This Week's MUG News - 1/12
This Week's MUG News - 1/12
- Subject: This Week's MUG News - 1/12
- From: Chuck Joiner <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 08:23:19 -0500
January 12
The MUG Center
http://www.mugcenter.com
The Week's Front Page News At The MUG Center
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USER GROUP UNIVERSITY YEARBOOK NOW ONLINE
The yearbook for User Group University, Class of San Francisco 2003, is
now online. Photos and bios of attendees provide a unique picture of the
diversity and strength of the MUG community. Give the page a minute or
two to load - it is worth it.
CAMPUS USER GROUP SESSION, SHAWN KING & NEW USER GROUP ADVISORY BOARD
MEMBERS HIGHLIGHT USER GROUP UNIVERSITY
The sixth User Group University, the largest in San Francisco was held on
Monday of Macworld Expo week and was a huge success. Shawn King of Your
Mac Life provided an upbeat keynote address, talking about both his
adventures on his User Group Tour as well as why he is such a strong
believer in and supporter of MUGs.
Attendees benefited from a variety of sessions throughout the day,
highlighted by a problem solving workshop facilitated by Campus User
Group leaders that had team members acting out solutions to common
challenges facing MUG leaders.
The day ended with a reception and opportunity for the Class of San
Francisco '03 to meet with the many vendor sponsors of the event and a
huge raffle.
The welcome session to UGU featured an update on the Apple User Group
Program and updates on the Apple Regional Liaison Team, Campus Group
Advisory Board and two new members of the Apple User Group Advisory Board:
Sandy Foderick
Sandy is a founding officer and current president of AOL's original user
group, board member at the User Group Network and former Chancellor of
AOL's User Group Learning Center. She has met and worked with user groups
across the United States, is president of Virtual Mac, speaker chair for
Mini'App'Les' main meetings and has served as an Apple Regional Liaison
for the North Central United States and online MUGs.
Lesa Snider
Over the years, Lesa has served as newsletter editor, web master, program
coordinator, and currently President of the Cowtown Mac User Group in Ft.
Worth. Lesa currently serves as a consultant for the National Association
of Photoshop Professionals, travels the country with the Adobe Photoshop
Seminar Tour, and also occasionally writes for MacDesign magazine.
MUG EVENTS AT EXPO - CROWDS, RAFFLES & SURPRISE GUESTS
The MUG events at Macworld Conference & Expo were everywhere, exposing
more show-goers than ever before to the user group experience.
The User Group Lounge opened Tuesday with an abbreviated schedule (due to
Steve Jobs' keynote), yet drew a standing-room only crowd for David
Pogue's session. The crew from The Mac Observer showed up for their
session with two surprise guests: "Switchers" Jeremiah Cohick and Alex
Schoknecht. The traffic through the Lounge was brisk throughout the rest
of the week for the wide variety of Mac notables appearing in the
Lounge's informal setting.
The Mega-MUG Meeting on Wednesday evening featured the largest crowd yet
for this Birds-of-a-Feather conference track user group event.
Experienced members and leaders as well as many new to the user group
community enjoyed roundtable discussions on a variety of topics, capped
off by a raffle of over $2,500 in hardware and software, including some
unique Apple collectibles.
Through the first two days of Expo, the User Group Booth had already had
more visitors than last year's four-day show. Hourly raffles by the North
Coast Macintosh Users Group, special give-aways in the Campus User Groups
slot and tables decorated with fresh pineapples courtesy of the Maui
Apple Users Society attracted and delighted show-goers.
Thursday's MUG events opened with a packed Adobe User Group Breakfast and
a dynamic GoLive demonstration by Terry White. Throughout the week, the
User Group Guides helped attendees find what they were looking for.
USER GROUP ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS ON "INSIDE MAC" C/NET RADIO SHOW
Two members of the Apple User Group Advisory Board were guests on the
Inside Mac show on C/Net Radio on Saturday, January 4. Chuck Joiner,
Chairman, and Lorene Romero, Vendor Liaison, talked about all the
Macintosh User Group events at Macworld Conference & Expo, and fielded
listener calls about user group issues and information. You can listen to
an MP3 archive of the show.
Coming Up This Week On The MUG Event Calendar
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January 14 - 21
iMovie Fest - Apple Student Core @ Emory
January 16
Apple's Volunteer MUG Teams Chat - World Without Borders
Thanks!
---Chuck
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Chuck Joiner
Editor-In-Chief
The MUG Center
http://www.mugcenter.com
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