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In this edition of NOOZ:
1. The Search is On! Elections 2008
2. Which groups are eligible to vote?
3. Would you like to learn how to do a remote vendor presentation?
5. Melbourne PC gives green light to convene an IT professionals SIG Meeting
6. Microsoft Mindshare Program
7. Share Your Community Stories
8. Program Idea – 101 Fabulous Freebies
1. The Search Is On! Elections 2008. You have from October 1 to October 15 to complete the candidate interest form to run for a Director or Advisor position. You will find the Candidate Form at http://apcug.net/contacts/forms/candidate_form.htm. You should also read the APCUG Code of Ethics and the APCUG Non-Disclosure Agreement and must agree to both of these to submit your name for consideration. Voting will take place during the month of November. Download and complete the file and send it to Jay Ferron at jferron@apcug.net
Those incumbents running for office include:
Directors
Claudette Marshall (appointed this year to the Board of Directors)
Kathy Jacobs (appointed this year to the Board of Directors)
Don Singleton (member of the board since 1994)
APCUG's Board of Directors is the direct management arm of the organization. Directors participate in the daily operation of APCUG; each serves a three-year term. Directors actively participate in all regularly scheduled online / telecon business meetings or such special meetings as may be called by the president and participate in APCUG business via e-mail. Each Director is encouraged to chair a committee.
Advisors
Stu Silverman (Region 5 advisor since 2007)
Patty Lowry (appointed as Region 6 advisor in 2007)
Roger Tesch (appointed Region 7 Advisor in 2004)
There are also openings in Regions 9, 10 and 11 as well as International.
Advisors serve a two-year term and have no role in APCUG’s day-to-day operations. Instead, Advisors liaison between member user groups and APCUG by:
Communication is usually done by sending a NOOZ e-mail to all User Group Officers in your region at least monthly, and also includes expeditiously answering email sent to you from user group officers.
2. Which groups are eligible to cast a vote in the election? APCUG-member groups with full membership status. Associate member groups with less than 25 members and those whose membership is not open to the general public are not eligible to vote. Voting will take place during November and online voting information will be sent to either the President or APCUG Representative of each eligible group.
3. Would you
like to learn how to do a remote vendor presentation?
Contact Don Singleton at dsingleton@apcug.net and he will be more than happy to show your group how it works. You will need high speed Internet at your meeting location and a computer and projector so that everyone can see what is on the computer's screen. Depending on the size of your meeting room, and the number of expected attendees, you may need some way to connect the speaker output of your computer into the room's audio system.
Don will need to spend an hour or two working with whoever owns the computer you will use to get some software installed on it, and to make sure they know when he needs them to do a few steps.
Definitely they will need to have Skype (http://www.skype.com/) and LogMeIn (http://www.LogMeIn.com) installed, and Don will need to be able to send them emails during the presentation. Don is not sure about the other three products. Certainly you will need to install them to initiate your own screen sharing.
Don needs to know:
After Don’s presentation you will be able to encourage those vendors who can’t travel to your location to do an online presentation.
4. North Orange County Computer Club, California, answers computer-related questions in their local newspaper. What a great way to get new members and be a service to your community. From the September OrangeBytes newsletter – President’s column: The “Ask the PC Club” column that has been running in the Orange County Register newspaper on Tuesdays in the Marketplace section, has been having a positive effect on membership. In the last month six new members have mentioned that the column was where they became familiar with the club’s existence.”
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6. Microsoft’s Mindshare Program. We hear from Sheri Sullivan, Mindshare Project Manager, that not all APCUG-member groups have updated their information. Microsoft has combined their user group programs under one umbrella at www.mindshare.codezone.com You will need to create a profile and then link it to your user group. You can also create a log-in and password for your UG members so they can create their own profile “Group username is unique identifier of your user group you can use in web services etc. Group password should be provided to user group members, so they can register themselves as members of your user group.”
7. Share Your Community Stories! How is Windows Vista making a difference in your group or for your members? Microsoft is looking for some great testimonials-from groups or individuals-who want to share their Windows Vista stories with other groups on www.mindshare.codezone.com . Need a few ideas to get you started? Here's a few: "How I Saved My User Group Photos from Disaster," "Easy Steps to Keep Your Group's Data Safe and Secure with Windows Live OneCare," or "My Family Is Always by My Side with Windows." Send your ‘article’ to mindshar@microsoft.com
8.
Meeting
Idea – 101 Fabulous Freebies.
Roger Laurel Tesch
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