June 13, 2020

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Register for Saturday, June 13, 2020, 10:00 AM - PMUG General Meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkdemopj4pHNLswcOlxO43-5b7gB3X6z_s 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Program: Frank Croft will show us how to improve our MacOS and iOS using iCloud. Presentation.

Mac Basics: John Carter talking about iCloud storage.

For this meeting, you will be required to upgrade the Zoom Client app on your device if you have not already done so. It is imperative to keep this app updated at all times.

If you need to also use a phone for audio in addition to using the computer for video, please read the attached RTF file that explains how to do this.

At this meeting, the general membership will be voting on the one nomination for Secretary, John Acquavella. John has been assisting Bobbie Pastor in her Secretarial duties. Bobbie is resigning as Secretary effective July 1 (may the Force be with her). Bobbie will remain as a board member for 2020-2021. The other board members have chosen to remain on for 2020-2021 in their current capacities: John Carter as President, Frank Croft as Vice President, Sharon Walsh as Treasurer. The Chairs of Committees (aka, Directors at Large) are Jim Romain - Ambassador, David Passell - at large, Mary Albertson - Public Relations, and Sondra Bradshaw - Refreshments. These Chairs of Committees have voting rights on the board.

If any PMUG member wishes to nominate themselves or another person for a position on the Board, please send the nomination and a brief bio to John Carter. The elected officers are President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. The Chairs of Committees are appointed by the elected officers.

Any PMUG member can be a member on a committee with the approval of the Board. (Slim chance of being turned down!)

Committees consist of:

  • Membership

  • Public Relations

  • Ambassador (specifically, an Apple Ambassador)

  • Refreshments

  • Newsletter/blog

  • Speakers

  • Special events (picnics, dinners, etc)

  • Webmaster

  • And whatever else you have a knack for.

We need all the help that we can get. Committee members are invited to board meetings (without voting rights); their attendance is not required.

The new Board will be installed on July 1, 2020. Their first board meeting will be July 6, 2020. It will be an online Zoom meeting at 1 PM.

The current Board held an adhoc meeting today (May 15) and discussed the future of PMUG at least for the remainder of 2020. It was decided that for the remainder of 2020, all PMUG meetings will be held online. Thereafter, in-person meetings will resume if the CDC approves of mass gatherings and Yavapai College allows our meetings to be held there. Once we return to in-person meetings, the only online meetings expected to be held will be in June and July when our meeting room at the college is not available on Saturdays. 

The question of holding a combined in-person and Zoom meeting was discussed. The Board decided that the mechanics of such a meeting was highly complex, requiring special equipment, and was thus discarded as a possibility.

The once a month Meet, Eat, and Talk Apple brunch meetings will continue to be online until we are again able to meet at a local restaurant.

The once a month Special Topics Special Interest Group meetings will also continue online, and probably forever if it continues to be worthwhile. This is because it is a crap shoot to get a reservation for a meeting room at the Prescott Public Library.

This invitation may be shared with anyone.

Please read the PMUG Bylaws online here: https://www.pmug.us/s/ByLaws.pdf 

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM via Zoom. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)

PMUG meets the 2nd Saturday morning at 10 AM. Meeting agenda consists of one or two presentations followed by a membership meeting (guests are welcome to attend). (Link to Meeting Minutes and Financial Report)