User Group Announcements
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Orange Apple Computer Club (OACC)

Hi Leo and KFI listeners!

Are you a Mac user? Or, are you thinking about switching to Macintosh? Do you need help with your Mac-related hardware and software problems? Or, are you a long-time Mac user?

I’d like to extend an invitation to Leo and all KFI listeners who are interested in the Mac to attend the next meeting of the Orange Apple Computer Club!

Next meeting: Our next meeting will be Saturday November 5, 2005 at 8:00 am, at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, CA.

OACC’s meeting timetable
Doors open at 7:30 am.
Two Q&A sessions start at 8:00 am.
Main presentation begins at 11:00 am.

November main presentation: Mac Maintenance on a Dime
Presented by Jim Mitchell of Jim Mitchell Designs

For our November main presentation, OACC is pleased to present Jim Mitchell of Jim Mitchell Designs. With proper care, your Mac can run for years and years without losing data or crashing. Jim will show us how to maintain our Macs using a variety of low-priced or free utilities, such as his Yasu utility, along with an outline for regular Mac maintenance. Please join us November 5. Main presentation begins at 11:00 AM.

December meeting: Our December meeting will be: Saturday December 3, 2005, at 8:00 am. Our topic for December will be “Email, Email, Email!” by Darrell Stinson.

Last meeting: At our October Main Presentation, OACC’s own Dean Cleary showed us Softchaos’s Webstractor, which allows you to save entire web pages to your hard drive, with links, images, etc. saved intact. Thanks, Dean!

Meeting location: Second floor of the Chemistry Building, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA. For map and directions, see:
http://oacc.org/secondpage/map.html. We will have high-speed Internet access for the meeting, available to all attendees with PowerBooks and iBooks.

More info. at our OACC website:
www.oacc.org

See you at the meeting!
—bruceb
OACC Membership
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Socal Mac Owners/users Group (SMOG)

Hi Leo and KFI “Tech Guy” listeners,

Thinking about switching to Macintosh? Not sure where to start? Long-time Mac user?

I’d like to extend an invitation to Leo and all KFI listeners who are interested in the Mac to attend the next meeting of SMOG, the Socal Mac Owners/users Group!

SMOG meetings are always held on the second Saturday of the month.

Next meeting: Our meetings are held on the second Saturday of each month at 9:00 am, at Creative Resources, 1506 Brookhollow #126 in Santa Ana, CA.

SMOG’s meeting timetable
Q&A session starts at 9:00 am.
Main meeting begins at around 10:00 am.

The meeting begins at 9 am, ends at noon, and includes an open-to-all Q&A, announcements of general interest, a raffle and the presentation.

More info. at our SMOG website:
www.ocmug.org

And, via email inquiry:
smoginfo@mac.com

Hope to see you at the meeting!
—bruceb
SMOG President
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Macintosh Users Group Serving the Inland Empire (MUGSIE)

The Macintosh Users Group Serving the Inland Empire (Southern California) meets on the 3rd Tuesday of every month.

Our usual meetings are at 7pm at the Janet Goeske Center in Riverside.

Please note a change of venue for just our October meeting.

Professional photographer Peter Phun will demonstrate iPhoto 6 with novices in mind covering how to organize images, backup, search, create slideshows, make easy image corrections and then how to share your images. He will also show how iPhoto 6 integrates with dotmac and iWeb, Apple’s WYSWYG website authoring program. This event is free to attend but only members of the user group can participate in the raffle held at the end of the meeting. Excellent for recent switchers to Mac or anyone contemplating a move to Mac.

The prestigious UC Riverside Museum of Photography has graciously offered to host this October’s meeting in downtown Riverside. For details on this, see http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/
On their website’s left navigation bar look under Information>Calendar>Oct.17th

For more info about our group,
http://www.mugsie.org

Thanks for the opportunity to plug our user group Leo.
Peter P
http://www.peterphun.com

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Southern California Wireless User Group (SOCALWUG)

The SOCALWUG is here to be a local resource for those interested in wireless computer technology, wireless professionals, businesses and individuals looking for information on wireless.

Our monthly meeting includes educational presentations and information about all facets of modern wireless computer networks SOCALWUG provides wireless Internet access for public events. We meet monthly (fourth Thursday of the month at 7:00pm in Pasadena) to discuss a timely topic, and have a presentation from a company working in the wireless arena. We have product vendors, service companies, book authors, and users present on their products and experiences.

Meetings include very active question and answer sessions. Do you have a wireless question? There is always someone at a meeting to help answer your question. Our meetings include having workshops, drive-in meetings, hands-on labs, product demonstrations, and more, more more!

