AUGD: AWUGU 04-17-23 report
AUGD: AWUGU 04-17-23 report
- Subject: AUGD: AWUGU 04-17-23 report
- From: Tom Piper via Augd <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 12:49:43 -0500
AWUGU Meeting Report about Benefits of AUG Membership
by Tom Piper, Coordinator
This Apple World User Group University (AWUGU) online gathering of Apple user
group leaders was held at 5:00pm CDST, on April 17, 2023, via Zoom. We had 42
participants for Benefits of AUG Membership. The 85-minute video can be viewed
at https://youtu.be/I8NaHQeKPzs (unlisted on YouTube).
This session opened with my welcome, plus a quick review of the meeting
protocols. This was followed by a belated Artificial Intelligence presentation
about AI for the Heart Human by Marie-fazia Boughenou (Hyper Pomme Paris) whose
slideshow can be found in the AWUGU shared folder (see link below).
The first presentation was about ChatGPT’s view of AUG benefits by me (appleJAC
User Group) showing five important advantages of membership. This was followed
by individual AUG perspectives provided by George Rubin (retired NMUG
President) and Eckart Goette (current NMUG President), Ann McKay and Hope
Tillman (Apple Charlestown User Group), Nicholas Smith (National Capital Apple
Mac Users Group), Dale Stephen (Mac-in-Awe Apple Users Group), Marty Welter
(Central Wisconsin Apple User Group), Steve Welsh (The Oregon MacPioneers User
Group), Bob Wood (Tucson Macintosh Users Group), Susan Jensen (The Apple Users
Society of Melbourne), and others. There was also a brief discussion about
succession planning and difficulties accessing the AWUGU iCloud folder (now
fixed).
AUG invitations were also offered by Dale Stephen when on May 10 their two
Mid-Michigan Mac clubs will host a presentation by 1Password and Janet &
Charles DeVore when on Portland Macintosh Users Group of Oregon will be hosting
their April 22-23 MacCamp.
Susan Jensen (email@hidden <mailto:email@hidden>) asked if anyone with
WordPress experience might be available to be a volunteer Webmaster for AUSOM?
Please contact her ASAP if you know of such a person who could assist them.
Related to the topic of user group benefits, numerous experiences shared and
suggestions were provided by user group leaders with the following links in the
Chat Room:
Bob Wood: Macstock Conference and Expo – https://macstockconferenceandexpo.com
<https://macstockconferenceandexpo.com/>
Carol Fortlage : The Villages Apple User Group – tvaug.org <http://tvaug.org/>
Frank Croft: Prescott, AZ – www.pmug.us <http://www.pmug.us/>
Nicholas Smith: National Capital Apple Mac Users Group – www.nca-mug.org
<http://www.nca-mug.org/>
Dale Stephan: MIAMUG and SMUG – https://mbsmug.usergroupresources.com
<https://mbsmug.usergroupresources.com/>
Cassie Mac: MacTechnics, Ann Arbor Computer Users Group –
https://www.mactechnics.org <https://www.mactechnics.org/>
Bob Wood: Tucson Macintosh Users Group – TMUG.com <http://tmug.com/>
Jon Scudder: Alaskan Apple Users Group – HTTPS://AKAppleUsersUg.com
<https://akappleusersug.com/>
Robert Hoey: Apple CIDER – applecider.org <http://applecider.org/>
Marty Jencius: Northeast Ohio Apple Corp – https://www.neoac.org/
Joan Newman: SWACKS – email@hidden <mailto:email@hidden>
Ann MacKay: CHUG – http://charlestownappleusers.wordpress.com
<http://charlestownappleusers.wordpress.com/>
Robert van Lier: Indiana ApplePickers – https://applepickers.org
<https://applepickers.org/>
Rick Matteson: Long Island Macintosh Users Group – www.LIMac.org
<http://www.limac.org/>
Marty Welter: Central Wisconsin Apple User Group – http://cwaug.org
<http://cwaug.org/>
Eckart Goette: NMUG – https://naplesmug.com <https://naplesmug.com/>
Tom Piper: appleJAC User Group – http://www.appleJAC.org
<http://www.applejac.org/>
Steve Welsh OMUG: Oregon MacPioneers UG (statewide) –
https://omug.usergroupresources.com <https://omug.usergroupresources.com/>
We are very pleased with this fourth meeting of 2023. Files related to this
meeting (including chat, closed caption, agendas, reports, slideshows and
videos) are available on our AWUGU shared folder:
https://www.icloud.com/iclouddrive/0kF7XwYI98VG0fqvL86PJm02g#AWUGU.
After a brief discussion about future topics related to efforts to find
knowledgeable presenters, it was suggested that “AUG Speaker Bureau” be
scheduled for May 15, 2023, at 5:00pm Central Daylight Saving Time (all current
AWUGU registrants will receive an invitation to all future meetings).
To become a participant, any interested Apple User Group 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 May 13 in order to receive a Zoom Meeting
invitation.
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