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Southern User Group Bios


Southern User Group Bios


ARKANSAS

Arkansas AppleII And Macintosh Users Group


Name of Group:  Arkansas AppleII And Macintosh Users Group
City & State:  Fort Smith, Arkansas
Contact Person:  Ken Spruiell
Address:  2200 Warwick Place
Phone:  (501) 484-7018
Email Accounts:
Meetings date, time, and location:  1st Monday of every month, 7:00pm, Fort Smith Public Library Community Room (in basement)
Type of UG (community, business, etc.):  Community
Specialties:  DTP, Database Mgt, etc..
Membership Fee:  $15.00 annual
Publications:  Local Talk newsletter.
What do you get as member:  Newsletter, access to disk of the month, assistance with software and hardware issues.
25 word Blurb on why someone should come to your group:  There simply is no better way to get honest assistance with questions or problems.  As a not for profit organization were not trying to sell anything for anybody.  This kind of knowledgeable one-on-one support cannot be purchased from commercial vendors at any price.  Besides that, we have some fun!

FLORIDA

Gold Coast Macintosh (GCM)

Name of Group: Gold Coast Macintosh (GCM)
City & State: Miami, Forida (SE Area)
Contact Person: Louis Oaken
Address: P.O. Box 452305 Miami, FL 33245-2305
Phone: 305/447-7888
Email Accounts: CIS: 70325,330; AppleLink: UG0021; InterNet: Louis@sunshine.com
Meetings date, time, and location: Last Wednesday of every month. Miami Muesum of Science; 3280 South Miami Avenue.
Type of UG (community, business, etc.): General
Specialities: Mixed
Membership Fee: $35 new; $30 renew
Publications: Tropical Mac
What do you get as member: Great Meetings, Door Prizes, SIGs, Newsletter, HotLine Help and much more.
25 word Blurb on why someone should come to your group: Great information and Help from our club along with great dealer support and demonstrations from major companies.


Naples MacFriends Macintosh User Group

Name of Group: Naples MacFriends Macintosh User Group
City & State: Naples, Florida
Contact Person: Martin Reff
Address: 100 Fleur de Lis La., Naples, Florida 33962
Phone: (813) 775 8460
Email Accounts: AOL
Meetings date, time, and location:  Monthly, 2nd Sunday, 7-9:30 PM, Naples Public Library, 650 Central Ave, Naples, Florida
Type of UG (community, business, etc.): Community
Specialities: none
Membership Fee: $12
Publications: Newsletter
What do you get as member: Newsletter, beginners group, SIGs
25 word Blurb on why someone should come to your group:
You will learn more about your Macintosh and have more fun with it if you join our group and attend meetings.


National Macintosh Computer Society (NatMac)

Name of Group: National Macintosh Computer Society (NatMac)
City & State: Ft. Lauderdale, FL (SE area)
Contact Person: Trevor Misisco
Address: PO Box 26713, Tamarac, FL 33320
Phone: (407) 368-6966
Email Accounts:
Meetings date, time, and location: 3rd Tuesday, NE High School, Ft. Lauderdale
Type of UG (community, business, etc.): General
Specialities: new users
Membership Fee: $40 new, $30 renew
Publications: Imacination
What do you get as member: newsletter, access to BBS, great meetings
25 word Blurb on why someone should come to your group: We pride ourselves on the quality info available from Mac writers & consulants at our UG meetings. Great industry connections for fantastic demos.
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Sarasota Personal Computer Users Group


Name of Group: Sarasota Personal Computer Users Group
City & State: Sarasota, FL  34277-1889
Contact Person: Gary Schweinshaupt
Address: PO Box 15889
Phone: (813) 355-2534
Email Accounts:
Meetings date, time, and location: 1st Wed. each month, 6:00pm, Sarasota Middle School, 4826 Ashton Rd., Sarasota, FL
Type of UG (community, business, etc.): MS-DOS Community
Specialities:
Membership Fee: $20 annually
Publications: Sarasota PC Monitor
What do you get as member: Monthly newsletter, raffle, SIGs, shareware library.
25 word Blurb on why someone should come to your group: We have 800 members  (established over 12 years ago) and a great meeting place in a public school with ample main meeting room and classroom space for SIGs.

