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SouthWest User Group Bios


SouthWest User Group Bios


ARIZONA

Arizona Macintosh Users Group (AMUG)

Name of Group: Arizona Macintosh Users Group (AMUG)
City & State: Phoenix, AZ
Contact Person: Michael Bean or Alex Podressoff
Address:4131 N. 24th St., Suite A120, Phoenix, AZ 85016
Phone: (602) 553-8966, (602) 553-8771-fax, (602) 553-0749 -bbs
Email Accounts: AOL: AMUG, Internet: bean@amug.org
Meetings date, time, and location: 3rd Thursday, 7pm, at Resource Center, Many other SIG meetings throughout the month.
Type of UG (community, business, etc.):
Specialities: CD-ROM, Education
Membership Fee: $39
Publications: AMUG News (monthly)
What do you get as member: Newsletter, BBS, Classes, 25 word Blurb on why someone should come to your group:
AMUG provides a 32 page newsletter each month with tips and tricks, news, meeting info and group specials. AMUG services 38 states and 14 countries with the AMUG resource center open Tuesday through Sat 10-6PM at 602-553-8966 or 602-553-8771 FAX.


Green Valley Macintosh User Group


Name of Group:  Green Valley Macintosh User Group
City & State:  Green Valley, AZ
Contact Person:  Jane Hedlin
Address: 401 Calle del Diablo; Green Valley, AZ  85614
Phone:  (602) 625-5022
Email Accounts: AOL, eWorld
Meetings date, time, and location:Every Thursday 9 am, Desert Hills Social Center (Oct-April)
Type of UG (community, business, etc.): Community/GVR
Specialities: Classes every Friday on various subjects
Membership Fee: $15
Publications: Green Bytes
What do you get as member: Lots of help, use of machines, friends
25 word Blurb on why someone should come to your group: Best and only place in Green Valley to get Macintosh help.  Classes increase your knowledge and problem solving ability.  Never too old to learn a new skill.

Tucson Macintosh Users Group

Name of Group: Tucson Macintosh Users Group
City & State:  Tucson, Arizona
Contact Person: Matt Caswell, President, (602) 797-4585
Address: PO Box 43176, Tucson, AZ  85733-3176
Phone: (602) 797-4585  (Matt Caswell, President)
Email: AOL: M Caswell, RON CRAIG
Internet: mcaswell@indirect.com
Meetings: 4th Tues , 6pm new users, 7pm general, University
Medical Center, room 8403.  1501 N. Campbell Ave.
Type of UG: Community and University
Specialities:  First Class BBS, 2 lines, 14400: (602) 882-2945
Membership Fee:  $20.00/yr   Family - $30.00 year
Publications: TMUG Newsletter
What you get as a member: Full access to the First Class BBS with over 400mb of online storage, CD rom, OneNet, and (2) 14400 lines. Disks of the Month available. Too much to list!
Why should you join us?: We recently split from the Tucson Apple Core , a joint Apple ][ and Mac group to form TMUG. We have over 165 members and make every attempt to meet the needs of our new and old members.

NEVADA

Las Vegas Macintosh Users' Group (VMUG)

Name of Group:  Las Vegas Macintosh Users' Group (VMUG)
City & State:  Las Vegas, Nevada
Contact People:  Anthony Saxton and Ajeet Pai
Address:  PO Box 42912, Las Vegas, NV 89116
Phone:  702-225-6939 (voice hotline)
Email Accounts:  Ajeet, Elenay, ajeet@aol.com, elenay@aol.com
Meetings date, time, and location:  1st Saturday of each month, 10 AM, UNLV (call hotline)
Type of UG (community, business, etc.):  Community
Specialities:  General
Membership Fee:  $30.00 per year
Publications:  Get Info (monthly)
What do you get as member:  subscription to Get Info, full access to our BBS (including downloads from CD-ROMs on line), access to VMUG Consulting Group, more!
25 word Blurb on why someone should come to your group:
Fun, knowledge, help, education, access to experts, and local discounts and specials!


Name of Group:  Sierra Nevada Apple Group
City & State:  Reno/Sparks/Carson City, Nevada
Contact Person:  Dennis Thieme
Address:  PO Box 1038 Sparks, NV  89432-1038
Phone:  702-355-7676
Email Accounts:  DennisT69, PeggyR9280, dennis@dps.com, peggy.riley@snag.dps.com
Meetings date, time, and location:  1st Wednesday; 7pm; Round Table Pizza @ 4th & Vine in Reno, NV
Type of UG (community, business, etc.):  Community/Education
Specialities:  General
Membership Fee:  $30.00 per year
Publications:  Mouse Tracks (monthly)
What do you get as member:  subscription to Mouse Tracks, full access to our BBS (including downloads from 3 CD-ROMs on line), access to lots of friendly folks willing to lend a hand
25 word Blurb on why someone should come to your group:
Fun, knowledge, access to local programmers, BBS, Great presenters & special speakers (lots of people like to come to Reno...)