As we grow, we will continue to evolve and address the interests of the group as a whole.

Wireless is here to stay, the SOCALWUG is here to help

Visit http://www.socalwug.org for more information.

Frank Keeney
frank@pasadena.net
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Rancho Bernardo Community Computer Club (San Diego CA)

We meet at 10:00 AM on the LAST Tuesday of each month at the Rancho Bernardo library.The public is welcome. For program information, see the club web site: rbccconline.org or call Ralph Parris, President at 858–487–1711.

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Mac Valley Users Group (MVUG)

Meeting on the first Wednesday of every month, the Mac Valley Users Grouphas been serving San Fernando Valley’s Macinstosh enthusiasts for almostas long as the Macintosh itself. The meetings are open to anyone interestedin all things Macintosh. Meetings begin at 7:30 PM at theWilkinson Senior Citizen’s Center, 8956 Vanalden, Northridge.
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Simi-Conejo Valley Linux Users Group (SCLUG)

We currently meet every other Saturday in Simi Valley. Meetings and Install Fests start at 3 p.m. Meetings are held at the YMCA in Simi Valley. Days and times are subject to availability but updates will appear both here on the web site and on the mailing list. See our website (http://www.sclug.org) for meeting information and directions.

Visit www.sclug.org for more information

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Los Angeles Linux Users Groups (LALUGS)

LALUGS is the Los Angeles area meta Linux Users Group. Linux is sweeping the world - Los Angeles included. The many Linux User Groups in the Los Angeles area have a lot to offer. For more details on what Linux User Groups are in Los Angeles see the lalugs website at http://www.lalugs.org

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Orange County Multimedia Assocation

OCMMA, the Orange County MultiMedia Association, is dedicated to promoting multimedia arts and technologies, while educating the community about the impact that multimedia is making on our lives and professions. We were formed long before anyone ever heard of the “information superhighway,” and have helped shape the emerging multimedia industry in Orange County since 1987.

There is an OCMMA meeting on every Tuesday of the month with focuses ranging from general to Special Interest Groups (SIGs). They are the General Interest Group (main meeting), the Internet SIG, the OC Flash group, the Digital Arts SIG, the Digital Video/3D SIG and the Business SIG.

For more information: http://www.ocmma.org
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Winnipeg PC User Group

The Winnipeg PC User Group is a non-profit organization (club) for people interested in personal computing. You do not have to own or operate a personal computer, or be a computer expert to benefit from our club. We offer many services for both the expert and novice PC user, ranging from an Internet Service, to many different forum Groups. Please feel free to browse our homepage to find out more information on the value that a Winnipeg PC User Group membership provides you.

For more information http://www.wpcug.ca

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SCALE 8x — 2010 Southern California Linux Expo

We are a non-profit community run Linux and open-source conference in the Los Angeles area. The show will include a exhibit hall with booths from open-source projects, user groups, and sponsors. Sponsors include Google, IBM, Scalix, and more.

SCALE was founded by members SCLUG, UCLA LUG and USCLUG.

For more information please see our website http://www.socallinuxexpo.org

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Orange County PHP User Group (with a smile)

Official PHP user group of Orange County California.

Orange County PHP (OCPHP) is committed to educating and being a local resource to developers building PHP centric applications. Through the organization of informative events, OCPHP strives to assist developers in furthering their PHP prowess and to increase the awareness of PHP in the local business community by providing committed volunteers, leadership and standards of excellence.

For more information, please visit our website at http://www.ocphp.org/

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Southwest Computer Conference - June 4, 5 & 6, 2010

http://www.theswcc.org/

The Southwest Computer Conference is the best-attended and longest-running (2010 is our 17th year) computer / technology conference serving all technology users, computer clubs and user groups.

Technology Vendor Tech Sessions! How-to Sessions! Vendor Presentations and Meals! Vendor Expo! Hospitality Suite! Door Prize Drawings! Networking! Welcome Bags full of technology-related goodies! You will find all of this and more at the Conference.

