[AUSOM-Announcements] July Meetings @ AUSOM

[AUSOM Publicity]

AUSOM Incorporated
The Apple Users Society of Melbourne, is Australia's leading Apple  
Macintosh User Group and this AUSOM-Announcement is a brief summary  
of the various meetings we conduct during the month and in the  
immediate future. For more information about AUSOM please call our  
Administration Office on 1300 360 813, email us at  
office at ausom.net.au or visit out website at http://www.ausom.net.au/


MEETINGS DAY - Saturday, July 7, 2007
Members and visitors attend Box Hill Institute, Building 8 Elgar  
Campus on the corner of Whitehorse and Elgar Roads (Melway 47B9) on  
the first Saturday of each month (except January) between 9.30am and  
5.00pm for a wide variety of meetings on the use of the Apple  
Macintosh computer in digital photography, iPods, home movies,  
genealogy, finance, databases, the Internet, Excel, Word,  networking  
and many other topics. The location is convenient to tram and train  
and there is ample parking. Lunch may be purchased on site and  
vendors sell small computer items such as CDs, DVDs, ink jet  
cartridges, cables etc. We have a monthly raffle of valuable prizes  
such as iWork software, the iPod shuffle etc.

ALSO NOTE: The meeting has relocated to Building 8 of Box Hill TAFE,  
Elgar Rd Campus
This is the OTHER SIDE of Elgar Rd from where we used to meet and you  
can park inside that building, free of charge.

See http://www.ausom.net.au/meetings.html for a map and further details.


MAIN PRESENTATION - Saturday, July 7, 2007

TOPIC: The Historical Age - Recording and Preserving Memories
Dean Magrath from Epson presents The Historical Age - Recording and  
Preserving Memories - the theme being "Print accurately, print to  
last ,and print affordably."

This is part of Meetings Day at the Box Hill Institute (see above)  
and will commence in Rooms 213-215 in Building 8 at 1pm.

For more information go to <http://www.ausom.net.au/nextmeeting.html>


MULTIMEDIA SIG - Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at the Balwyn Baptist Church  
(cnr Whitehorse Road and Parring Rd  Melway 46F8) from 7.30pm to 10pm.

TOPIC:  Squeezebox
The first session will see Squeezebox and other video streaming and  
server options presented by Vistra.

TOPIC: iPhone Discussions
Then we'll have a discussion on the new Apple iPhone... whilst we  
won't see it here in Australia until at least 2008, the US public  
will have had their hot little hands on it for a couple of weeks by  
the time we hold the July 3MG, so there will be plenty of reports  
from the web and our contacts about it.

For more information go to <http://www.ausom.net.au/multimedia.html>


RETIREES AND OTHERS SIG - Wednesday, July 11,  2007
Meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at the Balwyn Baptist Church  
(cnr Whitehorse Road and Parring Rd  Melway 46F8) from 10am to 12noon.

TOPIC: Tracing a Family Tree - Where to Start
Acknowledged genealogy expert Lois Saleeba will discuss resources  
available to the beginning family-tree-tracer and possible lines to  
follow, and if time permits, will also show us the latest in Reunion 9.
For more information go to <http://www.ausom.net.au/retirees.html>


AUSOM COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT MEETINGS
The AUSOM Committee of Management (CoM) usually meets on the  
Wednesday night two weeks before the next Main Meeting (this is  
usually, but not always the the 4th Wednesday of each month) at 247  
Flinders Lane Melbourne Victoria Australia.

If you'd like to submit information for the Committee's  
consideration, please email com at ausom.net.au or write to; AUSOM  
Committee, 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000.  If the submission is  
received by the Monday evening prior to the Committee Meeting, it can  
be placed on the agenda for consideration at that next meeting,  
otherwise it may be held over until the meeting.

Next CoM Meeting: Wednesday July 25, 2007
Email to: com at ausom.net.au


FORTHCOMING EVENTS

August 14
"Automated Burn & Print " presented by Timmi Hingston of Region4.
"Avid" presented by Avid.

September 11
"Storage Options" presented by IOMEGA
"Why Buy a Mac?" presented by Nicholas Pyers.


AUSOM ANNOUNCEMENTS
Invite others to join the AUSOM Announcements list by visiting  
<http://www.ausom.net.au/lists.html> or calling our office on 1300  
360 813. You can find further information about forthcoming meetings  
at our website <http://www.ausom.net.au/nextmeeting.html>




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Office: 247 Flinders Lane Melbourne Victoria 3000 AUSTRALIA
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Website: http://www.ausom.net.au/