Apple User Group Bulletin - January 23, 2004
Apple User Group Bulletin - January 23, 2004
- Subject: Apple User Group Bulletin - January 23, 2004
- From: Apple User Group Relations <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 15:08:23 -0800
Apple User Group Bulletin
January 23, 2004
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Dear User Group Leaders,
User group activities were plentiful and popular at this month's
Macworld Conference & Expo San Francisco including:
- the best-attended User Group University ever
- user group session on the MacBeginnings stage
- lounge sessions with members of the User Group Advisory Board,
Regional Liaison and Campus Group Advisory Board teams
- a Campus Groups dinner and meeting
- a memorable Adobe Professional Association & User Group Leader
Breakfast featuring five all-star presenters.
All week long User Group Guides helped show-goers find their way around
the Expo floor while representatives from nine user groups helped
spread the word at the User Group Booth. The User Group Lounge drew
crowds with a world-class lineup of presenters, and was the best place
around to relax and make friends.
Big thanks to all the volunteers and sponsors!
Macworld Planning Committee
Apple User Group Advisory Board
Regional Liaison Team
Campus Group Advisory Board
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CONTENTS
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Community News - Leaders
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1] - Thanks to User Group University Sponsors
2] - UGU Audio Files, Session Materials Posted
3] - UGU Yearbook - Class of January 2004
4] - The (Mac)World's Best Volunteers
5] - GarageBand Meeting Idea
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Apple User Group Bulletin - Members
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Community News - Members
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1] - Macworld Expo Photo Gallery
2] - MacHome Features Mac User Groups
3] - David Pogue's iLife 'O4 Mini Manual
Special Offers
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1] - SnapMail
2] - Mac Gold Book
3] - WebPrint Plus
4] - Hemera
5] - Office Applications for Mac OS X
6] - The MUG Store
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COMMUNITY NEWS - LEADERS
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1] - Thanks to User Group University Sponsors
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More than two dozen vendors helped to sponsor User Group University San
Francisco 2004. These vendors deserve our thanks for their generous
support of the user group community. Share the links on the site below
with your members, and be sure to distribute the vendor special offers
to your group members each month.
Platinum Sponsors
- Adobe
- Macworld Conference & Expo
- Macworld Publishing
- The MUG Store
- Microsoft
- Software Cinema.
Get a full list of sponsors with links.
http://www.mugcenter.com/ugu/ugusf2004/sponsors.html
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2] - UGU Audio Files, Session Materials Posted
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User Group University audio files and session materials are now posted
at The MUG Center. Whether you didn't make it to UGU, or you want to
check out the sessions from the opposite conference track, be sure to
take advantage of these resources. And share them with your leadership
team!
Click to listen to an MP3 of a session, or option-click to download
session materials and iPod-ready MP3 files to your Mac. Thanks go to
Chuck Joiner of The MUG Center and to the members of the UGU faculty for
making these resources available.
http://www.mugcenter.com/ugu/ugusf2004/syllabus.html
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3] - UGU Yearbook - Class of January 2004
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See the faces and read the bios of the distinguished members of User
Group University's Class of January 2004 - our largest class ever.
http://www.mugcenter.com/ugu/ugusf2004/yearbook.html
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4] - The (Mac)World's Best Volunteers
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User Group University and all the great user group activities at
Macworld Expo could never have happened without a fantastic crew of
volunteers. Our thanks go to each and every volunteer. Special thanks go
to volunteer coordinator Sandy Foderick, who juggled a thousand details
and never stopped smiling.
Three cheers for Sandy and for all the volunteers!
http://www.mugcenter.com/macworld/mwsf2004/volunteers.html
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5] - GarageBand Meeting Idea
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As the newest addition to the iLife '04 suite of products, GarageBand
has a lot of people spending some quality time making music with their
Macs. Why not turn that into a fun meeting? Invite your GarageBand
users to bring in their masterpieces for a GarageBand listening
session. You could even kick off the meeting with a quick demo of how
to make your own GarageBand song with the built-in loops.
iLife '04
http://www.apple.com/ilife/
GarageBand
http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/
Ambassadors, check ASW for the latest iLife '04 materials.
http://sales.apple.com
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APPLE USER GROUP BULLETIN | Members
January 23, 2004
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COMMUNITY NEWS - MEMBERS
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1] - Macworld Expo Photo Gallery
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The User Group University and Macworld Conference & Expo Photo and
iMovie Gallery is now posted at The MUG Center. Take a cruise through
the links and enjoy the slide shows, photo pages and movies from user
group members, IDG, Apple and more.
http://www.mugcenter.com/macworld/mwsf2004/photogallery.html
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2] - MacHome Features Mac User Groups
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Mac user groups are the subject of a two page article in the February
issue of MacHome Magazine. "A MUG You Can Love" extolls the many rewards
of user group membership and features quotes from several Apple user
group leaders. The article is a great introduction for new and would-be
user group members, and reminds all of us of why user groups are so
cool.
To order the February issue, call Lauren Fath at 415-957-1911, extension
19, or email email@hidden. Cost is $7 (US).
MacHome offers a special subscription rate of $14.99 (US) for user group
members who are first-time subscribers. To order, call 1-800-800-6542
and give the code "SMUG." Renewals are $29.95 (US). Add $10 (US) postage
for Canadian orders and $20 (US) for International orders.
http://www.machome.com/
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3] - David Pogue's iLife 'O4 Mini Manual
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Want to get up to speed fast on iLife '04? O'Reilly & Associates is
offering a free download of David Pogue's "iLife '04 Mini Manual" in PDF
format. The 48 page booklet, a 1.5 megabyte download, is a preview of
David Pogue's forthcoming book "iLife '04: The Missing Manual" which
will be available later this spring.
