MacOSG: July Apple User Group Bulletin
Posted by Dave Merten 
Jul 26, 2008 at 5:29am
July’s news includes news on Red Boston 2008, DevCon 2007, promoting User Groups via YouTube, WWDC Keynote, Saginaw Macintosh User Group’s MacCamp, picnics & swap meets and milestones.
COMMUNITY NEWS – MEMBERS
1] – Red Boston 2008: BOSFCPUG Annual Summer Event
If you missed the FCP World Tour (or even if you were there) WGBH in
Boston is the place to be on August 7. Sponsored by the Boston Final Cut
Pro User Group, Apple and Rule Broadcast Systems, this event offers a
first look at the Red Digital Cinema Camera, demos the Red/Final Cut Pro
workflow and provides a hands-on look at the camera by a special guest.
Be there.
http://www.bosfcpug.org/
2] – DevCon 2007: FileMaker Pro User Group Leads the Way
On July 13, 2008, FileMaker mavens will join together in a Meetup as
part of DevCon 2008, and the members of the FileMaker Pro User Group
will be there. Want to know what else was be on the schedule? The
group’s website had a downloadable schedule to keep members informed.
Why not join the Puggers at DevCon this year?
Check it out.
http://www.fmpug.com/
3] – Building Community: User Groups Spread the Word Via YouTube
On April 26 the Acadiana Area Apple Users Group (AAAUG) hosted their
first annual AAAUG Crawfish Boil in Lafayette to enjoy good times and
promote membership in the AAAUG.
North Coast Mac (NCMUG), one of the largest and most successful user
groups in the US, will host their famous annual Macintosh Computer
Expo this fall.
In July the Korean Mac User Group got together for a meet up, and the
members of Tokyo Max met too.
What do these groups have in common? They are all on YouTube promoting
the community, computers and fellowship that come from belonging to a
user group. Is your group on YouTube? Let us know.
View these great videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-nYsdRsAw0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcFglUOe_pE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_CgUbsuBRI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl-UaRjq8Ro
4] – WWDC Keynote: QuickTime Version Available Online
Couldn’t make it to the Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) this
year? Watch Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveil iPhone 3G, the App Store,
MobileMe and more in his WWDC keynote address from San Francisco’s
Moscone West.
See what all the excitement was about.
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/wwdc08/
5] – Saginaw Mac: MacCamp Continues to Please
The Saginaw Macintosh User Group and the Midland User Group co-sponsor
their MacCamp four times throughout the year. These information-packed,
hands-on, fun-filled sessions are popular with new members and long-time
users. The price is right too: free to members and available to
non-members for $5.00. The August MacCamp is scheduled for Thursday,
August 14, 2008, at the Saginaw Township Firestation in Saginaw,
Michigan.
Nature, friends and a Mac: Who could ask for more?
http://www.smug1.com/
6] – Fun in the Sun: Groups Trade Meetings for Picnics and Swap Meets
Many groups hold a summer social gathering instead of a July meeting.
Diablo Valley’s Macintosh User Group holds their Christmas-in-July
picnic, while the Omaha Macintosh User Group holds their Website
Pot-luck. Apple JAC and Apple Cider have summer picnics planned, and the
Houston Area Macintosh Users Group will be holding their annual Swap
Meet this month too. Add in the OMUGfest 2008 in Oceanside and it is a
fun filled summer for Mac folk.
Does your group hold a special event in the summer? Let us know by
writing to ugbeditor@mac.com
Oceanside Mac User Group
http://omug.net
Omaha Macintosh User Group
http://www.omug.org/
Diablo Valley Macintosh User Group
http://www.dvmug.org
Apple Cider
http://www.applecider.org/
Houston Area Macintosh Users Group
http://www.haaug.org/
Apple JAC
http://applejac.typepad.com/applejac_macintosh_users/
7] – Milestones
This month’s column includes a group who first met in 1982. Happy
anniversary to some of our oldest groups and one just listed this month!
Want to see your group listed? Send an email with date and year to
ugbeditor@mac.com.
1982: Sierra Nevada Apple Group
(Previously Greater Reno Operating Group.)
http://snag.org
(Greetings to Ambassador and former Apple User Group Advisory Board
member Del Missier and members of SNAG.)
1982: San Leandro Macintosh User Group
http://www.slmug.org
1984: Apple Users Group of Canterbury Inc.
http://www.appleusers.co.nz
(Congrats to president Nigel Wood and group members.)
1984: Atlanta Macintosh Users Group
http://www.amugonline.org
(Greetings to president and former Apple User Group Regional Liaison
Michael Henigan and members of AMUG.)
1988: Palmerston North Mac Users’ Group
http://pnmug.netfirms.com
1988: Utah Macintosh User Group
http://www.umug.com
1990: The Mac Group – Dayton OH
http://homepage.mac.com/tmgweb/
1993: Capitol Macintosh User Group
http://capmac.org
1996: Macintosh Users Group of Stowe
http://www.mugstowe.org
1997: Italia Mac
http://www.italiamac.com
1999: Philadelphia Area AppleScript User’s Group
http://homepage.mac.com/paasug
2003: Calgary Final Cut Pro Users Group
http://www.calgaryfcpug.com
2003 Columbus Macromedia User Group
http://ColumbusMMUG.com
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