Apple User Group Bulletin - August 16, 2006
Apple User Group Bulletin - August 16, 2006
- Subject: Apple User Group Bulletin - August 16, 2006
- From: Apple User Group Relations <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:59:58 -0700
Apple User Group Bulletin - August 16, 2006
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CONTENTS
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Community News - Leaders
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1] - Special Offer: Delicious Monster Offers a Delicious Deal
2] - Reminder: Ambassador Guide Available for Download
3] - Share Your News
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Apple User Group Bulletin - Members
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Community News - Members
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1] - EmiratesMac: Building Community Across the UAE & Beyond
2] - Miss the WWDC Keynote?
3] - AppleDag: Stichting Klokhuis Offers a Day of Fun & Learning
4] - Groups in the News: Tidewater Area Macintosh Users Group
5] - NCMUG California: MCE Returns Bigger and Better Than Ever
6] - NCMUG Ohio: 21 Years Together
7] - MacFest 2006: Houston Area Apple Users Group Rocks
8] - Milestones
Special Offers
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1] - DiscLabel from SmileOnMyMac: 25 Percent Off
2] - Delicious Library: 25 Percent Off
3] - Tintbook: 25 Percent Discount
4] - FastMac: Major Discount on PowerMac Bluetooth Upgrades
5] - myNotes: 25 Percent Discount
6] - The MUG Store: Redesigned
7] - Easy: Get Apple User Group Market & User Group Offers From One
Site
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COMMUNITY NEWS - LEADERS
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1] - Special Offer: Delicious Monster Offers a Delicious Deal
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Rediscover your group's library with Delicious Library. Point any
digital video camera (like Apple's iSight) at the barcodes on the
backs of your books, movies, music and video games, and Delicious
Library adds the items to your digital shelves, filled with the
information downloaded from web sources around the world.
Delicious Library's Address Book and iCal integration makes it easy to
check out items to your members, track due dates and even email
overdue notices.
Delicious Monster is giving away one copy of Delicious Library to any
registered Apple User Group. To get one for your group, visit
http://delicious-monster.com/mug.php and fill out the form there.
Learn about
http://delicious-monster.com/mug.php
This limited-time worldwide offer is limited to one copy per group.
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2] - Reminder: Ambassador Guide Available for Download
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Are you the Apple Ambassador for your group? Be sure to download the
User Group Regional Liaison team's Apple User Group Ambassador Guide.
Download the Ambassador Guide.
http://homepage.mac.com/ugab/resources.html
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3] - Share Your News
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Is your group doing something interesting? Do you have an event you
would like to publicize? Let us know. You could see your group in
print.
Send us an email.
email@hidden
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Apple User Group Bulletin - Members, August 16, 2006
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COMMUNITY NEWS - MEMBERS
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1] - EmiratesMac: Building Community Across the UAE & Beyond
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EmiratesMac was there when the Abu Dhabi MacStore opened and they have
been working on increasing membership and planning activities. Hats
off to Ambassador and President Magnus Nystedt for the success his
group has
had with the group's MacNights and building community in the UAE and
beyond.
See what this group is doing.
http://www.emiratesmac.com/
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2] - Miss the WWDC Keynote?
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Steve Jobs headlined a team of Apple executives, including Philip
Schiller, senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing;
Bertrand Serlet, senior vice president of Software Engineering; and
Scott Forstall, vice president of Platform Experience, to kick off
Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote
preview of Mac OS X Leopard and the unveiling of the new Mac Pro, a
quad Xeon, 64-bit desktop workstation featuring two new Dual-Core
Intel Xeon processors
Check it out.
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/wwdc06/
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3] - AppleDag: Stichting Klokhuis Offers a Day of Fun & Learning
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On September 6, Stichting Klokhuis of the Netherlands will present
their ever-popular AppleDag (Apple Day). Each quarterly AppleDag sees
upwards of 3000 attendees from multiple countries who attend
seminars, see exhibitors' newest products and learn about all things
Apple. If you've been there you know why this is a must-see. If you
haven't attended, find out why so many people consider it the best day
of each quarter.
Be there.
http://www.klokhuis.nl/
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4] - Groups in the News: Tidewater Area Macintosh Users Group
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The Virginian-Pilot recently highlighted the Tidewater Area Macintosh
Users Group of Southeastern Virginia including quotes from group
president Biran Fountain and Dan East of The Apple Groups Team (TAG
Team). Brian's comments bring a smile when asked if his wife was
attending the meeting. "She couldn't come. But I brought her Mac."