Download iLife '04 Mini Manual at NCMUG's website.
http://www.ncmug.org/tips.html
Info on the Missing Manual series.
http://www.missingmanuals.com/
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SPECIAL OFFERS - APPLE USER GROUP BULLETIN - January 2004
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These special offers are brought to you by the Apple User Group Advisory
Board. You must be a current user group member to qualify for these
savings. Not a member? Join today and take advantage of all the benefits
of membership.
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1] - SnapMail
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SnapMail is the complete messaging and communication application for
your Mac office. Using peer-to-peer technology over TCP/IP networks,
SnapMail keeps all of your messages and documents safely in-house. It
doesn't require a mail server, Internet connection, or any
administration. Send messages, files, folders, reminders and alerts
instantly. Combining an intuitive user interface with trouble-free
installation and maintenance, SnapMail offers a dynamic and friendly
messaging system for Macintosh networks.
SnapMail costs around $25 (US) per user, even less for education and
non-profit clients. For our Macintosh user group exclusive offer, go to
http://www.glassbead.com/buy/so.html and enter special offer code
"so2793" to receive prices discounted by 15 percent.
This worldwide offer expires April 30, 2004.
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2] - Mac Gold Book
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Mac Gold Book subscribers receive heavy discounts on a fast-growing
range of hardware and software products including CINEMA 3D, Asante
routers, Spire bags and much more. Normally $34.80 (US) for a one year
subscription, user group members pay just $21.00 (US).
http://www.macgoldbook.com/mugoffer/
Vendors, an entry in the Mac Gold Book is free. Sign up here:
http://www.macgoldbook.com/vendors/
This worldwide offer expires May 31, 2004.
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3] - WebPrint Plus
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WebPrint Plus lets you instantly print or save selected text, pictures
and graphics from virtually any application -- even programs that can't
print or save their own content. WebPrint Plus also lets you add
on-the-fly time-date stamps and notes to anything (even images and
graphics) that you print and save. WebPrint Plus can also instantly
print and save the contents of the Clipboard.
WebPrint Plus includes a powerful editor for editing and adding new
content to your saved data and images, and many additional features.
WebPrint Plus works with Mac OS X and Mac OS 7.5.3 or later.
Normal price: $39.95 (US)
Macintosh user group price: $29.95 (US)
Find out more about WebPrint Plus.
http://www.macease.com/webprint_plus_x_main_page.html
User Group Special Order Page:
http://order.kagi.com/?L8TV
This worldwide offer expires May 31, 2004.
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4] - Hemera
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Hemera is pleased to offer a 25 percent discount to all Macintosh user
groups*. This offer is valid for:
BizArt - Over 56,000 images for business!
Regular price $49.99 (US), user group price: $37.49 (US)
Photo Clip Art by Hemera - Real photos you can use like clip art.
Regular price $29.99 (US), user group price: $22.49 (US)
Hemera Photo-Objects - 150,000 Photo-Objects images in three volumes.
Regular price $69.99 (US), user group price: $52.49
The Big Box of Art - 800,000 images for all your projects.
Regular price $129.99 (US), user group price: $97.49 (US)
* Subscriptions to Hemera Image Express and AbleStock.com are not
included in this offer.
Order your products from
http://www.hemera.com and enter promo code:
hem10104 in the shopping cart.
This worldwide offer expires April 30, 2004.
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5] - Office Applications for Mac OS X
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Office Applications for Mac OS X is a complete office productivity suite
based on the OpenOffice.org package. It includes document processing,
spreadsheets, presentations, graphics and more. It can read and write
the vast majority of Microsoft Office documents, and has multi-language
support and a one-click installer.
This package provides professional office software with many
enhancements not available through download. We offer a large discount
to Macintosh user group members. Follow this link and use coupon code
"ADC35P" for 30 percent off the $39.95 (US) list price.
http://BSDmall.com/cgi-bin/clink?bsdmall+8B85sZ+officeapps2.html+adc35p
This worldwide offer expires April 30, 2004.
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6] - The MUG Store
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Here is just a sampling of the great deals user group members can get at
The MUG Store this month, in addition to free freight and one percent
back to your user group:
* New G5s - $50 (US) instant rebate, free speakers and up to $100 (US)
additional instant rebate when purchased with an Apple display.
* Factory Refurbished G5s starting at $1,399 (US)
* New G4/1.25 with Combo Drive - $,1249 (US)
* Factory Refurbished G4/1.25 with SuperDrive - $1,649 (US)
* New iMacs - Instant rebates and free RAM
* Factory Refurbished LCD iMac G4/700 with CD-RW - $799 (US)
* New iBooks starting at $699 (US)
* New PowerBooks starting at $1,249 (US)
* Factory Refurbished iBooks and PowerBooks - starting at $649 (US)
Place your orders.
http://www.applemugstore.com
Login schedule: Jan. 1 - March 31 User ID: ipod / Password: rocks
This offer is available to members of U.S. user groups.
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Get a complete list of all current deals.
http://www.mugcenter.com/vendornews/vendornews.html
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Elsa Travisano, Editor
Apple User Group Advisory Board
email@hidden
Lorene S Romero, Vendor Relations
Apple User Group Advisory Board
email@hidden
Jeff Mosqueda, Publisher
Apple
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