Re: This Week's MUG News - 8/31
Re: This Week's MUG News - 8/31
- Subject: Re: This Week's MUG News - 8/31
- From: Doan Stafford <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2003 03:00:12 -0700
Chuck Joiner wrote:
>
September 2
>
User Group Leader Chat - World Without Borders
>
Guest: Doan Stafford of QMUG/LA
Woo-hoo! I'm so excited, I can't sleep! <hehehe> I do hope you'll join
Chuck, Trish and me for some fun and my 50 minutes of fame! <hehehe>
Y'know, every group is unique and special, and as QMUG/LA is now in its 10th
year, I sat down to try to capture what makes us unique and special.
Below is the URL for the hypertext-linked version as well as just the plain
text of what I came up w/, and I hope it sparks your interest.
We'll be including it in our press kit we'll be sending out to various
sources of local free publicity: magazines, newspapers and other publications.
So pop on in and maybe hear how we confirm our mtng topics and presenters up
to a year in advance, use our website for our handouts, and other good stuff.
That's <
http://www.wwbchat.com>, 6pm PDT, 9pm EDT, etc., very casual, in
fact, chat naked if you want, we don't care, just be there...! <hehehe>
Sincerely,
Doan Thiel Stafford *
http://www.qmug.org * (323) 222-QMUG/7684
Co-Chair -- QMUG/LA * email@hidden * (323) 860-7346 fax
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QMUG/LA is unique and special because...
We are: And we have: 7. Awesome meetings
1. The only gay Mac group 4. Awesome officers 8. Awesome intersection
2. 1 of only 2 gay PC groups 5. Awesome presenters 9. Awesome involvement
3. The only "QMUG" 6. Awesome members 10. Awesome website
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1. The only gay Mac group: QMUG/LA is the only active, officially
Apple-registered and recognized gay Macintosh user group in the world.
GLAMOUR, the Gay & Lesbian Apple Macintosh Owner/User Resource in Toronto,
Canada, is no longer active.
GMUG, the Gay Macintosh Users Group in San Francisco had its first meeting
in 1988 and, 13 years later, its last in 2001.
HOMO, the Honorable Order of Macintosh Operators, only exists in comics,
apparently.
Planet MUG's LGB SIG (formerly the Berkeley MUG's LGB SIG) only meets in an
online conference.
2. 1 of only 2 gay PC groups: QMUG/LA is one of only two gay computer user
groups active in the world today.
Apple Lambda, Apple's gay and lesbian employee organization, is not open to
the general public.
Digital Queers sprang forth in 1992, then ebbed into GLAAD, the Gay and
Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, in 1999.
GLITCH, the Gay & Lesbian Information Technologists of Washington DC, began
in 1999 and has met regularly since.
High Tech Gays opened its doors in 1984 and then, 13 years later, closed
them in 1997.
3. The only "QMUG": QMUG/LA is the only "QMUG" in the world, compared to
23 SMUGs, 13 CMUGs, 11 TMUGs, 11 AMUGs, etc.
SMUG could be Savannah, Sequoia, Sierra, Somerton, Spartanburg, Stanford,
Sumter, Syracuse, etc.
CMUG could be Caracas, Christian, Citrus, Coastal, Columbia, Corning,
Corvallis, Cowtown, etc.
QMUG, the Queensland Macromedia User Group in Australia, is no longer
active.
QMUGS, the Quinte Macintosh Users Group Society in Ontario, Canada, recently
formed in 2001.
4. Awesome officers: 13 awesome officers have volunteered their time and
broad and diverse talents over the years, from such companies as the Apple
Presales Center, Ceiva, Disney, Earthlink, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Kinko's,
and many others.
5. Awesome presenters: 45 awesome presenters have shared their knowledge
w/ QMUG/LA members so far, from such companies as the Apple User Group
Program, Dr. Rawstock, GayRaver, MacTherapist.com, Samy's Camera, Tech-Pal,
and many others, and many have enjoyed presenting for us so much they have
come back to do so again and again.
6. Awesome members: Over 240 awesome members attend QMUG/LA meetings off
and on, who are actors, graphic designers, landscape architects, musicians,
photographers, rock climbers, SCUBA divers, teachers, webmasters, and more.
20-25 show up at any given monthly meeting.
7. Awesome meetings: Over 100 awesome meetings have covered such topics as
3D Modeling and Animation, Absolutely Fabulous Gay Software, Be Your Own
Mac-chanic, Cruising w/ Your Mac, Digital Cameras, Encyclopedias on CD, Fonts,
Gay MacJeopardy, How to Buy a Mac, Internet Software Roundtable, Job-Hunting
w/ Your Mac, Marketing Yourself & Your Business Online, Networking, Protecting
Your Privacy, Quicken, ResEdit, Speech Technology, Tips & Tricks, Video
Conferencing, Web Authoring, and many others, and many w/ awesome handouts.
8. Awesome intersection: QMUG/LA has and is the awesome intersection of
three communities -- the lesbian, gay and bisexual communities, the Mac world,
and the entire Los Angeles area -- communities we can draw from, showcase,
connect and ultimately benefit.
9. Awesome involvement: QMUG/LA has awesome MUG community involvement.
Just in this past year, QMUG/LA has organized two L.A. area MUG events, and
for them created and then updated a Map and Calendar of L.A. area MUGs and
their meetings.
Aug 2002, the L.A. area MUG Leaders Forum at the 3rd & Fairfax Farmers
Market brought together 40 leaders from 20 groups to meet the Apple User Group
Program Manager who came down from Cupertino. And
Jan 2003, the L.A. area MUG Booth at Macworld Expo/San Francisco brought
together nine leaders from seven groups to staff four shifts for a day.
10. Awesome website: QMUG/LA has an awesome website w/ a consistent Mac OS
X interface -- menubar, Dock, listviews, etc. -- and our contact info at the
bottom of each page, and is organized into ten sections:
About this website... lists our website's FAQs, revision history, and hit
stats summaries (annually, quarterly, monthly, and weekly) which include
browser and platform breakdowns.
Every week, our site for our 200+ members has 150+ hits to its main page,
600+ hits to the entire site, and sends out over 10 MB of text and images. And
in
Jan 2000, our site received honors from the User Group Academy.
Welcome! displays when, what and where our next meeting will be, and lists
and links to current special offers and upcoming events of interest.
FAQs answers the top ten Frequently Asked Questions about QMUG/LA.
Qalendar lists our current year's schedule of meeting dates, topics and
presenters; links to all of our archived main pages; and logs our
organizational milestones.
Quarry lists and links to our top ten Mac OS X sites and software.
Qonnections lists and links to the ten MUGs closest to downtown L.A.
QORE lists our current, past and future officers and their responsibilities.
Qudos lists the recipients of our annual Certificates of Appreciation. And
Documents contains our archives of over 72 handouts from past meetings, like
our Current Macs matrix, Holiday Gift Guide, Macworld Expo Reviews, Pledge of
Allegiance (to the Mac), our "Think Different" Tribute, and many more.
* Awesome reasons: All of these awesome reasons make QMUG/LA unique and
special, especially when compared to other gay, Mac or L.A. groups and their
websites (unique and special in their own ways).
---------=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-------- QMUG/LA --------=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=---------
the Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Macintosh User's Group for all of Los Angeles
Meets the 2nd Monday of each month, 7pm * 6150 Santa Monica Blvd
* An Officially Registered and Recognized Apple Macintosh User Group *
Since June 1994 * email@hidden *
http://www.qmug.org * (323) 222-QMUG
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