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West User Group Bios
West User Group Bios
West User Group Bios
CALIFORNIA
Club Mac of Monterey
Name of Group: Club Mac of Monterey
City & State: Monterey, CA
Contact Person: Pat McCornack
Address: 609 Alice Street, Monterey, CA 93940
Phone: (408) 375-9167
Email Accounts: America Online, Prodigy
Meetings date, time, and location:
First Friday each month, 7:00, Community Room in
Crossroads, Carmel, CA
Type of UG (community, business, etc.): Any/All Mac users
Specialities: Education and Information
Membership Fee: $30 a year
Publications: Club Mac of Monterey Journal, monthly
newsletter
What do you get as member: Journal, hotline of contacts for
help with specific applications, pre-meeting novice
workshop, good presentations, friendly atmosphere,
membership prices on books and DOMs.
25 word Blurb on why someone should come to your group:
Club Mac is an organization of friendly, helpful Mac users. It is a diverse community, with a high percentage of Mac professionals, developers and educators.
Color America, Inc.
Name of Group: Color America, Inc.
City & State: Baldwin Park, CA 91706
Contact Person: Jack Eizenga
Address: 3811 N. Foster Ave.
Phone: (818) 960-8010
Email Accounts: AOL
Meetings date, time, and location: 2nd Thursday each month, 7:00
P.M., West Covina Senior Center - Citrus & Cortez.
Type of UG (community, business, etc.): Community
Specialities: IBMPC & Compatibles, Amiga
Membership Fee: $25.00/yr.
Publications: MSDOS Newsletter, Amiga on Disk
What do you get as member: Monthly Newsletter, Monthly Meetings,
Guest Speakers, Software and Book Libraries, Group discounts,
Language Classes, SIG'S, Q & A sessions, BBS.
25 word Blurb on why someone should come to your group: We are a
tax exempt non-profit organization, excited about the abilities and
potential of computers in our lives. If we all share and network
our abilities we will all grow and benefit.
Diablo Valley PC User's Group
Name of Group:Diablo Valley PC User's Group
City & State:Walnut Creek, Ca.
Contact Person:Alan Mildwurm
Address:DVPC, MSC 117,Box 8040, Walnut Creek, Ca 94596-8040
Phone:(510)770-5770
voicemail (510)943-1367
BBS(non member #)(510)943-6238 :14.4 8N1
Email Accounts:Nemo@ccnet.com; 75216.1172@compuserve
Meetings date, time, and location:First Thursday @7:30pm; Bank Of
America Tech. Center Building B, Concord, Ca
Type of UG (community, business, etc.):community
Specialities:PC user's group with many sigs covering a wide variety of interests
Membership Fee:$30.00 per year
Publications:Diablo Blue Newsletter
What do you get as member:Newsletter, Member access to BBS, Discount at Local Computer Stores, Member giveaways, access to people interested in computers/computing, education. (meetings open to everyone)
25 word Blurb on why someone should come to your group:
DVPC is one of the premier computer clubs in the East Bay. Our meetings present topics and speakers of great interest. It's a great place to come to learn and "get connected."
Fresno Macintosh Users Group
Name of Group: Fresno Macintosh Users Group
City & State: Fresno, Ca
Contact Person: Paul Maragoni
Address: Contact-480 W. Swift, Clovis, Ca., 93612:FMUG-P.O. Box 16253, Cardwell Station, Fresno, Ca., 93755
Phone:Contact-209-294-1962: BBS 209-431-4284
Email Accounts:BBS-Paul Maragoni; AOL-Spullio
Meetings date, time, and location: every 3rd Tuesday of month, 7:00pm, Glendale Federal Bank, corner of Blackstone & Ashlan, Fresno
Type of UG (community, business, etc.): community/social
Specialities:
Membership Fee: $30.00/year
Publications: monthly newsletter
What do you get as member: Free meeting attendance w/product demo, door raffle and Disk of the Month, full BBS access w/monthly Nautilus CD's
25 word Blurb on why someone should come to your group: Our group offers Macintosh users a place to ask computer or programs questions. We offer popular product demonstations, raffles, shareware disk , UGC discounts and BBS.
