Apple User Group Bulletin - December 16, 2008
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CONTENTS
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Community News - Leaders
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1] - Apple Sales and Training: The End of the Year is Near
2] - Resources for User Group Presentations and Newsletters Blog
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Apple User Group Bulletin - Members
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Community News - Members
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1] - Macworld 2009: Apple User Group Reception
2] - Macworld 2009: Eighth Annual MWSF FCPUG SuperMeet
3] - Macworld 2009: Find all Events in One Place
4] - Macworld 2009: New Virtual Brochure
5] - Silicon Mountain: SMMUG's Unusual Idea for a Meeting
6] - Fun Facts: The Macintosh Guild and AUSOM
7] - Milestones
Special Offers
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1] - MacPadd mouse padd: 15 Percent Off
2] - Delmar Learning Publication: 25 Percent Discount
3] - Elgato Products: 40 Percent Off
4] - "Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual" and O'Reilly at Macworld 2009
5] - The MUG Store: Great Prices, Great Incentives
6] - That's Easy: Get the Apple User Group Market,
Resource Blog & Vendor Discount Offers
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COMMUNITY NEWS - LEADERS
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1] - Apple Sales and Training: The End of the Year is Near
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Ambassadors, Apple Sales and Training Online (ASTO) will close out its
2008 program period on Friday, December 19, at 5:00 p.m. Pacific. Have
you made Apple Product Professional yet?
Apple Sales Training Online
https://salestraining.apple.com/
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2] - Resources for User Group Presentations and Newsletters Blog
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Has your group ever needed a ready-made presentation for meetings or a
reliable review to fill out your newsletter content? Check out the
Resources for User Group Presentations and Newsletters blog. You'll find
links to presentations and in-depth reviews, all offered by user groups
for other user groups to use. Got a review or preso you'd like to share?
You can do that here too.
http://ugab.typepad.com/ugresources/
(Thanks to blogmaster George Kopp and members of the UGAB and UGRL
teams.)
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Apple User Group Bulletin - December 16, 2008
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COMMUNITY NEWS - MEMBERS
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1] - Macworld 2009: Apple User Group Reception
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Ready for some fun? Joining user group members at the Apple User Group
Reception on January 5 are luminaries like Chris Breen, Adam and Tonya
Engst, Dennis Sellers, Jason Snell, Jim Dalrymple, Bob LeVitus and more.
Add in raffle prizes and the Apple User Group reception will be a great
place to start the week of Macworld Expo. Each registrant must be a user
group member to use the discount code and URL.
Register today!
Password UG09
Check it out.
http://tinyurl.com/66xvd6
Keep track of user group happenings.
http://homepage.mac.com/ugab/mw09.html
Online registration ends on December 24, 2008.
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2] - Macworld 2009: The Eighth Annual MWSF FCPUG SuperMeet
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One of the most important Macworld events for video professionals is the
Final Cut Pro User Group SuperMeet. On January 7, the eighth annual
SuperMeet will be held at the Robertson Auditorium. Great speakers, show
and tell, and a wonderful raffle are on offer, as well as a chance to
network with others in the field.
Learn more.
http://sfsupermeet09.eventbrite.com/
The Final Cut Pro User Group Network
http://fcpugnetwork.org/
SF Cutters
http://www.sfcutters.org/
Boston Final Cut Pro User Group
http://www.bosfcpug.org/
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group
http://www.chifcpug.org/
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3] - Macworld 2009: Find all Events in One Place
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Wondering what to do at Macworld? The venerable Hess Macworld Events
List is once again being compiled by long-time user group member Ilene
Hoffman. Please submit events as soon as they're confirmed. Advertisers
are also being sought. The list offers a nice discount for shareware
author sponsors too.
You'll be in the know.
http://www.ilenesmachine.com/partylist.shtml
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4] - Macworld 2009: New Virtual Brochure
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Planning to be in San Francisco for Macworld 2009? IDG has put together
a virtual brochure with information about exhibitors, conference tracks
and more.
Have a look at the new Macworld virtual brochure.
http://tinyurl.com/5vkyag
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5] - Silicon Mountain: SMMUG's Unusual Idea for a Meeting
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A pressing topic in computer circles is how to recognize and avoid
identity theft. The Silicon Mountain Macintosh User Group (SMMUG) has
invited representatives from the Colorado Springs Police Department to
their January 8 meeting for a presentation on identity theft prevention.
Why not contact your local police department and see if they can offer a
similar presentation for your group?
See what SMMUG has planned.
http://www.smmug.org/
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6] - Fun Facts: The Macintosh Guild and AUSOM
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Starting in 1997 with just a handful of Mac loving Lockheed engineers,
the Mac Guild hit the 500 member mark recently and is now at 543 active
members strong. Congratulations to long-time Editor-in-Chief Bill
Catambay and members.
See what the Guild has on tap.
http://macguild.org/
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On December 6 the Apple User's Society of Melbourne (AUSOM - pronounced
awesome) held their annual big-item raffle and Chris McQuillen was the
winner of a 2.4 Ghz MacBook Pro. He runs the group's Digital Video SIG,
so the prize will be put to good use.
Now that's awesome.
http://www.ausom.net.au/
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7] - Milestones
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This month's column includes a group who first met in 1980. 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
email@hidden.
