Apple User Group Bulletin - April 23, 2009
Apple User Group Bulletin - April 23, 2009
- Subject: Apple User Group Bulletin - April 23, 2009
- From: Apple User Group Relations <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:21:04 -0700
Apple User Group Bulletin - April 23, 2009
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CONTENTS
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Community News - Leaders
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1] - Tools to Use: Apple User Group Signature File
2] - designProVideo.com: Free User Group Leader Subscription
3] - TimeTable: Free Raffle Item
4] - MacScan: Free Presentation Kits
5] - Apress Books: Free User Group Program
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Apple User Group Bulletin - Members
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Community News - Members
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1] - O'Reilly Invitation: Northeast Community/User Group Leader Summit
2] - Geek Heaven: 33rd Annual Trenton Computer Festival
3] - Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus: 2009 Mid-Atlantic MUG Tour
4] - Making the Connection: Claudia Crask and the SF Cutters Group
5] - Celebrating: Mac Day at SMU in 2009
6] - Milestones
Special Offers
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1] - Learn to Build iPhone Apps in Two Days: O'Reilly 30 Percent
Discount
2] - TimeTable: 20 Percent Off
3] - designProVideo.com: 40 Percent Discount
4] - That's Easy: Apple User Group Market & Apple User Group Offers
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COMMUNITY NEWS - LEADERS
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1] - Tools to Use: Apple User Group Signature File
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A popular question on the Apple User Group Discussion list concerns
the User Group Signature file. What are the guidelines for use and
display?
Ambassadors can easily find the answer in Apple Sales Web's Apple User
Group Signature and Guidelines file.
Get the guidelines.
L27741A-US
Apple Sales Web
http://sales.apple.com
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2] - designProVideo.com: Free User Group Leader Subscription
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designProVideo.com (the sister site of macProVideo.com) produces pro-
level tutorial videos for Adobe CS4 and Final Cut Studio. Their trainers
are Apple courseware authors and respected industry professionals! Watch
all tutorials online or download them to your computer. There's no need
to wait for discs to be sent in the mail.
Apple user group leaders can get a free one year subscription to
designProVideo.com, a $200 value. A published product review would
be appreciated.
Get your free subscription today by signing up at the web page below.
Include your mailing address, and designProVideo.com will send you free
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Register today.
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This worldwide offer is valid until July 31, 2009.
(This offer is limited to one request per group.)
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3] - TimeTable: Free Raffle Item
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TimeTable reads and filters iCal calendar data and calculates the hours
spent in the events. It is the easy way to list the amount of hours that
you have scheduled in iCal. TimeTable makes it simple to track and bill
for your time without keeping a second record outside of your calendar.
You even can find trends and analyze your calendars.
User group leaders may email email@hidden to request one free
license to demo and raffle at meetings. A product review would be
appreciated.
This worldwide offer is valid until July 31, 2009.
(This offer is limited to one request per group.)
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4] - MacScan: Free Presentation Kits
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Presentation kits are now available for Apple User Groups interested in
demonstrating SecureMac's security and privacy anti-spyware program
MacScan for Mac OS X. The MacScan user group kit includes the following:
* Welcome letter
* Presentation CD (Keynote and .mov format)
* MacScan 30-day demo CDs
* Raffle prize - Full retail copy of MacScan
* SecureMac's Mac Security T-Shirt
* User Group Discount Code
The kits are available at no charge to user groups who are interested in
presenting MacScan.
Fill out the user group kit request form.
http://macscan.securemac.com/mugrequest/media_pack.php
This worldwide offer is valid until July 31, 2009.
(This offer is limited to one request per group.)
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5] - Apress Books: Free User Group Program
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Apress, a publisher of high-tech books for professionals, by
professionals, is offering you an opportunity to join their User Group
Program. They have one of the hottest-selling Mac/iPhone lines in the
market.
The program is FREE to join, and has many benefits:
* a special 25 percent discount off retail price of Apress and Friends
of ED titles
* Free books for review purposes, meetings, raffles, events and parties
* Free promotional items like cool Apress T-shirts
* Access to authors who are able to speak at your events
Registration is fast using the Apress website:
http://apress.com/community/usergroup
This worldwide offer is valid until July 31, 2009.
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Apple User Group Bulletin - April 23, 2008
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COMMUNITY NEWS - MEMBERS
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1] - O'Reilly Invitation: Northeast Community/User Group Leader Summit
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Marsee Henon of O'Reilly invites user group leaders to a special
Northeast community/user group leader summit on May 2, from 11 a.m. to 5
p.m. Topics include building community, finding relevant meeting topics,
attracting/keeping members, using social media tools to get the word
out, working with vendors and collaborating on group events.
O'Reilly Media is hosting the event with Microsoft at their New England
Research and Development Center (NERD) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and
has also invited other industry notables. And, there is no fee to
attend.
Learn more.
http://tinyurl.com/dgp9u8
Comment on topics you'd like to discuss.
http://neugsummit2009.pbwiki.com/
Space is limited, so RSVP early.
http://neugsummit.eventbrite.com/
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2] - Geek Heaven: 33rd Annual Trenton Computer Festival
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The Amateur Computer Group of New Jersey (ACGNJ), the oldest registered
computer club in the world, invites user group members to the 33rd
annual Trenton Computer Festival (TCF), the oldest computer festival in
the world, on April 24-26 at The College of New Jersey in Ewing, New
Jersey. Brought to you by computer volunteers for computer enthusiasts,
this is a can't miss event.
