Thanks, apparently, to the software the Adobe Groups site runs on, the scheduled events are not being propagated to the members.  I canceled the original meeting and have rescheduled for June 17th, 7-8 pm.  I have not locked down a site for this meeting yet but it will be a one-hour meeting at which I want to accomplish two things: conduct the semi-annual CS5 software raffle (it has to happen this month) and discuss where we are headed in the “post Shane” future.

If this is all news to you, please read my posts from May 25th either here or the Adobe groups site (cpfug.groups.adobe.com).

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As we discussed during our last meeting, we are holding a contest to win a copy of FlashEff Premium ($149 value). All you have to do is create a Flash banner that promotes CPFUG. Create as many as you wish. For each banner submitted, you will be entered into the drawing. We will then vote on the one that members will be able to place on their personal site or blog to help promote our group.

Get Started

Step one: Download and install the free version of FlashEff. Get acquainted by checking out the sample files and documentation or view the video tutorials.
Step Two: Download the banner templates and choose from the three different size which you’d like to use.
Step Three: Design and animate the banner using the FlashEff component.
Step Four: Submit the banner (including source files) to manager@cpfug.com.

The templates include the CPFUG and Adobe User Group logos. Please feel free to add any other elements or text that you feel will describe our group. Some examples of key words to use are community, learn, local, support, network, knowledge, sharing, etc.

Deadline will be January 31, 2009 at midnight. We will hold the raffle during our February meeting on 2/5/09.

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O’Reilly Media is conducting research about in-person, live workshops on
software and business topics, and we’d really like your opinion.  If you
live in the United States and work in the tech industry, please consider
taking our 19 question survey to help us understand what you look for in
a live training course, what motivates you, what you expect to get out
of a workshop, what topics you’d like to see, and so forth.

To participate, please go to:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=3bFGXzVnXige7WrPdJ0wAQ_3d_3d

To show thier appreciation, they’ll select 10 people at random to receive a
free book of your choice.  The drawing will happen on Friday, October
17, so you’ll need to complete the survey by that date to enter.  The
last question on the survey will ask for your e-mail, they’ll use that
only to contact the randomly selected winners, and your responses will
remain anonymous.

Good luck!

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