Benefits of Membership
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The Alaskan Apple Users Group is an all-volunteer, non-profit, educational organization. Fellow Macintosh enthusiasts glady share their knowledge and experience to help you learn and advance your computer skills.
We’d like to introduce you to some of the benefits of being a member of AAUG.
- Lending Library: Last year we invested over $3000 in our lending library, bringing it up to date with a rich array of self-paced CD/DVD on the Leopard Operating System, FileMaker Pro, Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite and Acrobat, Wacom Tablets, even one for “switchers” from windows, plus many more training discs for learning Macintosh software skills. All of this material is available to members to check out for a month at a time at no cost.
- Workshops and Special Interest Groups: We currently monthly workshop tracts, A Beginners Q&A. All workshops take place in the classrooms at the Alaska Small Business Ctr and attendance is free to all AAUG members, $10 for non-members.
- Membership Meetings: Held on the 1st Wednesday of every month at the Wilda Marston Theater in the Loussac Library, 36th & Denali, in Anchorage; they are filled with demonstrations of software and peripherals for Macs, a Question Answer period for you to bring your Mac-related questions and problems, and share the very latest Apple information. A new feature “Oh, So That’s How It Is Done” introduces us to various things we can do with our Macs and explores some of the features that came with our Macs.
- Wireless Internet at Meetings: Thanks to ClearWire we now have an Internet connection for our monthly meetings. We have more flexibility for our presentations with their generous donation of a wireless modem, and it also provides internet access for members who bring their laptops to the meeting.
- Reviews: All members can participate in our reviews program. You can even request a specific item and our Reviews Committee will try to get it for you–they have acquired new software, books, and hardware from vendors throughout the world. Interested? It is as simple as using the product, writing a review, submit it to be published on our website, and the item is yours to keep. We have review guidelines to help you make the process go smoothly!
- Auctions: Many of the vendors who furnish review items also give us a second copy to auction at our Membership Meetings. All members are able to bid on these products, often acquiring them at a fraction of their retail value.
- Website: AAUG’s award-winning website is a vital source of information for members. It is frequently updated with the latest news, reviews, calendar events and meeting information. We encourage member comments on the blogs.