[muglo] Re: meeting on for Thursday

Thanks for the info - looks like #4 goes near too which might be better 
for me!

Paul

On Jun 15, 2007, at 1:20 AM, Doug Bale wrote:

> It's the No. 15 bus, Paul -- the Westmount route. Runs from Dundas and
> Richmond all the way out past Wonderland and Southdale roads. Stops
> virtually in front of the Landon library door. I'll be going by bus
> myself.
> By the way, you can find any bus route in the city -- and any address,
> park, school, firehall or whatever -- on the interactive London map at
> http://tinyurl.com/2u59em.
> Hope you can make it.
>
> Doug
>
> --- Paul Thomas <paul_thomas@xxxxxxxxxx> 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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