GEORGIA

Chattahoochee MacUser Group (ChatMUG)

Name of Group: Chattahoochee MacUser Group (ChatMUG)
City & State: Columbus, Georgia
Contact Person: Connie Romanishan
Address: P.O. Box 1711, Columbus, GA 31902
Phone: (205) 480-9975
Email Accounts: AOL, C Roman or JimN10
Meetings date, time, and location: Columbus Technical Institute Conference Room, 7 PM, 3rd Thursday of Month
Type of UG (community, business, etc.): Community UG
Specialities: DTP novice to elite, Education, Programming
Membership Fee: $24 year
Publications: MUG Shots
What do you get as member: Welcome pack of discounts, etc., access to MUG on local BBS,  newest in Mac news, and support for those DOSed out days.
25 word Blurb on why someone should come to your group: Attend our group to meet other Mac-enthusiasts and learn where to go for discounts, assistance - what's in - what's out, join in Mac comradery :-)

Metro Atlanta Computer Klub (M.A.C.K.)

Name of Group: Metro Atlanta Computer Klub (M.A.C.K.)
City & State: Marietta, GA
Contact Person: Todd Daniel
Address: 3391 Bryan Way SW, Marietta, GA 30060
Phone: 404-439-5908
Meetings date, time, and location: 2nd Saturday, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., South Cobb Gov. Service
Center, 4700 Austell Rd., Austell, Ga.
Type of UG: Dedicated to home office workers and hobbyists.
Specialities: Telecommunications, programming, Beginner's Clinic.
Membership Fee: $20 yr. ($12.50/yr. for students and senior citizens).
Publications: MACK ATTACK, monthly newsletter.
What do you get as member: Admission to all events, raised access on BBS, PD library usage, etc.
25 word Blurb on why someone should come to your group: The Metro Atlanta Computer Klub
is a non-profit group designed for the "non-techie" computer user. We have classes, demos,
speakers, doorprizes, and MORE...

Savannah Macintosh Users' Group

Name of Group: Savannah Macintosh Users' Group
City & State: Savannah, GA
Contact Person: Jim Alley
Address: 320 East 54th Street/Savannah, GA  31405
Phone: (912) 234-4304
Email Accounts: Jim Alley (AOL)
Meetings date, time, and location: 2nd Tuesday of each month, 7:00 p.m., in the Computer building at The Savannah College of Art and Design (corner of Broughton & East Broad)
Type of UG (community, business, etc.): Community
Specialities: We cover everything, but graphics are strong
Membership Fee: $30 per year
Publications: Mac Monitor
What do you get as member: (1) Award-winning newsletter; (2) Monthly meetings (door prizes, Q&A sessions, presentations, disk-of-the-month, comradeship); (3) Access to our BBS (over 8,000 pd and shareware programs, clip art, fonts, utilities, etc.)


NORTH CAROLINA

Charlotte Apple Computer Club

Name of Group: Charlotte Apple Computer Club
City & State: Charlotte, NC
Contact Person: Nathan Tennies
Address: P.O. Box 221913, Charlotte, NC  28222
Phone: (704) 335-8661
Email Accounts: Bootstrap1 (AOL), Bootstrap (AppleLink)
Meetings date, time, and location: General Meeting: 2nd Tuesday of each month, 7:30 pm, Cablevision Building at 316 East Morehead St. ALSO Breakfast Social every Saturday morning, 8:00 am, Rogers BBQ, Wendover Road.
Type of UG (community, business, etc.): Community, Macintosh and Apple II
Specialities: Everything, SIGs in Education, Programming, Telecommunications, Publishing & Graphics.
Membership Fee: $30 first year, $25 each addtl.
Publications: Inside Apple (monthly)
What do you get as member: (1) Monthly General Meeting (door prizes, vendor presentations, free swap disk) and SIG Meetings; (2) Excellent, 20 page newsletter; (3) Access to our NovaLink graphical BBS.



