Apple User Group Bulletin - February 19, 2008
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CONTENTS
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Community News - Leaders
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1] - Tools To Use: Apple User Group Logo Usage
2] - Apple Sales Web: Meet Bento
3] - Share the News
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Apple User Group Bulletin - Members
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Community News - Members
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1] - State of the Mac from Dr. Mac (Bob LeVitus) & Groups in the News
2] - MacCamp: Saginaw Hosts Another World Class Winter MacCamp
3] - Members in the News: Lorene Romero of NCMUG in O'Reilly Video
4] - Supporting Youth: Mountain View Offers Scholarship
5] - Groups in the News: Madison Macintosh Users Group
6] - Gloucester County College and MUGSNJ: Shawn and Lesa King Present
7] - Milestones
Special Offers
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1] - Serene Saver 2 HD: 33 Percent Off
2] - RAID Storage Offer: 30 Percent Off Retail
3] - FUTURE SONICS: Believe Your Ears at 20 Percent Off
4] - Azure Talon Exces: 30 Percent Discount
5] - Dejal: Discounts Up to 50 Percent
6] - The MUG Store
7] - That's Easy: Apple User Group Market & Apple UG Offers on One Page
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COMMUNITY NEWS - LEADERS
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1] - Tools to Use: Apple User Group Logo Usage
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Ambassadors, are you curious about the rules for using the Apple User
Group Logo for your group? Apple Sales Web (ASW) has the answers. The
basics: make sure that your group is using a logo from the current
signature file, allow the proper amount of space around the logo that
you choose (several variations are available) and remember to use the
logo without modification.
Part number:
L27741A-US
Check it out.
https://asw.apple.com
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2] - Apple Sales Web: Meet Bento
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Meet Bento, the new personal database that's as easy to use as your
Mac. Apple's User Group program and Apple Sales Web makes it easy for
user groups to demo and review Bento: find it under the Sales tab.
L362377A-USKitA
Apple Sales Web
http://sales.apple.com
(This offer is limited to one copy per group.)
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3] - Share the News
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Does your group have a great idea for a service project, presentation
or fun activity? Why not share it with other groups across the world?
If you'd like to see your group featured, send an email to:
email@hidden
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Apple User Group Bulletin - February 19, 2008
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COMMUNITY NEWS - MEMBERS
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1] - State of the Mac from Dr. Mac (Bob LeVitus) & Groups in the News
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User Group University Dream Team presenter Bob (Dr. Mac) LeVitus offered
his thoughts during his annual State of the Mac Union at the Looscan
Branch Library in Houston on Saturday, February 16.
Thanks to the HAAUG membership for this wonderful event.
Have you ever wondered what Dr. Mac actually thinks about user groups?
Read his thoughts in this Houston Chronicle article, where he talks
about his early visit to the Los Angeles Macintosh User Group (LAMUG),
the future of groups and one of his favorite groups, Houston's HAAUG.
Read the article
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/tech/drmac/5533268.html
HAAUG website
http://www.haaug.org
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2] - MacCamp: Saginaw Hosts Another World Class Winter MacCamp
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SMUG in Saginaw, Michigan, is hosting their Winter MacCamp on February
19, 2008. Invited clubs are MIAMUG (Midland, MI) and TMUG (Pigeon, MI).
The event will begin at 10 a.m. and end at 4 p.m.
Network and learn.
http://www.smug1.com
(Thanks to president Betty Larsen of SMUG for this tip.)
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3] - Members in the News: Lorene Romero of NCMUG in O'Reilly Video
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Lorene Romero, president of NCMUG and former User Group Advisory Board
member, was recently featured in an O'Reilly video from Macworld
discussing features on the iPhone.
Check out this video and other interviews from the O'Reilly blog.
http://tinyurl.com/yqleot
Visit NCMUG.
http://www.ncmug.com
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4] - Supporting Youth: Mountain View Offers Scholarship
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John Buono is well known from Macworld Expo events, but did you know
that his group is involved in supporting students? The Mountain View
Computer Club offers scholarships to students from Cochise County in
Arizona. The group looks for the best use of computers in student
projects in the fields of humanities, arts, mathematics and science.
Read about the competition.
http://mvcug.org/Scholarship/MVCUG_2008_Inst.pdf
Visit this great group.
http://mvcug.org/
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5] - Groups in the News: Madison Macintosh Users Group
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A recent Wisconsin State Journal article about social networking put the
spotlight on college activities. Included was a Flickr user group, the
University's Geek.Kon video game get-togethers for Guitar Hero and Dance
Dance Revolution, and MadMUG, still going strong after 20 plus years.
Long time member Richard Russell is quoted on the group's insatiable
desire to learn and share.
Read the article.
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/biz/270585
Check out what MadMUG is up to.
http://madmug.org
(Thanks to Fred Showker and Lynn Wegley of UGNN News for this tip.)
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6] - Gloucester County College and MUGSNJ: Shawn and Lesa King Present
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Shawn King, host/executive producer of YourMacLifeShow.com, and Lesa
Snider King of iStockphoto.com will present a digital photography
workshop titled Learn to Shoot and Edit Like a Pro! on Saturday, March
29, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Sewell, New Jersey. For
reservations contact Maria O. Arguello at email@hidden.