NEW MEXICO

Space Port User Group (SPUG)

Name of Group: Space Port User Group (SPUG)
City & State: Alamogordo, New Mexico
Contact Person: Ron Schultz
Address: 210 Sunrise, Alamogordo, NM 88310
Phone: (505) 434-1786
Email Accounts: @ AOL, Phil T W; @ AOL, Norman 4528
Meetings date, time, and location: Third Sat of month 9:00 AM in Rm 108, Tombaugh Planetarium NMSU Alamogordo.
Type of UG (community, business, etc.): Community
Specialities: None (General)
Membership Fee: Donations ($2.00/ Month suggested)
Publications: Monthly News Letter
What do you get as member?: Fellowship with other computer enthusiasts, exchange of ideas, price breaks on materials, training in fields of interest and access to broad range of free and shareware.
25 word Blurb on why someone should come to your group: Only  Group in Tularosa Basin. Active and resource-full BBC. Members with broad range of interests & skills offer range  of advice, help and training.


TEXAS

Houston Area Apple Users Group

Name of Group: Houston Area Apple Users Group (HAAUG)
City & State: Houston, Texas
Contact Person: Ken Martinez
Address: PO Box 610150, Houston 77208-0150
Phone: (713) 522-2179
Email Accounts: AppleLink
Meetings date, time, and location: Third Saturday of each month from 10 a to 4 p at the University Center at the Unversity of Houston

Type of UG (community, business, etc.): Community
Specialities: All things Apple=Macintoshs, Apple IIs, and Newtons
Membership Fee: $35 first year, $30 renewal and students
Publications: Apple Barrel Magazine Pig Tales Newsletter
What do you get as member: First Access to monthly meetings featuring presentations, SIGs, software libraries. Second access to HAAUG Heaven, our multiline 14.4 BBS system conversation, help, and libraries. And thirdly our monthly periodicals.

25 word Blurb on why someone should come to your group: HAAUG is a supportive User Group for all Apple products. Our strength lies in over 1,000 members making us the strongest UG in the Greater Southwest.

Red River PC Users Group

Name of Group:  Red River PC Users Group
City & State:  Wichita Falls, Tx
Contact Person:  Alan Parker
Address:  P.O. Box 1611
Wichita Falls, Tx 76307-1611
Phone:  (817) 851-1570
Email Accounts:  N/A
Meetings date, time, and location:  Third Saturday, 10:00 AM
Bolin Science Hall, Room 100, MSU Campus.
Type of UG  (community, business, etc.):  community, IBM compatibles
Specialities:  Windows SIG, New Users SIG, GEOS SIG
Membership Fee:  $18.00 single $25.00 family
Publications:  INPUT/OUTPUT newsletter
What do you get as a member:  Demonstrations by major software manufacturers, Software evaluations, newsletter and support from other users and Special Interest Groups.
25 word Blurb on why someone should come to your group:  In these times of shrinking budgets and pay per call tech support our group consists of people from various backgrounds, ready and willing to help you get the most from your computer.

The Mac Pack of Dallas (The Friendly Users Group)

Name of Group: The Mac Pack of Dallas
City & State: Dallas, TX
Contact Person: Lynn Wegley
Address: PO Box 59385, Dallas, TX 75229
Phone: 817-354-7038
Email Accounts:
Meetings date, time, and location: Third of each month,
5:30 pm, Harvey Hotel, 14315 Midway Road (North of LBJ),
Addison, TX
Type of UG (community, business, etc.): Community/Business
Specialities: Macintosh
Membership Fee: $24 per year
Publications: Monthly Newsletter
What do you get as member: Monthly Newsletter, Monthly Meetings,
Disk Library, Beginners SIG, Other Special Interest Groups (SIGS), Books (discount prices),
Networking (200+ members), Video/Audio Lending Library (MacAcademy and
Personal Training tapes), coming Bulletin Board (BBS) and more...

Dallas' largest Mac only user group. Come visit us at the next regular meeting or call for information.



UTAH

Southern Utah Computer Users Group

Name of Group:Southern Utah Computer Users Group
City & State:Cedar City, UT
Contact Person:Ken Hedgecock
Address:1242 S. 450 West
Phone:801-586-3348
Email Accounts:
Meetings date, time, and location:3rd Friday of month
Type of UG (community, business, etc.):community
Specialities:MS-Dos, Windows, Graphics
Membership Fee:none
Publications:SUCUG News
What do you get as member:free books, software, support
25 word Blurb on why someone should come to your group:
Supported by Corel, Peachtree, Quicken, Microsoft, etc.





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