Home Savings of America PC Users Group
Name of Group - Home Savings of America PC Users Group
City /State - Irwindale, CA.
Contact Person - Eric Marenoff
Address - 4900 Rivergrade Rd.
Phone - 818-814-5831
Email Accounts - XBG APLR @ AOL
Meetings date, time, location - 2nd Friday of the month, 8:30 - 10:00 A.M., Conference Room 4 of main building
Type of UG - Business
Specialties - Local Area Network Special Interest Group (LAN SIG)
Membership Fees - Free
Publications - Monthly newsletter
What do you get as a member - presentations on business related items, LAN SIG, interaction with other people.
HUG
Name of Group: HUG
City & State: Hollister, Calif.
Contact Person: Geoff Hartley
Address: 711 'A' Street
Phone: 408 636-1726
Email Accounts: AOL
Meetings date, time, and location: 3rd Thursday, 7:00PM, RM 190, High School
Type of UG: Community
Specialities: Utilities
Membership Fee: $25/yr
Publications: HUG Newsletter, 8 pg min.
What do you get as member: Support & Newsletter
25 word Blurb on why someone should come to your group: The main
emphasis here at the HUG is one on one instruction on how to be more productive with your Mac. Central Coast Area.
IBM & Compatibles User Group of San Diego
Name Of Group: IBM & Compatibles User Group of San Diego
Cith & State: San Diego, California
Contact Person: Bob Schuchman, Chairman
Address: Post Office Box 87770, San Diego, CA 92138-7770
Phone: Group Information Line (619) 549 3787
Email Accounts:
Meetings Date, Time And Location: Regular Meeting: Third Tuesday of Month at La Mesa SDA Church, 4207 Spring Gardens Dr., La Mesa. Workshops: First and third Fridays of month at National University, 4141 Camino Del Rio South, San Diego.
Type Of User Group (community, business, etc.): Community
Specialites: IBM & compatible hardware, software and Shareware/Freeware Library.
Membership Fee: No membership fee per se. $25.00 per month to subscribe to Monthly Newsletter.
Publications: Monthly Newsletter, Catalog of titles available in Shareware/Freeware Library.
What Do You Get As Member: Our Monthly Newsletter, phone access to members of our Help Committee , and free class enrollment.
25 Word Blurb On Why Someone Should Come To Your Group: At regular meetings we have an aggressive Guest Speaker program. At our workshops we have classes in Word Processing, dBase, Programming, and DOS basics. We also have high powered hardware and software consultants who can help with "hands on" problems - bring your machines for upgrade, add-on or other projects. Or get help on machines similar to yours we have available at National University.
Name of group: LP-MUG (Linear Programming Modelers' Users' Group).
City & state: Concord, CA
Contact person: Paul Peterson
Address: P. O. Box 6563, Concord, CA 94524
Phone: 707-745-3371
Email accounts: America Online (LPMASTER@AOL.COM).
Meeting dates, times and locations: To be announced.
Type of UG: Business, academic and government practitioners of LP and other OR tools.
Specialties: Practical applications of advanced techniques.
Membership fee: No charge at this time.
Publications: To be announced.
What do you get as a member: Access to a resource of professional, experienced LP modelers who have designed, developed, verified, calibrated, utilized and certified models, and trained users.
25-word blurb on why someone should come to the group:
Both new and experienced LP modelers have unusual technical, professional development and political problems that other LP modelers can assist with.
Merced Mac User Group
Name of Group: Merced Mac User Group
City & State: Merced, CA
Contact Person: Mike Smith
Address: P.O. Box 739, Merced, CA 95341
Phone: Daytime (209) 722-1511
Email Accounts: MisterEdJ, Volvo 544
Meetings date, time, and location: 7 p.m. First Tuesday, Yosemite Room, Merced Sun-Star, 3033 North G Street, Merced, CA
Type of UG (community, business, etc.): Community
Specialities: General interest, desktop publishing, new industry developments.
Membership Fee: $20 per year
Publications: Monthly newsletter
What do you get as member: Meetings, newsletter, info on new products, individual help, networking, comeraderie.
25 word Blurb on why someone should come to your group: Merced Mac Users Group is the only source for information on Macs in the Merced area. We sponsor seminars, informative speakers, technical advice and trips to industry events in Northern California.
