The MUG Event Calendar for December 1: Andy Ihnatko, Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus, Nicholas Pyers, SmithMicro and Macworld Expo Discount Deadline
Mac User Groups kick back into full gear this week, as the holiday party season starts to show up in The MUG Event Calendar.
Two MacNotables show up on this week’s calendar: Andy Ihnatko will be the featured in-person speaker in Washington D.C. and Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus will iChat with a Colorado Mac User Group. User Group activist Nicholas Pyers will be the presenter at a 30th anniversary celebration in Australia, and the folks from SmithMicro will show off their products to a group in California.
Other topics scheduled for this week include Final Cut Express vs. iMovie, a Yankee Swap, a film festival, “Mac Paranoia,” iPhone applications and more than a couple holiday parties and socials.
You’ve got a lot to do this holiday season. So do we. So emaiil your group’s meeting information to The MUG Center. We’ll post it to The MUG Event Calendar and include it in our weekly Briefing. Now, to figure out who’s been naughty and who’s been nice. (As if we didn’t already know.)
The week’s complete listings include:
| Monday | 1-Dec | DEADLINE: Macworld Conference & Expo User Group Offer |
| Sydney Macintosh Users Group (Australia) – End of Year/Christmas Meeting and 30th Anniversary Party with special Guest Nicholas Pyers | ||
| Gold Coast Macintosh User Group (Australia) – Apple coming to Robina; Xmas Printing options; 10 most useful Mac websites; Xmas raffles; Advanced photo editing in iPhoto; Final Cut Express v iMovie | ||
| Virginia Macintosh Users Group – Holiday Party | ||
| Nashville Mac Users – TBA | ||
| Tuesday | 2-Dec | Stanford/Palo Alto Macintosh Users Group – Presentation by SmithMicro |
| Danbury Area Computer Society – The Future of the Internet | ||
| Strait Macintosh Users Group – Mac Paranoia | ||
| New Orleans Macintosh Users Group – TBA | ||
| Mac2MUG – TBA | ||
| Fresno Macintosh Users Group – TBA | ||
| Wednesday | 3-Dec | Chicago Apple User Group – iMac Give-Away and More! |
| Woodward Macintosh Users Group – Nancy Duarte of Duarte Design | ||
| Gold Coast Macintosh Users Group – Big Holiday Meeting | ||
| Lawrence Apple Users’ Group 2.0 – "iPhone Applications: All you need to know " | ||
| MacValley Macintosh Users Group – Fun ‘n Games | ||
| Fox Valley Macintosh Users Group – Non-Commercial DVD Ripping/Manipulation | ||
| Cape Cod Computer Society – Gift ideas, Social | ||
| Yale Macintosh Users Group – Upgrading to Leopard and Gifts for Mac Geeks | ||
| Alaskan Apple Users Group – An evening of members photographs or movies | ||
| Club Mac (Ireland) – TBA | ||
| National Macintosh – TBA | ||
| Thursday | 4-Dec | Silicon Mountain Macintosh Users Group – Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus |
| Cleveland Digital Publishing Users Group – CDPUG Holiday Party & Elections | ||
| Santa Fe Macintosh Users Group – Yankee Swap | ||
| Bux-Mont Macintosh Users Group – TBA | ||
| Bracknell-Forrest Mac Users Group (United Kingdom) – TBA | ||
| Friday | 5-Dec | San Diego Macintosh Users Group – TBA |
| Saturday | 6-Dec | Washington Apple Pi – Andy Ihnatko of the Chicago Sun Times |
| AUSOM (Australia) – Digital Video SIG’s annual Film Festival! | ||
| Pensacola Macintosh Users Group – Election of Officers |