Brazos Valley Adobe User Group

Hello Everyone,

Ben Forta has graciously offered all Adobe User Group MEMBERS a huge discount on admission to Adobe Max this year.  He has created a discount code that gets you $400 off.  That is a HUGE savings!  If you are interested in getting the discount code, please email me off-list (webmaster_wendy@yahoo.com).  If you do get the discount code, PLEASE do not give it to anyone not inside our Adobe User Group.


This is a direct quote from the email received from Ben Forta
Important! I do not want this code posted on public forums or blogs etc.,
the MAX team will not like that and will likely suspend it if the code
becomes public and freely available to thousands of attendees (thousands of
attendees x $400 off, do the math). So, when you send it out to your
membership, if you opt to do so, be sure to tell them that they can share
quietly but not publicly. Please!

So, PLEASE DO NOT share it.  We want to be able to get great offers like this again!


thanks,
Wendy
(Brazos Valley Adobe User Group Manager)

• Manager-- Acts as liaison with Adobe; chairs meetings; oversees all other positions; votes in the case of a tie.
• Co-Manager-- Assists or takes the place of a Manager when they are unavailable. Serves as treasurer and maintains accounting records; files necessary reports.
• Membership Chair-- Registers new members; sends monthly meeting reminders.
• Book Club Manager-- Manages relations with Publishing companies to receive free books for members. Communicates and organizes distribution of books and receipt of reviews.
• Speaker Chair-- Coordinates and schedules monthly speakers.
• Software Review Chair --Manages relations with Adobe Software Review program to receive free software in exchange for reviews.. Communicates and organizes distribution of software and receipt of reviews.
• Communications Chair - Creates and sends newsletter to members.
• Webmaster-- Keeps user group website information updated.

August 19, 2008
11:45am - 1pm
MicroAge

In attendance:
Wendy, Karsten, Mark, Diann, Mike, Howard, Cindy, Joel, Jason, Bob and Charlie.

Voted for new officers

• Wendy Wolfington is now Manager
• Karen Bryan is Co-Manager
• Karsten Pearce is Webmaster
• Treasurer, Membership Chair and Speaker Chair positions are still open.  Wendy will send an email out to the group to see if anyone would like to volunteer or  nominate someone for these positions. A poll will be posted on the Yahoo group.
  

Discussed new ways to get our group noticed by others

• BVAUG Yahoo Group
• BVAUG Twitter
• BVAUG Facebook Group (have to login with your Facebook Account)
• BVAUG MySpace
• BVAUG Livejournal
• BVAUG Flickr

Reviewed Bi-Laws

• We need to work on creating new Bi-Laws (our current Bi-Laws are very out of date)
  

New Speaker / Presentation Ideas

• Mark will speak about ActionScript
• Diann will speak about Photostory
• We all would like to see a presentation about the differences between Fireworks and Photoshop (Wendy will work on this)
• Wendy can talk about integrating Google Maps into your applications
• Jill had previously said she would speak about Moodle
• Wendy can talk about using Photoshop for website mockups
• A poll will be created on the Yahoo Group to see if anyone not in attendance has ideas for other topics
  

Adding Tips & Solutions on website

• Anyone in the Yahoo Group can send an email with information they would like to see on the website. 
  
• Posts to the website will only be made by group officers
  

1. http://www.gotoandlearn.com

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