AUGD: AWUGU: Nuts & Bolts Meeting Report
AUGD: AWUGU: Nuts & Bolts Meeting Report
- Subject: AUGD: AWUGU: Nuts & Bolts Meeting Report
- From: Tom Piper via Augd <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 11:32:18 -0500
AWUGU: Nuts & Bolts Meeting Report
Our fourth Apple World User Group University online gathering of Apple user
group leaders was held at 8:00pm CST, on July 20, 2020, via Zoom. We had 29
participants who joined for the topic of “Nuts & Bolts of User Group
Management” (see attached image and list). The 61-minute video can be viewed
at: https://youtu.be/l9QH31pJyAk <https://youtu.be/l9QH31pJyAk> (unlisted
YouTube).
This session opened with my welcome, Zoom instructions, and a 5-minute
presentation about my appleJAC User Group where I presented our 35-year history
and operations (www.applejac.org <http://www.applejac.org/>). I also introduced
Doug Smith and Rex Covington from Houston TX, who are Chair and Photographer
respectively of the Apple User Group Advisory Board.
Next was an engaging presentation about MacCamps by Betty Larson of Saginaw
Macintosh Users Group (smug1.com <https://smug1.com/>) and Dale Stephan of
Mac-in-Awe Apple users group (www.miamug.com <http://www.miamug.com/>) about
their experiences with cooperative presentations. A number of questions and
answers followed.
Next was an excellent presentation by Mike Kwasniak (Suffolk Mac User Group in
the United Kingdom) who explained how he started with user groups, the progress
his group has made over the past years (www.suffolkmug.co.uk
<http://www.suffolkmug.co.uk/>).
This was followed with interesting comments (see attached slideshow)s by George
Rubin (NaplesMacFriends User Group) about his experiences with their many
meetings and their plans for the future (www.naplesmug.com
<https://www.naplesmug.com/>).
A brief discussion was held and suggestions made for future meeting topics such
as backups, Q&A forums and other items. The most popular selection about
presenters using Zoom. Participants were also informed that the survey from
Jeff Gaier (Central Wisconsin Apple User Group) had only garnish six responses
so far, so a new link has been posted to gather more user group responses at
https://forms.gle/NZLTntWL6JAA3RVP6 <https://forms.gle/NZLTntWL6JAA3RVP6>.
The new AWUGU resource page to share and exchange information is available
(https://appleusergroupresources.com/category/awugu/
<https://appleusergroupresources.com/category/awugu/>) hosted by the Apple User
Group Advisory Board. Interesting information was shared including the follow
links:
Presenter links from Nicholas:
https://www.appleusers.org/presentations/presentation-ideas
<https://www.appleusers.org/presentations/presentation-ideas>
https://www.appleusers.org/ugr/approaching-potential-presenters
<https://www.appleusers.org/ugr/approaching-potential-presenters>
https://www.nicholaspyers.com/presentations/finding-presenters-for-apple-user-group-meetings/
<https://www.nicholaspyers.com/presentations/finding-presenters-for-apple-user-group-meetings/>
We are very pleased that this fourth meeting was very interesting, entertaining
and educational. Our next tentative meeting is scheduled for 8:00pm CDT, August
17, 2020, about “Using Zoom as a Presenter”, and on September 21, 2020, a
discussion about “Backups & Q&A Forums”. We will attempt to keep these meetings
to about an hour, as originally planned. All AWUGU previous registrants will
receive an invitation to these meetings.
To become a participant, any interested AUG leader must first register with the
AWUGU Coordinator by emailing their name, location, and user group name and web
link to email@hidden <mailto:email@hidden>. Registration must be
received by August 19 in order to receive a Zoom Meeting invitation (a download
of the free Zoom app in advance is also necessary).
Best wishes,
Tom
AWUGU Coordinator
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