APCUG January 2007

Stu Silverman Hello Region 5

My name is Stuart Silverman, and for those of you that don’t know, I’m your new advisor for APCUG. I want to thank you for renewing your membership this year. We are constantly working to better meet your needs.

Please send me your newsletters and any important information that you want me to have. Let me know if you are doing something different or special in order to increase membership or if you have a great idea for a speaker or a meeting.

My job is to help share information so your group can grow and prosper. Please let me know what I can do to help you. I look forward to seeing many of you at the conference in Kissimmee in March. I will be facilitating a Roundtable to share successful practices at your meetings. I would love to hear what makes your group work.

The state of Florida Computer User Groups has been quite successful in actively participating in the APCUG Annual Conference in Las Vegas January 4-7 2007. I attended and found it to be a most rewarding experience. Where else can you socialize with so many others who have similar interests in computers? These people come from throughout the US and the rest of the world to spend several days recharging their batteries.

Your group can actively participate in this year's FACUG Conference by submitting your entries in the Jerry Awards, Newsletter and Web Page contests. Come join us this year in Kissimmee.

Florida - APCUG WINNERS

APCUG Award List Click Here

The Manatee PC UG won third place
in the new projects award at the APCUG Conference

Award Description Click Here

The Tampa Bay Computer Society
won honorable mention for

How the Community Service Project is Managed: Award Description Click Here

Congratulations to Sam Wexler, FACUG Secretary and President of
The Valencia Falls Computer Club which won a prize for early renewal of their APCUG membership.
This is certainly an award available to any group who is timely with their renewal of APCUG membership.

Personal Kudos go out to winners from Florida in
the APCUG's International Photo Contest - Awards Page Click Here

Joseph Schmitt -
Tampa Bay Computer Club
for his 2nd place finish in
the Still Life category.

The picture is titled Old Mill.

Marie Vesta - Pasco Area CUG - 3rd place finisher in
the People and Children Category. The picture is titled Sing in the Rain.

Marie is our very own Roundtable Coordinator for the FACUG Spring Conference coming up March 2-4 2007. She had been working very hard to make this years program look like a real winner.
Be sure to register in time for the early bird registration $40 if mailed by February 10, 2007.

We will be having lots of valuable door prizes. Look for FACUG Announcement of our own photo contest at this years Conference. Adobe is sponsoring the prizes.

We urge you to share the information in NOOZ by including it in your newsletter, posting it on your Web site, or e-mailing it to members of your group.

NOOZ January 2007

In the January edition of NOOZ:

1. Welcome to 2007 Board of Directors and Board of Advisors Officers
2. APCUG’s News Magazine, Reports
3. Early Dues Renewal Contest Winners
4. 2007 Digital Photo Contest Winners
5. Jerry Award Competition Winners
6. 2007 Conference Documents on http://www.apcug.net

1. Welcome to the 2007
Board of Directors & Board of Advisors Officers:

Board

President – Don Singleton

Vice President – Steve Peyrot

Secretary – Jim Evans

Treasurer – Bill James

Jay Ferron was elected to the Board at the January meeting; he was previously the Advisor for Region 1.

Board of Advisors

Chair – Judy Taylour

Vice Chair – David Steward

Secretary – Melvin Weekley

There are four new Advisors on the BOA:
Stu Silverman, Region 5; Patty Lowry, Region 6; Clint Tinsley; Region 12 and Barbara Manning, International.

Stu has been involved with computers since the early ‘80s, beginning with a Commodore User Group. He was also a member of the Long Island Macintosh UG and is currently president of the Valencia Lakes Computer User Group in Florida. He is also on the Board of Directors for FACUG (Florida Association of Computer User Groups).

Patty is a member of the Quad Cities Computer Society that meets in Rock Island, Illinois. She is a past president and is currently co-editor of their newsletter, as well as APCUG Representative. Lucky Patty, she’s currently vacationing in Hawaii.

Clint has been involved with computers since 1977. He was a member of both the Philadelphia Area Computer Society and the Delaware Apple Valley Branch. When he returned to Idaho, he joined an Apple User Group and the Idaho PC Users Group where he has been involved with the newsletter since 1989. He has also served as president and webmaster and for over 10 years has been responsible for IPCUG’s very successful Disk of the Month.

Barbara is the past president of the Tokyo PC User Group and even though she has moved back to the US she retains her ties to the group as the APCUG Representative as well as helping to maintain their Web site content.

Region 1 – with Jay Ferron moving to the Board of Directors, we need an advisor for Region 1. Please let Judy Taylour (jtaylour@apcug.net) know if you are interested in becoming the advisor for this region.

What are the Advisor’s responsibilities?

Send out NOOZ once a month (boilerplate information sent by Chair)
Reply to e-mail requests from regional groups in a timely manner
Assist groups in updating their information in APCUG’s database
Attend monthly online Advisor meeting on the 3rd Sunday of the month at 6:00 Pacific Standard Time (meeting lasts no more than one hour)
Submit a monthly activity report prior to the meeting
Compile an article for Reports (quarterly) on their region – from newsletters, websites, etc.
Visit groups in the region, if possible ($500 travel budget / $250 for office (phone, etc.) expenses)

2. APCUG’s News Magazine, Reports.

You can read the Q1 issue of Reports at http://reports.apcug.org/2007q1.htm or download the PDF file and print a copy. Selected officers in your group will be receiving the printed issue within a few weeks.

3. Early Contest Dues Renewal Winners.

Congratulations to the winners:

Midland Computer Club, Texas

Valencia Falls Computer Club, Florida

Northwest Louisiana PC User Group, Louisiana

4. 2007 Digital Photo Contest.

There were 90 entries representing 32 User Groups from the United States and Canada. To view the winning photographs, go to http://www.apcug.net/events/conference07/winners/apcug2006photowinners.html

Thank you to the Oklahoma City Camera Club for judging the APCUG 2007 Photo Contest. Prizes were awarded to the 1st and 2nd place winners as well as the winners of the ‘Best of Show’ and the ‘People’s Choice’ chosen at the Conference. The winners are:

5. Jerry Awards Competition Winners.

Congratulations to the following groups for receiving an award in the 2007 Jerry Awards competition. Please check out their projects at: http://www.apcug.net/community_service/jerry2006/jerrys2006winners.html

Ongoing Community Service Project:
The program has been in existence for a number of years.

How the Community Service Project is Managed: This category requires the User Group to provide documentation on how it runs the program.

New Community Service Project: The project started in 2006.

6. 2007 Conference Files.

You will find various documents (Round Table presentations, the proceedings manual, daily reports, sponsor contact information, etc.) on http://www.apcug.net. You are welcome to use the presentations at your meetings.