<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 20px/normal Helvetica; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><b>AUSOM Announcements - November 2008</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Verdana; min-height: 22px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><b>Monthly meeting - Saturday, 1 November 2008</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana; "><span style="font: 12.0px Verdana"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><b>Main presentation</b></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> - Marc Edwards </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">from IceTV - Elgato TV tuners, Ice TV and how they work together on the Mac.</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana; min-height: 13px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Several types of Elgato TV tuners running Eye TV software are available for Macs.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">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.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">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. </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><b>Note: SIG times in the November edition of AUSOM News.</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">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.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">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.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">For more information go to <</font><a href="http://www.ausom.net.au/nextmeetings"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.ausom.net.au/nextmeetings</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Meeting location</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Swinburne University Prahran Campus</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Building PA</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Corner Thomas & St John Streets</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">(Off High St, near Chapel St)</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Melways 2L, H12</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">See <</font><a href="http://www.ausom.net.au/access/"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.ausom.net.au/access/</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">> for a map and further details.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><b>Multimedia SIG - Tuesday, 11 November 2008</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">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.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">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).</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">For more information go to <</font><a href="http://www.ausom.net.au/nextmeetings/"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.ausom.net.au/nextmeetings/</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><b>Retirees & Others SIG - Wednesday, 12 November 2008</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">There are three presentations this month:</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">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.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">2. Brian Moore will discuss accessing eBooks from your local library.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">3. Barbara Gibson will demonstrate creating personalised note paper.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">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.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">For more information go to <</font><a href="http://www.ausom.net.au/nextmeetings/"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.ausom.net.au/nextmeetings/</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><b>AUSOM Committee of Management Meetings</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">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.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">If you'd like to submit information for the Committee's consideration, please email </font><a href="mailto:com@ausom.net.au"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">com@ausom.net.au</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> 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.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Next CoM Meeting: Wednesday 19 November 2008</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><b>Discs of the month - Festive Fun II and Alternative Office</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Verdana; min-height: 17px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">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.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(30, 64, 155); min-height: 13px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">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.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">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.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">For full details about this Month's Disc contents and past releases, please visit <</font><a href="http://www.ausom.net.au/discofthemonth/"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.ausom.net.au/discofthemonth/</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Verdana; min-height: 17px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><b>About AUSOM Incorporated</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">The Apple Users Society of Melbourne is Australia's </font><span style="font: 12.0px Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">largest and most active Apple User Group</font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> 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 <a href="mailto:office@ausom.net.au">office@ausom.net.au</a> or visit out website at <</font><a href="http://www.ausom.net.au/"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.ausom.net.au/</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><b>The AUSOM Announcements list</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Invite others to join the AUSOM Announcements list by visiting <</font><a href="http://www.ausom.net.au/applelinks/"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.ausom.net.au/applelinks/</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">> or calling our office on 1300 360 813. You can find further information about forthcoming meetings at our website <</font><a href="http://www.ausom.net.au/nextmeetings/"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.ausom.net.au/nextmeetings/</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">>.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">To unsubscribe, change options or for information on other mailing lists, visit <</font><a href="http://www.ausom.net.au/applelinks/"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.ausom.net.au/applelinks/</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">AUSOM Incorporated - Australia's Leading Apple User Group</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Office: 247 Flinders Lane Melbourne Victoria 3000 AUSTRALIA</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Phone & Fax: 1300 360 813. Email: <a href="mailto:office@ausom.net.au">office@ausom.net.au</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Website: </font><a href="http://www.ausom.net.au/"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.ausom.net.au/</font></a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><br></div></div></body></html>