We will be having a special drawing at our December 20th General meeting.
November General Meeting
Please join us at 7pm on November 15th, 2010 for our monthly general meeting featuring new Apple Products.
At our meeting, we will discuss the exciting recent announcements from Apple, including the new MacBook Air line, and also highlights of the brand new version of the popular lifestyle software suite, iLife 11.
David Whitby will regale us with another delightful review of Tips and Tricks, highlighting the iPhone and iPad. Scott Harrell will be showing you LinkedIn, a professional social networking tool.
We will also offer our regular monthly features, including Q&A and our fabulous monthly prize drawing. Don’t forget, members receive one free ticket for our drawing. When you bring guests you get another free ticket for each guest you bring.
The meeting will be held at the Pasadena Public Library Main Branch Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. Following the general meeting, we have our informal Meeting after the Meeting at Coco’s Restaurant, 77 North Lake Avenue (between Colorado Blvd. and Holly Street).
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2011-2012 Board of Directors elections
The San Gabriel Valley Macintosh Users Group will conduct elections for the 2011-2012 Board of Directors at its Annual Meeting on Monday, December 20, 2010. The meeting will be at our usual venue, the Pasadena Central Library, at 7:00 p.m.
Board member Sean McKinley is Chair of the Nominations Committee. Please consider nominating either yourself or someone you know who would be willing and able to serve. You can contact Sean at info@sgvmug.org to submit your nominations.
There are twelve positions available on the Board of Directors, and we currently have only nine candidates for nomination — most of whom are current members of the Board.
We will announce a slate of nominees prior to our November 15th general meeting. At that meeting, we will solicit any additional nominations, and then close nominations at the end of the meeting.
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New Look – Same Great Taste
You have (hopefully) noticed that the SGVMUG.ORG website has a new look, the first step in implementing many new enhancements for our members. Stay tuned for updates about these exciting new developments!
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President’s Message
On Monday, December 20, 2010, the SGVMUG will hold its Annual Meeting, during which we will conduct the Election for the Board of Directors. We invite all of our Members to consider volunteering to be a candidate to serve on the Board. There are twelve positions available.
The Board members of the SGVMUG are all volunteers. Therefore, the Group is dependent on the good efforts of those are willing and able to organize and produce our monthly meetings, our website, and the other activities we provide for you.
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October General Meeting
7pm on October 18th, 2010 – our monthly general meeting on Social Media.
It seems where ever you look these days, there’s social media. It’s no longer just mentioned on the internet. Whether it’s your relatives, a place you shop, ads in the newspaper, or the local evening news social media is popping up all over the place.This month Billy Chang, David Whitby, Scott Harrell, and Andrew Zima will be showing you LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and Apple’s new service Ping. Find out what they are all about and why (or why not) you’d want to spend time at these destinations.
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PopCap’s Bejeweled2 – Did You Miss It?
PopCap games recently celebrated their 10th anniversary by giving away their award winning game Bejeweled2 on October 10th, 2010. The package is available now for purchase – cost is only $20.
http://popcap.com/games/bejeweled2/?icid=bej2free_HP_PLARGE_pc_10_10_10_EN
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September Meeting
Recap of our monthly general meeting at 7pm on September 20th, 2010. Apple’s new Fall line
Apple’s recent presentation wasn’t short on changes, enhancements, or modifications and gave us many new updates and items to look forward to. This month’s meeting covered all of Apple’s new product upgrades and announcements which include – a revised Apple TV, iTunes 10, new iPods, etc. Billy Chang offered an extended presentation. Watch for more about Apple’s new Ping social network for Music Lovers.
David Whitby spoke about the Finder, highlighting some current problems/inefficiencies and some interesting enhancements to increase your productivity during his Tips and Tricks session. Also: our regular monthly features, including Q&A and our fabulous monthly prize drawing. This month’s top prize was the Snow Leopard edition of David Pogue’s fine “Missing Manual” series for OS X.
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August General Meeting
Please join us at 7pm on August 16th, 2010 for our monthly general meeting.
How to use your Mac
Whether you just bought your first Mac or have been using one for years, it’s always good to have a refresher. Join us to find out some interesting ways to use your Mac.
Also, David Whitby will continue with our popular Tips n Tricks series for the iPhone and iPad.
Billy Chang will have the latest installment on his monthly discussion of Apple news and rumor control.
We will also offer our regular monthly features, including Q&A and our fabulous monthly prize drawing. Don’t forget, members receive one free ticket for our drawing. When you bring guests you get another free ticket for each guest you bring.
The meeting will be held at the Pasadena Public Library Main Branch Auditorium at 7:00 p.m.
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