This Week's MUG News - 10/5
This Week's MUG News - 10/5
- Subject: This Week's MUG News - 10/5
- From: "Chuck Joiner" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 21:45:08 -0400
October 5, 2003
The MUG Center
http://www.mugcenter.com
The Week's Front Page News At The MUG Center
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THE USER GROUP REPORT: RAINCOAST CONFERENCE, AUDIBLE & BOEING MAC USERS
A regional user group conference, audio entertainment for your iPod, and
a corporate user group are all featured in this edition, along with a
review of MUG news, Macworld announcements, reminders of new and
available resources, the month's coming user group events, and a request
for feedback.
- Kathryn Whitacre, Chairman of the Raincoast Regional Conference
discusses how the event has gone from a PC-only conference to being
"platform neutral," why it is open to more than just user group leaders,
and what it takes to produce a regional event.
- Foy Sperring, Sr. Vice President of Strategic Alliances for Audible
talks about what is cool about Audible, why they believe in user groups
and helped sponsor the User Group Leaership Conference , and how they
continue to support user groups with two special programs.
- Gary Cohen of the Mac Special Interest Group of The Boeing Employees
Computing Society gives us our first look at a corporate user group, how
it is organized, what it does, how it has endured changes in corporate
culture and focus, who can attend, and why MacOS X has caused renewed
corporate interst in the Mac.
The User Group Report is the Internet radio show hosted by Chuck Joiner
that features interviews with people making news in the user group
community. You can listen or download the MP3 file for your iPod here:
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http://www.mugcenter.com/usergroupreport/2003/316.html>
MACWORLD CONFERENCE & EXPO DISCOUNT CODES AVAILABLE
IDG World Expo and The User Group Advisory Board have announced user
group discounts for January's Macworld Conference & Expo. Free exhibit
hall passes and a 15% discount on all conference packages are available
for a limited time by using the MUG Discount Code.
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http://www.mugcenter.com#macworldmugdiscount>
USER GROUP UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
Registration for the 7th User Group University is now open. The premier
leadership seminar for Macintosh User Group leaders will be held on
January 5, 2004 in San Francisco.
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http://www.mugcenter.com#uguregistrationopen>
NEWSLETTERS - A NEW SHARING OPTION
One of the most time-honored methods of user group communications is
through newsletter exchanges. The MUG Center is now listing newsletter
page links on our Newsletter Content page, to facilitate the sharing of
content and to continue this tradition.
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http://www.mugcenter.com#newslettersharing>
REGIONAL LIAISON DISPATCH: UPDATE FROM OCEANIA
Graeme Moffatt, Apple Regional Liaison Team member reports in on his
activities from New Zealand, Australia,and the region. Graeme's dispatch
talks about being better connected using 21st century tools, why user
groups need to add value to themselves, notable MUG web sites and shares
correspondence from an Australian group.
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http://www.mugcenter.com#dispatchoceana1003>
Coming Up This Week On The MUG Event Calendar
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http://www.mugcenter.com/mugcalendar/2003/102003.html>
October 7
User Group Leader Chat - World Without Borders
Topic: Open Leader Night
October 9
Digital MUG Chat - World Without Borders
October 10 - 12
Raincost Regional Conference
October 11
Florida Association of Computer User Groups Fall Conference
Thanks!
---Chuck
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Chuck Joiner
Editor-In-Chief
The MUG Center
http://www.mugcenter.com
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