[AUSOM-Announcements] AUSOM's November meetings

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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 <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.

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 <http://www.ausom.net.au/nextmeetings/>

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 <http://www.ausom.net.au/nextmeetings/>

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.

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  
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