User Group Leadership Conference

	Gary Adcock Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group When not jumping out of airplanes, scuba diving with sharks, hanging out with rock bands or blowing glass, Gary Adcock is alive and well in the digital world. Gary, a Chicago-based digital artist and technology trainer, began his career as a commercial photographer. His artistic eye led him to a stint as a interactive designer, then a director and editor. The world of computer technology had him hooked early on and ever since, he has been paving the way and breaking the bounds of creative artistry. The numerous awards next to the keypunch cards on his shelf attest to his teamwork, leadership, and perseverance. Now, Gary spends his time creating digital magic in print and on screen for clients such as Adobe, Apple, CNN, Leo Burnett, NASA, NBA Entertainment, Pepsi, Sony, Sears, Taco Bell and Target. Gary is the founder and President of the Chicago Final Cut Pro User Group, a founding member of the FCPUG Network, and regional UG liaison for all Final Cut Pro user groups.
	Maria Arguello Main Line Macintosh Users Group I was born in Granada, Nicaragua, a small country in Central America devastated by a cruel dictatorship under Somoza. I first came to the United States when I was three years old. I lived in a hospital while undergoing treatment for the effects of polio. I have a photograph taken at that time of me posing with John Garfield and Jinx Faulkenburg to become the Easter Seal Poster Child that year. When my parents came to take me back to Nicaragua, two years had passed and I had forgotten how to speak Spanish. My parents didn't know English so it was difficult to understand one another. I was a happy kid in Nicaragua, playing with my younger sisters and going to school. We were three siblings for a long time, Melanie, Lourdes and myself. Milagros came 10 years later. She is a beautiful person whom I love very much. I am very close to her and her daughter, my favorite niece, Alejandra. Dolores my youngest sister lives in Guatemala with her husband Garrett and her three children, Michelle, Margie, and Garrett, Jr. My brother Octavio lives in Managua, Nicaragua. I left Nicaragua to go to a private high school in the United States in 1957. After graduation, I entered a religious Spanish order known as The Teresian Sisters. I graduated from Loyola University of New Orleans in 1966. I left the convent that year. I got my Masters Degree from West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania. I taught high school science in many states like Louisiana, Texas, Nicaragua, and Pennsylvania. I became the Science Department Head at Bartram High School in 1981 in Philadelphia and later transferred to Lincoln High School from where I retired in 1997. My love affair with the Macintosh computer began in 1984 and it's still going strong. I am a breast cancer survivor and very grateful to celebrate life every day.
	Roy Atkinson Downeast Mac OS Users Group Roy was one of the first members of the Down East Mac Users Group in Ellsworth, Maine. He has held a variety of positions for the group, primarily as Apple Ambassador. From the original eight attendees in 1997, DEMUG has grown to nearly 100 members, and boasts email list members from as far away as Australia. Roy has attended several User Group University days, and is the new Apple Regional Liaison for the northeast U.S. Roy studied philosophy and English literature at Iona College and the State University of New York, but pursued a career in the music industry. He is a member of the Music Machine Magazine Hall of Fame. Roy took to the Macintosh platform right away and has been an advocate ever since. Roy is now Senior Consultant at Reliable Computers & Consulting, an Apple Specialist, as well as a Certified Member of the Apple Consultants Network.
	Robert Bailey Northern Indiana Apple User Group
	Xochitl Barnes Macintosh Association of Central New Jersey
	P.A.M. Borys MacWoburn User Group The principal consultant of Step by Step Training in Woburn, MA and an Apple Solution Expert, P.A.M. is also Founding Director of the MacWoburn User Group. She distributes recycled Macs to neighboring communities and South Africa with the Computers for Africa program. P.A.M. also contributed the AppleWorks chapter to Ilene Hoffman's iMacs Fast and Easy and has co-authored several books with Barrie Sosinsky on America Online, ClarisWorks, Windows95, Office97, and a beginner's guide to Lotus 1-2-3. P.A.M. enjoys riding and training her quarter horse, Bard, and spending time with her son and daughter, and husband who are all Mac enthusiasts.