Read the article
http://tinyurl.com/o7vod
Tidewater Area Macintosh Users Group
http://homepage.mac.com/tidewatermug/
The Apple Groups Team
http://www.applegroups.org
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5] - NCMUG California: MCE Returns Bigger and Better Than Ever
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On October 7, North Coast Mac's 14th annual Macintosh Computer Expo
(MCE) will return to the North Bay, bigger and better than ever. Along
with speakers like Derrick Story, demos and a wide array of vendors,
this year's MCE will offer free computer recycling on the day of the
event.
http://www.ncmug.org/
(Greetings to President Lorene Romero and the members of NCMUG.)
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6] - NCMUG Ohio: 21 Years Together
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On August 28, North Coast Mac User Group of Ohio will be celebrating
their 21st anniversary with their annual picnic. With president Larry
Hrusovsky, vice president Macbeth Vannoy, secretary Emilie Unkrich
(Auntie Em), treasurer Janis Perrigo and well-known Mouse Tales editor
Carol Bruml, this is one group that always has something great going on.
http://homepage.mac.com/ncmug_oh/
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7] - MacFest 2006: Houston Area Apple Users Group Rocks
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It is a coup when a user group can get speakers like Shelly Brisbin,
Chris Breen, Andy Ihnatko or Bob "Dr. Mac" Levitus. Imagine having all
these speakers for one get together. The Houston Area Apple Users
Group will have this star-studded lineup for their September 30th.
MacFest 2006. Attendees will be in HAAUG heaven.
http://www.haaug.org/
(Congrats to Apple User Group Regional Liaison and Past President Rex
Covington, Jeff Davis, Doug Smith, President Phil Booth and members of
HAAUG.)
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7] - Milestones
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This month's column includes a group who first met in 1978. Happy
anniversary to a long list of some of our oldest groups and one just
listed this month! Want to see your group listed? Send an email with
date and year to email@hidden.
1978 Apple Computer Information & Data Exchange of Rochester
(Apple CIDER)
http://www.applecider.org
1982 Stichting Klokhuis
http://www.klokhuis.nl
(Greetings to Ambassador Jack van Soest)
1983 Champaign-Urbana Computer Users Group
http://www.cucug.org/
1984 Kankakee Area Mac Users Group
http://homepage.mac.com/keego/kamug.htm
1984 Serious Macintosh User Group
http://www.smug.net
1985 Silicon Mountain Macintosh User Group, Inc.
http://www.smmug.org
(Thanks to Apple User Group Advisory Board member Lynn Poos for this
tip.)
1985 Macintosh Users of Delaware
http://www.mudel.org
1985 North Coast Mac User Group (OH)
http://homepage.mac.com/ncmug_oh
(Greetings to Apple User Group Regional Liaison Macbeth Vannoy)
1986 Apple Core of Siouxland
http://www.usergroup.org/ACS/index.html
(Thanks to Treasurer Arthur D. Umland for this tip.)
1986 MacGroup-Detroit
http://www.macgroup.org
(Greetings to President Terry White and members of MacGroup.)
1988 MacWarriors (U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/macwarriors/
1998 ASU Macintosh Users Group (Arizona State University)
http://www.asu.edu/asumac
1998 MacWoburn User Group
http://www.macwoburn.org
(Greetings to Ambassador P.A.M. Borys.)
Happy one year anniversary to the Greater Niagara Mac User Group.
http://www.macuser.ca
(Thanks to President Dave Walton for this tip.)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MacTalk/
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SPECIAL OFFERS - APPLE USER GROUP BULLETIN - August 16, 2006
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These User Group discounts are brought to you by the Apple User Group
Advisory Board and Tom Piper, Apple User Group Advisory Board vendor
coordinator.
You must be a current Apple user group member to qualify for these
savings. Not a member? Join an Apple user group today to take
advantage of these special offers.
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1] - DiscLabel from SmileOnMyMac: 25 Percent Off
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Get DiscLabel, the award-winning software for designing CDs,
jewel boxes and DVD packaging, fully-integrated with iTunes and iPhoto
for effortless importing of track information and images. Printing is
foolproof -- DiscLabel supports all label brands, plus direct-to-CD
printers and LightScribe.
Regularly priced at $29.95 (US), Apple User Group members pay only
$22.46 (US), a 25 percent discount.
Order today.
http://www.smileonmymac.com/offers/mugspecial.html
This worldwide offer is valid until November 30, 2006.