SOUTH CAROLINA

Palmetto PC Club

Name of Group: Palmetto PC Club
City & State: Columbia, SC
Contact Person: E.T. Smith
Address: 3305 Pine Belt Rd. Columbia, SC 29204-3126
Phone: 803-738-0020
Email accounts: Etsmith on AOL.COM; 71513,1667 on CI$
Meetings date, time, and location: 2nd Thursday, 1800, Cardinal Newman High School, 4701 Forest Dr., Columbia, SC
Type of UG: PC compatible
Specialities: 15 Special Interest Groups in a wide variety of fields
Membership fee: $25/yr family membership; another $25 for access to the Library-On-Line with over 3 gigabytes of recent shareware.
Publications: monthly 32-page full-size PC Chronicles. Trenchant commentary; reviews; how-to articles.
What do you get as a member: monthly Chronicles; monthly general meetings with visiting experts displaying some piece of software; mentors for newbies; new members diskette with lots of info on how to do this and that; 15 SIGs and a telephone Help committee.
25 word Blurb: We are the ONLY PC UG in the Midlands of SC. We have something for everybody from beginner to expert. Lots of community outreach: 200+ copies of magazine donated to schools, libraries, and PC vendors each month.


TENNESSEE

APPLEachian User Group


Name of Group: APPLEachian User Group
City & State: Knoxville-Oak Ridge, TN
Contact Person:  Reina Cleland
Address: 103 Dana Drive, Oak Ridge, TN, 37830
Phone: (615) 483-8848
Email Accounts:
Meeting date, time, and location: third Monday of each month, 7:30 PM, Cedar Bluff Middle School, Knoxville, TN (except in summer when we meet in individual homes)
Type of UG : Community
Specialities: Education, desktop publishing, graphics, genealogy, programming and communications
Membership Fee: $12/year
Publications: Monthly meeting notice/newsletter
What you get as a member: newsletter, guest lectures, problem solving ideas, suggestions for new software and hardware, the satisfaction of helping other Apple II owners with problems
Why someone should come to our group: Although we specialize in the Apple II, we have diverse interests, help others and draw on local scientific and educational personnel to give our monthly programs

East Tennessee Macintosh Users Group

Name of Group: MacClique--East Tennessee Macintosh Users Group
City & State: Knoxville, TN
Contact Person: Wolfgang Naegeli
Address: P.O. Box 11062, Knoxville, TN 37939-1062
Phone: 615-481-3276
Email Accounts: wnn@ornl.gov
Meetings date, time, and location: Third Tuesday, 6:30 PM, Auditorium, Building A, Pellissippi State Technical Community College
Type of UG (community, business, etc.): regional, all types of users
Specialities: Publishing & Illustration, Programming, Multimedia
Membership Fee: $28/yr. (Students/Seniors $22)
Publications: MC/DC, monthly
What do you get as member: MC/DC, free access to multi-line BBS with 3 GB of files, meetings, door prizes, discounts, technical support, new friends
25 word Blurb on why someone should come to your group: MacClique will help you get the most out of your Mac, protect your investment and the data stored on your computer, and enjoy it more.


East Tennessee PC User Group

Name of Group:East Tennessee PC User Group
City & State:Knoxville, TN
Contact Person:Anne Ehrenshaft  (615)690-8009
Address:448 N. Cedar Bluff #184
Phone:(615)690-8009
Email Accounts:
Meetings date, time, and location:First Thursday each month, 7PM EST, West End Church of Christ
Type of UG (community, business, etc.):community, business, anyone who wants to learn more
Specialities:everything
Membership Fee:$20 per year, $10 for students
Publications:PC Register (distribution of 4000)
What do you get as member:
25 word Blurb on why someone should come to your group:
Our normal meeting has presentations on a vast range of topics.  Question/answer period is stage for 30 minutes before our general meeting.  Membership includes monthly newsletter (22 pages), access to a CD library, evaluation software, special interest groups, special training sessions, discounts on software, and good fun.

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