Mini-Expo VI. MX-VI is now history,
and attendees and participating vendors and looking forward to
MX-VII.
MX-VI, our sixth annual program, was
probably our best one. Borrowing a phrase provided by the APCUG
Region Advisor, “it ran like a fine tuned clock”, it started
promptly at 9:00am and the last grand prize was drawn and
presented at 5:00pm. But, the intervening activities are what
excited most attendees. Presentations by Joe Nowak on Google,
Smart Computing on their support programs, Epson’s on their
printer technology, Microsoft on their future table top computer
and a glimpse of Halo 3, and last but not the least, Corel on
their movie editing programs, captivated all attendees.
All attendees received a commemorative
T-shirt, and a copy of WordGenius Webster’s Unabridged, or
Collegiate Dictionary.
Of course the excitement of the day was
Dave Batterson winning the Toshiba laptop computer, and Bridget
Archer winning the Epson 1400 printer, our two grand prizes.
A sincere thanks to those who helped make
this the best MX yet:
David
Leeseberg – Registration Manager
Tim
Kekeis – Corridor/Auditorium Security Manager
Frank
Bartusek – Corridor Security
Tom
Soltis – Program Booklet/Photographer
Mike
Sawadsky – Photographer
Jeremie
Hutson – Reporter
Beata
Kernan – Internal Publicity
Traci
Dennard – Mistress of Ceremony
Stan
Hungness – Program Welcome
Jane
Smith – Support
Alfred
Sherman – Support
Charles
Berkley – Support
Ron
McAndrews – Support
John
Palaggi – Support
Elwood
Chevalier – Support
Larry
Tetzloff – Support
Dave
Batterson – Support
Ruth
Ohlsen – Support
Farrell
Eaves – Support
And a sincere thanks to the Vendors who
sponsored booths and presentations, Epson, Microsoft, Smart
Computing and Corel; and those sponsoring booths only, Costco,
Sling Media and TurtolCMS; and those sponsoring door prizes:
PeachPit Press, Pearson Education, Data Drive Thru, Marken
Communications, Acoustica Software, Tech Smith, O’Reilly
Distributors, D-Link, OtterBox, Sunbelt Software, Laplink,
Dazzling Photography, Got Story Books, Eurofield Information
Solutions, Blue Squirrell, Alpha Software, User Group Relations,
No Starch Press, Diskeeper, and Micro Center. Please visit our
web site, www.ccs.org, to find out more about these vendors,
visit their sites, and investigate their products. Many of them
offer discounts to User Groups.
