From publicity at ausom.net.au Mon Oct 27 03:00:39 2008 From: publicity at ausom.net.au (AUSOM publicity) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:00:39 +1100 Subject: [AUSOM-Announcements] AUSOM's November meetings Message-ID: <0A4E3C3D-0A2C-4979-8D4E-1575266F8E9A@ausom.net.au> AUSOM Announcements - November 2008 Monthly meeting - Saturday, 1 November 2008 Main presentation - Marc Edwards from IceTV - Elgato TV tuners, Ice TV and how they work together on the Mac. Several types of Elgato TV tuners running Eye TV software are available for Macs. IceTV is Australia's leading interactive TV guide for free-to-air television. Recording digital free-to-air TV with IceTV ?simply view the onscreen TV guide, highlight the program you'd like, then press record. Once recorded, your TV programs appear in your library with their name, episode name and description. Watch, pause, rewind or fast forward anything you've recorded. Note: SIG times in the November edition of AUSOM News. For the 1 November meeting, SIG times have inadvertently been omitted from the timetable on the back page of AUSOM News. Times are unchanged from October so MOST sessions prior to 12 start on the half hour (9:30 being the first) and those after noon start on the hour. GarageBand is the excepion - the times ARE on the timetable for that SIG. 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 Meeting location Swinburne University Prahran Campus Building PA Corner Thomas & St John Streets (Off High St, near Chapel St) Melways 2L, H12 See for a map and further details. Multimedia SIG - Tuesday, 11 November 2008 Alex Zaharov-Reurt from Upstream Australia - Setting up and using Skype. Skype, both audio and video, has two great advantages, it is supported by both Mac and PC platforms and is free. 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 Retirees & Others SIG - Wednesday, 12 November 2008 There are three presentations this month: 1. Alex Zaharov-Reurt from Upstream Australia - Setting up and using Skype. Skype, both audio and video, has two great advantages, it is supported by both Mac and PC platforms and it is free. 2. Brian Moore will discuss accessing eBooks from your local library. 3. Barbara Gibson will demonstrate creating personalised note paper. 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 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 19 November 2008 Discs of the month - Festive Fun II and Alternative Office Festive Fun Volume II - 3000+ pieces of Christmas Clip Art, 990+ pieces of Christmas music and videos, 880+ Christmas card and gift tags, 600+ Christmas activities, 300+ Christmas fonts, 35+ Christmas applications and 30+ Christmas stories. All on a single DVD. Alternative Office - There are many low cost and even free alternatives to the Microsoft Office suite. A selection of these, inluding Open Office, NeoOffice, Papyrus and Nisus Writer, are included on this disc. 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. 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