XCOM Meeting 26 January 2010

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meeting called to order

by Smythe at ~7:30 pm at Panera, Briar Creek.
present:

  • Smythe, President
  • Allen, 2nd VP
  • Chips, secretary
  • Cort, treasurer

absent & accounted for:

  • Duane, 1st VP

Next Meeting Program

February Meeting

  • Elections
    • nominating committee to be appointed
      • Smythe will form committee
    • nominations to be presented to membership at Feb meeting
    • elections due to happen in March
    • new officers to take office in April meeting
  • start doing a "conversation starter" before the break
    • "the favoriter Mac or iPhone app you are using right now"
  • Word processing? Really!?!
  • (benefits / questions)
    • no cost for the app
    • notetaking rather than word processing / portability
    • distraction free writing
  • Office / Word alternatives, e.g.
    • Open-Office / Neo-Office "Writer"
    • Ommwriter
    • Pages
    • Nissus Writer
    • Mariner Write
    • WriteRoom
    • Mellel
    • (others)
  • note taking apps; e.g.
    • Evernote
    • Yojimbo
  • regular ole' Q&A
    • moderated by Bob

Future Meeting Programs

March Meeting topic

  • Election of officers
  • Macworld update / "iSlate" / "iCanvas" / "iUnknown Alledged Device" release
    • Francis Shepherd to present

April Meeting topic

  • 5 minute member presos
    • volunteers needed

future meeting suggestions:

older / previous meeting suggestions:

  • TMUG.org website – what's there & how to do it…
  • create your own website
    • web host
    • tools / apps
  • Internet Radio
    • (iTunes, Slacker Radio, Last fm, Pandora, AOL Radio, SOMA FM, station websites, etc)
    • This covers both the Mac and iPhone/Touch devices.
  • TV / movie / cable alternatives for your Mac
    • Slingbox (um hmm…) - Duane
  • alternatives to MS Office
    • open Office, NeoOffice
    • Pages, Nissus Writer, Mellel, WriteRoom, Mariner Write
  • screen capture
    • Grab. Cmd-Shift-3, SnapzPro,
  • another sit & share?
  • social networks - LinkedIn, Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Plex, etc
  • a swap meet...?
  • games demo?
  • no contact yet Mark Williams, founder of Modality. Smythe sent them another query.
  • Photoshop or another photo editor? probably not.
  • remote connection apps: e.g. Back To My Mac, GoToMeeting, WebEx, Glance
  • Remote Presentations?
  • Remote access?

other ideas posited to the general list in mid-January `09:

  • 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)

digital photography follow-up:

  • camera options & choices
  • iPhoto `09
    • facial recognition
    • Geo-location
  • web photo storage
    • Flicker
    • Smug Mug
    • Picasa
  • photo stitching w/ DoubleTake
  • photo editing
    • Preview
    • GraphicConverter

Treasury & Membership Reports

  • Members in good standing:, with renewals due, in grace, & recently expired.
  • There were 36 in attendance at the January 12 meeting – 33 members & 3 visitors; 7 renewed at the meeting (1 after several years absence); 1 renewed by mail in Dec.
  • Cash in Wachovia checking account: $4,044.80 & $100 in petty cash.
  • server co-location paid through 12.31.09, no new invoice received
  • [reported by Chips & Cort, as of 1.25.10]

New Business

Old Business

  • PayPal account
    • We have an account which has been dormant for several years. It appears to be a standard business account, but we should change it to a non-profit account (if that is possible) to secure reasonable transaction rates:
      • - no monthly fee
      • - 2.2% service charge and $.30 per transaction
    • A few members have asked if they can pay their dues by PayPal. Do we want to pursue?
    • Smythe & Trish have talked with Jeff Gordon to get the login info & transfer the details
    • Cort will complete the follow up & will try to transfer account to a non-profit
  • formsite.com
  • Smythe suggests that we plan a local Apple expo
    • early 2010 (Jan - Feb)
    • get local Apple retailers, i.e. Ten-Plus, Best Buy, Apple, etc
    • need to get volunteers to help
  • Allen & Smythe will follow up with John May about using Point-in-Space to host tmug.org.
  • Allen wants to use the mailing labels to send out "We missed you at the last meeting" to encourage more participation from our membership.
  • Recommended by Smythe or Allen to ask the members what they want to see raffled and what price for tickets.
  • we need to update the tmug.org domain whois info
    • the technical contact is still listed as Paul Lemieux
  • Smythe suggests that we should blog Q&A each month
    • we need to identify someone to do it
  • TMUG server
    • [from Oct `08 - ] Stefan has talked with MacHighway. One of the issues is that they don't use a Postfix email / Cyrus for IMAP system. (no new info)

meeting adjourned

at ~ pm by Smythe.


Velomac 16:59, 25 January 2010 (EST)

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