Wednesday, August 6, 2008: James Lee of Tropical Software, live in person at the Apple Store

Wednesday, September 10, 2008: Michael Simmons of Ambrosia, live in person

Wednesday,October 1, 2008: Adam Engst, live in person

Wednesday,November 5, 2008: Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus, live in person

Wednesday, December 3, 2008: iMac giveaway and more!

We are very thrilled to have one of the best user group presenters in the country come to Chicago exclusively for CAUG!

James Lee will be showing us the whole Tropical Software inventory. This is software that is five star rated on Version Tracker, and helps Mac and iPod users have a whole set of notes for an amazing range of purposes. It's incredibly useful software that you won't know how you lived without it!

Ambrosia makes some of the best utilities and games for the Mac and iPod. Their best known is SnapzPro X, but as you'll see, Ambrosia makes software that will allow you to do a lot more with your Mac or iPod! For example, iToner allows you to transfer ring tones to your iPhone, EasyEnvelopes allows you to, well, easily make envelopes, and they also have games such as EV Nova, the latest in the Escape Velocity series.

Note special date for this presentation. It is the second Wednesday of the month.

Adam is rated as the third most influential person in all things Mac (after Steve Jobs and Apple's CFO), so he's a real jewel to the Mac community.

Adam works with his wife, Tonya, and a whole team of highly talented writers to help Mac users get the most out of their Macs. His two main web sites are:

http://db.tidbits.com

http://www.takecontrol.com

Here is your chance to meet Adam exclusively as he comes to visit CAUG!

Join the Chicago Apple User Group as we bring another top notch speaker to you! Our friend Bob LeVitus, will be making an exclusive visit to Chicago on Wednesday, November 5th. This promises to be another great event, with Bob giving us his view of all that we need to know about the world of the iPhone, iPod and Mac. Be prepared for a great time.

Here is your chance to meet Bob in person, exclusive through the Chicago Apple User Group!!

Yes, it is true. We are giving away an iMac on this evening. Only members may win. You earn a ticket with each visit to a main meeting, and with each full membership that you recruit.

Oh, we'll have other surprises for you this evening, so come ready for a wonderful time, and you might walk away with a brand new iMac!

JUST ADDED:
Wednesday, September 3, 2008: Chris Luger to show Quark 8, live and in person!

The Chicago Apple User Group is extremely excited to have Chris Luger of Quark as our featured speaker on Wednesday, September 3rd. He'll be going over the latest release of their flagship product, Quark 8. You can find out more about the new product at their exclusive web site:

http://8.quark.com/

We will meet at the Apple Store, 679 N. Michigan Avenue, starting at 7:00 p.m.

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The Chicago Apple User Group is very proud of our upcoming schedule of events and speakers. All meetings are free and open to the public. The meetings are held at the world famous Apple Store at 679 N. Michigan Avenue.

You may send any questions to jimbuckner@earthlink.net or russconte@mac.com.

We look forward to seeing many people at these events. We are expecting full houses for these events, and some great raffle items, so get there early for the best seats and chances!

Wednesday, January 7, 2009:
To be announced

Wednesday, February 4, 2009:
Macs and home automation featuring author Gordon Meyer!

Our February, 2009 meeting will be about how to use your Mac to automate your home, which will feature author Gordon Meyer. You can find out more about him and his book at :

http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596007225/

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