	Daniel Choy Boyar Sigma Phi Epsilon Macintosh Users Group
	John Buckley Greater Albany Apple Byters
	Hal Cauthen Washington Apple Pi A long time member of Washington Apple Pi, Hal Cauthen now serves as the Vice President for Programs. With an interest in most things Mac, he particularly enjoys creating videos using Apple's iMovie and Final Cut Express, and is also founder and leader of WAP's iMovie SIG. Now retired - from the Navy, as an O-6; from industry, as VP Business Development, he is also a Producer at his local public access TV station, Fairfax Public Access Corporation, in Fairfax, Va.
	Jacob Cebula Rochester Institute of Technology Macintosh User Group (MacRIT) Jake served for two years as Secretary of MacRIT, the Macintosh User Group on the campus of Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY. He has been using Apple hardware since grade school, his first Mac at home being the infamous Macintosh TV. This twist of fate led to his current and ongoing obsession of Apple hardware collecting. Jake is currently a student at RIT, majoring in Applied Networking and System Administration. When at school, he works for RIT's Information and Technology Services desktop support team. He often volunteers to help the local public school district with their technology when at home in Asheboro, NC.
	Moe Comeau Main Line Mac User Group Moe joined MLMUG in Philadelphia's western suburbs, having been an avid Commodore 64 user, but he won a Macintosh SE, GE's grand prize in a United Way campaign. He served as its Vice President for about eight years, before assuming the presidency. He has also been the MLMUG webmaster since September 2000. He avidly attends all East Coast Macworld Expos (or whatever they are called) as well as all Trenton Computer Festivals. Moe is an Electrical Engineer with Lockheed Martin, formerly GE Aerospace, in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Though forced to use a IBM-brand Wintel box at work, he delights in Mac evangelism at every opportunity. His presidential term ends December 2003."
	Douglas Cox Fresno Macintosh Users Group Doug plays Mac guy to hundreds of people in Fresno CA. He is President of Fresno Mac Users Group, CompUSA "Genius", and owner of Yourmacguy.com. He joined the club right after getting his beige G3 233 (woohoo), and was VP within a month! He has been a Mac user for 10 years (he was very young). He is also an Apple Product Professional and Apple Solution Expert. In his spare time he's a photographer and caterer.
	Richard Crispin Waterloo Region Macintosh Users’ Group Richard is a founding member (1986) of the Waterloo Region Macintosh User's Group (WatRMUG) and was president for 14 of the intervening years. He is currently Past-President of WatRMUG. He was also a founding member of the Consortium of Canadian User Groups, a loose federation of Ontario MUGS. He served as president for 4 years and now serves as a director. His involvement with WatRMUG led to him being registered for several User Group Breakfasts at the Boston MacWorlds. Being a workaholic he volunteered to help. This led him to get to know many great user group people and subsequently to be a member of the User Group Advisory Council and the User Group Advisory Board. The failure to add 2 hours to each day and increased requirements of family life, a new job and work with his local neighbourhood association resulted in Richard reducing his user group activities. He still helps when he can and likes to talk your ear off.
	Herb Dang Clean Water Macintosh Users Group
	Jonathan Duke Boston Macintosh
	Dan East The Mid-Atlantic Macintosh User Group Team Daniel East is the founder and president of The Mid-Atlantic Macintosh User Groups Team (MaMUGs), a panelist on WPEN radio's "PC Talk - Mac Edition" and a freelance columnist for several Mac news publications. After being introduced to an Apple I via a pilot program in junior high school, East has owned nearly every model of Apple computer since. East has presented at MacWorld Expo, User Group University and various leadership conferences and continues to be involved in the ever-growing user group community. East has served as Regional Director for The AACUG, Director of Bux-Mont MUG and "ListMom" for 1AppleFreeTech and now focuses on his MaMUGs activities, vendor relations and, of course, his own business in music publicity and marketing where, of course, everything is entirely "Mac-based."
