[DM-MUG] User Group Bulletin for March - including deals....

[Victoria L. Herring]

>This was in my mailbox.....every month I get these [we are a user 
>group] and will post to list so everyone can see what opportunities 
>are present == note the special deals etc.


Particularly see what other groups are doing and if you want us to be 
doing something similar, let the Board know == we try to meet on the 
Monday evening following the monthly meeting.....



>
>    1. Apple User Group Bulletin - March 15, 2007
>
>CONTENTS
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>Community News - Leaders
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>
>1] - Resources for Apple User Group Presentations and Newsletters
>2] - RiffWorks: Special User Group Offer
>3] - User Group University: Full Set of Podcasts of Sessions Available
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>
>Apple User Group Bulletin - Members
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>
>Community News - Members
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>1] - NCMUG Creates a $10,000 Endowment at Santa Rosa Junior College
>2] - Beijing Macintosh User Group: 5 Years Old and Growing
>3] - EmiratesMac: Special TV Event
>4] - AUMUG: Second Apple Digital Campus Leadership Institute
>5] - dBUG: Help Every Saturday
>6] - Estonian Macintosh User Group: Six Hour Quarterly Seminar
>7] - Milestones
>
>Special Offers
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>
>1] - CJRTOOLS ebooks: 20 Percent Off
>2] - Western Digital Hard Drives: 25 Percent Discount
>3] - Premium Memory Products: 25 Percent Off
>4] - Cordgo Accessory: Over 60 Percent Off
>5] - HipIpodGear Accessories: 20 Percent Off
>6] - The MUG Store: A Resource for Old and New
>7] - That's Easy: Apple User Group Market & Apple User Group Offers
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>
>COMMUNITY NEWS - LEADERS
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>
>1] - Resources for Apple User Group Presentations and Newsletters
>   .......................
>
>Need content for your newsletter or a presentation for your group's
>next meeting? Have a presentation or article you'd like to share with
>groups around the world? Visit the User Group Advisory Board's Blog to
>participate in the Apple User Group community.
>
>Join in the fun.
>http://ugab.typepad.com/ugresources/
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>
>2] - RiffWorks: Special User Group Offer
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>
>Sonoma Wire Works is offering RiffWorks Standard recording software,
>regularly $169 (US) for only $15 (US) to one musician from each MUG.
>
>RiffWorks offers looped recording, automatic track creation, nine
>InstantDrummer sessions, ReWire Mixer, great-sounding effects, IK
>Multimedia's AmpliTube 2 Live plug-in, RiffCaster instant podcasting,
>and RiffLink - jamming online with musicians from all over the world
>with no worries about latency, distance or sending large files.
>
>In exchange, Sonoma would like to place their banner ad on
>participating MUG websites linking to a discount coupon for $40 off
>RiffWorks for that MUG's members. This limited-time offer is limited
>to one $15 (US) offer per group.
>
>Contact Michelle at Sonoma Wire Works to participate.
>michelle at sonomawireworks.com
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>
>3] - User Group University: Full Set of Podcasts of Sessions Available
>.......................
>
>Did you miss User Group University at Macworld? You can still listen to
>podcasts of presentations by Steve Wozniak, Bob LeVitus, Chris Breen,
>Adam Engst, Rick Ortiz, Pat Fauquet, Tom Piper, Lorene Romero, Larry
>Liang and Gordon Bell. It's the next best thing to being there!
>
>Hear the best of UGU.
>http://homepage.mac.com/ugab/mw07.html
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>
>Apple User Group Bulletin - March 15, 2007
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>
>COMMUNITY NEWS - MEMBERS
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>
>1] - NCMUG Creates a $10,000 Endowment at Santa Rosa Junior College
>.......................
>
>Over the years North Coast Mac Users Group (NCMUG), a non-profit user
>group, has reached out to the community in many very significant ways
>including computer donations to schools and charities and significant
>volunteer work. Now, they have taken it a big step further with a
>$10,000 endowment, providing scholarships for students from Santa Rosa
>Junior College who are in the CIS Department, taking classes with an
>emphasis on the Mac platform and pursuing a career in the computer
>information field.
