me with a mailing address.
I will delete all of the emails from Outlook on my home computer, throw
away the folded-up copies, and reclaim use of the hat.
I will post the names of the lucky winners on SAS-L.
Please Do Not Participate:
...if you are one of my wonderful reviewers and are already getting a
free copy of the book.
...if you are not a registered SAS-L-er.
...if for some reason, you cannot send me your mailing address should
you become one of the lucky winners.
...if you are a sore loser.
...if you are a bad winner and are going to make this more work for me
than it is worth.
...if you are an alien. Only beings born on Earth may participate.
Okay SAS-L-ers, I am looking forward to conducting this drawing, and
sending my three remaining Author's copies to deserving Listserv
colleagues. And, as always, I'll continue to read all of the various
interesting questions and answers that Y-O-U post on the 'L.
Best of luck to one and all who participate in this drawing!
I hope that this suggestion proves helpful now, and in the future!
Of course, all of these opinions, actions, book drawings and insights
are my own, and do not reflect, nor are endorsed by those of my
organization or my associates. All SAS code and/or methodologies
specified in this posting are for illustrative purposes only and no
warranty is stated or implied as to their accuracy or applicability.
People deciding to use information in this posting do so at their own
risk.
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Michael A. Raithel
"The man who wrote the book on performance"
E-mail: MichaelRaithel@westat.com
Author: Tuning SAS Applications in the MVS Environment
Author: Tuning SAS Applications in the OS/390 and z/OS Environments,
Second Edition
http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?catid=1&pc=58172
Author: The Complete Guide to SAS Indexes
http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?catid=1&pc=60409
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After being turned down by numerous publishers, he had decided
to write for posterity. - George Ade
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