	Cameron Fadjo Macintosh User Group @ Berklee College of Music
	Pat Fauquet Washington Apple Pi Pat Fauquet is serving in her second term as President of the Washington Apple Pi Macintosh User Group in the Washington DC metro area. She also serves as their Tutorial Coordinator. When not at the Pi, she does Macintosh consulting and training for small companies, individuals and schools. She specializes in working with senior citizens and helping people move to OS X in addition to her work in digital photography and video. Her license plate reads Mac Mom 5. The five represents her five children, and these days, the number of grandchildren she loves to talk about, not the number of older Macs in the back of her car on the way to the Pi Reclamation Project.
	Mayer Fistal New Jersey Macintosh Users Group Mayer bought his first Mac system (IICI, Portrait Monitor and Personal LaserWriter NT, which is still his printer) after three of his EDS compatriots received the original PowerBook at their 1990 Advanced System Engineering Course and said buy the MAC for ease of use. Mayer has been a member for 10 years and served as President and Chief Doer of Things for about the last 5 years. He also serves as Chief Investigator of the New Jersey User Group Coalition which consists of the seven New Jersey user groups. This year he is VP/Ambassador of NJMUG and continues to handle publicity as he does for several other organizations. Prior to his so called retirement, Mayer's most notable experiences included working for Western Union as well as companies or projects highlighted in The History of the Internet including UNIVAC, BBN (builder of the ARPAnet, forerunner of the Internet) and the LEM (Lunar Excursion Module).
	Sandy Foderick VMUG Sandy is a founding officer and current president of AOL's original user group, board member at the User Group Network and former Chancellor of AOL's User Group Learning Center. She has met and worked with user groups across the United States and is president of Virtual Mac and speaker chair for Mini'App'Les' main meetings. When not busy with user groups, Sandy is an adjunct Professor of Philosophy and a mom of four.
	Deborah Foss Connecticut Macintosh Connection Deborah was Connecticut Macintosh Connection's Disk Librarian for many years. Last year her position was changed to Download of the Month, with a link to the software from the group's website. Her educational background includes degrees in Marriage and Family Therapy and Immunology. She is currently a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Immunology at the University of Connecticut Health Center. She got interested in Macs in 1994, when her boss got a grant with money for computers and printers, and put her in charge of their purchase, since she had a Mac SE (1mg ram, 20 mg hard drive) on her desk. She now has a Quicksilver and a titanium PowerBook on the same desk. Debi and her husband Dan recently received a visit from the stork in the person of their new foster son Phillip, who is 13 years old and 5'6" tall. Debi requested a cesarian due to the baby's size. Her husband Dan is a CNSE and a Novell Network Engineer, therefore a member of the darkside,but she is attempting to convert him. Phillip has already been given a desktop Mac and a PowerBook, and attended his first CMC meeting in June, so he is well on the path to becoming a Mac addict also.
	Sarah Friedlander Rochester Institute of Technology Macintosh User Group (MacRIT) Sarah is a sophmore at Rochester Institute of Technology majoring in New Media Publishing. Previous involvement in User Groups prior to college includes membership in the Long Island PDA/Handheld Users Group, the Long Island Mac Users Group and the New York City Final Cut Pro Users Group. This year she has served her first term as MacRIT's Vice President and will venture into her second term next school year. When not sitting at her computer, Sarah enjoys photography, watching sunsets and eating sushi.
	William George North Jersey Mac Apple User Group Bill is currently the Secretary of his group, and has held positions as President, Program Director, and the BBS administrator. One of the many highlights of his User Group career was his time on the UG forum on AOL. He was known as "UGF BILL" and did much enjoyable work for the UG community. Bill started using Apple computers in college in 1982, where he wrote a basic program to calculate the withholding tax from a paycheck on an APPLE IIE, and he was was hooked. So hooked, in fact, that he changed his major to Information Systems... He is now the Circulation Information Systems for the Record (Hackensack,, NJ ) Newspaper. Everything he learned was from Apple Computers. User Groups were a large part of this knowledge. Over they years he has owned an Apple IIC, IIGS, Mac Classic, Mac TV, Performa 6200 and his current Apple Beige G3.
