Item    8591112                 93/12/17        09:36
From:   DARREN_SMITH@NEXT.COM@INTERNET# Internet Gateway II
Subject: PLEASE READ:  Transition Announcement


Hello!

I want to take this opportunity to officially introduce myself.  I am
Darren Smith, Communications Specialist at NeXT.  As some of you may
already know, I will be taking over many of Conrad Geiger's
responsibilities.


I've been working at NeXT in Redwood City, Calif., for about a year
and a half in the technical support department. My primary
responsibility has been supporting customers with system
administration issues on both the Motorola and Intel platform as well
as additional projects.


I am currently transitioning to the Communications Specialist job and
will be officially in my new job as of January 1. I will focus on 3
primary areas:   User Groups, net posting and communications to
NeXT's direct sales force.

One of my first priorities after the New Year is make sure that you
are getting the type of information that you want from NeXT.  I will
be working on this over the next month or two.  If you receive a
message from me to your alias, please respond with your direct email
address so that I can add you to the appropriate list.  If you get
more than one copy of a posting (and don't want more than one!),
please email me back directly, and specify from which of the aliases
you received the posting.  Don't worry if you don't hear from me with
this "administrative" communication, all it means is that I already
have your direct address.  You will continue to receive the postings
as you do now.

Feel free to contact me at Darren_Smith@NeXT.com (or
dhsmith@next.com) or by phone at (415) 780-2754.   I'm really looking
forward to this new position, and  I will make sure to keep the
information flowing from NeXT!

Happy Holidays!


Darren Smith
Communications Specialist
Marketing Communications
NeXT Computer, Inc.





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