This Week's MUG News - 4/17/05
This Week's MUG News - 4/17/05
- Subject: This Week's MUG News - 4/17/05
- From: "Chuck Joiner" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 20:50:30 -0400
April 17, 2005
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: FINAL CUT PRO USER GROUP EVENTS AT NAB AND BEYOND,
MIDNIGHT MAGE'S USER GROUP PROGRAM AND USER GROUP BEST PRACTICES
One of the largest Final Cut Pro User Group events of the year is coming
up in Las Vegas and we have the lowdown for you, as well as an interview
with a new user group-supporting vendor and our new user group best
practices series. This week's guests are Steve Sheets of Midnight Mage
Software and Michael Horton of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro Users Group.
(more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/usergroupreport/2005/511.html>
THE MUG EVENT CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 18: APPLE, TROPICAL
SOFTWARE, CIRCUS PONIES, iKLEAR, JONATHAN STARS, FCPUG's AT NAB, THE iPOD
REVOLUTION AND MORE
Part of this week looks like last week, with appearances by Apple,
Tropical Software and Circus Ponies. Final Cut Pro User Groups host a
party at the NAB show in Las Vegas, Jonathan Stars steps away from his
Filemaker Pro expertise to show off ProTools, the iPod Revolution comes
to D.C., and much more. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/042005/0417eventcal.html>
TiDBITS' ADAM ENGST WILL HELP APPLEQUERQUE MUG CELEBRATE 25 YEARS
The AppleQuerque Macintosh User Group of Albuquerque, New Mexico will
celebrate their twenty-fifth year as a Mac user group at their May 3
meeting with special guest speaker and well-known user group supporter
Adam Engst, publisher of TidBITS. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/042005/0415engstapplequerque.html>
TMC SURVEY: SUMMER MEETING QUESTION AND SPEAKER EXPENSE ANSWERS
No matter where your user group is located, the summer season presents
challenges for getting members to attend meetings. Some groups opt to go
on hiatus for the summer months, others consolidate meetings, and still
others take the opportunity to hold special events such as picnics,
garage sales, etc. Our TMC Survey question for this week is: What is your
group's summer meeting schedule? (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/042005/0413surveysummer.html>
USER GROUPS SCHEDULED TO PARTICIPATE IN TECH GALAXY 2005
This year's Tech Galaxy conference is scheduled for Saturday, April 23,
and user groups will once again be an important part of the event.
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/042005/0412techgalaxy.html>
TMC BARGAIN HUNTER: 10% OFF ANYTHING, INCLUDING iPODS, AT TARGET
Did you put your taxes in the mail today, but still have some cash to buy
an iPod? Now through June 30, you can take 10% off anything and
everything at Target.com with the special discount code. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/042005/0415bargaintarget.html>
TMC BARGAIN HUNTER: UP TO $150 OFF NEW MACS AT AMAZON
Is your group in the market for a new Mac for your MUG? The TMC Bargain
Hunter has been updated with a new coupon offer for up to $150 off select
Powerbooks, iBooks and desktop Macs at Amazon. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/042005/0411bargainamazon.html>
Coming Up This Week On The MUG Event Calendar
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<http://www.mugcenter.com/mugcalendar/2005/042005.html>
Monday 18-Apr
San Gabriel Valley Mac Users Group - James Lee of Tropical Software
Silicon Valley Macintosh Users Group - Memory Lane
Tuesday 19-Apr
Diablo Valley Macintosh Users Group - Elizabeth Statmore of Circus Ponies
Quad Cities Macintosh Users Group - Mac mini
Design Matters (Japan) - Integration of Image and Word
North Coast Macintosh Users Group - John Younghein of iKlear
Wednesday 20-Apr
Tex-MUG - Rick Voltmann & Dreux Ste. Marie from Apple
MacCore - RealBasic & Power Pak
Tucson Macintosh Users Group - The latest from Apple & Microsoft
Virtual PC 7
Final Cut Pro Network Event at NAB Show - Las Vegas
Thursday 21-Apr
Santa Barbara Macintosh Users Group - James Lee of Tropical Software
Lansing Area Macintosh and Lisa Users Group - Jonathan Stars presents
ProTools
Arizona Macintosh Users Group - Which Mac Is Right For You?
Hawaii Mac Nuts - iWork & Apple product Show & Tell
Tidewater Macintosh Users Group - Swap Meet & iWork
Dallas Macintosh Users Group - How to get Published - Set Up a Web Log
(Blog)
Syracuse Macintosh Users Group - An Evening With Digital Photographer
Al Fasoldt
Saturday 23-Apr
Northeast Ohop Apple Corps - Podcasting & Griffin's RadioShark
Tech Galaxy Conference
Washington Apple Pi - The iPod Revolution
Thanks!
---Chuck
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Chuck Joiner
Editor-In-Chief
The MUG Center
http://www.mugcenter.com
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