	Gene B. Haddon Washington Apple Pi Gene is a member of The Washington Apple Pi User Group. She started using an Apple IIe in the late 1980s because it looked as if it would be fun. She now uses a flat screen imac running Jaguar. She had been a member of Washington Apple Pi for more than ten years and has received much help from them. She has just been elected to the Board of Directors. She attends the retired sig and the Graphics sig and our new i-movie sig. The user group runs a bus trip to New York for the MacWorld Expo every year and she was on the first trip, loving every minute of it. Her main interests on the Mac are photographs and music, and of course e-mail. Gene started out in the biological sciences and is now retired now after a long career in real estate. Her hobbies are grandchildren, ballroom dancing, and her Mac.
	Doug Hanley Las Vegas Macintosh User Group Doug is the founding president VMUG, The Las Vegas Macintosh Users Group, in 1993, it has now grown to over 200 members. He is also the current president. Before that he was the disk librarian and BBS Sysop for SBMUG in Santa Barbara. Doug is a full time computer consultant with MacTEK. He is member of Apple Solutions Expert group of Consultants and Trainers. MacTEK has a variety of clients ranging from Ad Agencies, government agencies, small businesses, and home users.
	Lorca Hanns BMUG West
	Mable Hedger GravenStein Apple User Group
	Agnes D. Idyk North Jersey Mac Apple User Group Agnes Drake Idyk is Editor of both "The MAUGER," newsletter of the North Jersey Mac Apple User Group, Inc. (NJMAUG) in West Orange, New Jersey and the "MacLedger," online newsletter of the New Jersey Macintosh User Group, Inc. (NJMUG) in Clifton, New Jersey. She purchased her first Mac in the late 1980's, and has been an ardent supporter ever since.
	Milo Ingalls MacJake - Professional Fire Fighters of Massachuetts User Group
	Peggy Ireland Association of Personal Computer User Groups
	Chuck Joiner Hershey Apple Core Chuck is involved in a wide variety of MUG activities. He has been President of his group, The Hershey Apple Core, since 1992, serves as Chairman of the Apple User Group Advisory Board, is the host of "The User Group Report" audio series, and Editor-In-Chief of The MUG Center. With a background in accounting and two professional insurance designations, Chuck is Vice President of Claims and Operations for The Insurance Alliance of Central PA.
	Nico Juber Tufts Macintosh Users Group
	Alice Larson MacWaves Alice Larson is the iPresident of MacWaves MUG - Jersey Shore Mac User Group. She has been the leader for nigh on 3 years now. Her credentials include long term use of Macs -- she managed to play with Macs in 1985 while working in one of the first High Definition Television labs in the US. She has used Macs ever since. Little did she know that her background in UNIX would eventually become useful in her work with Macs -- yea to Mac OS X! Early on she worked on a project that involved monitoring computer network traffic so that usage could be charged by the "bit". Fortunately for us, the project did not pan out -- it was bleeding edge technology. The web, as it exists today, really did not exist way back in 1985 -- think of having to pay by the bit! Meanwhile, she earned a M.S. in Electric Engineering. Currently, she also volunteers in a TV production facility, where she helps members of a Senior Learning center as they shoot, direct, and edit various community productions. Her varied interests include web research for interesting questions that arise from the Mac user group community and exploring the local flora and fauna with her husband. Live, learn, grow, enjoy...
