AUGD: Re: Roll Call - Stand Up for User's [sic] Group (Allen Emory)
AUGD: Re: Roll Call - Stand Up for User's [sic] Group (Allen Emory)
- Subject: AUGD: Re: Roll Call - Stand Up for User's [sic] Group (Allen Emory)
- From: Chips Chapman <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:44:33 -0400
Hello,
I'm Chips Chapman, 2nd VP of TMUG (Triangle Macintosh Users Group). I've
been a member of TMUG since 1992, & active as a volunteer or officer for at
least 10 years.
TMUG is based in the Triangle area of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, Durham,
Raleigh), but we have a number of members who live over 30 miles away. We
currently have ~95 memberships which pay the $35 annual fee. There are
usually 35 - 50 folks attending our meetings on the 2nd Monday of each
month, including 2 - 3 visitors who often join TMUG. Our meetings are open
to the public. We have the benefit of a nice auditorium in Durham with free
WIFI, & we own a projector. Our meeting programs generally include a 30 -
45 min moderated Q&A session, 1 or 2 short presos, & a longer feature
preso, most done by TMUG members. We give away 2 or 3 door prizes to
members at each meeting, & sell tickets for raffles 3 or 4 times each year.
Our XCom meet once a month to plan our general meetings & work on our
infrastructure.
I've been a subscriber to the AUGD list for over 3 years & to the AUGB for
nearly 8. I subscribe to the daily digest of AUGD, & read it almost every
day. It's exciting that Allen's request has prompted over 50 responses &
the 4th digest issue for Wednesday (as of 10pm). I enjoy reading most of
the comments & questions from around the world, even if they are sometimes
OT.
I heartily agree with Benjamin Stanley in favor of a list rather than a
"message board" or forum. I prefer the simplicity of downloading my email &
reading it as I have time (often off-line) rather than logging into a web
page laden with often unnecessary graphics & loading each post
individually. One of the features of Mailman (the server app that runs this
& other Apple lists) is that it provides a fine archive of all list posts
which can be sorted by date, thread, or sender
<http://lists.apple.com/archives/Augd>. TMUG also uses Mailman for our
discussion list, where we have ~175 subscribers
<http://list.tmug.org/mailman/listinfo/tmug-list>.
Chips Chapman
2nd Vice President
TMUG - Triangle Macintosh Users Group
http://www.tmug.org
North Central North Carolina
(Hi Allen. See you Monday.)
At 12:02 PM -0400 10-18-06, email@hidden wrote:
>Message: 7
>Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:03:34 -0400
>From: Allen Emory <email@hidden>
>Subject: AUGD: Roll Call - Stand Up for User's Group
>To: Apple User Group Discussion <email@hidden>
>
>A BIG SHOUT OUT for MUG's!
>
>Mac Users Group are great, they are a resource for us all. Let's have a
>big shout out for your Mac Users Group. Respond to this list so we can
>all hear you. Tell us your MUG and affiliation with it , member,
>president, bottle washer.
>
>If you aren't in a Mac User Group - tell us that, too - Let''s hear it
>for MUG's!!
>
>I am --
>
>Allen Emory
>President
>Triangle Macintosh Users Group
>
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