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2] - Delicious Library: 25 Percent Off
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Rediscover your home library with Delicious Library. Point any digital
video camera (like Apple's iSight) at the barcodes on the backs of
your books, movies, music and video games, and Delicious Library does
the rest. The barcode is scanned and within seconds the item's cover
appears on your digital shelves, filled with the information
downloaded from web sources around the world.
Regularly $40 (US), Delicious Library is now available for $30 (US)
for Apple User Group members.
To purchase, download Delicious Library, install and launch the
application. Click on "Buy License" in the Delicious Licensor window,
and "Upgrade" in the Step 1 window.
Then, open the "You Currently Own" menu and select "Apple User Groups
Special Offer Code." Enter DMS-SO-AUG- plus your group's abbreviation
in the "Registration Code" field:
For example, if you belong to PSMUG, you would enter
"DMS-SO-AUG-PSMUG.
Download and register.
http://www.delicious-monster.com
This worldwide offer is valid through November 30, 2006.
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3] - Tintbook: 25 Percent Discount
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Tintbook introduces predictable Color Management for Print Design!
Color formulas are already prepared for you. Simply enter the CMYK
components into the color palette of any graphic design application,
like Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark and others. Over 25,000 printed
CMYK combinations are provided in each Tintbook. Save hours of time
and make accurate color decisions for printing projects.
Regularly $80.00 (US), Apple User Group members pay only $60.00 (US)
plus shipping, a 25 percent discount.
Codeword
MUG
Get accurate CMYK color now.
http://www.tintbooks.com/products_mug.asp
This U.S. only offer is valid through November 30, 2006.
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4] - FastMac: Major Discount on PowerMac Bluetooth Upgrades
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FastMac is pleased to offer a 100% plug and play compatible internal
Bluetooth upgrade for select PowerMac systems. The upgrade adds
Bluetooth wireless connectivity and fits directly into the system's
main logic board. No drivers or software are required. Each upgrade
comes with a one-year warranty and 30-day money back guarantee.
To learn more and to see if your computer is compatible with FastMac's
Bluetooth board, visit the FastMac web site at http://www.fastmac.com
Normally $25.95 (US), this Apple User Group special is $19.95 (US), a
23 percent discount.
To order by phone, mention the User Group offer to get the discount.
1-866-416-3278
http://www.fastmac.com
This worldwide offer is valid through November 30, 2006.
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5] - myNotes: 25 Percent Discount
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myNotes is a human-friendly, note-taking program to create and
organize notes and clippings, and print them utilizing beautiful
customizable themes. It is one of the easiest Macintosh note managers
while offering an extended set of unique features. With myNotes'
Address Book integration, you can look up contacts by first or last
name, then send e-mail, start a chat session or access their homepages
with just one click!
Regularly $15.95 (US), Apple User Group members can purchase myNotes
for $11.95 (US) for a limited time.
Coupon code
MUGDEAL2006
See more.
http://www.mishimo.com/mynotes
Order.
http://store.kagi.com/?6FBMC_LIVE
This worldwide offer is valid through November 30, 2006.
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6] - The MUG Store: Redesigned
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www.applemugstore.com has been redesigned to offer you even more great
deals. If you haven't looked in a while, check it out. Great prices,
lots of special offers and blowouts on Apple product and more!
Be sure to remind your membership to give applemugstore.com a peek
every so often. When your members buy from the MUG store, your group
can use the points toward the purchase of anything the MUG store
sells; with enough points you can even get your order for free!
The passwords to get into this exclusive User Group site are:
User ID: Mug
Password: Store
http://www.applemugstore.com
This U.S. only offer is valid through October 31, 2006.
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7] - Easy: Get Apple User Group Market & User Group Offers From One
Site
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Looking for information on a past offer? Tom Piper, Apple User Group
Advisory Board vendor coordinator, publishes a single page with all
current offers, expiration dates and codes.
Password until November 15
vendor
http://homepage.mac.com/ugab/offers/vendorcodes.htm
Be sure to subscribe to Tom's new Apple User Group Market for
interviews and the latest news on vendor offers. Visit the link on the
Advisory Board's home page.
http://homepage.mac.com/ugab/
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For information about vendor offers and more visit
http://homepage.mac.com/ugab/offers.html
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Sandy Foderick,
Editor
Apple User Group Advisory Board
email@hidden
Tom Piper,
Vendor Relations
Apple User Group Advisory Board
email@hidden
Elsa Travisano,
Archive Editor
Apple User Group Advisory Board
email@hidden
Jeff Mosqueda,
Publisher
Apple
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