1980 Laguna Woods Village Macintosh Users Group (CA)
http://www.lwmug.org
(Greetings to Presidents Charles Clark and members.)
1985 Macintosh User Group of Oneonta, NY
http://www.mugone.com
(Congratulations to Apple User Group Advisory Board
member Elsa Travisano and the members of MUG ONE.)
1985 Tallahassee, Florida Apple User Group
www.tapple.org
(Thanks to 23-year member and President Bob O'Lary for this great tip.)
1985 Madison Macintosh Users Group
http://web.mac.com/madmacintosh
1987 Tucson Macintosh Users Group
http://tmug.com
1989 Christian Macintosh Users Group
http://www.cmug.org/index.html
1991 fiMUG - Finnish Macintosh User Group
http://www.fimug.fi/
(Congrats to officer Mirko Nieminen and the members of FiMUG)
1996 Woodward Macintosh Users Group
http://web.mac.com/woodwardmug/
1998 MacFreak Interactive
http://www.macfreak.org/
2001 Boston Final Cut Pro User Group
http://www.bosfcpug.org
2001 Hellenic Macintosh User Group
http://www.helmug.gr
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SPECIAL OFFERS - Apple User Group Bulletin - December 16, 2008
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These User Group discounts are brought to you by the Apple User Group
Advisory Board (special thanks to board member Tom Piper).
These offers may be distributed in your print newsletter, sent to your
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Not a member? Join an Apple user group today to take advantage of these
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1] - MacPadd mouse padd: 15 Percent Off
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This worldwide offer is valid through March 31, 2009.
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2] - Delmar Learning Publication: 25 Percent Discount
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"Digital Video Essentials: Apple Final Cut Pro 6" offers a concise,
step-by-step guide to video editing. Relevant to both novice and
professional, this comprehensive resource covers the important
features that editors need to get the job done quickly. Rysinger uses
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With a regular price of $46.95 (US), this exclusive user group price
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This worldwide offer is valid through March 31, 2009.
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3] - Elgato Products: 40 Percent Off
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Elgato has a variety of cutting-edge video products including the
eyeTV 250 plus, eyeTV hybrid (2007 and 2008 editions), elgato Turbo.
264 and EyeTV 3 Full Version available for a special holiday offer.
For a limited time, Elgato is offering very special pricing on its
products to Apple user group members, which is the same as Apple
employees. The offer is for a maximum of one per product. The
products are not-for-resale (NFR) and are marked as such on the
product/packaging.
Speed up your video life:
http://www.elgato.com/appleemployees
This U.S./Canada-only offer valid until December 31, 2008.
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4] - "Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual" and O'Reilly at Macworld 2009
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"Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual" by Lesa Snider King is now available
for pre-order. Packed with 896 pages of tips, tricks, and lots of
practical advice, this new Missing Manual teaches you everything you
need to know to edit photos and create beautiful documents in Photoshop
-- whether you're a beginner or a power user ready to try some advanced
techniques.
This user group member price is $29.99 (US), compared to the regular
price of $49.99 (US).
Online Code:
PCS44
Learn about the latest in CS4:
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This worldwide offer is valid through March 31, 2009.
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Join O'Reilly at Macworld, January 5-9 in San Francisco. Don't miss this
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Presentations throughout the show include David Pogue, Deke McClelland,
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Duarte, David Sawyer McFarland and Chris Grover.
See the complete schedule online.
http://oreilly.com/go/mw2009
(Thanks to Marsee Henon for this information.)
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5] - The MUG Store: Great Prices, Great Incentives
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At the MUG store, you can check out specials, blowouts, new Macs and
special value Macs. Each category contains lists of products with prices
set exclusively for user group members. Plus, you get points for your
group every time one of your members buys! Better yet, there is no ID or
password needed.
Shop the MUG Store.
http://www.applemugstore.com
This U.S.-only offer is ongoing.
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6] - That's Easy: Get the Apple User Group Market,
Resource Blog & Vendor Discount Offers
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Looking for information on a past offer? Tom Piper of the Apple User
Group Advisory Board publishes a single page with all current offers,
expiration dates and codes. Watch for intermittent special offers.
Password after November 15, 2008:
offers
http://homepage.mac.com/ugab/offers/vendorcodes.htm
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Be sure to subscribe to the Apple User Group Market Report podcast. The
AUG Market Report and Resource blog are great sources for information
about Apple user groups, vendor discounts, special events, interesting
reviews, stimulating training and more.
Apple User Group Market Report podcast:
http://homepage.mac.com/ugab/resources.html
For public information about vendor offers and more visit:
http://homepage.mac.com/ugab/offers.html
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For information about vendor offers, UGAB activities and more
visit http://homepage.mac.com/ugab
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Saundra Foderick, Editor
Apple User Group Advisory Board
email@hidden
Tom Piper, Vendor Relations
Apple User Group Advisory Board
email@hidden
Elsa Travisano, Text and Archival Editor
Apple User Group Advisory Board
email@hidden
Trish Huffman, Text Editor
Apple User Group Advisory Board
email@hidden
Jeff Mosqueda, Publisher
Apple
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Get involved. Join a user group near you.
http://www.apple.com/usergroups/
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