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Last year a couple of User Groups applied for grants under the Volunteer Grants Program and received funds to purchase projectors and other equipment for their groups…
Through this program, volunteer organisations can apply for grants to help with the price of fuel and equipment. It is anticipated that around 6000 community organisations will benefit from this grant. Continue reading »
Australian Macworld
Hi All,
Can you ALL please check the April dates in the Australian Macworld Events Calendar at are correct. If there are any corrections or additions, please let me know ASAP, as these will be used as the basis for the print edition, which I’ll be submitting tomorrow night (March 3rd)
Have you seen the “Why be a MUG?” blog entry?
It is the beginning of a series of monthly blog entries I’ll be writing for the Australian Macworld website. If there are events, ideas or anything relating to Apple Macintosh User Groups you’d like featured or mentioned, just let me know. My blog will normally be published on the 3rd or 4th Monday of each month. Continue reading »
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Whilst looking for some other material, I found this great article on Finding Volunteers.
Whilst it focusses on volunteers for a fundraising project, the general principles apply to all volunteers and I thought we could all benefit of this. Continue reading »
Apple Sales Website
Hi All,
Just letting you know that a copy of Bento is available for user group review or demo from the ASW. One copy available per group. Please send a copy or your review to usergroups-at-apple.com. Continue reading »
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Hi All,
Following on from the announcement of the new publicity opportunities for promoting MUGs on the new Australian Macworld website, I’ve had a couple of queries asking where else can MUGs, both big and small, get some extra publicity coverage.
Well, there are a number of resources ready and waiting for you to capitalise upon, including; Continue reading »
Hi All,
CASE Apps have supplied a limited number of Not For Resale licenses of Sofa Control for use by Australian Macintosh User Groups.
Sofa Control allows users to utilise the Apple Remote that now ships with most new Macintosh systems to control a wide of applications and vastly improve functionality in the standard supported applications. Continue reading »
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Nicholas advises that the Mousepose licences had been sent to all those MUGs that applied and then discusses Macintosh User Groups consider applying for the Volunteer Small Equipment Grants 2007 from the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Continue reading »
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Hello All,
It’s been far to long since I last wrote to you all, but plenty of things have been happening and there are lots of exciting things to announce in coming months.
But for now we have;
Book Library
Information about Australian Macintosh User Groups meetings in October 2006 requested; then we seek feedback on a proposed “MUG Focus” article; and finally, highlights options that allows MUGs to develop and maintain thier own book libraries. Continue reading »
MUG Center
Nicholas puts the call out for information on Australian MUG’s September meetings and discusses various resources and offers available to MUGs from Chuck Joiner’s The MUG Center website. Continue reading »
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In this post, details of August’s MUG meetings are requested and discusses discount offers avialable to MUG members from various vendors; how to find out what is on offer and how to promote them to members. Continue reading »
Meeting Date Request
June’s meeting topics and information are asked for and then we discuss providing varied meeting topics each month for the MUG Events Listing, new MUGs and updating MUGs contacts after Annual General Meetings. Continue reading »
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The monthly request for June 2006 meeting information; Plus announcing the MUG Event Listing Mailout Archive; and discussions about resources available for web site development. Continue reading »
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