Twice each year the Portland Macintosh Users Group (PMUG) provides a weekend of learning, fun and friendship in the beauty and tranquility of Silver Falls State Park (Oregon). Run as a not-for-profit event, PMUG uses any funds earned to make the next MacCamp even better. Congratulations to President Charles DeVore and members on reaching this amazing milestone.

Visit the group’s web site:
http://www.pmug.org/

Learn more about MacCamp
http://www.pmug.org/blog/mac-camp/

If you have been to one of the Final Cut Pro User Group Network’s SuperMeets, you already know why you should attend: tech tips, insider previews, networking with other video professionals and incredible raffles.

The Las Vegas SuperMeet on April 13 will be the first to have Apple, Adobe & Avid together on one stage and the first to have 3D on stage (3D glasses handed out to all). As co-founder Dan Berube says, this SuperMeet promises to be the single largest gathering of editors, gurus and digital filmmakers during the 2010 NAB Show.

Join the members of BOSFCPUG, LAFCPUG, SF Cutters and other FCPUG and digital video user groups around the world for this amazing event.

http://fcpugnetwork.com/

Marsee Henon of user group favorite O’Reilly writes to say that you really can learn to develop mobile applications for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch in just 2 days. All you need to do is to attend O’Reilly’s hands-on workshop, Build, Compile, and Run Your iPhone App in 2 Days.

If you have familiarity with the Mac and basic experience with object-oriented programming (such as Java or Visual Studio), you have what it takes to build today’s most popular — and lucrative — applications. Better yet, User Group members receive a 30% discount with code DSUG when registering online

Dates and locations:

* May 16 & 17 in San Francisco
* June 27 & 28 in Chicago
* August 8 & 9 in Los Angeles
* September 19 & 20 in Seattle

Sign up today–seating is limited, and Marsee expects that these workshops will fill up quickly.
http://training.oreilly.com/introiphoneapp/

IMUG online invites digital media mavens to a premier event for professionals in production, post production, motion graphics, 3D and related fields. This year’s Media Motion Ball will offer ongoing drawings for great door prizes, time to network and socialize, and a multi-course dinner. Going to NAB? Should the MediaMotion Ball be on your social calendar?

Check it out.

http://www.imugonline.com/

User group members are invited to the 35th annual Trenton Computer Festival (TCF), the oldest computer festival in the world, scheduled for April 23-25, 2010 at The College of New Jersey in Ewing, New Jersey.

TCF is not just another computer show. It was started by (and is still run by) computer hobbyist volunteers as a non-profit educational event. Attendees can enjoy workshops, the ever-popular flea market, commercial exhibits, opportunities to meet and socialize,  special exhibits, contests and more.

Check it out!

http://www.tcf-nj.org/
(Thanks to Elsa Travisano and Michael P. Redlich for this tip!)

Join the Final Cut Pro User Group Network (FCPUG), including BOSFCPUG, LAFCPUG and CUTS Austin, and The Austin Film Society and other film-related groups on March 13 during SXSW 2010 (South by Southwest 2010) for an informal SuperMeetup gathering of FCP, Avid and Adobe editors, HDSLR filmmakers and digital content creators. Interact with other HDSLR filmmakers, enjoy a few cocktails to light up your evening and win one of many cool prizes to use on your next film project in the Final Cut Pro User Group Network’s World Famous Raffle!

Learn  more.
http://www.supermeet.com/sxsw10.html

Join a group in the Final Cut Pro User Group Network
http://fcpugnetwork.com/

Tech groups move with the times and many groups have blogs, podcasts and YouTube videos. Still, not many have their own iPhone app. MacGroup-Detroit president Terry White recently announced that his group has a new app on iTunes that provides 0n-the-go access to their blog, support forum, photo galleries and podcast-MacGroup TV.

Check it out.

http://tinyurl.com/macgroupapp

For more on how this app was created, see a related story here:
http://www.bestappsite.com/reviews/news/you-can-have-your-own-iphone-app-too/

Nicholas Pyers of AppleUsers.org reports that AppleUsers is making its current issue available to the public for download. This issue covers the iPad and more.

Find out more and download the most-recent issue.
http://www.appleusers.org/magazine/february-2010-issue-of-appleusers-spotlight-now-available/

February 5 saw another in the amazing SuperMeet series organized by the Final Cut Pro Network and sponsored by most of the big names in video production.  Missed it? Don’t worry, the next SuperMeet will be on April 13 at NAB. Congrats to Dan Berube and the member groups of the Final Cut Pro Network for another sold-out and successful event.

Check it out!

http://supermeet.com/

On November 21, Terry White, founder and President of MacGroup-Detroit, favorite UGU web site evaluator and Director of Creative Pro Technical sales for Adobe, will be the presenter for Mactechic of Michigan’s Saturday Morning Meeting. His website says, “If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?” Terry shows folks how to do it right the first time.

Enjoy a morning with the best.
http://www.mactechnics.org

Learn about MacGroup-Detroit
http://www.macgroup.org/about_us/about_macgroup.php

The Dutch word for core is klokhuis and the AUG Klokhuis user group is the core of all things Apple in the Netherlands. On December 12 they will celebrate with an “AppleDay,” a popular event regularly sponsored by Klokhuis.

Along with the normal program – meeting point, lectures, wirelessnetwork, workshops etc. – Apple Dag offers a tombola with fantastic prizes.

See why this is a can’t miss event.
http://www.klokhuis.nl

Many groups have holiday parties in November, but Yale’s Mac User Group offers holiday ideas to use. Wondering what to buy that Mac-loving friend or relative? Yale’s December 2 meeting will cover electronics for the holidays. Now that’s a merry meeting indeed!

Learn more.
http://www.yalemug.org

This edition of the Apple User Group Market podcast includes a fun interview with Martin Sitter, founder and publisher of Nonlinear Educating Inc., discussing his company’s traditional macProVideo  nd new designProVideo training videos, plus information from UGAB Vendor Liaison Tom Piper.
Listen in!