TMUG Meeting - February 9 2009
From TMUG - The Triangle Macintosh Users Group
February 9, 2009 Meeting
— Some Quickies... and the TMUG iMac Give Away drawing —
The February meeting promises to be exciting on several levels. We'll start with the always-exciting Bob Chandler doing Q&A, and the program this month will be "quickies."
Quickies are short presentations by various people of utilities, programs, concepts, or tips. Each quickie will be strictly limited to a certain amount of time, such as 5 min. We will have a clock running and when the time is up, the time is up! So, presenters, please organize, or even practice. As we get closer to the meeting, we will post the quickies and announce how much time you will get to do each (probably 5-7 minutes each). Each presenter can do more than one quickie. We currently have 3 presenters and about 9 presentations; we'd like to encourage members to volunteer as well. (Please contact Stefan or Smythe off-list to let us know.) We'll post again soon with details of the presentations and presenters.
The other terribly exciting thing (especially if you're Smythe... or British) to happen is the TMUG iMac Give Away contest has come to a close. As per the rules, we achieved our goal of 80 new and renewing members at the January meeting. All that's left is the drawing to determine the winner of the iMac, which will be done at the end of the February meeting.
Since the announcement of the iMac Give Away at our June meeting through January 12, 2009, there have been 364 entries in the contest, logged by 94 TMUG members. (Be sure to check the Win an iMac LeaderBoard page before Sunday, February 8 for a recap & to confirm that all your entries are logged!)
And the winner is… Bob Chandler! Congratulations Bob!!
- The give away will proceed as follows…
- You do not need to be present to win.
- We will assign ticket numbers to those who are entered, and publish the ticket numbers here.
- At the meeting, we will have the physical tickets numbered from the first to the last required.
- Everyone will be able to see us separate the tickets and put them in the drawing receptacle.
- It will not be necessary to have your "keep this coupon" end of the tickets, but we can supply them if you prefer.
- The winner will receive a base model iMac, which will be ordered after the drawing.
- The winner may upgrade the prize at his / her expense.
Of course, we will also have a few door prize drawings, plus you will have a chance to visit & share stories with fellow TMUG members. We look forward to seeing you at the Hope Community Church building at 6:30 PM, Monday, 9 February. Don't miss it!
(Attendance at the February meeting was 61, including 8 guests.)
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