Re: AUGD: BeiMac turns 5 today (March 2, 2007)
Re: AUGD: BeiMac turns 5 today (March 2, 2007)
- Subject: Re: AUGD: BeiMac turns 5 today (March 2, 2007)
- From: sandy foderick <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 23:56:34 -0600
Congratulations on BeiMac's fifth birthday David -
BeiMac has been lucky to have such wonderful leadership and you have
done amazing things in those five short years. Here's hoping the next
five are just as great.
With admiration,
Sandy Foderick
editor
Apple User Group Bulletin
>BeiMac is five today.
>
>Five years ago, seven Mac people -- from Switzerland, China, the US,
>Canada, Australia, Japan and Germany -- got together in a meeting
>room in China's tech hub -- Zhongguancun, Beijing -- and formed the
>Beijing Macintosh User Group. In the room next door were even more
>Mac geeks.
>
>These seven Mac people wanted to mix and mingle with more Mac people
>in the capital. They built a community for Mac folks that did its bit
>in the Beijing Mac arena. Membership grew by leaps and bounds,
>forming a formidable force that is now over 330 strong.
>
>Over the past five years, BeiMac has stuck to what it does best --
>building a Mac community -- and has continued to grow. We've been
>through some historic times: the continued adoption of Mac OS X and
>all of its major releases, the introduction of such historic and
>classic products such as the iPod and the iMac G4, as well as the
>move over to Intel chips. We've stuck with Apple through thick and
>thin, and we're growing with every passing day.
>
>We've transcended the borders of a usual user group. We're now part
>of the BeiMac Union, a massive collection of Mac resources which has
>a resource library, an iPod group, a Mac encyclopedia, and more. The
>newsletter is in progress as we speak, and we're preparing for our
>huge party on March 24, 2007.
>
>We've moved beyond the Chinese capital. We're an active part of the
>Chinese Mac community -- and of the world Mac community, too. We've
>been to Macworld in 2006 and you can count on our timely presence
>again in 2008. And we've just set up liaison offices in Xiamen,
>Taipei and North America. It's no longer a "capital-only" thing.
>We've co-founded the Asia-Pacific Mac Union, and we're hoping to link
>up with more Mac people around the world.
>
>We've come a long way since March 2, 2002. And yet, that date is
>still special to us. We haven't changed since that date -- in terms
>of one core, gut-level thing; we're still a Mac community. And you
>can trust that we'll continue to support the crowd that thinks
>different for years to come.
>
>Happy 5th birthday, BeiMac.
>
>David Feng
>Founding Member and President
>Beijing Macintosh User Group
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