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AUSOM Announcements - December 2008

Monthly meeting - Saturday, 6 December 2008

Main presentation - Annual digital video film festival

Hosted by Roger Threlfall, Digital Video SIG Leader, this annual  
festival showcases the fine work done by members of the group.

A highlight of the festival will be a 20 minute film 'The Yarra -  
Ribbon of life'. This is a collaborative effort by six of the SIG  
members filming the Yarra from the Upper Yarra dam to its mouth. It  
will show as a ribbon of life the water flow, flora and fauna,  
bridges, and leisure and recreation activities along its length.

A collection of short films will also be shown. These films will be  
the best of the Bring & Shows of 2008 and some new films which were  
produced just for the Film Festival.

Members and visitors attend Swinburne Univeristy, Prahran Campus (High  
Street, Prahran) on the first Saturday of each month (except January).  
The meeting runs between 9.30am and 5.00pm. Special interest group  
meetings cover using Apple Macs 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.  
We have a monthly raffle of valuable prizes including software and  
hardware.

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

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/access/> for a map and further details.

Next monthly meeting: 7 February 2009
Don't miss Joe Cox from Apple Australia, who will highlight all the  
good things from MacWorld Conference and Expo 2009, to be held in San  
Francisco on 5-9 January 2009. Mark this AUSOM date in your diaries.

Multimedia SIG - Tuesday, 9 December 2008
Croydon Camera House: Digital still and video cameras - latest trends  
and cameras.

Nigel Roper from Croydon Camera House will in the first session  bring  
us up to date on the latest in digital still cameras ranging from  
simple point shoot to the digital single lens reflex. He will talk  
about the new 'Micro Four Thirds' cameras together with a range of new  
lenses on the market, plus the latest in camera cards etc. The second  
session will cover digital camcorders with their various recording  
media. The range of camcorders currently available together with  
future trends will be discussed. The value of High Definition units  
and the impact of  "Blueray" technology  will be a very interesting  
topic. Overall an excellent opportunity to get the good oil on any  
item in the digital camera area particularly with Christmas around the  
corner

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/nextmeetings/>

Retirees & Others SIG - Wednesday, 10 December 2008
Some Favourite Applications including Nisus Writer — Brian Ferguson

Photo To Movie - a cheap way of making movies from a still image — Pat  
Tasker

And also a little special input from Kel Day.

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/nextmeetings/>

Introducing: The iPhone SIG

2.00 pm on Saturday 6 December.

40 people attended the SIG's inaugral meeting in November.

This SIG is about the use of the Apple iPhone; using the standard  
Apple installed applications, settings available under the Settings  
menu, what they mean, how to use them and how to connect to a wireless  
network.

Also covered are all the applications available from the Apple App  
Store, both free and paid, syncing your iPhone to your Mac using  
iTunes, all the options that are available about how you can sync some  
or all of your photos, Address Book, music, videos and so on.

If you have an iPhone, or are considering purchasing one, come along  
and learn from us, and we may also learn from you, all the things that  
an iPhone can do.

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 10 December 2008

AUSOM News December 2008 - Correction
Members will be receiving the December edition of AUSOM News this  
week. Unfortunately Bruce's Blurb (pp. 31-33) is in fact an older  
article that applied to software about 12 months ago. The correct  
article will be published in the February edition of AUSOM News.

For those of you who subscribe to FirstClass, Bruce has posted his  
correct article in full in the General Conference.

Discs of the month - Artist's palette
A collection of tools for budding and professional artists, graphic  
designers and photographers. There are 32 applications and utilities  
including Pixelmator (billed by some as Photoshop for the rest of us),  
image viewing and management, painting packages, art text, image  
editing, drawing and poster creation. A veritable treasure trove of  
apps to support your creative expression.

AUSOM regularly produces a Disc of the Month that goes on sale on the  
first Saturday of each month at our Monthly Meeting. It can be  
purchased a the Saturday meeting or ordered online; click on the AUSOM  
Store button on AUSOM's homepage.

For full details about this Month's Disc contents and past releases,  
please visit <http://www.ausom.net.au/discofthemonth/>

About AUSOM Incorporated
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active Apple User Group and this AUSOM-Announcement is a brief summary  
of upcoming meetings. For more information about AUSOM please call our  
Administration Office on 1300 360 813, email us at office at ausom.net.au  
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