	Jim Little Washington Apple Pi
	Nancy Little Washington Apple Pi
	Donna Mann National Gallery of Art Mac Users Group Donna Mann is Senior Publications Manager in the Department of Education Publications at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. A specialist in American Art, Donna has initiated numerous imaging and interactive media projects that have helped redefine and broaden the scope of the museum's educational publications. After serving as a scholar-in-residence at Apple Computer's Human Interface Group, she helped found and has served as vice president of ARTmug, the Gallery's Macintosh user group, and she is currently a member of the NGA's Technology Assessment Group. In addition to writing and producing numerous educational programs on the permanent collection and special exhibitions, she has recently overseen the reinstallation of the Micro Gallery, created in-depth web studies on artists as diverse as Rothko, Copley, Pollock, Remington, Ruscha, and Vermeer, and designed and produced NGAkids, the Gallery's popular web site for children. (http://www.nga.gov/kids/)
	Ben Margolius Southern Tier Apple Club Ben purchased his first Macintosh computer in February 1984 while living in The Netherlands. He quickly realized the extraordinary potential of the Macintosh interface (previously, he had been using an Apple II), and over the years, he has continued to upgrade as new hardware and operating systems have been released. A career soldier, he has traveled all over the world spreading the Macintosh word and sharing his Mac expertise. Since retirement from the Army, he has continued his career as a senior Program Manager with Lockheed Martin in Owego, New York. Ben has been active in many different user groups, including Wiesbaden (Germany), O'Fallon (Illinois) where he was President for two years, and now Vestal (New York), where he has been Vice President and then President for five of the last seven years of MacSTAC (The Macintosh Southern Tier Apple Club). The MUG, under Ben's leadership prides itself in providing a place for questions and answers and hands-on demonstrations in a friendly environment for a diverse user set. While equally proficient in Mac OS and Windows, Ben has taught classes on various aspects of the Mac OS, along with basic ("Green Apples") instruction for new Mac users. This is Ben's fourth year at Macworld Expo New York.
	Susan Margolius Southern Tier Apple Club Sue was born and raised in Virginia. She attended State University of New York at Buffalo and graduated from Maryland Institute, College of Art with a major in painting and printmaking. In addition to raising two sons, she followed her Army husband all over the world for 28 years, and she still had time to obtain teacher certification in Sogetsu Japanese Flower arranging in Japan, and receive private instruction in pastel portraiture in The Hague, Netherlands. She purchased her first Macintosh computer in February 1984, little realizing what an enthusiast she would become. Immediately, she put her checkbook on Quicken, while exploring the technology that would enable her to execute paintings on the Mac. Starting with the original MacPaint and finally going to Corel Painter, she had developed her style, which she calls Digital Mixed Media. By using her own digital photography, scanned watercolor and pastel creations, and integrating Painter-applied digital infusions, she has produced a unique art form which is on exhibit in several local galleries and shops. Sue owes a lot of her confidence and expertise to her participation in her local Macintosh Users Group (MacSTAC). That, coupled with her family’s support and critique and her attendance at Macworld Expo New York (this is her fourth year), have all served to embellish and grow her overall Macintosh experience. Within MacSTAC, she has been the Membership Chairperson for the past four years. Prior to moving to New York State, she was a MUG member at clubs in O'Fallon, Illinois and Wiesbaden, Germany.
	Rick Matteson Long Island Macintosh Users Group Rick joined LIMac in 1984 shortly after purchasing his first Macintosh, an original 128k. Five Macs and one Mac clone later, he now works on a 17" iMac and a Pismo PowerBook. Rick has served on the board of directors of LIMac for many years in a variety of capacities. He is currently the Program Coordinator. Rick retired from teaching in 1999 after a 31 year career as an industrial arts and computer teacher in high school and middle school. In addition to his activities with LIMac, he spends his time hiking on Long Island’s Greenbelt trails, biking Long Island’s less-trafficked roads, working in his basement woodshop, consulting with teachers and beginning computer users and searching for the best ethnic food restaurants on Long Island.
