Monthly Meetings: capsule update 9-6 Apple Blossom CC
Position Name Fearless Leader Jim McClellan Newsletter Editor Walt Pawley Ambassador Jim McClellan Newsletter Exchange Walt Pawley News Item: Meeting info: Congratulations to ABCC on a very successful "Meet My Mac" Night (open to the public, and giving new Mac users free instruction). Monthly Meetings: capsule update 5-25 ASHMUG
Position Name President Yvonne Fried Officer Alan Oppenheimer Meeting info: News Items: AshMUG used the latest Apple and Mac technology to host TidBITS auther Joe Kissell (author of "Take Control of Maintaining your Mac") at its Feb. 2008 meeting; this was no ordinary guest appearance -- Joe made his presentation from Paris, France, using Leopard's iChat Theater! Read Joe's article on the experience of using iChat Theater. AshMUG teamed up with Open Door Network to present a LIVE webcast on Tues. Oct. 11, as AshMUG welcomed David Lorenz Winston, acclaimed professional photographer. Mr. Winston used Keynote to demonstrate his work and process. You can soak in Winston's talent and imagery on his website. AshMUG sent a group down to MacWorld Expo 2007 in San Francisco, and 3 of its members teamed up to film, edit and post this video highlight (including a real world look at just how long the line is to see a Steve Jobs Keynote!): Monthly Meetings: capsule update 5-25 YDKM Host in 2002 Black Butte MUG
Position Name President Conrad W. Ambassador Madeleine L. Treasurer Bob T. News Item: Monthly Meetings: capsule update 4-25 YDKM Host in 1999 CMUG
Position Name Board Chairman Chris Kent Newsletter Editor Terri Anderson Webmaster Vacant Business Manager Lew Nelson News Item: Monthly Meetings: capsule update 8-2 YDKM Host in 2002 COMUG
Position Name President Darren Hess Newsletter Editor Pete Chadwell Webmaster Robert Jensen Newsletter Exchange Exchange News Item: Monthly Meetings: capsule update 9-6 E-MUG
Position Name President Dick Lennox Newsletter Editor Dave Wilkins Webmaster William Wise Newsletter Exchange Dave Wilkins News Item: Monthly Meetings: capsule update 7-22 iHUG
Position Name President Michael Mays Ambassador R Charles Flickinger Treasurer Bob Stelloh Public Relations Steve Collins News Item: Monthly Meetings: capsule update 6-1 YDKM Host in 2003 JOMACS
Position Name President Steve Liebenberg Newsletter Editor Carol Wiseman Vice-President Bo Hess Program Director Ike Smith News Item: Monthly Meetings: capsule update 6-3 YDKM Host in 2000 MUGport
Position Name President Michael L. Newsletter Editor Paul R. Ambassador-Secretary Clay C. Newsletter Exchange Editor News Items:...
Monthly Meetings: capsule update 5-1 YDKM Host in 2001 PMUG
Position Name President Allen Watson Newsletter Contact Janet DeVore Webmaster Gary Pool Newsletter Exchange Janet DeVore News Items: Next MacCamp: October, 2009. 2005 was the 20th Year Anniversary of MacCamp (20 years, 40 MacCamps). Congratulations to PMUG on 20 years of one of the finest, unique camps in the country! ComputerBits Radio, KOTK Radio AM 1080, Sundays 11 a.m. features PMUGer Michael Pearce twice a month. Monthly Meetings: capsule update 5-2 Rogue Macs MUG
Position Name President Arlis Duncan Newsletter Editor Edwin Chapman Vice-President Don Swayze Newsletter Exchange Edwin Chapman News Item: Rogue MACS MUG participated in the UG SUMMIT workshop and YDKM Event Day 2002 in Bend, Nov. 9th. Monthly Meetings: capsule update 6-21 SMUG
Position Name President John Hammill Newsletter Editor Michael Patti Program Director William Elliot Webmaster William Elliot News Item:
(Click on a group name on map below, in column at right)
These Oregon Apple & Mac User Groups are officially registered in Apple's User Group Program.
Apple Blossom CC Winston
AshMUG Ashland
Black Butte MUG Sisters
COMUG Bend
CMUG Corvallis
E-MUG Eugene
iHUG HyperCard (online)
JOMACS Grants Pass
MUGport Newport
Omug (you are here)
PMUG Portland
Rogue Macs MUG Medford
SMUG Salem
3rd Tuesday
Website:
www.abccmug.org
eMail:
Jim
Established:
1981
Serves:
Winston, Roseburg
Members:
60
is a community based Apple/Mac UG in Winston, and Oregon's oldest, longest-running Apple User Group (Apple registered User Group No. 1448, organized in October, 1981). ABCC publishes a monthly newsletter, The RoseByter, available in print and PDF. We meet in the 3rd week of each month, usually at 7:00 PM on the third Thursday of the month at the Pine Grove Community Church on Buckhorn Road. Visit ABCC's website for more group info, contacts, and membership info. Some key contacts listed below:
ABCC teamed up with JoMacs and Rogue MACS to tri-host YDKM Event Day 2003.
