The more things change, the more they stay the same and here at DMUG we work for constant improvement and providing a quality community for Mac Users of the Valley.

The first item on the agenda is meeting times, yes I have had problems scheduling meeting recently so I decided to hand the issue over to the community. What are you preferences on meeting times? Don't worry if you can't come up with actual times, here are some "suggested times" to get those brain-cells working and feel free to "Think different".

*Wednesday's Bi-Weekly at 12 Noon

*Thursday's B-Weekly at 12 Noon

*Wednesday's Bi-Weekly at 5PM

*Monday Bi-Weekly at 5PM

Another change is meeting topics, or lack of :-( meeting topics. Some ideas I am throwing around include:

*Mac Truth or Fiction Session

*Mac vs. PC debate

*Xgrid

*OS X 86 with live demonstration

Use the comments wisely, I welcome all feedback,especially different feedback.

I want to start by thanking MacMedia / EtchaMac for their insight to UNIX and Mac OS X Server. All of us at DMUG appreciate taking the time and effort to present.

For those of you who missed it or are looking for further resources, I have decided to put up some Meeting notes.

First off is the UNIX or UNIX related stuff:

A tour of Mac OS X (quicktime .mov)

A tour of Mac OS X Server

Mac OS X for UNIX users (.pdf)

Some more information on Open-Source and Apple:

Open at the Source

OpenDarwin project

Webkit Open-Source project (foundation of Safari)

Because we don't live in a vacuum, resources on interoperability:

Open Directory, Open-Source Active Directory

Mac and Windows File and Printer Sharing

We finish off the year with a bang with our Mac IT meeting with very special guest MacMedia. The meeting will be Thursday, December, 8 at 6PM in Room 111 covering UNIX, Open-Source and interoperability.

Coming out early this time (well sortof), our meeting will take place Tuesday, November 22 @ 6 PM in Room number 203. Fink and it's GUI counterpart Fink commander will be be discussed as well as future plans and maybe even some surprise elections. Hope to have a good turnout.

Yes, today is our meeting (sorry for the short notice but I have been busy)and as stated earlier, it will be about Podcasting. There is a minor change to the meeting and that is that it will be in Room 111 instead of Room 116. Hope to see you there.


Kicking off the meeting I would like to put up some designs I came up with promoting DMUG in general, please feel free to place comments on them (I welcome and appreciate criticism but don't support flaming so don't do it)

Yes, it's true, I'm leaving devry. I'm going to still be in the area, but going to ASU which actually knows what linux is.

Now that school is out, I will maybe even have time to finish things and get rid of that silly dark gray bar to the right. Also have to make a place for some adds cause nothing is free.

peace peeps, I leave you in the sole hands of Ivan, hope things go well.

god has left the building.