The conference registration fee is $75 per person, if postmarked by May 15. May 16 through the conference date the fee is $100. Your conference registration fee includes admittance to all workshops and tech sessions, the Vendor Expo, meals and vendor presentations, a Welcome Bag plus a chance to win door prizes featuring some of the latest and greatest technology products. You will find the fillable registration form at: http://theswcc.org/registration/registration.htm

The conference will be held at the beautiful Town and Country Resort & Convention Center, 500 Hotel Circle North, San Diego. Town and Country is offering attendees a special group rate of $99.00, single or double occupancy. To make your reservation, please call their toll-free reservation number (800–77-ATLAS) by May 1 and identify yourself as attending the Southwest Computer Conference. Information about the hotel may be found at: http://theswcc.org/hotel/hotel.htm

The Conference rate is available from May 31 through June 10, 2010, on a space-available basis. Bring the family - plan a vacation - there is lots to do in beautiful San Diego. Check out places to visit in San Diego at: http://theswcc.org/hotel/hotel.htm

For more information visit http://theswcc.org

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Los Angeles Computer Society (LACS)

LACS is a non-profit organization of about 200 members dedicated to helping each other, and others, live peacefully with PCs. Basically, we help each other with computer problems and questions. Our member roster covers the entire spectrum of computer skills and knowledge, from those who are just learning to grapple with their first computer, to those who wrestle with computer code. Each month a topic of general interest is presented by a special guest or LACS member. Topics range from the latest software releases, to how to select and use a digital camera, to the latest techie gizmos, to how to build your own laptop computer. Several Special Interest Groups (SIG’s) also meet monthly to learn more about a specific subject, such as beginner/Internet/E-mail, digital photography, hardware (fixing the contraptions), software (e.g. Word, Outlook, Excel). Beginning level questions are welcome at all meetings.

Our general meetings take place on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM, at the Fellowship Hall, 8065 Emerson Avenue, Westchester (corner 80th Place, one mile N of LAX), Maps. These meetings are free to all. Refreshments are available.

Next Meeting: April 13, 2010
Subject: MedXKey

MedXKey from MedInfo911 is a system/device for transporting/maintaining personal medical records.

Come learn with us. Bring friends. Free admission.

Between 6:00 - 6:50 PM we have a Computer Forum, an informal Q&A where members and visitors share with and help one another. Notes on some topics discussed at past Forums.

Between 6:00 - 6:50 PM we have a Computer Forum, an informal Q&A where members and visitors share with and help one another. Notes on some topics discussed at past Forums.

More info at http://www.lacspc.org/ or telephone: 1–310–398–0366 *2

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Long Beach IBM Users Group (LBIBMUG)

The Long Beach Computer Club is in the southern part of Los Angeles County. The meetings start at 7 pm on the second Thursday of each month. See http://www.lbibmug.org for more information.\\

Meeting location: In the Signal Hill Community Center, 1780 E. Hill Street, Signal Hill

Come visit us.

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Santa Clarita Valley Computer Club

The Santa Clarita Valley Computer Club meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month.

6:00p - Member2Member presentation; 7:00p - Vendor presentation.

Meeting location: The SCV Senior Center, 22900 Market Street, Newhall.

See http://www.scvpcg.org for more information.

Come learn with us — “We’re User Friendly.”

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Glendora Senior Computer Club

(GSCC) meets in the afternoon on the 2nd. and the 4th. Wednesdays of each month, except the 4th Wednesdays of November and December.

Meeting Place: La Fetra Center, 333 E. Foothill Blvd, Glendora, CA, 91741–2650. (626) 914–8235.

Time: The meeting starts at 1:00PM and ends at 3:00PM. The first half from 1:05PM is usually used for a presentation. There is a 15 minute break. The second half of the meeting from 2:15 to 3:00 is tips and tricks, and Questions and Answers as well as a short business meeting.

Our Web site is: http://www.gscclub.org. Our newsletter is posted on the web site.

Come and join us.

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North Orange County Computer Club (NOCCC)

Large & active. Meets at Chapman University in Orange the first Sunday of each month 8:00 a.m. til 4:30 p.m.
Also cater to beginners.
See http://www.noccc.org for updates and more information.

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WINNERS - WINdows usERS
meetings on 3rd Saturday,
The Fountain Valley Branch Library
17635 Los Alamos,
Fountain Valley
10:00 am to 12:30 pm
If you are interested in learning more about Windows, a particular program, or even an exchange of ideas or information regarding the computer industry, WINNERS - WINdows usERS is for you! WINNERS is a great place to see the latest software and also learn how to use it. We provide a easy (and fun) atmosphere for you to see new and interesting programs or hardware. Each month we have demonstrations of how to work with different programs, or hardware. We also have a discussion of problems (Random Access) and how to solve them. Computer tips are given each month. You don’t have to join right away, come in and see if you like us. We are in Orange County California, right near the San Diego (405) Freeway.