ABCC was one of the 4 teams competing on-stage at YDKM 2002 in Bend.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: ABCC now meets on the 3rd Thursday each month, 5:30-7:30 pm, at Jo Lane Middle School.
2nd Tuesday
Website:
ASHMUG.com
eMail:
johnclark
Established:
2001
Serves:
Ashland
Members:
101
is a community-based MUG in southern Oregon serving Ashland (home of Southern Oregon University, and the Shakespeare Festival). Meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month, 7pm, at the Ashland Community Hospital Conference Room. The group welcomes newcomers and veteran computer users to its meetings.
AshMUG is the only Oregon MUG that webcasts LIVE its general meetings each month. If you've never experienced a live webcast, or cannot make it to an AshMUG meeting, tune in! Visit the AshMUG website for instructions.
AshMUG teamed up with Omug to bring legend Guy Kawasaki to its May 12 meeting and present him on a live webcast. As Oregon MUGs know, Kawasaki is no ordinary Guy -- he took time to join AshMUG via iChat video conference and bring his wisdom to business students at Southern Oregon University as well (this meeting was hosted on campus).
Noteworthy:
Checkout AshMUG's innovative, creative QuickTime promo for its group. An excellent example of in-house PR from its membership:
3rd Thursday
Website:
iWeb/BBMUG
eMail:
BBMUG
Established:
1996
Serves:
Black Butte, Camp Sherman, Sisters
Members:
30
is a community based UG in Central Oregon serving Black Butte Ranch, Camp Sherman and Sisters. Meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday of each month, 4 - 6 p.m., at Sisters Public Library in Sisters, Oregon. The group welcomes newcomers and veteran computer users to our meetings. Visit Black Butte's website for more group info, contacts, and membership info. Some key contacts listed below:
BBMUG now meets at the Sisters Public Library.
Blisters, anyone? BBMUG's Madeleine hikes 470 miles in 49 days
BBMUG recently won, via Microsoft survey participation, a copy of MS Office for Mac and raffled it off to its membership.
BBMUG recreated its website last year in Apple's iWeb software.
BBMUG and COMUG were co-hosts for YDKM 2002 in Bend, Nov. 9th.
2nd Tues. of month
Website:
cmug.com
eMail:
cmugoffice@cmug.com
Established:
1985
Serves:
Corvallis, mid-Valley
Members:
170
YDKM Champion 2003
is a community based MUG in Corvallis, and meets downtown at the Grace Lutheran Church. CMUG publishes the monthly, 20-plus page news magazine Mouse Droppings, provides the only Mac-only ISP in the Willamette Valley, offers a donation program to schools & hardship cases, and holds 1-2 special "monster raffles" a year. Visit CMUG's website for more group info, contacts, and membership info. Some key contacts listed below:
CMUG held one of it's "monster raffles" again at its December meeting. Check the CMUG website (link at left) for details.
Stone Design founder Andrew Stone returned to Oregon and presented to CMUG, one of 3 Oregon MUGs he toured.
Check out CMUG's newly re-designed website (link at left)!
CMUG celebrated 20 years and honored founder Phil Russell at their January 2005 meeting.
3rd Wednesday
Website:
comug.org
eMail:
comug@empnet.com
Established:
1986
Serves:
Bend, Central Oregon
Members:
104
is a community based UG in Bend (Central Oregon), and meets at Sky View Middle School, 63555 NE 18th Street, Bend. COMUG publishes a monthly online or eNewsletter, The COMUG Brief, available in PDF or HTML (online). Visit COMUG's website for more group info, contacts, and membership info. Some key contacts listed below:
COMUG and BBMUG were co-hosts for YDKM 2002 in Bend and our event featured as Master of Ceremonies none other than Apple legend Guy Kawasaki.
2nd Wednesday
Website:
e-mug.org
eMail:
Richard
Established:
1985
Serves:
Eugene, Springfield
Members:
65
is a community based MUG in Eugene, and meets at the Willamette Institute of Science and Technology (WISTEC). EMUG publishes a monthly newsletter, MacNews, which is available in print and PDF. Visit E-MUG's website for more group info, contacts, and membership info. Some key contacts listed below:
Stone Design founder Andrew Stone returned to Oregon and presented to e-MUG, one of 3 Oregon MUGs he toured.
eMUG held an audio and text chat with Omug during its May 10th meeting. Software used: Skype, Apple's iChat AV. Hardware: iMac G5, iMac G4, iBook, and MacBook Pro.
