APCUG Annual Sponsor User Group Programs
APCUG's annual sponsor's, Adobe, CompUSA, Intel and Microsoft, have provided direct benefits to members of our group.
I wanted to take a moment to highlight some of these and sent a great big thank-you out to these fine companies.
Adobe (www.adobe.com/support/usergroup) has an outstanding lineup of home and business software that is all about paperless communication and the dissemination of information using standard formats. In addition to a software review program that allows us to obtain new packages in exchange for a published review, they offer two discounts, one is a web publishing discount for their GoLive! package and the other a two-fer deal on Adobe 6.0, which allows one to publish any format on any platform to the standard PDF.
Members of BGAMUG interested in reviewing software should contact James Gegner.
CompUSA (www.compusa.com) will almost certainly figure into our presentation plans this year, as the group in Las Vegas indicated that not only are speakers available, but their training center in Nashville is also available for our use. Granted, 65 miles maybe a bit far for us to travel, but if the speaker was big enough, maybe we could charter a bus or van or something, like we did last year for the group that went to Louisville.
CompUSA also provided two 5% discount coupons which we'll be giving away this coming Tuesday January 25th.
Intel (www.intel.com) provided a couple of really nice build-it-yourself PCs in Vegas, but unfortunately I didn't win anything! I got the distinct impression that the folks from Intel really wanted to say something about their 64-bit CPUs and chipsets, but were constrained from doing so by the marketing guys. These companies have learned a thing or two about empty promises, so that's probably a good thing.
Perhaps when the "latest and greatest" come out in the spring, Intel will provide us with a working prototype!
Microsoft's Mindshare Program has recommitted to active support for User Groups. We are entering into a registration sweepstakes with some great prizes! Also Mindshare, as with many of our supporters, has recognized our challenges in obtaining high quality newsletter and program content, and has allowed us to syndicate their professionally written content in exchange for signing a publishing agreement. Mindshare has several Presentations In A Box that we'll be going after this year!
So long until I get the bug again!
Mike
I wanted to take a moment to highlight some of these and sent a great big thank-you out to these fine companies.
Adobe (www.adobe.com/support/usergroup) has an outstanding lineup of home and business software that is all about paperless communication and the dissemination of information using standard formats. In addition to a software review program that allows us to obtain new packages in exchange for a published review, they offer two discounts, one is a web publishing discount for their GoLive! package and the other a two-fer deal on Adobe 6.0, which allows one to publish any format on any platform to the standard PDF.
Members of BGAMUG interested in reviewing software should contact James Gegner.
CompUSA (www.compusa.com) will almost certainly figure into our presentation plans this year, as the group in Las Vegas indicated that not only are speakers available, but their training center in Nashville is also available for our use. Granted, 65 miles maybe a bit far for us to travel, but if the speaker was big enough, maybe we could charter a bus or van or something, like we did last year for the group that went to Louisville.
CompUSA also provided two 5% discount coupons which we'll be giving away this coming Tuesday January 25th.
Intel (www.intel.com) provided a couple of really nice build-it-yourself PCs in Vegas, but unfortunately I didn't win anything! I got the distinct impression that the folks from Intel really wanted to say something about their 64-bit CPUs and chipsets, but were constrained from doing so by the marketing guys. These companies have learned a thing or two about empty promises, so that's probably a good thing.
Perhaps when the "latest and greatest" come out in the spring, Intel will provide us with a working prototype!
Microsoft's Mindshare Program has recommitted to active support for User Groups. We are entering into a registration sweepstakes with some great prizes! Also Mindshare, as with many of our supporters, has recognized our challenges in obtaining high quality newsletter and program content, and has allowed us to syndicate their professionally written content in exchange for signing a publishing agreement. Mindshare has several Presentations In A Box that we'll be going after this year!
So long until I get the bug again!
Mike
posted by Michael Moore @ 5:09 AM
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