Membership is $20 annually for individuals with $5 for each additional family member.
To see what is happening at a meeting go to http://www.windowsusers.org/

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Channel Islands PC Users Group (CIPCUG)

The Friendliest Computer Club in Ventura County Since 1986 with approximately 350 members, we offer help to everyone from beginner to expert. We meet on the 4th Saturday of the month, except November and December when we meet on the 3rd Saturday, at the Boys & Girls Club in Camarillo, CA. See map & schedule

Our meetings feature a beginners SIG, networking SIG, Q&A and a program. In addition we hold other SIG’s on specialized topics.

Our Q&A’s are transcribed every month in our 20 page, award winning newsletter.

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Big Bear Computer Club

The Big Bear Computer Club, located in the San Bernardino Mountains of Southern California, meets on the second Tuesday of each month to discuss computer issues, solve computer problems, and listen to guest speakers from time to time.

Everyone is invited to attend our meetings. For information, visit our website at http://www.bigbearcc.org

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Orange Coast IBM PC User Group (OCIPUG)

25 years serving Orange County

General Meetings - 3rd Tuesday, 7:00 P.M.

Raffle tickets are FREE - five (5) to each club member attendee and one (1) to each adult, non-club-member attendee; please pick them up when you sign in. The monthly raffle prize is a $50 Fry’s Electronics gift card - plus possibly a book.

Internet and Networking SIG - 1st Tuesday, 7:00 P.M.

Windows SIG - 2nd Tuesday, 7:00 P.M.

Hardware SIG - 3rd Tuesday, 6:00 P.M.

Digital Content, Scanning, and Printing SIG - 4th Tuesday, 7:00 P.M.

All meetings are held on the second floor of the Costa Mesa Senior Center, 695 West 19th Street, Costa Mesa, CA 92627 (http://www.costamesaseniorcenter.org/location.html)

Visit our website at http://www.ocipug.org/

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Mac Owners Support Group (MacOSG)

Greetings Leo and KFI listeners!

MacOSG is the world’s fastest growing online Apple User Group that’s endorsed by Apple. We cordially invite all Mac users to join our group and become an interactive part of our “family” of friendly passionate Mac users. We have a world-wide diversified group of members — from professional pro users to newbies — that are willing to answer any questions and help solve any problems you may have. Most questions are answered in 24-hours or less.

We have a newsletter, hold a monthly online MUG meeting and produce two weekly podcasts. One podcast is produced by USA members and the other by European members, which we call our MacOSG Eurocast. You can receive both podcasts, along with various product review video podcasts, by simply subscribing to the MacOSG Podcast at the link below. I might also add, members receive discounts on Apple products and monthly specials from various vendors.

Well, hope you come join us and be a part of our podcast. Leo, we would be honored to have you as a guest! ;-)

Subscribe to MacOSG Podcast >>

Join Us @ MacOSG.com >>

How To Auto-Tune Leo’s Shows Using iCal >>

-Dave Merten
MacOSG Founder/MUG Ambassador

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Other User Groups (outside of the area)

Prescott Computer Society (PCS)

is a Windows Computer Users Group located in Prescott, Arizona.
http://www.prescottcomputersociety.org/
http://feeds.feedburner.com/pcs

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Hunter Valley Linux Users Group Home

Hunter Valley Linx User Group (HVLUG)

A Hunter Valley Linux Users group is operating in Cessnock, holding meetings at Marthaville Cottage on Wollumbi Road.

Local enthusiasts of the Linux computer operating system got together early 2002 and formed a Linux User Group

The aim of our group is to promote this fast developing and free computer operating system, to share experiences and ideas, and to help new users of all ages through the installation and configuration process in a friendly atmosphere, said group spokesman, Mike Birchley.

Meetings are held on the first Tuesday every month from 7pm at Marthaville. Contact enquiries@hvlug.org.au.

Mr. Birchley said he instigated this non-profit user group[HVLUG] about a year ago because the nearest group is Newcastle or Central Coast.

The group rents a room at Marthaville and members have been contributing $5 each meeting to privide funds to set up a website. People wanting to know more please contact us at the email address above.

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Diablo Valley Macintosh Computer User Group (DVMUG)

Walnut Creek, California

The Diablo Valley Macintosh Users Group (DVMUG) meets at 6:30 to 9pm, the third Tuesday of the month. Our General Meetings are open to the public and free of charge. Question and Answer help for all things Mac, followed by programs, demonstrations, and fun.

The next General Meeting will be on Tuesday evening, Sept. 23rd. Our special guest speaker will be Kerry O’Brien, Senior Project Manager for Avery’s Software Development team. He will demonstrate Avery’s Mac Design Pro graphic design & desktop publishing tools. Avery will provide CDs, sample packs, and door prizes for the meeting.

For more information, call Tom, 925–689–1155. Details may be found at http://www.dvmug.org.