Online
Website:
www.ihug.org
eMail:
info@ihug.org
Established:
1998
Serves:
International (virtual)
Members:
543
is an online-only, virtual user group specific to the needs and uses of HyperCard and Macintosh users. iHUG's "base" is officially Oregon (registered in Apple's UG database). iHUG's membership is based on those subscribed to the HyperCard Mailing List. Visit iHUG's website for more group info, contacts, and membership info. Some key contacts listed below:
Join iHUG's efforts to bring HyperCard to OSX whether you are a member of iHUG or not!
1st Thursday
Website:
www.jomacs.org
eMail:
info@jomacs.org
Established:
1989
Serves:
Merlin & Josephine Co.
(Grants Pass)
Members:
85
is a community based UG in Grants Pass, Oregon and serves Josephine County. JOMACS meets at Grants Pass High School, Rm 103. Visit JOMACS's website for more group info, contacts, and membership info. Some key contacts listed below:
JoMacs held an iChat AV video conference with MUGport during its May 4th meeting.
JOMACS made a splash at MacWorld Expo and helped represent Oregon's MUGs by staffing the User Group Booth, Fri. Jan. 10, at the Moscone Center in S.F.
JoMacs teamed up with ABCC and Rogue Macs to tri-host YDKM Event Day 2003.
1st Thursday
Website:
mac.com/mugport
eMail:
mugport@mac.com
Established:
1988
Serves:
Central Oregon coast
Members:
65
YDKM Champion 2002
is a community based MUG in the coast town of Newport, and meets at the Pacific Homes Coast Beach Club. MUGport publishes a monthly, color news magazine (NEWSport), and is active in the coast community. Visit MUGport's website for more group info, directions, contacts, and membership info. Some key contacts listed below:
VP
Paul R.
Spread the word: MUGport held a very special Font/Typography presentation for its January 4, 2007 meeting in Newport -- 3 special guest typography experts (from Canada, Iceland and Argentina) converged on Newport to spread their typography knowledge on many levels of design and use. MUGport had a full house that night. Visit MUGport's website for all the details.
MUGport elected new officers for 2006-07 at its November meeting. Michael Lynch is now president, after Steve Travis, who served with great effort for 10 years, stepped down.
MUGport and JoMacs teamed up to share a meeting together via an iChat video conference for their May 4th meeting.
MUGport was the host for the statewide You Don't Know Mac! event in Nov. 2000, which featured 9 Oregon MUGs represented, 4 competing on-stage, and legendary Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak as Master of Ceremonies!
2nd Monday
Website:
www.pmug.org
eMail:
info@pmug.org
Established:
1985
Serves:
Portland, surrounding
Members:
625
3-time YDKM Trivia Champion
is a community based MUG in the largest city in the state, Portland, and meets at the Northwest Neighborhood Cultural Center, downtown. PMUG publishes the monthly, 24-plus page news magazine Mouse Tracks, has its own PMUG Office (for workshops, classes), provides an active BBS (The Electric Sheep), and offers its nationally famous MacCamp twice a year. Visit PMUG's website for more group info, contacts, and membership info. Some key contacts listed below:
MacCamp Coordinator
Charles DeVore
Stone Design founder Andrew Stone returned to Oregon and presented to PMUG, one of 3 Oregon MUGs he toured.
PMUG aholds its famous, semi-annual MacCamp mixing the Oregon outdoors with classes, cabins, Macs, friends, food and fun. Offered in April and October each year. One of the best Mac events in the Northwest (or across the country for that matter). Out-of-state Mac users welcome, too.
Last Monday
Website:
homepage.mac.com
eMail:
rmmug
Established:
1987
Serves:
Medford, S. Oregon
Members:
71
is a community based UG in Medford (southern Oregon), and meets at the Sunset Room at the Rogue Valey Manor, Medford. Rogue Macs MUG publishes a monthly online or eNewsletter, WYSIWYG (pronounced "wiz-ee-wig" and the acronym for "what you see is what you get"), available in print and soon online. Rogue Macs operates a Telefinder BBS (bulletin board system). Visit Rogue Mac MUG's website for more group info, contacts, and membership info. Some key contacts listed below:
Rogue Macs teamed up with JoMacs and ABCC to tri-host YDKM Event Day 2003.
2nd Tuesday
Website:
web.mac.com
eMail:
Mike
Established:
1989
Serves:
Salem (state capital)
Members:
55
is a community based UG in Salem, Oregon's state capital, and meets in the Oregon room at the Comfort Suites Inn, 630 Hawthorn Ave SE. SMUG publishes a monthly newsletter, SMUG Thoughts, which is now in PDF form. Visit SMUG's website for more group info, contacts, and membership info. Some key contacts listed below:
VP
Evelynn Smith
SMUG has redesigned its website in iWeb (link in left column), so check it out!
SMUG participated as one of the 4 MUG teams competing on stage at YDKM Event Day 2003 in Canyonville!
Omug (formerly Oregon YDKM Statewide UG) established 1999. Content of this site © and reserved by Omug. All uses of Apple or Macintosh images/logos courtesy Apple Computer, Inc. & used in the spirit of supporting MUGs.