This website is
dedicated to the memory of our founder and hero, Kenneth H. Olsen (20 Feb 1926 -
6 Feb 2011).
Welcome to The DEC Connection!
The DEC Connection is an association dedicated
to preserving the unique culture of Digital Equipment Corporation by
reuniting the Digital family through face-to-face events, intra-personal and
group communications, and joint activities. We want to preserve
Ken Olsen's cultural, technical and
management legacies. We promote events of local ex-DEC clubs. Membership
is open to all former employees and contractors - JOIN HERE!To submit content,
email webmaster.
The first PBS showing of Digital_Man/Digital_World
was 21 Feb in Indianapolis - most others were shown in late June
timeframe.
New Chapters
Southwest Florida - we are
excited to announce that we're starting up a southwest FL chapter.
Send your name and email and phone number to Sally Hering (sahering@msn.com) if you are interested in a get-together in the Naples area.
Washington, D.C. (DC, MD, VA, WV)
DECconnection chapter? If you're interested please email new member
Charlotte Cocke Conley at
charlottecconley@gmail.com who will organize. She will acknowledge
your email within a week. If you know any ex-DECcies in this area please
contact to ask them to contact Charlotte. thanks!
Central FL - an HP Retiree Group
(for which we qualify as members) is being started at The Villages,
meeting quarterly for lunch. Contact Judy
Donohue, 352-603-3941, HPFloridaretirees@gmail.com
Know someone who is leaving HP?
Please pass the word to anyone leaving HP to use the HP Alumni
Association's "ASAP Checklist" immediately. It has advice and mutual
help -- developed by HPAA members -- on the many things you have to do
before you lose access to HP's internal systems. Thanks to Curt Gowan
for this info. Go to
http://www.hpalumni.org/asap (HPAA membership not required.)
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