MacPeople is in the process of re-starting our popular Video Editing SIG. We are still in the planning stages but after our successful series on iMovie last year, we plan to advance to studying Apple's mid-level video editing application, Final Cut Express. Anyone interested in participating in this new group, or is interested in assisting with the planning please contact John at jporiel@ufl.edu for more information.

As the Spring Semester has ended, MacPeople will once again return to our regular meeting place in the large lecture room. As usual, MacPeople will continue to meet the second Thursday of the month at University of Florida Entomology-Nematology Bldg., room 1031 (building in the woods just east of the Performing Arts Center). Look for and follow the arrows on the yellow signs. Need Directions?

The Registrar's office has assigned an evening class to the classroom where we normally hold our MacPeople meetings. After taking a vote at the January 10 meeting, the majority of members wished to keep our regular Thursday night meetings Therefore MacPeople will continue to meet on the second Thursday of the month, but in room 3138 when our regular room 1031 is not available. Room 3118 in the SW section of the Entomology Building and there will be signs directing you on the night when our room has changed. We hope that we will be able to return to our regular meeting room in May when the Spring semester ends.

Inaugural FileMaker Pro Special Interest Group Meeting
Saturday, October 20, 2007 10:00 - 12:00

Beginning in October, the FileMaker SIG will meet the third Saturday morning of each month from 10:00 am - noon to share presentations, tips & tricks, and to discuss actual projects that members are working on. This meeting is separate from the regular Thursday evening MacPeople meeting. FileMaker SIG meetings will be held at:

Meridian Center
2772 NW 43rd Street
Gainesville, Florida
Click here for an interactive map

Meeting details will be updated regularly at www.macpeoplemug.org.

FileMaker Pro is a cross platform (Mac & Windows) relational database system popular in government, education, small and medium businesses, corporate workgroups, and enterprise environments. Participants are invited to bring their FileMaker projects and laptops - yes, that includes your Windows PC. We also have an email list to disseminate meeting information, post questions and answers, and share FileMaker related comments.

If you would like more information or are interested in participating in the FileMaker Pro SIG, please contact Dean at johnson.dean@mac.com.

We are looking for a few volunteers who will be willing to take over responsibility for picking up coffee for our monthly MacPeople meetings. It's really simple and no technical knowledge or public speaking is required!

All you need to do is call the Starbucks of your choice a few hours before the meeting and order two coffee travelers for the meeting (one regular, one decaf), then on your way to the meeting pickup and pay for the coffee (Currently $25.50). Save your receipt and John will reimburse you that night at the meeting. Of course if you find a better way to provide coffee for the meeting for the same or less cost, that's perfectly acceptable as well.

This is something very simple to do that would be a great help to the MacPeople officers, it's only a detour of a few minutes.  The only thing required is that you regularly attend meetings or if you are unable to attend find someone who would be able to cover for that month. If we could get a few volunteers together, this would help spread out the burden.

Coffee lovers take note- if we are unable to find volunteers who can take over this responsibility we may or may not be able to provide coffee at future meetings.

Please email Corey if you are able to help.

Tom Meek talked about Apple's forthcoming operating system, Mac OS 10.5 Leopard as well as Windows Vista in his March 26, 2007 column for the Gainesville Sun. Meek commented at the price that Microsoft is charging for the Ultimate version of Vista Mac OS X is a bargain especially considering there are now fewer compatibility issues than ever when running a Mac.

Tom mentioned MacPeople as an excellent local resource of folks who are willing to help newcomers with their transaction to the Mac. MacPeople welcomes all visitors to our meetings and encourages interested members of the community to learn what it is to be a "MacPerson."

You can read the complete article here:
http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070326/DAYBREAK/70326005

Please note that the date for our March meeting has changed. The meeting will be held on Thursday, March 15th instead of March 8th. The date had to be changed due to a scheduling conflict with UF. Thanks for your understanding.

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