From our UGU SF ’04 Results, schedule your own
calendar and compare it to the session leader’s draft.
Before our meeting we (1) brainstormed for topics, and (2) made
some decisions. At the meeting we (3) did some explaining, (4) voted
our hearts, (5) tallied the votes, and (6) checked the results.
Now after that meeting, we get to (7) schedule the results, (8) confirm
our current presenters, (9) invite some new ones, and (10) unveil
our calendar!
Scheduling the Results. Simply select and copy a
top topic and paste it in one of the text fields under the “Your Draft”
column next to one of the twelve months. Once done to your satisfaction,
click on each of the pop-up menus in the “Poss. Draft” column
to reveal just one of 479,001,600 combinations of twelve topics into twelve
slots.
Confirming Your Presenters. Topics w/ three asterisks
after them (***) have someone to present them. Now that you have
an idea as to when you want to try and schedule these topics, ask their
presenters if their topic’s month and exact day and time is good for
her/him, and if not, what other month might be better for her/him.
Inviting New Presenters. Topics w/o three asterisks
after them ( ) need someone to present them. For Filemaker and PDAs,
look into the Apple Consultants Network. For Scanner Night, look
in the Yellow Pages for Scanning Services. For AppleWorks, Google
for “AppleWorks Demo” and ask some of the businesses w/ training
on it. Etc.
Unveiling Your Calendar. Once you have your topics,
dates and presenters planned up to a year in advance, you’re ready
to unveil them at your next meeting — Congratulations! Members
*and* presenters are happy to know when their topics are happening, and
you are relieved of the stress of not knowing what’s happening next
month, etc.