The MUG Center has updated its site once again, and there are lots of news and events in the world of Mac User Groups. The MUG Center offers news and resources to MUGs everywhere. This week we have news from Japan, information on an issue of Macworld Magazine, some DV information, information on an OS X tour, and more. From The MUG Center:
The usergrouplife Web site has posted photos of Garr Reynolds, Program Manager of Apple Worldwide User Group Relations, recent visit to KMUG in Japan. Garris visit to his former user group was to present the new iMac and meet with old friends. KMUG, one of the 115 registered Apple user groups in Japan, was founded in the late i80s and is still going as strong as ever.Macworld Magazine has extended the deadline on a special offer to Macintosh User Groups to purchase, at 50% discount, their upcoming newsstand-only MacOS X special issue. The deadline to order is February 15, so act quickly! Details are posted on the Vendor Offers For MUGs page.
iMovieFest News: The winning entries from iMovieFest at Emory University have been posted to the web for all to see. Sponsored by the Apple Student Core @Emory, this was the eventis second year. More iMovieFests are being conducted at other universities including Georgia Tech and Boston College.
Apple Senior Systems Engineer Dave Marra is a machine! Heis added even more dates to his Febuary/March UG tour schedule. You can see Daveis dynamic presentations of MacOS X and more at the following MUGs:
- February 12 - Princeton Macintosh Users Group
- February 19 - Lehigh Valley Macintosh Users Group
- February 23 - Philadelphia Area Computer Society User Group
- March 5 - Apple Insider Mac User Group
- March 8 - Atlantic city Area Macintosh Users Group
- March 9 - Macintosh Association of Central New Jersey
More Apple Regional Liaisons have updated their report pages, including:
- Jed Mark, Southwest United States
- Chise Mashima, Japan
MacCentral has posted a story about the new Boston Final Cut Pro Users Group and their upcoming first meeting.
Coming Up This Week On The MUG Event Calendar
- February 12
- Princeton Macintosh Users Group - Dave Marra of Apple
- Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group, Boston Final Cut Pro User Group & New York Final Cut Pro User Group - combined meeting at New York DV Show
- Pennsylvania Apples Microcomputer Usersi Group - Brett Gross and Paul Takac of Apple
- February 14
- MacEurope.net Chat
- February 16
- Houston Area Apple Users Group - Presentation by FileMaker Inc.
You can find more information on all of these events at The MUG Center.