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*The Hervey Bay Mac Users Group is not affiliated to or associated with any commercial computer business.*
Welcome To The Hervey Bay Mac Users Group
The next meeting will be held on Thursday 1st April 2010 at 7pm at the Hervey Bay RSL Club Pialba.
Please feel free to complete our online survey if you are a visitor to our site or a prospective member. It is completely anonymous and no personal details will be recorded. If you wish to make any other comments please use the Contact Us Page
Go to: http://hbmug.com/survey/public/survey.php?name=mug3
The Hervey Bay Mac Users Group (HBMUG) was formed in May 2008. We meet on the first Thursday of each month in The Lakes Room at the Hervey Bay RSL Club, commencing at 7 pm. The Group was formed in an attempt to bring together Apple Mac users living in a Windows dominated world, and who often feel that it is difficult to get help.
We are a group of Mac users who want to help and learn from each other. Our experience ranges from newcomers to Mac, numerous switchers from Windows, right up to more advanced and very experienced users. We try to keep meetings simple. Many of our members are older people with limited computer knowledge. With our members’ combined knowledge, we can usually solve most user’s problems and queries. We now have a panel of Experts who can answer specialist questions.
We have no formal organisation or committees. Our membership is steadily growing and we are looking for more people to join us. We now have 80 members, nearly half of whom are female. So ladies should feel at home.
Most of us own relatively new Macs, iMacs and MacBooks and are running OSX (pronounced OS Ten) Snow leopard, Leopard, or Tiger. We have members with older venerable machines, some up to 10 years old and yet able to give very reliable service still running an older version of OSX.
Our meeting venue is centrally located with excellent car parking, audio- visual and general facilities. We are able to connect to the internet. We present two or three topics and demonstrations each meeting along with a Q & A session and then general discussion and social interaction. To see our proposed programme, please see the Schedule of Topics. Explore our website and you will find many interesting items to assist and inform you further. There is a contact page if you want further information.
If you currently use a Mac, are thinking of buying one, or are one of the many people wanting to, or who have recently switched from Windows, you are most welcome to join our group. There is no joining or annual fee, so why not come along and chat with other Mac users. We do have a small charge payable only when you attend a meeting to cover hire of our venue, and for tea and coffee. (details available when you contact us) Members (other than visitors to Hervey Bay) are requested to join the RSL in order to comply with their regulations. If you do not wish to, then you need to get another RSL member to sign you in please.
Any level of expertise is welcome, (Don’t feel worried if you are a beginner we have all been there at some time!) and if you are switching from Windows, you are especially welcome. More info here (Recent statistics showed that 37% of visitors to our website were current Windows users)
Our aim is to make everybody feel comfortable regardless of their experience.
Want to switch to a Mac? See our Resources Page
If you would like to join us, attend a meeting to see what we do, or simply want more information, please head to our contact page,
If you need help, tuition, or assistance in setting up a new Mac, give Ken a call on 0417 319 758 or send an email to kent@netspace.net.au
Logo by Jeremy Hoyle
HBMUG and website kindly sponsored by:
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