Welcome to DECconnection.org, a website
established to benefit anyone and everyone who ever was connected to
Digital Equipment Corporation, regardless of where they now live or
whether they are working or not.
In December 2007, our membership voted to
change our name to The DEC Connection in recognition of our new goals
and broader membership base.
This website is dedicated to preserving and
enhancing what we all feel made Digital a unique place to work. We
strive to do this by fostering connectivity and communication among
members of the Digital "family". Launched in March 2006, this site
promoted the Tribute to Ken Olsen at Gordon College in June of 2006, two
50th Reunion Celebrations (Clock Tower Place on May 24, 2007, and
Dinner/Reunion at the Stow Acres Country Club on September 27, 2007) and
the most recent opening of the Ken Olsen Science Center at Gordon
College on September 27, 2008. We were happy to present a $2500 check to
Gordon College on June 27, 2006 and a second $2500 check to Gordon
College for the Digital Loggia of Technology at the opening celebration
on 9/27/08.
The DEC Connection Board of Directors
continues to prepare its operation to better address the needs of our
expanding membership. As of November 1, we have 750 paid members in 33
U.S. states and five countries beyond our shores.
This website belongs to its members and
exists, as stated above, to help the Digital family stay connected. We
hope you will choose to Join Us and
participate in our meetings and
online chats. From
the topics listed in the left-hand menu, you can see that we want to
keep Ken's heritage alive, since we all appreciate having experienced
the “Digital Culture.” By keeping in touch both in person and online, we
hope to sustain Ken's legacy well into the future, help each other, and
have fun. So please explore what this site offers, and of course let us
know how it can better serve your interests. Thank you for visiting
www.decconnection.org.
— C. Robert Moore, DRA President, November
1, 2008.