Apple User Group Bulletin
May
2009
_____________________________________________________________________
CONTENTS
_____________________________________________________________________
Apple User Group Bulletin - Members
_____________________________________________________________________
Community News - Members
.......................
1] - FCPUG: First London SuperMeet
2] - Nicholas Pyers: Keeping Touch With Groups in Australia
3] - Competitions: Mac Users UK Photos & Santa Fe's Film
Festival
4] - OSAKA: User Group Meeting Fun
5] - Kansas Fest: 20 Years of Apple and KFest Fun
6] - Milestones
Special Offers
.......................
1] - Stellar Data Recovery: Free Diagnosis and 20 Percent
Discount
2] - That's Easy: Apple User Group Market & Apple User Group
Offers
_____________________________________________________________________
COMMUNITY NEWS - MEMBERS
_____________________________________________________________________
1] - FCPUG: First London SuperMeet
........................
On June 25, the Kensington Conference and Events Center in London
will
have an opportunity to enjoy the first London SuperMeet, presented
by
the Final Cut Pro User Group Network (FCPUG) and a stellar list
of
sponsors.
A wild offering of raffle prizes? Good food, great presentations
and
surprises? Of course!
Celebrate the tenth anniversary of Final Cut Pro in London in
style.
http://fcpugnetwork.org/
_____________________________________________________________________
2] - Nicholas Pyers: Keeping Touch With Groups in Australia
........................
Nicholas Pyers is well known for his work with AUSOM and for
providing
materials for groups world wide. His newest offering is an
active
listing of groups in the area by state, with information about
each.
Check it out.
http://www.AppleUsers.org/mug-listing
_____________________________________________________________________
3] - Competitions: Mac Users UK Photos & Santa Fe's Film
Festival
........................
Apple products promote excellence in photography and movie making,
so it
is easy to see why user groups are involved in these arts. The Mac
Users
Group UK is currently judging the winners of their 2008/2009
photo
competition, while the Santa Fe Macintosh User Group has put out a
call for
entries for their 3rd annual SFMUG Short Movie Festival, with a
deadline
of July 1, 2009. Are your members planning a competition? Let us
know.
Learn more about the Santa Fe Short Movie
Festival.
http://www.santafemug.org/Film-Festival.html
See the winners of the Mac Users Photo
Competition.
http://www.macusersuk.org/photo2008/index.html
(Thanks to TAG Team founder Daniel East for this great tip.)
_____________________________________________________________________
4] - OSAKA: User Group Meeting Fun
........................
AUGM (the Apple User Group Meeting) in Osaka was an event to
remember,
with vendor booths, information sessions, radio podcasts, give
aways and
more.
See pics of this excellent event.
http://ticce.com/gallery/090419_AUGM/
(Thanks to Apple User Group Regional Liaison Chise Tejima for
these great photos.)
_____________________________________________________________________
5] - Kansas Fest: 20 Years of Apple and KFest Fun
......................
When attendees have license plates like APL 2GS you know they
are
passionate about any and all Apple computers. Kansas Fest, the
only
computer festival dedicated to the Apple II computer, will once
again be
held at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri, from July
21-26.
With the KFest Kookout, HackFest programming contest and more,
this
event is known as Summer Camp for Geeks.
Release your inner geek.
http://www.kfest.org/
Follow their tweets.
http://twitter.com/kansasfest
_____________________________________________________________________
6] - Milestones
......................
This month's milestones include two groups who first met as early
as
1978. Happy anniversary to some of our oldest groups and a few
newer
ones too! Want to see your group listed? Send an email with date
and
year to ugbeditor@mac.com.
May 1978 - Houston Area Apple Users Group
http://www.haaug.org
(Congrats to Apple User Group Advisory Board member Rex
Covington
and members of HAAUG.)
May 1978 - Louisville Computer Society
(Formerly Louisville Apple Users Group)
http://www.kymac.org/
May 1984 - New Orleans Macintosh User Group
(NOMUG)
http://www.nomug.org/NOMUG/Welcome.html
(Thanks to President Mel Shear for this tip.)