>
>The endowment is a memorial for Roger Levit, one of the founders of
>NCMUG. With the approval of Roger's family the scholarship has been
>named the North Coast Mac Users Group Roger Levit Memorial Scholarship.
>
>What a wonderful way to honor youth, education and experience!
>http://www.ncmug.org/
>
>(Congratulations to President Lorene Romero, Ronnie Roche, Linda
>Chatham, Joan O'Brien, Eric Chazankin, Wayne Till and the amazing
>members of NCMUG.)
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>
>2] - Beijing Macintosh User Group: 5 Years Old and Growing
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>
>When David Feng's group started BeiMac the group had seven members from
>seven countries, all meeting in Zhongguancun, Beijing, and each
>interested in building a user group community. Who could have predicted
>that five short years later those seven would become a club with more
>than 330 members, more than 200,000 web visitors and a widened scope as
>part of the BeiMac Union, with liaison offices in Ziamen, Taipei and
>North America. Happy Birthday BeiMac.
>
>Join them for a March 24 birthday celebration.
>http://www.beimac.com/?page_id=8
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>
>3] - EmiratesMac: Special TV Event
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>
>EmiratesMac will be holding a Special TV Event featuring a demonstration
>of Apple TV and presentations by sponsors that include Canon, IMC ME,
>Dubai Knowledge Village, GraphEast and others on March 29 at Dubai
>Knowledge Village's main auditorium.
>
>Visit Ambassador Magnus Nystedt and the members of EmiratesMac.
>http://www.emiratesmac.com/index.php?page=events
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>
>4] - AUMUG: Second Apple Digital Campus Leadership Institute
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>
>  From March 21-23 Auburn University's User Group will be participating
>in the second Apple Digital Campus Leadership Institute. As the
>organizers warn, this is not a listen and watch event but a way for
>groups to gain specific ideas for their campus sites. They'll generate
>ways to use innovation and technology to enhance the learning
>experience.
>
>There will be a world of great ideas on the Milledgeville Campus of
>Georgia College and State University for students and faculty
>participating in this year's Leadership Institute.
>
>Share the excitement.
>http://blog.auburn.edu/macusers/wordpress/?p=43
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>
>5] - dBUG: Help Every Saturday
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>
>Since 1984 the Seattle dBUG group has offered interesting resources to
>their members. One interesting way to enhance community and gain members
>is their dBUG Cafe, held every Saturday morning from 9 a.m. to noon.
>Whether it is help with a tech problem, use of the group's scanner or
>high-speed connection, information about upcoming membership activities
>or just a warm cup of coffee and a doughnut with friends, Saturdays are
>special in Seattle. Does your group have an interesting activity or way
>to enhance membership? Email your ideas to ugbeditor at mac.com.
>
>Share a cup of coffee in Seattle.
>http://www.dbug.org/
>
>(Thanks to the dBUG publicity team who sends information each month.)
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>
>6] - Estonian Macintosh User Group: Six Hour Quarterly Seminar
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>
>The officers of the Estonian Macintosh User Group are presenting another
>quarterly seminar on all things Macintosh at 10616 Tallinn, Estonia.
>Previous seminars have been a great success. What will they cover this
>time? Be there and find out.
>
>Learn.
>http://www.emug.ee/wiki/EmugiSeminarid
>
>(Thanks to Vice President Filipp Lepalaan for this tip.)
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>
>7] - Milestones
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>
>March sees groups whose first meeting convened as long ago as February
>of 1979 and includes our first Aperture-specific group, showing that
>when Apple groups have a good thing going it lasts. Visit these web
>sites to see the members and activities that contribute to their
>longevity and success.
>
>1979 AUSOM Incorporated
>http://www.ausom.net.au
>(Congratulations to President Dick Johnson,
>Nicholas Pyers and members of AUSOM.)