Macworld User Group Sponsors
http://homepage.mac.com/ugab/mwsf08sponsors.html
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7] - Milestones
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This month's milestones includes Marsee Henon of O'Reilly, who just
completed her sixth year of working with groups. Congrats Marsee!
This month includes a HyperCard group and sees groups whose first
meeting convened as long ago as February of 1978, showing that when
Apple groups have a good thing going, it lasts.
Feb 1978 AppleSiders of Cincinnati
http://www.applesiders.com/
(Greetings to president Terrance Crooker.)
Feb 1978 Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange
http://www.virtualapple.org
1979 Mountain View AppleUG (now called Mountain View Computer UG)
http://mvcug.org
(Thanks to president John Buono for this tip.)
Feb 1984 North Florida Macintosh Users Group
http://www.nfmug.org
(Congrats to president Len Kaufman and group.)
Feb 1984 Massillon Akron Canton Macintosh User Group (Mac2MUG)
http://mac2mug.org
Feb 1984 Shenandoah Macintosh User Group
http://www.user-groups.net/SMUG/
(Warm wishes to Apple Ambassador and UGN Editor Fred Showker.)
Feb 1985 MUGARA
http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/mugara/
Feb 1985 USC Macintosh User Group
http://www.usc.edu/org/uscmug
(Greetings to Len Wines and the members of USCMUG.)
1987 MacinTech
http://www.macintech.org
(Thanks to treasurer Andrea Suhaka for this tip.)
Feb 1988 Coastal Mac User Group
http://www.coastalmac.com
(Congratulations to president Pat Curran, and ambassaddor and
former AOL User Group Forum leader Rick Curran.)
Feb 1999 International HyperCard User Group
http://www.iHUG.org
Feb. 2004 Mac Owner's Support Group (MACOSG)
http://www.macosg.com/
(Thanks to founder and ambassador Dave Merten for this tip.)
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SPECIAL OFFERS - Apple User Group Bulletin - February 19, 2008
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These User Group discounts are brought to you by the Apple User Group
Advisory Board.
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] - Serene Saver 2 HD: 33 Percent Off
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Serene Saver 2 HD is a unique cross between a video desktop (moving
wallpaper) and a traditional screen saver. Actual nature scenes play as
real movies on your desktop to bring you a bit of serenity while you
work.
This user group special offers single-user Serene Saver for $19.95 (US),
regularly $29.95 (US), or $33.27 (US) for five computers, regularly
$49.95 (US), or $66.57 (US) for a site license, regularly $99.95 (US).
Promotion code:
SER2UG2008
Download to test or purchase.
http://www.serenesaver.biz
This worldwide offer is valid through April 15, 2008.
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2] - RAID Storage Offer: 30 Percent Off Retail
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Apple user group members get 30 percent off MSRP of units priced from
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Coupon Code
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Improve your storage:
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This worldwide offer is valid through May 30, 2008.
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3] - FUTURE SONICS: Believe Your Ears at 20 Percent Off
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apple08
Get more information or place your order.
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Limit five per household.
This worldwide offer is valid through July 31, 2008.
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4] - Azure Talon Exces: 30 Percent Discount
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Exces is a simple, easy-to-use and secure encryption utility that allows
you to protect your files with the click of a button. Just pick a
password, lock and you're good to go. Exces uses the strong, uncracked,
AES encryption standard that sports an elegant user interface. It is
simply one of the most appealing file protection solutions available.
Apple user group members pay the special price of $13.50 (US), instead
of the retail price of $19.50 (US).
Check it out.
http://excesapp.com/?buy_mug
This worldwide offer is valid through May 31, 2008.
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5] - Dejal: Discounts Up to 50 Percent
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Dejal produces easy-to-use utilities that enhance your website and
improve your productivity. Dejal's Simon is an essential site-monitoring
tool that checks servers for changes or failures and notifies you via
email, sounds and other means. BlogAssist makes HTML markup easier and
Macfilink cloaks affiliate links on your website to protect your income.
Caboodle stores and organizes information like recipes, directions and
everything else you want to remember, and Narrator uses speech
synthesis to read your stories and other on-screen text in multiple
voices.
User group members receive a discount of up to 50 percent off retail,
from $9.95 to $195 (US), depending on item.
Check out Dejal's products:
http://www.dejal.com/products
Coupon Code:
MUG08
Use this link to receive a discount.
http://www.dejal.com/store/?coupon=mug08&ref=mug
This worldwide offer is valid through May 31, 2008.
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6] - The MUG Store
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Remind your members that the MUG store is their very own place to shop
for great deals on all the latest Apple gear. With special discounts,
free shipping and knowledgeable consultants available on the phone, you
can't go wrong!
In addition, the MUG store offers great deals on discontinued or older
accessories and parts.
Remember that everything your members buy earns points for your group to
spend any way you want!
11/01/07 - 02/29/08
User ID: leopard / password: classic
03/01/08 - 06/30/08
User ID: user / password: group
http://www.applemugstore.com
This US only offer is valid through June 30, 2008.
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7] - That's Easy: Apple User Group Market & Apple UG Offers On One Page
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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.
Password until May 15, 2008: value
http://homepage.mac.com/ugab/offers/vendorcodes.htm
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Also, be sure to subscribe to the Apple User Group Market Report
podcast. This month's session features an interview with Kevin Kachikian
about Serene Saver. The AUG Market Report is a great source for
information about Apple user groups, vendor discounts, special events
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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Sandy 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
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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