Programming and Interfacing Enthusiasts Inc (AKA PIE Inc)
Name of Group: Programming and Interfacing Enthusiasts Inc (AKA PIE Inc)
City & State: Santa Clara California
Contact Person:Pat Allen-MacIntosh
Dean Nichols-Apple IIe/IIGS
Clay Walker- MS/DOS & Windows
Address: P.I.E. Inc. PO Box 2185 Santa Clara CA 95055-2185
Phone: Pat Allen 408 996-7140
Dean Nichols 408 241-8848
Clay Walker 408 736-7704
BBS (3 line public access) 408 733-4670Email Accounts: AOL, PIE BBS
Meetings date, time, and location:
Type of UG (community, business, etc.):
PIE Is a community based non-profit educational organization
Mac SIG: Second Tuesday 7:30PM Santa Clara
Apple IIGS SIG: Third Tuesday 7:30PM Santa Clara
Apple II/Appleworks Sig: Fourth Thursday 7:30PM Santa Clara
MS/DOS SIG SIG: Third Monday 7:30PM San Jose
Specialities: Multi platform user group with 3 line BBS
Membership Fee: $20/year for member services. No charge to attend meetings
Publications: The Incider a monthly newsletter mailed to all members
What do you get as member:
Newsletter, BBS access, Multiple special interest group meetings each month, User Group discounts on hardware, software and services, shareware/freeware library.
Santa Barbara Macintosh User Group
Name of Group: Santa Barbara Macintosh User Group
City & State: Santa Barbara, CA
Contact Person: George Pickavet
Address: P.O. Box 60922, Santa Barbara, CA 93160
Phone: 805-964-3734
Email Accounts: Compuserve 71631,353 AppleLink USER0363
Meetings date, time, and location: First Tuesday of every month from 6 to 9 pm. Goleta Public Library, Goleta, CA 93117
Type of UG (community, business, etc.): Community & business
Specialities: Beginning & Communication SIGs
Membership Fee: $20/year
Publications: Newsletter: Mouse Times
What do you get as member: The regular meeting starts with a one hour Q & A session for all levels and it is always well attended. From 7 to 9 pm we have hardware and/or software presentations by company representatives or by our own members. The meeting concludes with a raffle for members only. There is an excellent help group that is always willing and able to assist members who have problems. We presently have just over 200 paid members. Attendance runs between 80 and 100 per meeting.
Visalia Mac Enthusiasts Group (VMEG)
Name of Group: Visalia Mac Enthusiasts Group (VMEG)
City & State: Visalia, California
Contact Person: Bill Drennen, President
Address: P.O. Box 3342 Visalia, CA 93278
Phone: (209) 734-4245
Email Accounts: MacIdeas7
Meetings date, time, and location: 1st & 3rd Thursdays
7 pm - Visalia - San Joaquin Valley College-Hway 198 & Rd 82
Type of UG (community, business, etc.): Community
Specialities: BBS, Desktop Publishing, New Users Classes
Membership Fee: $25 yr
Publications: VMEG Connections
What do you get as member: Discounts at local Mac Hadware store, newsletter, access to club BBS
25 word Blurb on why someone should come to your group:
We represent the Tulare and Kings County areas in bringing the fun of Macintosh into practical use. Our members are folks from all walks of life, and occupations.
COLORADO
Mile High Macintosh Users Group
Name of Group: Mile High Macintosh Users Group
City & State: Denver, Colorado
Contact Person: Carlos Beer
Address: P.O. Box 324 Denver, CO 80204-0324
Phone: (303) 869-9393
Email Accounts:
Meetings date, time, and location: Third Tuesday 6pm-9pm, Holiday Inn, 1450 Glenarm, Downtown Denver
Type of UG (community, business, etc.): Community non profit educational
Specialities:
Membership Fee: $24 annual/$10 additional BBS/$20 BBS only
Publications: WYSIWYG
What do you get as member: Monthly meeting w/demos & hands on, Subscription to newsletter, User Group Discounts, BBS library, Public Domain Library (disk of the month), Software training video rentals, Doorprizes & auctions, Computer book discounts
NEVADA
Sierra Nevada Apple Group
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...)
