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Leaders – Apple Sales Web Resources
Apple Sales Web and Apple Sales Training Online (ASTO) offer courses that provide an overview of the key features and benefits of the newest version of this award-winning database software.
Apple Sales Web
https://asw.apple.com
Apple Sales Training Online
https://salestraining.apple.com
Saturday dBug Cafe: A Seattle Tradition for dBug's Resource Center
What’s happening on Saturdays down at the dBug Cafe sponsored by the Seattle Mac User Group? According to the dBug website, a better question might be, “What isn’t?” People bring in their Macs to get fixed up or souped up. The iPhone has made a fair number of visits and digital photography buffs have been showing off some cool tricks in iPhoto and Photoshop. iPods are all over the place and the questions & answers flow more freely than the hot coffee!
Have coffee with the experts.
http://www.dbug.org/sigs/cafe/
NCMUG: Another Amazingly Successful Event
Congratulations to the North Coast Mac Users Group (NCMUG) on another highly successful Mac Computer Expo (MCE) with more than 1,000 attendees! It’s the 25th year of MCE and each seems to build nicely on the last. You can bet they are already making plans for MCE 2010.
MCE in the Press
http://tinyurl.com/y8org6u
MCE Pictures
http://tinyurl.com/ye5gtno
NCMUG
http://www.ncmug.org
MCE homepage
http://www.maccomputerexpo.com/
(Warm congratulations to NCMUG President and Event Chair Lorene Romero, officers and members of NCMUG.)
October 2009 Milestones
This month’s column includes the Apple Blossom Computer Club: four members started a club in 1981 and one has been a member ever since. Happy anniversary to a worldwide list of some of our oldest groups.
1977
AppleRock
http://www.applerock.org/
(Greetings to President Joan Paletti.)
1979
Apple-Q Inc
http://www.apple-q.org.au
(Congratulations to President Bob Irwin and Apple-Q members.)
1981
Apple Blossom Computer Club
http://abccmug.org/
1984
dBug – Seattle Mac User Group
http://www.dbug.org
1984
North Coast Mac Users Group (CA)
http://www.ncmug.org
(Greetings to President Lorene Romero and NCMUG members.)
1984
Tulsa Users of Macintosh Society
http://www.tums.org
1984
Victoria Macintosh Users Group
http://www.vmug.bc.ca
(Greetings to Apple User Group Regional Liaison Christian Coll, President Dave Traynor and VMUG members.)
1984
Yakima Area Macintosh Users (MacYac)
http://www.macyak.org
1984
The Bay Area Macintosh User Group of West Central Florida
http://www.BAMCentral.org
(Thanks to Cheryl Smeed for this tip.)
1985
Silicon Mountain Macintosh User Group
http://www.smmug.org
(Congratulations to President Mark Griffith, Webmaster Ralph Woodard, Apple User Group Board member Lynn Poos and the wonderful folk at SMMUG.)
1991
Rheintaler Macintosh User Group (REMUG)
http://www.remug.org/
(Greetings to President Martin Hilber and REMUG members.)
1992
Macintosh Business Users Society of Greater Philadelphia
http://www.macbus.org
(Hi to President Chris Urban, VP Irv Herzog and members.)
1999
Oregon MacPioneers User Group (Omug)
http://homepage.mac.com/ydkm/
(Greetings to former Apple User Group Regional Liaison and OMUG President Steve Welsh.)
2002
AppleSeeds
http://www.apple-seeds.org/
(Thanks to President Julie Burwood for this tip.)
2007 DC Final Cut Pro User Group
http://www.dcfcpug.org
(Thanks to ambassador and leader Rodney Mitchell for this tip.)
Ambassadors – Help from your Regional Liaison
The job of User Group Ambassador is one that entails a lot of responsibilities. If your group has questions, your region’s Apple User Group Regional Liaison has the information you need.
Expert advice is just an email away.
https://www.appleusergroupresources.com/?page_id=290
Santa Fe Macintosh User Group: "Synapse to Screen 1.0"
The Santa Fe Macintosh User Group (SFMUG) is sponsoring “Synapse to Screen 1.0” (S2S1.0) in cooperation with the Tenth Annual Santa Fe Film Festival. S2S1.0 will provide a full day of panels, demos and speakers dealing with the use and workings of pre-production software and tools–from brain-storming and mind-mapping, to outlining, scripting, story boarding, production reports and scheduling. SFMUG hopes to offer live streaming of the event as well.
