XCOM Meeting 26 January 2009
From TMUG - The Triangle Macintosh Users Group
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meeting called to order
meeting called to order at 7:15pm
at Venus Restaurant, Patterson Place, Durham.
- Stefan, president
- Smythe, 1st VP
- Chips, secretary
- Fred, treasurer
- Cort Boylan, past 1st VP
Future Meeting Programs
February Meeting:
- We will hold the iMac Give Away drawing.
- entries are officially closed as of 1.12.09.
- we will use blue paper tickets.
- we will assign numbers from tickets to the TiGA spreadsheet.
- we will publish ticket numbers to TiGA list on website.
- we will hold the drawing after the break.
- quickies - allocate ~5 min / app:
- Charles Mangin will do a short preso on how to check for scam emails - by looking at the headers of the email to see where it really originated. It's a method that catches all but the sneakiest scams.
- Cort will show DropBox.
- Stefan will show a couple of utilities: fseventer & Grand Perspective plus a remote preso.
- Smythe will show Evernote & Choosy plus a remote preso.
- & Bob Chandler will lead the Q&A, of course.
March Meeting:
- How to use Bonjour on your network
- network with people close to you
- remote connection apps: e.g. Back To My Mac, GoToMeeting, WebEx, Glance
- Remote Presentations?
- Remote access?
future meeting suggestions:
- another sit & share?
- a swap meet...?
- games demo?
- ComicLife, Stefan, ppd from Dec as he was swamped w/ work.
- no contact yet Mark Williams, founder of Modality. Smythe sent them another query.
- EyeTV
- Photoshop or another photo editor? probably not.
Ideas posited to the general list in mid-January:
• Internet Radio (Slacker Radio, Pandora, AOL Radio, station websites) This covers both the Mac and iPhone/Touch devices.
• Alternatives to cable (hulu.com, Netflix, various network options - NBC.com, USAnetworks.com, abc.com, etc.)
• Remote presentations (Glance, WebEx, GoToMeeting, BackToMyMac)
• Web and iPhone/Mac note syncing programs (SyncBook, SyncNotes, EverNote, Fliq)
• Social Networks - in real life (LinkedIn, Flickr, TweetUps, Forum software)
• Intelliscanner - Paul Scandariato (He wrote back - not until summer or fall)
• Choosy - (web browser enhancement) (probably a Quickie)
Suggestion from Charles:
Quickies: • how to check for scam emails - by looking at the headers of the email to see where it really originated. it's a method that catches all but the sneakiest scams (Charles Mangin)
Treasury & Membership Reports
- Members in good standing: x, with x renewals due & x in grace.
- There were in 47 attendance at the January meeting – y members & y guests; 7 joined / renewed. 2 others have renewed by mail this month, for a total of z memberships.
- There are now v entries in the TiGA, including w renewals & new memberships since June 1 & x member entries.
- Cash in bank: $6,267.77
- [reported by Chips & Fred, as of 1.26.09]
New Business
- [from Oct - not discussed in Nov or Dec] Fred brought forth a discussion about "the membership" - Should we try to grow it? Is the average age higher than we would like? Should we try to aquire more younger members? Should we redirect the group's focus?
- It was suggested that TMUG make a donation as a memorial for Aaron Jeglinski, e,g, to Animal Protection Society of Durham or Durham Humane Society. Stefan asked that the group not make the donation, as some members may not agree.
Old Business
- discussion of how to do the iMac Give Away drawing:
- use blue paper tickets,
- assign numbers from tickets to entrants spreadsheet
- publish ticket numbers to TiGA list on website
- [from Oct - not discussed in Nov or Dec] Smythe will look into a compact, integrated PA amp / speaker system in the $300 price range & will report back to XCom.
TMUG server
- [from Oct - not discussed in Nov or Dec] Stefan has talked with MacHighway. One of the issues is that they don't use a Postfix email / Cyrus for IMAP system. (Stefan will fill in some details here.)
meeting adjourned
at 8:28 pm by Stefan.
Velomac 20:33, 26 January 2009 (EST)
