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- 2006-

Jan 11th: The small but mighty iPods: Nano, Nano or do the Shuffle? - Show and tell on Apple's smallest music players.
Feb 8th: Misc applications on OSX for fun and little profit.

Mar 8th: iPhoto6 (part 1): How to optimize importing and organizing photos in iPhoto6.

- 2005 -

Jan 12th: OSX Utilities: Bob Devoe presents the various Utilities in OSX's Utilities folder.
Feb 9th: AirPort Express: Lyle Turner presents big Wireless in a small package.
Mar 9th: Security on the Mac: Bob DeVoe tells how to secure your Mac with passwords, virus checkers, and other Applications.
Apr 13th: Network Security on the Mac: John Johnson presents tips for protecting your home network.
May 11th: Web Publishing: Getting your stuff online for $30 or less.
Jun 8th: Hello Tiger: What makes the latest version of Mac OS X purrrrrrrr.
Jul 13th: Back Up, Back Up : Saving your digital life, and your sanity.
Aug 10th: SMUG picnic at Cascades: SMUG supplies meat and drinks, members are asked to bring a dish and a friend to share. (We promise to give back the friend)
Sept 14th: Software Review: OmniOutliner - making lists and outlines, the way it should be.
... or as The Omni Group says: "... draft to-do lists, create agendas, manage tasks, track expenses, take notes, plan events, write screenplays...and just about anything else you can think of."
Oct 12th: Software review: OmniGraffle - diagrams, charts and maps - oh my! Diagramming has never been such fun.
Nov 9th: Apple Software: iWorks' Pages - Word processing, layout and publishing with style for letters, newsletters and things in between.
Dec 14th: Apple Software: iWorks' Keynote - Create slideshows easil

- 2004 -

Jan 14th: Digital Music: Matt Berry reviews iTunes, the iTunes Music Store, iPod, and a discussion of Macworld.
Feb 11th: Digital Video Cameras: Kevin Davis from Roberts Photo shows off the newest technology in digital video cameras.
Mar 10th: OS9 to OSX Transitions: Bob Devoe and John Johnson present a look at the systems, network, and OS.
Apr 14th: OS9 to OSX Transitions: Bob Devoe and Lyle Turner present a look at email, and contacts.
May 12th: OS9 to OSX Transitions: Lyle Turner and John Johnson present a look at word processing applications.
June 9th: OS9 to OSX Transitions: A look at financial software.
July 14th: OS9 to OSX Transitions: A look at internet software such as browsers.
Aug 11th: SMUG picnic at Cascades: SMUG supplies meat and drinks, members are asked to bring a dish to share. You don’t have to be a member to show up.
Sept 8th: iLife revisited: Matt Berry presents making music with GarageBand.
Oct 13th: iLife revisited: Lyle Turner presents organizing photos with iPhoto.
Nov 10th: iLife revisited: Lyle Turner presents making movies with iMovie.
Dec 8th: iLife revisited: Lyle Turner presents making DVDs with iDVD.

- 2003 -

Jan 8th: Consultant Larry Yeager, formerly with Apple's Newton Team, shows us Inkwell, the new handweiting recognition technology from Apple Computer.
Feb 12th: USENET: Look! Out on the 'net! It's a news list! It's a forum! A bulletin board?
No, it's USENET. Usewhat? Do I want to use it? Why and how?
March 12th: Software Spotlights: A keynote on Keynote and iLife in review.
April 9th: Storage Media: Flash, CompactFlash, MMC, SD, SmartMedia, XiD,
USB "thumbdrives". What are they for? Are some better than others?
May 14th: Digital Cameras: All the fun without the film. (Batteries not included)
June 11th: Photo Management: Organizing and editing your digital pictures with iPhoto (and other applications?).
July 9th: SMUG picnic at Cascades: SMUG supplies meat and drinks, members are asked to bring a dish to share. You don’t have to be a member to show up.
Aug 13th: What's Wrong Doc? What's Right Folks?: Help for your problems, technology questions, hardware or software questions, or just plain old advice.
Sept 10th: Broadband and Networking: Bob Devoe walks us through setting up a home broadband connection and networking all of your computers to use it.
Oct 8th: Apple Equipment: Discussion of some of Apple's newest offerings. Officer elections.
Nov 12th: Digital Satellite Imaging: Satellite imaging.
Dec 10th: OSX 10.3 Panther: Bob Devoe gives a full review.

- 2002 -

June 12th:: • New SMUG website rollout
• Marc Kerr: "What's WWDC & Why should I care?"
• July Picnic planning
• Troubleshooting Q&A
July 10th:: Annual SMUG Picnic.
August 14th:: UPS's, surge protectors, and grounding: keeping your Mac
from getting blown away
Sept 11th:: • OS 10.2 (Jaguar), should I use it?
• Nominating Officers
• Questions & Answers
• Future meetings planning
Oct 9th:: • Tech expo
• Officer elections
• Officer re-organization proposal
• New .Mac account
• Q&A
Nov 13th: The November evening meeting will not be held as usual due to SMUG's participation in the Tech Expo at the Bloomington Convention Center that Wednesday. Instead, SMUG members will be manning a booth as well as providing some support services for the Tech Expo organization throughout day.
: The Convention Center is located on the South West corner of Third and S. College, two blocks south of downtown. We need all of the volunteers and support we can get! If your interested in helping out, Let us know! Regardless, come on over and see us!