	Bubbette Mcleod Lower East Side Mac Unix Users Group
	Linda McNeil Philadelphia Area Computer Society Linda McNeil is the vice president and program chair of the Macintosh SIG of the Philadelphia Area Computer Society. She has been involved with Apples since the IIe era right through to the ibook. Linda McNeil has always worked with books and media, as a library media specialist. Currently she is teaching for the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Innovative assessment tools for teachers along with Children's and Young Adult Literature on the Internet. She is a professional artist, known for her Chester County landscapes, hand colored etchings, and serigraphs. Linda is also chairman of the Tri-State Young Adult Review Committee. This is an organization comprised of professional librarians from Southeast PA, NJ, DE. Their main thrust is to review materials available to schools and educational institutions. In summary, Linda is an artist, who found a medium she prefers, working with books & computers. She finds them exciting, challenging, and gratifying as they combine the various facets of her life.
	Dave Marra Apple Senior Systems Engineer As a Senior Systems Engineer for Apple Computer, Dave Marra has conducted over 500 technology presentations, keynote addresses and workshops for businesses, schools, computer user groups and other professional organizations across the United States and Canada. His specialty areas include digital multimedia, internet technologies and cross-platform integration. For more information about Dave, please visit his personal web site at www.marrathon.com.
	William T. Medlow Long Island Macintosh Users Group Bill is the President of LIMac and also serves as Chairman of the MultiMedia SIG. He is very proud of what the group has accomplished in view of the fact that LIMac, a 300+ member group, is a not-for-profit, all volunteer organization that has educated Macintosh users on Long Island for the past seventeen years. Bill lives on Long Island with his wife and two children, one in college and one in law school, He takes advantage of Long Island's great opportunities for golf, fly fishing, sailing and is a member of the Kiwanis, where he serves as Golf Chairman. His totally electronic architectural office specializes in Visualization and Photo renderings, and includes his personal Mac running OS X and ArchCad, a carbonized CAD program.
	Cathleen Merritt Appleworks User Group Ms. Merritt, who manages AWUG's daily operations, has published more than 350 articles in educational technology magazines and newsletters. She holds Masters degrees in Education and Educational Technology.
	Joan Newman SouthWest Apple Computer Knowlege Society Joan has been using Mac's since the last century (1985). She originally belonged to the Westchester, NY Mug but now is a member of SWACKS (SouthWest Apple Computer Knowlege Society). She is a freelance graphic designer with an extensive resume.
	James Oszucik North Jersey Apple User Group
	Mary Helen Oszucik North Jersey Apple User Group
	Nancy Pennington Washington Apple Pi
	Merry Perry Maryland Apple Corps Merry has been involved with the 25 year old Maryland Apple Corps since Jan. of 1983, when she got her first Apple, a II+, most of the time as Treasurer (current position). She was quite involved with the recent MD25MD celebration with Steve Wozniak as the keynote speaker. She attended Applefests regularly, including as a speaker while a Contributing Editor for the Apple IIGS Buyer's Guide. In addition to some other jobs, she was in computer sales for 11 years . She has been a volunteer at the users group breakfasts at Macworld for several years, a MarketSource demonstrator, and an Apple guide. Merry attended Wilson College and is presently working part-time as an administrative secretary at the Institute for Policy Studies at Johns Hopkins University. She has a terrific husband, three children, a son-in-law, and a granddaughter.
	Paula Petrik George Mason University Macintosh User Group Paula Petrik is the new faculty advisor to the George Mason University Mac User Group (GMU MUG). A long-time Mac user, her job will be to revitalize the user group on campus and sustain the Mac presence. She is currently Professor of History in the Department of History & Art History where she teaches traditional history courses (19th-century US) and new media courses in the department's new doctoral program. She is also Associate Director, Center for History & New Media, at George Mason. In that capacity, she does information architecture and web design.
	Craig E. Polixa North Jersey Mac Apple User Group Craig has held the positions of Review Chairman, Vice President and President since joining his group about 3 years ago. " I hope to learn and utilize as much as I can to further move the user group in the future." Craig started out selling Apples at a local Comp USA for about 2 years. He became a Apple Certified Tech at the same store for another 2 years, then opened "The MacGuy" as a side business. Operations in that business include troubleshooting and diagnose and repair of problems, consulting and training, installing and upgrades of peoples' machines in their homes or places of work. He is an Apple Power Rep in local retail stores where he trains the sales force on how to position and sell Apple products and technologies, upkeep of demo machines, and monitor stock flow through the store.
