QMUG Presents at UGU

QMUG/LA was asked to present how we plan our meeting topics up to a year in advance at the User Group University right before Macworld Expo/San Francisco 2004.  That we’ve done this since July 1998 is actually quite unique and special of us in that many groups have difficulty knowing what they’ll be doing in the next few months, let alone up to a year away.  Here’s our session description: 

“Do you or your fellow officers often not know what your group is doing next month, the month after that, next year?  Do you suffer from low attendance because your presentations are not of interest to your members?  Do you struggle to find presenters, and always do so on short notice? 
 
Well, no more!  Get a grip on your situation and find out what topics are of most interest to your members, and from their feedback, plan your meeting topics up to a year in advance!  Get presenters more easily because you know what topics you want and when you want them! 
 
Find out from one of your peers, a fellow MUG officer, how he has helped his group do this for over six years now in ten easy steps.  Make life easier for yourself, your fellow officers, presenters and members.  Plan your meeting topics up to a year in advance!” 

For those who didn’t attend this presentation but are maybe listening to it via mugcenter.com, here you will find PDFs of the eight-page handout we’re referencing.  (The link to the MP3 below is courtesy of Chuck Joiner at the mugcenter.com.)  For those who did attend this presentation, here you can find out the results of this session’s voting and a possible calendar based on those results. 
 

“Plan Your Meeting Topics up to a Year in Advance” 
 
2-pg 10-steps  (html)  •  2-pg 10-steps, 24K  (pdf)  •  8-pg handout, 120K  (pdf)  •  ~34 mins, 7.8MB  (mp3) 
 
“UGU SF ’04 Results”  (html)  •  “UGU SF ’04 Possible Calendar”  (html) 

 

“Doan is a Co-Chair of QMUG/LA, the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Macintosh User’s Group for all of Los Angeles, the only active, Apple-recognized gay Macintosh user group in the world.  While having fun and helping people with QMUG/LA since June 1994, he has also helped plan its meeting topics up to a year in advance since July 1998.  Alongside QMUG/LA, Doan has had the pleasure of working for MacMall, the Apple Presales Center, Earthlink (as Mac tech support), and currently for a couple of non-profits.  Chotto Nihongo mo dekiru, demo takusan wasuremashita.  Zannen, nee.  Doan also enjoys a wide variety of music, especially that by Annie Lennox.”