Be part of a great event.
http://www.santafemug.org/ FilmFestival.html
Ambassadors – ASTO: Three Core Areas for Ease of Use
Apple Sales Training Online (ASTO) is now even easier to use, with courses arranged into three core subjects: Mac, music and phone. The Product Knowledge area has courses on specific products, posted the day the products are announced. ASTO is your go-to training source and can be an excellent resource to help you make great presentations to your
group.
Earn points today. Apple Sales Training Online
http://salestraining.apple.com/
Final Cut Pro User Group Network: Issue 3 of "SuperMag"
In conjunction with September’s Second Annual Amsterdam FCPUG SuperMeet, the Final Cut Pro User Group Network (FCPUG Network) has released issue three of “SuperMag,” a free download consisting of over 170 pages of tutorials, tips, techniques and feature articles for today’s digital filmmakers.
Download and learn.
http://fcpugnetwork.org/supermag/2009/index.html
EmiratesMac Radio Broadcasts
Magnus Nystadt from the EmiratesMac User Group will be sharing technology news with host James Piecowye on the Nightline radio show, broadcast by Dubai Eye 103.8 on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 8 p.m. Missed the September 1 broadcast? EmiratesMac offers a podcast of each radio hour.
Subscribe.
http://shuffle.to/podcast
Learn more.
http://www.emiratesmac.com/index.php?page=usergroup
O'Reilly Community Webcasts
O’Reilly, always a strong supporter of user groups, has recently announced webcasts that provide the community with opportunities for audience information and participation. These webcasts typically attract a global audience–it’s not unusual to see participants from thirty countries or more. Past webcast subjects have included the Best iPhone Apps, Snow Leopard and more. The September 24 edition covers security in cloud computing.
Download the archived Best iPhone Apps webcast.
http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596804275/
Sign up for free sessions.
http://oreilly.com/webcasts/
September 2009 Milestones
This month’s column includes three groups who first met in 1979. Happy anniversary to a worldwide list of some of our oldest groups. Want to see your group listed? Send an email with date and year to
ugbeditor@mac.com.
1979 Houston Area Apple Users Group
http://www.haaug.org/
1979 AppleCore of Memphis, Inc.
http://www.memphisapplecore.com
1979 South Australian Apple Users’ Club Inc.
http://www.saauc.org.au
(Congrats to President Grant Ward and members of SAAUC.)
1984 Sierra Nevada Apple User Group
http://www.SNAG.org
(Greetings to SNAG Ambassador and former Apple User Group Advisory Board member Del Missier.)
1985 Mountain View Computer Users Group
http://www.mvcug.org
(Thanks to MVCUG President and Macworld pro John Buono for this tip.)
1986 SaskMUG (of Saskatchewan, Canada–formerly SAUCE)
http://www.saskmug.org/
1989 Prescott Mac User Group (Arizona)
http://www.pmug.us
1992 History and Macintosh Society
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~mac/
(Greetings to Board member Marc Bizer.)
1995 MacApple Users of San Antonio
http://homepage.mac.com/macappleusers/
1999 Rome Owners of Apple Macintosh
http://www.roam.it
Washington Apple Pi: Clubhouse Saturdays
For more than thirty years, few groups have been as vibrant and
accomplished as the Washington Apple Pi (WAP). One of the reasons that
they have stayed involved and active is their commitment to public
service. Their newest service is Clubhouse Saturdays, where people can
meet, chat, learn what is going on with the club and ask questions of
hardware and software gurus.
Check it out.
http://www.wap.org/
Australian Apple User Groups Have a New Magazine
Founded by Nicholas Pyers and made up of more than 30 groups in
Australia, AppleUsers.org is a central gathering spot for the leaders of
Australian Apple User Groups. On July 25 they displayed their newest
project: a new digital format (PDF) magazine for all Australian Apple
User Groups to distribute free to their members.
They work together to grow together.
http://www.appleusers.org
Ambassadors – Ambassador Guide Available for Download
Are you the Apple Ambassador for your group? Be sure to download the
User Group Regional Liaison team’s Apple User Group Ambassador Guide.
It’s a terrific resource that will introduce you to some of the great
resources available to you as your group’s Ambassador.
Download the Ambassador Guide.
http://web.me.com/ugab/ambassadorguide.pdf