>
>1979 Mountain View Computer User Group
>Previously Mountain View Apple UG
>http://mvcug.org/
>(Thanks to President and Macworld Volunteer John Buono for this tip.)
>
>1982  Lockheed Martin Macintosh Users Group
>http://www.lmmug.org
>(Hello to President Todd Ferguson and Lockheed Members.)
>
>1984 Apple Users Group of Canterbury Inc.
>http://www.appleusers.co.nz/index.htm
>(Warm wishes to President Michael Han and club members.)
>
>1984 El Paso Macintosh User Group
>http://www.epmug.org
>(Greetings to President Ken Borgh, Mara Cohn and members of EPMUG.)
>
>1985  MacBruger
>http://www.macbruger.dk
>(Congratulations to Hanne Hertzog and members of MacBruger.)
>
>1985  Nashville Mac Users
>http://www.macusers.com
>
>1986  Racine-Kenosha Mac Users Group
>http://www.rkmug.org/
>
>1987  Hong Kong Macintosh User Group
>http://www.hkmug.org.hk/
>(Happy anniversary to Chairman Blanco Siu and members of HKMUG.)
>
>1990  MacinSand
>http://www.macinsand.no/
>(Greetings to Styreleder Thomas Moen and MacinSand members.)
>
>1991  TEAM Francophone
>http://www.teamfr.be
>
>2002  Beijing Macintosh User Group
>http://www.beimac.com/
>(Congrats to David Feng, BeiMUG President and Apple User
>Group Regional Liaison.)
>
>2002 Macteens
>http://macteens.com
>(Greetings to Macworld Planning Team member Chris Saribay and officers
>of Macteens.)
>
>2006 Washington and Lee University
>http://home.wlu.edu/~somerville_browng/mac.htm
>
>Welcome to our first recognized Aperture User Group and
>Ambassador David Schloss
>http://apertureprofessional.com/
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>SPECIAL OFFERS - Apple User Group Bulletin - March 15, 2007
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>
>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.
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>
>1] - CJRTOOLS ebooks: 20 Percent Off
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>
>CJRTOOLS ebooks publishes easy-to-use guides to Mac OS X 10.4
>software, including Safari, Mail, System Preferences and TextEdit. The
>ebooks features include screenshots to help readers understand
>important concepts, appendices with additional resources, non-
>encrypted PDF downloads and free updates.
>
>Usually priced between $7 (US) and $8 (US), Apple user group members
>qualify for a 20 percent discount on all purchases placed through
>CJRTOOLS' Kagi store using the discount code below.
>
>Discount code
>MUGD14A73C
>
>Get more information.
>http://homepage.mac.com/cjrtools/ebooks
>
>Order.
>http://homepage.mac.com/cjrtools/ebooks/orderebooks.html
>
>This worldwide offer is valid through June 30, 2007.
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>
>2] - Western Digital Hard Drives: 25 Percent Discount
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>
>Need more space for your business files, movies, pictures and music? A
>Western Digital (WD) hard drive is the easiest way to add extra
>storage. WD features the My Book line of external hard drives,
>Passport portable hard drives, and WD internal SATA II and EIDE hard
>drive kits.
>
>Get a 25 percent discount on all products by logging on with an email
>account and receiving a promo code that can be used for the purchase
>of any WD hard drive.
>
>Use your email address to get a user group discount code.
>http://www.wdc.com/partnerstore
>
>This worldwide offer is valid through June 30, 2007.
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>
>3] - Premium Memory Products: 25 Percent Off
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>
>PremiumMemory.com is a leading online memory provider with a
>commitment to superior memory products and world-class service and
>support. All Premium memory is backed by a lifetime warranty and made
>from top quality components. Premium maintains a complete inventory of
>compatible Mac memory upgrades and guarantees 100 percent
>compatibility.
