Apple User Group Bulletin - September 21, 2009
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CONTENTS
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Community News - Leaders
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1] - ASTO: Three Core Areas for Ease of Use
2] - Avery DesignPro Presentation Package: AUG Leader Offer
3] - News To Use: Help for Your Group's Apple Ambassador
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Apple User Group Bulletin - Members
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Community News - Members
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1] - Santa Fe Macintosh User Group: "Synapse to Screen 1.0"
2] - Final Cut Pro User Group Network: Issue 3 of "SuperMag" Magazine
3] - Save the Date: 16th MCE from NCMUG
4] - EmiratesMac: Shufflegazine Magazine Expands to Radio Broadcasts
5] - O'Reilly: Community Webcasts
6] - Milestones
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COMMUNITY NEWS - LEADERS
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1] - ASTO: Three Core Areas for Ease of Use
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Apple Sales Training Online (ASTO) is now even easier to use, with
courses arranged into three core subjects: Mac, music and phone. The
Product Knowledge area has courses on specific products, posted the day
the products are announced. ASTO is your go-to training source and can
be an excellent resource to help you make great presentations to your
group.
Earn points today. Apple Sales Training Online
http://salestraining.apple.com/
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2] - Avery DesignPro Presentation Package: AUG Leader Offer
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Avery DesignPro software for Mac offers inspiration to create
professional looking labels, business cards, dividers, T-shirt
transfers, greeting cards and more.
Avery is offering a terrific presentation package with the following
components:
- Avery DesignPro software capabilities presentation
- Flash drive for the user group Leader (contains the presentation)
- Free DesignPro for Mac software CDs for all attendees
- Avery product samples for raffle prizes (over $100 value)
Apple user group leaders can submit a request for the Avery DesignPro
software presentation package by sending an email to
email@hidden with the following info:
- user group name
- presentation date
- estimated attendance
- shipping address
This North America-only offer is valid through December 31, 2009,or
while supplies last. There is a limit of one package per group and
ambassadors should allow up to 10 business days for arrival.
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3] - News To Use: Help for Your Group's Apple Ambassador
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The job of User Group Ambassador is one that entails a lot of
responsibilities. If your group has questions, your region's Apple User
Group Regional Liaison has the information you need.
Expert advice is just an email away.
http://www.apple.com/usergroups/contact/liaisons/
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Apple User Group Bulletin - September 21, 2009
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COMMUNITY NEWS - MEMBERS
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1] - Santa Fe Macintosh User Group: "Synapse to Screen 1.0"
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The Santa Fe Macintosh User Group (SFMUG) is sponsoring "Synapse to
Screen 1.0" (S2S1.0) in cooperation with the Tenth Annual Santa Fe Film
Festival. S2S1.0 will provide a full day of panels, demos and speakers
dealing with the use and workings of pre-production software and
tools--from brain-storming and mind-mapping, to outlining, scripting,
story boarding, production reports and scheduling. SFMUG hopes to offer
live streaming of the event as well.
Be part of a great event.
http://www.santafemug.org/ FilmFestival.html
(Thanks to President and Director Giuseppe Quinn for this tip.)
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2] - Final Cut Pro User Group Network: Issue 3 of "SuperMag"
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In conjunction with September's Second Annual Amsterdam FCPUG
SuperMeet, the Final Cut Pro User Group Network (FCPUG Network) has
released issue three of "SuperMag," a free download consisting of over
170 pages of tutorials, tips, techniques and feature articles for
today's digital filmmakers.
Download and learn.
http://fcpugnetwork.org/supermag/2009/index.html
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3] - Save the Date: Mac Computer Expo
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In 1991 approximately 300 people attended the first Macintosh Computer
Expo (MCE) hosted by the North Coast Mac Users Group (NCMUG). With
each passing year the number of vendors, sponsors and attendees has
grown. This year's event is exptected see more than 1,000 attendees on
October 3 at the Petaluma Community Center in California. Want to join
them?
Save the date!
http://ncmug.org/maccomputerexpo/
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4] - EmiratesMac: Radio Broadcasts
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Magnus Nystadt from the EmiratesMac User Group will be sharing
technology news with host James Piecowye on the Nightline radio show,
broadcast by Dubai Eye 103.8 on the first and third Tuesdays of each
month at 8 p.m. Missed the September 1 broadcast? EmiratesMac offers a
podcast of each radio hour.
Subscribe.
http://shuffle.to/podcast
Learn more.
http://www.emiratesmac.com/index.php?page=usergroup
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5] - O'Reilly: Community Webcasts
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O'Reilly, always a strong supporter of user groups, has recently
announced webcasts that provide the community with opportunities for
audience information and participation. These webcasts typically
attract a global audience--it's not unusual to see participants from
thirty countries or more. Past webcast subjects have included the Best
iPhone Apps, Snow Leopard and more. The September 24 edition covers
security in cloud computing.
Download the archived Best iPhone Apps webcast.
http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596804275/
Sign up for free sessions.
http://oreilly.com/webcasts/
(Thanks to Marsee Henon of O'Reilly for this great tip.)
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6] - Milestones
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This month's column includes three groups who first met in 1979. 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.
1979 Houston Area Apple Users Group
http://www.haaug.org/
1979 AppleCore of Memphis, Inc.
http://www.memphisapplecore.com
1979 South Australian Apple Users' Club Inc.
http://www.saauc.org.au
(Congrats to President Grant Ward and members of SAAUC.)
1984 Sierra Nevada Apple User Group
http://www.SNAG.org
(Greetings to SNAG Ambassador and former Apple User Group Advisory
Board member Del Missier.)
1985 Mountain View Computer Users Group
http://www.mvcug.org
(Thanks to MVCUG President and Macworld pro John Buono for this tip.)
1986 SaskMUG (of Saskatchewan, Canada--formerly SAUCE)
http://www.saskmug.org/
1989 Prescott Mac User Group (Arizona)
http://www.pmug.us
1992 History and Macintosh Society
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~mac/
(Greetings to Board member Marc Bizer.)
1995 MacApple Users of San Antonio
http://homepage.mac.com/macappleusers/
1999 Rome Owners of Apple Macintosh
http://www.roam.it
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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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