MUG Center News - User Group University, Shawn King, & More

by , 11:00 AM EST, December 24th, 2002

The MUG Center has updated their site with information about the User Group University, Shawn King's UGU Keynote, Japanese MUG events, and MUG Vendor offers for the month of December. The MUG Center is a Web site devoted to collecting Macintosh User Group (MUG) information from all over the country, and all over the world. From The MUG Center:

MACWORLD/USER GROUP UNIVERSITY PLANNING COMMITTEE & DECEMBER MUG DEALS ON THE USER GROUP REPORT

Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco is almost here, and with it come User Group University and a host of MUG events throughout the week. Hear from the folks making those events happen, The Macworld/User Group University Planning Committee. You'll hear a brief summary of each event and a little about what it takes to put it all together. Lorene Romero, Vendor Liaison for the User Group Advisory Board, makes her monthly visit to tell us about the December vendor deals exclusively for MUG members.

The User Group Report is the audio series hosted by Chuck Joiner thatfeatures interviews with people making news in the user group community.

You can listen here:
http://www.mugcenter.com/usergroupreport

SHAWN KING TO KEYNOTE USER GROUP UNIVERSITY

Shawn King, the host of the Your Mac Life and Your Mac Life Xtended Internet radio shows, has been announced as the special guest keynote speaker for the sixth User Group University in San Francisco.

Shawn, a former user group president, is a staunch advocate and supporter of MUGs. He has been engaged on the ongoing "Your Mac Life Tour" of Macintosh User Groups throughout the United States in the past six months. Shawn is a popular, entertaining speaker and will set the tone for the biggest and best User Group University to date.

Not registered yet for UGU? There's still time! Get complete details on the User Group University page, then register on the Acteva registration page.

REGIONAL LIAISON UPDATE OUTLINES JAPANESE HOLIDAY MUG EVENTS

Regional Liaison For Japan Chise Mishima has updated her Regional Liaison Report page with details and links on various holiday Macintosh User Group events in Japan.

DECEMBER MUG VENDOR OFFERS ANNOUNCED

Our Vendors Offers For MUGs page has been updated with the latest deals exclusively for MUG members as obtained by the User Group Advisory Board's Vendor Coordinator, Lorene Romero. They include offers from:

• Geek Cruises Mac Mania II
• SpireUSA
• Bare Bones BBEdit
• MacMall

Still available are offers from:

• Natonal Association of Photoshop Professionals
• Audible.com
• Recosoft
• MediaSchool
• MacDesign magazine
• VersionTracker/MacFixit
• IOGEAR
• Spamfire
• Webcrossing
• macHOME Magazine
• Casady & Greene
• Hold-Up-Pro Personal Finance Manager
• MacAddict magazine
• Smile Software
• Aladdin Software
• Econ Technologies
• SoftPress
• Appleworks Users Group
• eMedia
• Broderbund
• MYOB

Coming Up This Week On The MUG Event Calendar

December 26 Apple's Volunteer MUG Teams Chat - World Without Borders

MacEurope.net Chat

You can get more information at The MUG Center's Web site.

The MUG Center