This Week's MUG News - 3/27/05
This Week's MUG News - 3/27/05
- Subject: This Week's MUG News - 3/27/05
- From: "Chuck Joiner" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 20:27:56 -0500
March 27, 2005
The MUG Center
http://www.mugcenter.com
The Week's Front Page News At The MUG Center
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THE MUG EVENT CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 28: SMARTSOUND, TROPICAL
SOFTWARE, A FIFTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, PRESENTATIONS ON ASTRONOMY,
VIDEO ARCHIVING AND MORE
March ends and April begins with a wide variety of presentations,
supplied by both vendors and user group members themselves. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/032005/0327eventcal.html>
THE USER GROUP REPORT: THOMAS AVALLONE OF THE SHREVEPORT MACINTOSH USERS
GROUP, VENDOR OFFERS AND AN INVITATION TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE MUG CENTER
We talk to an the enthusiastic founder of a new user group, review news,
feature updates and vendor offers, and extend an invitation for you to
get involved in new MUG Center initiative. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/usergroupreport/2005/508.html>
TMC BLOG: THE USER GROUP OPPORTUNITY
A Business 2.0 article argues that many companies are missing an
opportunity by not marketing to the Mac market. There are more and even
better reasons to work that bastion of the serious Mac user, the user
group. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/blog/2005/opportunity.html>
TMC SURVEY: MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS QUESTION AND VENDOR PROGRAM ANSWERS
Mac user groups offer a wide variety of benefits to their members. The
mix of benefits varies, depending on the size and type of group,
interests of the membership and resources available. The TMC Survey's new
question of the week is: What benefits does your group offer to members?
(more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/032005/0323surveybenefits.html>
NEW DATES ON TROPICAL SOFTWARE'S USER GROUP TOUR
James Lee of Tropical Software dropped us his promised note about
upcoming user group appearances. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/032005/0323tropicaltour.html>
IDEAS CONFERENCE INVITATION TO USER GROUPS
The Adobe User Group Program has invited user group members in the New
York and surrounding areas to attend the ideas Conference on April 4 at
the Grand Hyatt Hotel. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/032005/0323ideasconference.html>
TMC BARGAIN HUNTER: UP TO $200+ OFF NEW MACS AT AMAZON (AGAIN)
Amazon has issued another mail-in rebate that can give you up to $200 off
a new Mac. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/032005/0322bargainamazon.html>
VENDOR OFFERS SECTION UPDATED WITH BETTER INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT AND NEW OFFERS
We've been busy updating our Vendor Offers section to make it the single
best place to keep track of all the special discounts extended to user
group members. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/032005/0322vendorofferssection.html>
TMC BLOG: SCHIZOPHRENIC THINKING ON APPLE'S RUMORS SITE LEGAL ACTIONS
Those arguing against Apple's legal pursuits of the "rumor" web sites
strike me as a bit schizophrenic. Here's why. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/blog/2005/schizophrenic.html>
Coming Up This Week On The MUG Event Calendar
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<http://www.mugcenter.com/mugcalendar/2005/032005.html>
<http://www.mugcenter.com/mugcalendar/2005/042005.html>
Monday 28-Mar
North Coast Mac User Group (Ohio) - SmartSound SonicFire Pro
Bay Area Macintosh Users Group - Customizing Your own CD Labels with Discus
Tuesday 29-Mar
Southern New Hampshire Apple Core - Backing up your system
Midlands Macintosh User Group (United Kingdom) - EvcoCam demo
MacBUS - SubEthaEdit, Keynote2 & Pages
Wednesday 30-Mar
Oceanside Macintosh Users Group - James Lee of Tropical Software
Connecticut Macintosh Connection - Astronomy & the Mac
SFCutters - 5th Anniversary Celebration
Gold Coast Macintosh User Group - Apple iLife '05 and iWork (part 2)
Thursday 31-Mar
Shreveport Macintosh Users Group - "The Future Looks SMUG"
Portland Mac Filmmakers' User Group - Video Archival, Delivery and
Backup Theory and Techniques.
Friday 1-Apr
Philadelphia Area AppleScript Users Group - Web site maintenance using
AppleScript
Saturday 2-Apr
Orange Apple Computer Club - James Lee of Tropical Software
South Suburban Macintosh Users Group - Making Web Pages
AUSOM - Organizing Travel Photos
Thanks!
---Chuck
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Chuck Joiner
Editor-In-Chief
The MUG Center
http://www.mugcenter.com
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