May 1984 - MacPeople - Gainsville Macintosh Users
Group
http://www.macpeoplemug.org
May 1984 - Portland Macintosh Users Group
http://www.pmug.org
(Greetings to Ambassador Charles DeVore and members of PMUG.)
May 1984 - Princeton Macintosh Users'
Group
http://www.pmug-nj.org
(Co-founded by Philip Thompson,
father of User Group Advisory Board member Elsa Travisano.)
May 1985 - MacValley Users Group
http://www.macvalley.org
(Greetings to Ambassador Ray Boston.)
May 1989 - Main Line Macintosh Users Group
http://www.mlmug.org
(Greetings to Ambassador Moe Comeau, Apple User Group Liaison
Maria
Arguello and members of MLM.)
May 1998 - Caracas Macintosh Users Group
http://www.caracasmug.org
(Congratulations to Apple User Group Regional Liaison Julio
Ohep,
past President Amaya Gergoff and members.)
May 1999 - MacLaw
http://www.maclaw.org
May 2001 - Trinidad & Tobago Apple
Community
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=12432922930
(Hello to President Michael Khan.)
May 2008 - Hervey Bay Mac User Group (HBMUG -
Australia)
http://hbmug.com/
(Thanks to Dr. Ken Hoyle of HBMUG for this tip.)
_____________________________________________________________________
SPECIAL OFFERS - Apple User Group Bulletin - May 19, 2009
_____________________________________________________________________
These User Group discounts are brought to you by the Apple User
Group
Advisory Board (special thanks to board member Tom Piper).
You must be a current Apple user group member to qualify for
these
savings. Not a member? Join an Apple user group today to take
advantage
of these special offers.
For more information and passwords, contact your local Apple User
Group Ambassador
or any PMUG Officer.
_____________________________________________________________________
1] - Stellar Data Recovery: Free Diagnosis and 20 Percent
Discount
.........................
Stellar, a market leader in providing data recovery services,
specializes in salvaging lost data with over 1,000,000 customers in
137
countries. Equipped with trained and specialized data
recovery
professionals and an excellent Class 100 clean room facility,
Stellar
can recover data from almost all operating systems and storage
media.
Stellar announces FREE DIAGNOSIS and 20 percent off on laptop
and
desktop data recovery.
Discount Coupon for this offer:
*****************
Request a free quote.
http://www.datarecoveryservices.biz/quote-request.php
Register your group and stay informed on
offers.
http://www.macintosh-data-recovery.com/stellar-love-mac-user-groups.php
Learn more.
http://www.datarecoveryservices.biz
This worldwide offer is valid through August 31, 2009.
_____________________________________________________________________
2] - That's Easy: Apple User Group Market & Apple User Group
Offers
.........................
Looking for information on a past offer? Tom Piper of the Apple
User
Group Advisory Board publishes a single page with all current
offers,
expiration dates and codes. Watch for intermittent special
offers.
Password until November 15, 2009:
********
http://homepage.mac.com/ugab/offers/vendorcodes.htm
.........................
Be sure to subscribe to the Apple User Group Market Report podcast.
The
AUG Market Report and Resource blog are great sources for
information
about Apple user groups, vendor discounts, special events,
interesting
reviews, stimulating training and more.
Apple User Group Market Report podcast:
http://homepage.mac.com/ugab/resources.html
For public information about vendor offers and more
visit:
http://homepage.mac.com/ugab/offers.html
Get information about Advisory Board
activities.
http://homepage.mac.com/ugab
......................................................................
Saundra Foderick, Editor
Apple User Group Advisory Board
ugbeditor@mac.com
Tom Piper, Vendor Relations
Apple User Group Advisory Board
vendorwizard@mac.com
Elsa Travisano, Text and Archival Editor
Apple User Group Advisory Board
ugbeditor@mac.com
Trish Huffman, Text Editor
Apple User Group Advisory Board
ugbeditor@mac.com
Jeff Mosqueda, Publisher
Apple
usergroups@apple.com
Get involved. Join a user group near you.
http://www.apple.com/usergroups/
......................................................................