Southern Nevada Apple Family User Group
Name of Group: Southern Nevada Apple Family User Group
City & State: Las Vegas, NV
Contact Person: George Lewis
Address: 3569 El Camino RD, Las Vegas, NV 89103-1108
Phone: (702)364-9595
Email Accounts:
Meetings date, time, and location: 3rd Monday
Type of UG (community, business, etc.): Community
Specialities: Apple II & Mac - no particular specialties
Membership Fee: $25 Adult, $20 Seniors/Military/Students
Publications: Desert Dialogue, published monthly
What do you get as member: Access to PD library, Special offers from Publishers & Manufacturers.
25 word Blurb on why someone should come to your group: Were Southern Nevadas oldest Apple User Group, serving both Apple II and Macintosh users. Our meetings are friendly and informal. We have experienced users willing to help with problems. Come Say Hello!
WASHINGTON
Kitsap Macintosh Users Group
Name of Group: Kitsap Macintosh Users Group
City & State: Silverdale, WA
Contact Person: Joe Baier
Address: 6008 Kestrel Place, Bremerton, WA 98312
Phone: (206) 478-9869
Email Accounts: AOL, eWorld - JoeBaier, Prodigy KPGB16A
Meetings date, time, and location: 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, Olympic High School
Type of UG (community, business, etc.): MAC - community
Specialities: General
Membership Fee: $25
Publications: KMUG
What do you get as member: Advertising and contact with local retailers
25 word Blurb on why someone should come to your group:
The reasons Mac users should join our group are basic training, interesting meetings, a good newsletter, lots of shareware a great FC BBS, raffles, and the User Group Member Purchase Program.
LP-MUG (Linear Programming Modelers' Users' Group)
Seattle Macintosh downtown Business User Group (dBUG)
Name of Group: Seattle Macintosh downtown Business User Group (dBUG)
City & State: Seattle, Washington
Contact Person: Cherie Nickell, President
Address: 1520 Eastlake Ave. E., suites 206 & 208, Seattle, WA
Phone: (206) 624-9329
Email Accounts: Cherie_Nickell@dbug.org (Internet), Cherie (eWorld), or JoMac@dbug.org (Internet)
Meetings date, time, and location: 2nd Wednesday of the month at the Museum of History and Industry, at 6:30 pm
Type of UG (community, business, etc.): Community and business UG
Specialities: Monthly main meetings on various products by major vendors of software and hardware; monthly Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings; and an iconic bulletin board system.
Membership Fee: $36 for basic membership or $61 for Internet mail capabilities and access to the OneNet gateway via our electronic bulletin board system
Publications: MacNews
What do you get as member: Access to our 13-line FirstClass Bulletin Board System, including the ability to send Internet e-mail with "premium membership"; ability to attend numerous monthly meetings on popular software programs; monthly newsletter, including tips and calendar of events; and news of major vendors presenting their products at our monthly main meetings.
25 word Blurb on why someone should come to your group: We are the 7th or 8th largest user group in the country. We have monthly SIG meetings including Macintosh basics, Excel, Word, Photoshop, PageMaker, Telecommunications, HyperCard, FileMaker, and more.
Tech Alliance
Name of Group: Tech Alliance
City & State: Seattle WA
Part of Country: NorthWest
Contact Person: John Keithly, president
Address: 24213 78th Pl. W. Edmonds WA 98026
Phone: (206) 776-7312
Email Accounts: Yes, with full UUCP gate to the Internet
Meetings date, time, and location: Varies with Platform
Type of UG (community, business, etc.): Community
Specialities: New User Support for Hardware and Software
Membership Fee: $25.00 per year
Publications: The Co-OP Spirit
What do you get as member: Monthly meetings, newsletter, Disk of the Month, product demos and discounts, tech support for your machine.
25 word Blurb on why someone should come to your group:
The BBS with full UUCP gate allowing file attach capability around the world, Usenet and fidonet newsgroups, & QWK mail capability. We support all platforms: IBM & clones, Apple //, MAC, & Amiga. We are members of the Usergroup Connection and get discounts on Apple hardware.
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