From publicity at ausom.net.au Tue Jun 2 01:33:16 2009 From: publicity at ausom.net.au (AUSOM publicity) Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 15:33:16 +1000 Subject: [AUSOM-Announcements] AUSOM in June 2009 Message-ID: <16A00F80-4E57-4D88-82CF-228FD5A3B42D@ausom.net.au> AUSOM Announcements - June 2009 Monthly meeting - Saturday, 6 June 2009 Main presentation: Ernie Kassidis from RIHAC Digital Solutions. Ernie will explain the ins and outs of Continuous Ink Supply Systems for printers, which may help you save lots of money if you are a heavy colour printer user. Rihac also supplies blank CD/DVD media which may be of interest to members. The meeting runs between 9.30am and 5.00pm, with the keynote presentation starting at 1.00 pm. There's something for every Mac, iPod, and iPhone user. AUSOM publishes its own monthly printed magazine and hosts about 20 special interest groups. Member services include training CDs and DVDs; an online discussion forum with answers to everything on computing and beyond; book and disk libraries; phone help by experts in their respective fields; discounts on CDs and books; and lots more! For more information go to Meeting location 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, 9 June 2009 Topic and speaker: Andrew Reid from Imaging Associates ? 'EzyPic'. EzyPic is a fast, simple and inexpensive application for managing large photo libraries. (Peter may also talk about other products that his business is developing or promoting.) 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, 10 June 2009 Topics and speakers: Andrew Reid from Imaging Associates ? 'EzyPic' A fast, simple and inexpensive application for managing large photo libraries. Pam Doughty ? 'Numbers' An overview of the iWorks spreadsheet component particularly with a view to showing how spreadsheet skills learnt in other programs can be applied to using Numbers. 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 meeting, otherwise it may be held over until the next meeting. Next CoM Meeting: Wednesday 17 June 2009 Disc of the month: The Post Man Does your mailbox have: ??? Four billion, two hundred ninety-four million, nine hundred sixty- seven thousand, two hundred and ninety-four messages in it? ??? Or even just ninety four? Either way, The Post Man can help you manage your daily inbound emails and outbound bulk mail. The Post Man includes a host of helpful software including alternative email clients, bulk mailers, spam and junk mail filters, plug-ins for Apple Mail and stationery templates. The Disc of the Month 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 The AUSOM calendar of events Why not keep up with AUSOM events by subscribing to the AUSOM iCal calendar. It lists all meetings each month and includes meeting topics, speakers, locations, times and URLs for additional information. To subscribe, choose 'Calendar/Subscribe' in iCal, enter the following URL - webcal://ical.me.com/ausominc/AUSOM-Meetings.ics - and click on 'Subscribe'. Changes to the calendar are made regularly. To keep your copy up to date, Control-click the 'AUSOM-Meetings' calendar in iCal and choose 'Get Info'. Then choose the update frequency from the 'Auto-refresh' pop-up menu 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. 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URL: From publicity at ausom.net.au Tue Jun 30 05:09:22 2009 From: publicity at ausom.net.au (AUSOM publicity) Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:09:22 +1000 Subject: [AUSOM-Announcements] AUSOM in July 2009 Message-ID: <48776EB8-5C30-454C-A60F-ADBC226A2D3D@ausom.net.au> AUSOM Announcements - July 2009 Monthly meeting - Saturday, 4 July 2009 Main presentation: Apple reviews WWDC09 at AUSOM, presented by Joe Cox, Systems Engineer, Apple Australia. Joe will talking about the outcomes from Apple's recent World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC09) in San Francisco. Significantly, amongst a host of announcements, Apple introduced the new iPhone 3G S, updated the aluminum unibody MacBook Pro line to include 13-inch, 15- inch and 17-inch models, unveiled Mac OS X Snow Leopard, and released Safari 4. The meeting runs between 9.30am and 5.00pm, with the keynote presentation starting at 1.00 pm. There's something for every Mac, iPod, and iPhone user. AUSOM publishes its own monthly printed magazine and hosts about 20 special interest groups. Member services include training CDs and DVDs; an online discussion forum with answers to everything on computing and beyond; book and disk libraries; phone help by experts in their respective fields; discounts on CDs and books; and lots more! For more information go to Meeting location 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, 7 July 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, 8 July 2009 Topics and speakers: Pam Doughty ? From AppleWorks to Pages Sooner or later, AppleWorks users are going to have to migrate to Pages. Pam will discuss the process and possible problems for which you can prepare. Bill Oldham ? Some More Favourite Share/Freeware We all know there's lots of shareware out there, but which of it is any good? Bill will demonstrate some more of the gems he has found while trawling the 'Net. 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 third 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 meeting, otherwise it may be held over until the next meeting. Next CoM Meeting: Wednesday 15 July 2009 Disc of the month: System Maid System Maid is a collection of over fifty utilities that help improve and maintain peak performace of your Mac by providing Data Backup, Data Recovery and System Customisation tools. The Disc of the Month 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 The AUSOM calendar of events Why not keep up with AUSOM events by subscribing to the AUSOM iCal calendar. It lists all meetings each month and includes meeting topics, speakers, locations, times and URLs for additional information. To subscribe, choose 'Calendar/Subscribe' in iCal, enter the following URL - webcal://ical.me.com/ausominc/AUSOM-Meetings.ics - and click on 'Subscribe'. Changes to the calendar are made regularly. To keep your copy up to date, Control-click the 'AUSOM-Meetings' calendar in iCal and choose 'Get Info'. Then choose the update frequency from the 'Auto-refresh' pop-up menu 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://ausom.net.au/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: