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<div>Here are notes of what we discussed at our meeting. Please
feel free to comment, on or off list. Thanks.</div>
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<div>1. Holly, Ray and I met from 8p-9p at Caribou Coffee;
we propose to meet at 7:00 pm on the Monday evening following the
DM-MUG meeting, location and details to be determined. If there
was/is a way to do some sort of iChat or other group chat online we
could look at that, but for the forseeable future we'll meet in
person.</div>
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<div>2. Meetings of the group in full will continue to be held
on the 4th Tuesday of the month as scheduled, as long as Haddock is
fine with us using their location. It would be nice if people
would volunteer to bring snacks/goodies at times.</div>
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<div>3. We will start<u> promptly</u> at 7:00 pm with
about a 15 minute introductory session where we'll go around the room,
introduce ourselves and get to know each other, and everyone who wants
to contribute a tip, URL, nifty keystroke, idea for a widget or
whatever, can offer it to the group [minutes will summarize the
information provided]. Then we will have two programs and
questions will be dealt with as we go along.</div>
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<div>4. From 7:15 - 8:15 we will have a
program on a set topic announced ahead of time. Generally these
programs will focus on basic or beginning information about Macs,
programs, etc. Then from 8:15 - 8:45pm we'll have a discussion
of a topic that may be more advanced or demanding, and we'll then
finish up with the last 15 minutes open up to Q & A or mingling or
small group meetings to discuss among ourselves what we have enjoyed
about or learned from the meeting or to ask questions of the people
who presented or have information to share.</div>
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<div>5. We should try to leave by 9:00 pm so Haddock personnel
can also close up and go home. People who present should bring a
handout to the meeting or provide it to the secretary so he can send
it out with the minutes.</div>
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<div>6. The person[s] who presented should either send out
materials or handouts or provide them to the Secretary for him to send
them out with his minutes. The minutes after the meeting will
review what went on and be sent to the full list and then even if
people weren't able to attend, they could discuss and ask questions
about the topics. While it'd be great for as many people to come
to meetings as possible, it's just not feasible and at least if we
send out the minutes and handouts to the list, everyone can share and
learn.</div>
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<div>7. Topics or ideas that seem to be of some interest
[among<u> many</u> others] are: use of iPhoto, iTunes, iChat,
Garageband, TextEdit, Keynote, Pages, presentations, basic maintenance
of your computer, security topics, backing up, using Photoshop
Elements, using other programs, holding a swap-meeting where
people could bring things that they want to give away or exchange,
tips and tricks of various keystrokes, Scanners and Printers and the
Mac, iPod use and accessories, iWeb and making a website. If
anyone has ideas for more topics, or ideas for particular focuses of
these topics [narrowing the topic so we can actually cover it in 30-45
minutes including demonstrations and Q & A] please send that
information to me or to Holly [VP Programs] or the list if you
like.</div>
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<div>8. Because we are a MUG, we have a number of benefits
provided to us by Apple. http://www.apple.com/usergroups/
. We can have a free .Mac account, we individually can save
money from various vendors [there are a number of deals and discounts
noted on the Apple site], buy items from the Apple MUG Store and save
money plus 1% goes back to the group, etc. See also
http://www.mugcenter.com. We'll gather more information
about these benefits and get it out to everyone as soon as we
can.</div>
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<div>9. Holly is going to send out a poll to find out ideas of
others about the above and other issues or topics. Please send
your responses directly to her via the link in the email.</div>
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<div>Thanks much for 'listening' and we're looking forward to an
exciting and productive year. Victoria</div>
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