[AUSOM-Announcements] May meetings at AUSOM

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AUSOM Announcements - May 2008

Monthly meeting - Saturday, 3 May 2008

Main presentation - Disk Production
Nicholas Pyers will perform a live demonstration of the Bravo Disc  
Publisher unit recently purchased by AUSOM for producing the Disc of  
the Month titles.

He'll explain how he comes up with the concept behind the titles and  
their content; then how he designs and creates the labels and  
marketing material. Finally, Nicholas will will demonstrate how he  
uses the Bravo Disc Publisher to physically burn and print the final  
disc ready for sale.

All the techniques Nicholas will demonstrate and explain can be used  
to create a single unique disc or hundreds of identical discs.

Members and visitors attend Swinburne Univeristy, Prahran Campus  
(High Street, Prahran) 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.

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

Note: New meeting location
Swinburne University Prahran Campus
Building PA
Corner Thomas & St John Streets
(Off High St, near Chapel St)
Melways 2L, H12
See http://www.ausom.net.au/swinburne/index.html for a map and  
further details.

Multimedia SIG - Tuesday, 13 May 2008

1: DES - Selecting the Correct Paper Stock & Inks
Daniela Barth from DES Pty Ltd will talk about how to select the  
correct paper stock and inks for each job and why this is important  
to anyone who prints any material.

2: Designwyse - Storage & Backups
We all think we have sufficient backups ... but we probably don't!  
Brendon Field from Designwyse will speak from first hand experience  
about the importance of proper backup procedures. After the massive  
fire that destroyed Designwyse's premises last year, they learnt some  
valuable and hard lessons, which he'll share with us.

The Macintosh Multimedia Group [3MG] is a joint venture between AUSOM  
Inc and iMug. It meets on the second Tuesday of each month at the  
Balwyn Baptist Church (cnr Whitehorse and Parring Roads,  Melway 46  
F8) from 7.00pm to 10pm (doors open at 7pm).

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

Retirees & Others SIG - Wednesday, 14 May 2008

1.  Audrey Shoobridge - photographer.  Audrey uses many Photoshop  
techniques to manipulate her  photographs and will  show her work  
after a brief description of the techniques used.

2.  Pat Tasker - ‘Bridge’ (the useful Apple app.) will be  
discussed and then the app. ‘PhotoTo Movie’  or How To Fake Owning  
A Movie Camera.

This group meets on the second Wednesday of each month at the Balwyn  
Baptist Church (cnr Whitehorse and Parring Roads,  Melway 46 F8) from  
10am to 12noon.

For more information go to http://www.ausom.net.au/nextmeeting.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 second 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 14 May 2008

AUSOM online Store up and running
You can now purchase AUSOM products and services, including  
memberships, online at the AUSOM Store. Payments can be made by  
PayPal or credit card.

Click on the AUSOM Store button on AUSOM's homepage at http://  
www.ausom.net.au

Disc of the month - Toolbox Essentials
AUSOM regularly produces a Disc of the Month that goes on sale on the  
first Saturday of each month at our Monthly Meeting.

Toolbox Essentials - is a collection of indispensable utilities and  
applications all Mac OS X users are recommended to have. There are  
tools to reduce spam; decode and extract compressed files; convert  
audio files; browse the internet; open and convert graphics and  
images; open and manipulate text and encode and watch video.

And perhaps most importantly, there are a couple of essential games  
so you can play the Macintosh versions of the “two most used Windows  
applications”☺


Exclusive discount vouchers are included on disc for many of these  
essential applications.

The disc can be purchased a the Saturday meeting, by contacting the  
AUSOM Office on 1300 360 813 or ordering online; click on the AUSOM  
Store button on AUSOM's homepage.

For full details about this Month's Discs contents and past releases,  
please visit http://www.ausom.net.au/disc-of-month.html

NOTE: AUSOM has relocated in 2008
Monthly Meeting days have relocated to Swinburne University Prahran  
Campus as of the February meeting (there were no AUSOM meetings held  
in January).

The Campus is located quite close to the intersection of High St and  
Chapel St, Prahran and easily accessible by various forms of public  
transport (tram stop right out the front, a train station only a few  
minutes walk away) and there are plenty of options for driving a car  
and parking close by. To find out more on where this is and how to  
get to there, please visit http://www.ausom.net.au/swinburne/index.html

All our regular Special Interest Groups and other activities continue  
as normal and we hope to see you our new home.

About 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/

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Office: 247 Flinders Lane Melbourne Victoria 3000 AUSTRALIA
Phone & Fax: +61 3 9654 1924 or 1300 360 813. Email: office at ausom.net.au
Website: http://www.ausom.net.au/



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AUSOM Incorporated - Australia's leading Apple Macintosh User Group
Office: 247 Flinders Lane Melbourne Victoria 3000 AUSTRALIA
Phone & Fax: +61 3 9654 1924 Email: office at ausom.net.au
Website: http://www.ausom.net.au/

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