From publicity at ausom.net.au Mon Jan 26 23:08:36 2009 From: publicity at ausom.net.au (AUSOM publicity) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:08:36 +1100 Subject: [AUSOM-Announcements] AUSOM in February 2009 Message-ID: AUSOM Announcements - January 2009 PLEASE NOTE: AUSOM's monthly meeting moves to a new location in March 2009 (see details below) Monthly meeting - Saturday, 7 February 2009 Main presentation - Apple reviews MacWorld at AUSOM Apple Inc Systems Engineer, Joe Cox, will be guest speaker at 1.00pm, talking about outcomes from Apple's recent Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco. He will review some of the software and hardware announcements made at MacWorld, focussing on iLife '09, iWork '09 and the new 17-inch MacBook Pro. Members and visitors are invited to attend. 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. 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. New monthly meeting venue from and including March 2009 Please note that in MARCH 2009 (NOT February), AUSOM's monthly meeting will move to a new location at Chadstone: Melbourne PC User Group 2nd Floor, Chadstone Place Chadstone Shopping Centre 1341 Dandenong Rd CHADSTONE VIC 3148 Melways Reference: 69, D4 For full details see . Multimedia SIG - Tuesday, 10 February 2009 Topic and speaker: TBC 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, 11 February 2009 Geoff Wallace - 'Getting the Most out of Mail.' Geoff will discuss setting up the application and organising preferences to make Mail do what you want. Jack Emmins - 'The GPS System'. Jack will discuss general and specialised uses of GPS. 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 18 February 2009 Disc of the month - Cards, Boards & Dice The February Disc of the Month is actually a two CD set entitled 'Cards, Boards & Dice'. There are hundreds of different Card Games, Board Games and Dice Games to play in solitude, against computer opponents and even against human players across the internet ... Say goodbye to your spare time, and not so spare time ;) 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 About AUSOM Incorporated The Apple Users Society of Melbourne is Australia's largest and most 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 or visit out website at The AUSOM Announcements list Invite others to join the AUSOM Announcements list by visiting or calling our office on 1300 360 813. You can find further information about forthcoming meetings at our website . To unsubscribe, change options or for information on other mailing lists, visit ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AUSOM Incorporated - Australia's Leading Apple User Group Office: 247 Flinders Lane Melbourne Victoria 3000 AUSTRALIA Phone & Fax: 1300 360 813. Email: office at ausom.net.au Website: http://www.ausom.net.au/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: