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www.ausom.net.au AUSOM News April 2009 v 5
Pam Doughty, [e-mail]
Editorial
Cover Design
Many thanks to Gary Biram who supplied the
cover design and provided inspiration for this
Month’s AUSOM News.
Our thoughts are constantly with those who
have lost everything in recent fires and floods
within Australia. Offering all the assistance
and support to others makes us more aware of
importance of all ‘back-up plans’.
Just one small but important aspect of
‘computer back-up’ consideration is being
given to keeping photos and at least copies of
our legal documents in digital form. However,
just how useful is your back-up hard disk if
it too is part of the melted metal on a burnt
concrete slab?
See also the details of the Mac Donate Project
Plan on page 10.
Snippets from this Month’s News
Thank you to all who took the time to record
some of their discoveries this month. On
page 4 Roger leads the way showing that not
all our learning is computer related although
this rather lovely word applies to AUSOM’s
coordinators. Other have been busy adding
hardware to their computers and most have
been updating their systems. Apple has
provided us with many updates this month.
If you have difficulty keeping track of these
they can be obtained from AUSOM — order
AUSOM Update DVD from http://www.ausom.
net.au/store.
You never know what you will find in the
April edition of AUSOM News. Along with
‘protect your data’ comes the warning — ‘Do
not believe everything you read’.
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Brian Moore, [e-mail] and Brian Ferguson
Monthly Raffle
Many thanks
to NewWave
Systems for
supplying
the prize for
the raffle
this month.
See their
advertisement
on page 15.
Is this the one
you wanted?
Took me some
time to locate
it, Jason ...
err... Brian!
—Editor
Help add
human
interest
to AUSOM
News. Tell
me what you
do with or
enjoy most
about your
computer,
iPhone, iPod,
iTunes or
other Apple
product.
How did you all enjoy the new venue? It
seems that everybody found the site without
any great amount of trouble.
B2 even got to Chadstone from Hawthorn East
in approximately 10 to 15 minutes and had
the Raffle Corner set up and catching you all
as you came around the corner and off to the
Milling and Mixing area.
Brian was so well set-up that he had written
out the winning ticket for the Belkin Modem
Router — a big thank you to Stephen Withers
for obtaining this prize. It was won by Garry
Bartlett.
Even though B1 and B2 are located in the
left-hand corner as you enter from the lift,
please don’t ignore us. We are friendly,
approachable and we do smile and speak to
as many members as possible even though we
are so eager to relieve you of the golden small
change in your pocket or purse: remember the
“Golden Fleece”.
Thank you to the group of Ladies who gave
me great assistance in folding the tickets into
the bucket from which Ron Webster drew the
wining ticket. The ladies were Jan Chapman,
Diana Colley Yvonne Pratt, Barbara Addie and
others. Note, I do not have a Harem as one or
two members may think.
Remember, you are donating to a good cause
— AUSOM, and Brian and I are endeavouring
to raise enough money for us to fly off to
South America.
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