>
>For all your Mac memory upgrades, visit Premium's web site and receive
>a 25 percent discount on all Mac compatible RAM upgrades purchased at
>PremiumMemory.com using the coupon code below. Better yet, you will
>receive free shipping on all orders over $75 (US).
>
>Coupon Code
>MUG-25OFF
>
>Use your code to get 25 percent off.
>http://www.premiummemory.com
>
>This U.S. only offer is valid through June 30, 2007.
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>
>4] - Cordgo Accessory: Over 60 Percent Off
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>
>Cordgo is a one-hand operated cord adjustment and storage accessory.
>Its durable, lightweight design fits in the palm of your hand. Clip it
>on your belt or armband, or just slip it in your pocket. Cordgo's
>fast, easy storage saves you from ever having to deal with tangled
>cords again. Cordgo was designed to perform as an integral component
>between cord and digital device.
>
>Regularly priced at $9.95 (US), Apple user group members can now buy
>two Cordgos for $7.96 (US); that's 60 percent off regular price.
>
>Coupon code
>augvd2252
>
>End cable clutter.
>http://www.cordgo.com
>
>This worldwide offer is valid through June 30, 2007.
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>
>5] - HipIpodGear Accessories: 20 Percent Off
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>
>Is your iPod lacking personality? Nano just not impressing you by size
>alone? Swank it up with more than just new music: go ahead and put
>some hip into it with a new strap, wrap, bone, doggy, star, iLink,
>skin, iRoll, iMagnet, iMemory, miniMac or other accessory. HipIpodGear
>has something for every iPod and then some. Better yet, HipIpodGear
>ships across the globe.
>
>Want a better deal? With the coupon code below Apple User Group
>members can receive an additional 20 percent off.
>
>Coupon code
>tire20
>
>Visit.
>http://www.HipIpodGear.com
>
>This worldwide offer is valid through June 30, 2007.
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>
>6] - The MUG Store: A Resource for Old and New
>....................
>
>The MUG Store offers great specials and blowouts your members should
>scour through every month. It's like an online garage sale on Mac odds
>and ends with extra special offers and deals!
>
>The MUG Store's consultants are available to talk about the latest and
>greatest Apple products, including all the great products introduced
>at Macworld Expo. Be sure to give the store a try. With one percent
>of member purchases credited to your organization, everyone wins!
>
>User ID: Leopard
>Password: Tiger
>
>http://www.applemugstore.com.
>
>This U.S. only offer is valid through April 30, 2007.
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>
>7] - That's Easy: Apple User Group Market & Apple User Group Offers
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>
>Looking for information on a past offer? Tom Piper and the Apple User
>Group Advisory Board publishes a single page with all current offers,
>expiration dates and codes.
>
>For example, continuing offers on great publications include:
>
>- Mac|Life magazine charter subscription
>- Macworld Magazine special subscription offer
>- Take Control ebooks
>- Peachpit book club
>- O'Reilly Publishing discount offers
>
>Also, be sure to subscribe to Tom's Apple User Group Market Report
>podcast, a great source for information about Apple user groups,
>vendor discounts, special events and more.
>
>Current Offers
>http://homepage.mac.com/ugab/offers/vendorcodes.htm
>
>Password - offer
>
>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
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>
>Sandy Foderick,
>Editor
>Apple User Group Advisory Board
>ugbeditor at mac.com
>
>Tom Piper,
>Vendor Relations
>Apple User Group Advisory Board
>vendorwizard at mac.com
>
>Elsa Travisano,
>Text and Archival Editor
>Apple User Group Advisory Board
>ugbeditor at mac.com
>
>Jeff Mosqueda,
>Publisher
>Apple
>usergroups at apple.com
>
>Get involved. Join a user group near you.
>http://www.apple.com/usergroups/
>
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>
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>
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-- 
Victoria L. Herring, Attorney, Civil Rights, Discrimination & 
Employment Law, <http://www.HerringLaw.com>;  Travel research, 
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<http://www.JourneyZing.com/blog>;  Des Moines, Iowa, ph.515-255-4475.