Be there.
http://www.tcf-nj.org/
(Thanks to Apple User Group Advisory Board member and MUG ONE President
Elsa Travisano for this tip.)
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3] - Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus: 2009 Mid-Atlantic MUG Tour
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Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus has announced the dates for his eighth 2009 Mid-
Atlantic MUG Tour, with visits to four different Mac User Groups.
Bob's current schedule includes:
• Main Line Macintosh Users Group - May 9 (morning)
• MacOutfitters - May 9 (afternoon, with cookout)
• Princeton Macintosh Users Group - May 11: Dr. Mac Dinner
• Princeton Macintosh Users Group - May 12: General Meeting
• Hershey Apple Core - May 13
• Washington Apple PI - May 16
Bob is the author of more than 50 Mac books, the most recent of which
include Mac OS X Leopard For Dummies and Office 2008 for Mac For
Dummies, and co-author of iPhone for Dummies. Bob is a frequent and
favorite speaker at Mac User Groups, and columnist for The Houston
Chronicle and The Mac Observer.
Be sure to get together with one or more of these great groups.
http://www.mlmug.org/
http://www.pmug-nj.org/
http://www.hersheyapplecore.com
http://www.wap.org/
(Thanks to Apple User Group Regional Liaison Maria Arguello for this
tip.)
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4] - MacGroup TV: Special Guest Scott Kelby
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MacGroup of Detroit is presenting the newest edition of MacGroup TV,
very special guest Scott Kelby doing his latest Portrait Retouching
Techniques in Photoshop CS4. You can watch this meeting on your
computer, on your iPod, on your iPhone or your Apple TV using the link
below or by searching iTunes for MacGroupTV.
Does your group tape and broadcast meetings?
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=299402089
Visit MacGroup Detroit.
http://www.macgroup.org
(Thanks to MacGroup President Terry White for this tip.)
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5] - Celebrating: Mac Day at SMU in 2009
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Southern Methodist University's Macintosh User Group's looks to increase
awareness of what students, professors, and staff can do with technology
to achieve more both inside and outside of the classroom. Their "Mac
Day" certainly supported that goal. From demos to seminars and
late-night give-aways, this was a great get together. Does your
university feature a Mac event?
Check it out.
http://smu.edu/smmug/events.htm
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6] - Milestones
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A search of Apple's User Group Locator shows that there are more than 47
groups with an April start date. Groups from 1978 to those recognized
this month show the vitality of our community. Congrats to the officers,
members and activities that contribute to user group longevity and
success.
1978 Macintosh Southern Tier Apple Club
http://www.macstac.org/
(Congratulations to President Ben Margolius, his wife Sue and the
officers and members of Southern Tier.)
1979 Southern NH Apple Core
http://homepage.mac.com/applepower/
1981 The Orange Apple Computer Club
http://www.oacc.org
(Greetings to President Robert Ameeti and group.)
1982 Hamilton Apple Macintosh Users Group
http://www.hamiltonmacintosh.com
1983 Cumberland Valley Apple User Group
http://www.cvaug.org
1984 SunMacs
http://sunmacs.org
1984 Fresno Macintosh Users Group
http://www.fresnomug.com
1984 Tidewater Area Macintosh Users Group
http://homepage.mac.com/tidewatermug/
1985 Mac-In-Awe MUG
http://www.miamug.com
1997 The Macintosh Guild
http://macguild.org/
2002 Tuscarawas County Mac Users Group (TCMUG)
http://www.tcmug.org
(Thanks to Ambassador Kevin Warrene for this tip.)
2003 Indianapolis Final Cut Pro User Group
http://www.indy-fcpug.org
(Thanks to President Rob Chinn for this tip.)
2006 Apple User Group Friuli Venezia Giulia
http://www.augfvg.it
(Congratulations to Ambassador Marco Pini and members of augFVG.)
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SPECIAL OFFERS - Apple User Group Bulletin - April 23, 2009
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These User Group discounts are brought to you by the Apple User Group
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2] - TimeTable: 20 Percent Off
........................
TimeTable reads and filters iCal calendar data and calculates the hours
spent in the events. It is the easy way to list the amount of hours that
you have scheduled in iCal. TimeTable makes it simple to track and bill
for your time without keeping a second record outside of your calendar.
You even can find trends and analyze your calendars.
Using this special offer, Apple user group members get a 20 percent
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This worldwide offer is valid until July 31, 2009.
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3] - designProVideo.com: 40 Percent Discount
........................
designProVideo.com (the sister site of macProVideo.com) produces
pro-level tutorial videos for Adobe CS4 and Final Cut Studio. Their
trainers are Apple courseware authors and respected industry
professionals. Watch all tutorials online or download them to your
computer. There's no need to wait for discs to be sent in the mail.
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This worldwide offer is valid until July 31, 2009.
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4] - That's Easy: Apple User Group Market & Apple User Group 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 until May 15, 2009: 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
next edition is an interview with Martin Sitter of macProVideo about
their video training tutorials and new iPhone app. 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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Get information about activities and offers.
http://homepage.mac.com/ugab
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Saundra Foderick, Editor
Apple User Group Advisory Board
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Tom Piper, Vendor Relations
Apple User Group Advisory Board
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Elsa Travisano, Text and Archival Editor
Apple User Group Advisory Board
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Trish Huffman, Text Editor
Apple User Group Advisory Board
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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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