[muglo] Re: meeting on for Thursday

it is on the Westmount bus route (or at least it was the last time I  
rode a bus..)
also I believe there are other buses that go by there.

On 14-Jun-07, at 10:25 PM, Paul Thomas wrote:

> I would like to make but without a car, can anyone tell me if it is=20
> near a bus route and, i f so, which one?  Alternatively, if there  
> is=20
> anyone living near Cherryhill who could give me a ride that would  
> be=20
> appreciated!!
>
> I am particularly interested in iMovie and iDVD, mentioned below!
>
> Paul
>
> On Jun 14, 2007, at 3:37 PM, Doug Bale wrote:
>
>>   On Jun 14, 2007, at 9:14 AM, roy hanson wrote:
>>> approx how many muglo's come out to meetings?
>>> and what is talked about.
>>> And when are the meetings.
>>
>>
>> To answer the questions in reverse order, Roy (and by the way,  
>> welcome
>> to the group), the meetings are whenever anyone gets around to
>> organizing them. The last one was in March; since then, we've just  
>> had
>> sporadic exchanges online. However, there's a real meeting next
>> Thursday, June 21, from 7:00 till 8:30 p.m., in the OSCO Community =
> Room
>> at the Fred Landon Library branch, 196 Wortley Rd. I just organized =
> it.
>>
>> What's talked about? Whatever anyone wants to talk about. The March
>> meeting, I understand (I wasn't here then), included a  
>> presentation on
>> how to set up a personal Web site (I wish I HAD been here). Next
>> Thursday's is mainly about meeting other members (Ipersonally I've  
>> met
>> only a few) and reinforcing the impression that this IS a group  
>> (there
>> are numerous other recent members too, and online really hardly  
>> cuts =
> it
>> when you don't know the people you're online with.
>>
>> Apart from that, I'll have an  Internet-ready laptop set up, loaded
>> with Web browsers, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, OmniPage,  
>> Graphic
>> Converter, iPhoto, iTunes, iMovie, iDVD, GarageBand, Google Earth,
>> SuperDuper!, even AppleWorks for heaven's sake, and any Mac novice  
>> who
>> wants to learn the basics of any of them is welcome to crowd around,
>> see what's what and try them out. With any luck, a few Mac veterans
>> more proficient than me in some of these will take us beyond the
>> basics. (I've been at it for a couple of decades now, but the stuff
>> I've still to learn would fill an encyclopedia.)
>>
>> Hah! And the first question: approximately how many muglo's come  
>> out =
> to
>> meetings? Well, we'll see.
>>
>> Here's the deal. No one on the executive has had time to put a June
>> meeting together, but as past president Paul Thomas pointed out in a
>> March e-mail, =93our Constitution still permits SIGs =
> [(special-interest
>> groups), and] if a group of people want to form such a group this can
>> be done if they can arrange a meeting place without cost to MUGLO.=94
>> Okay, I've booked and paid for the OSCO Communithy Room at the Landon
>> library branch myself, so there's no cost to MUGLO. If other members
>> show up, we're a special-interest group -- our special interest in =
> this
>> case being the holding of at least a few face-to-face interactive
>> meetings a year at which we can share information, expertise and
>> friendship. If nobody appears, no sweat; I'll have a quiet room to
>> myself for an hour and a half, in which to chip away at a few more
>> mysteries of Photoshop.
>>
>> Why this? Because nobody else is doing it.
>>
>> Why the Landon library? Because it's one of four branches that are
>> relatively central (Central, Crouch, and Carson being the others), so
>> accessibility is about the same for any member. Also, it has the  
>> least
>> expensive decent-sized meeting room. Twenty-five bucks for a room  
>> that
>> can accommodate 35 people? Can't beat that. If I'm out to lunch on =
> this
>> and nobody shows, I'm out of pocket for less money than I could  
>> blow =
> in
>> a bar in half an hour. If a dozen members come and are willing to  
>> kick
>> in two bucks apiece, it would cover expenses and leave a few dollars
>> over to donate to the library. Couldn't ask for a better cause.
>>
>> Why next Thursday? It has to be some time. Some members won't be able
>> to make it on a Thursday. Some won't be able to make it no matter  
>> what
>> day of the week is named. There was no point in calling for =
> suggestions
>> and a vote; look how many people have replied to the call to  
>> nominate =
> a
>> new executive or re-elect the incumbents. Is that a quorum?
>>
>> Well, let's try it. The Landon branch, again, is at 196 Wortley Rd.,
>> just south of Bruce Street in Wortley Village. We've got from 7:00 =
> till
>> 8:30 (they're open till 9, but like to have users packed and ready to
>> go by then). Bring a laptop if you've got one.
>>
>> Bring your camera, too, if you like. Larry Kryski did us a favour by
>> taking pictures of most of the people at the last meeting and putting
>> them on line to help members get to know one another. It's an example
>> worth following up.
>>
>> See you there, I hope.
>>
>> Doug Bale
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