	Brad Price Bux-Mont Macintosh User Group Brad Price is the newly elected Program Director for The Bucks & Montgomery Counties Macintosh Users Group, Senior Computing Consultant for Lehigh University and a Macintosh Consultant. He holds a bachelors degree in Computer Science and an MBA from Lehigh. Price has been involved with Apple products and services since 1991 when he managed Macintosh sales at the Lehigh University Computer Store. While he has held several Information Technology positions supporting multiple platforms, the Mac has remained his system of choice. Price has been a member of Bux-Mont MUG since 1999.
	Deena Quilty Connecticut Macintosh Connection Deena Quilty is a consultant specializing in marketing communications for business. She produces and manages media of all types including promotional and technical literature, newsletters, catalogs, books, magazines, advertisements and Web sites. Deena also produces and delivers workshops, seminars, and training on various topics. Formerly a marketing manager with GE, she has been a Mac user since 1985, when a forward-thinking co-worker introduced one to the department. She is President of the Central Connecticut Women’s Forum, a women's business networking group, and a former member of Toastmasters International. Deena is immediate Past President of Connecticut Macintosh Connection (CMC) of Hartford, Connecticut, a user group with over 100 members. For CMC members and guests, she initiated the first annual bus trip to Macworld Expo for 2001. She is also a member of HUGE (Hartford User Group Exchange), another area user group.
	Larry Rauch St. Augistine Macintosh Users Group
	Max Rechtman Long Island Macintosh User Group In 1984 while browsing in a computer store, Max saw the original 128K Mac. He loved it and bought it. Back in 1984 Max owned every piece of Mac software that was available: MacWrite and MacPaint. Later that year, several friends and Max formed a User Group that today is known as LIMac, The Long Island Macintosh Users Group. LIMac is now the largest Mac group on Long Island. Max is currently the Treasurer and User Group Ambassador for LIMac. Prior to retirement he was a teacher of biology for the New York City Public School System. As an educator, he found the Mac to be a invaluable tool, and can1t imagine how there was ever a time that he got by without a computer.
	Brian Redman Lower East Side Mac Unix Users Group Brian, a long-time Unix hacker formed LESMUUG in August 2003 to cater to the special needs of Unix dev/admin types now running Mac OS X. LESMUUG has about 40 members who telepathically coordinate their schedules so no more than nine of them show up in Brian's basement at any one time.They also use their silent communication skills to minimize the likelihood of the same people showing up at the same gathering more than once. Every month it's like a brand new organization, introductions and all.
	Carmela Robertson Carmela Zamora (CZ) Robertson has been working with Apple user groups since 1989. She worked in Apple's User Group Department for four years and continued to work with user groups when Apple spun out the department as an outside entity, User Group Connection. In 1997 she became an independent meeting professional working with various corporations and non-profit groups within Silicon Valley, which still gave her the opportunity to work with user groups. She currently launched a new company with a couple of ex-Apple cohorts producing instructional children's videos. The company is called All By Myself, Inc. They introduced their first video "Getting Dressed" in May 2002, editing it all by themselves using Apple technology (iMovie and a Titanium G4).
	Joanne Schachter Lincolnwood Apple Users Group
	Dan Schumacher William & Mary Macintosh Users Group Dan is currently a junior at the College of William and Mary in Virginia. While he goes to school in Virginia, he has spent most of his life in Miller Place, NY. In the winter of 2002, he co-founded the William and Mary Macintosh User Group with Charlene Smith. He served as CEO for its inaugural year and currently serves as its Chief Evangelist. At school he is an English major and hopes to work in the magazine industry (although he enjoys almost every aspect of publishing and will not be terribly picky when it comes to actually finding a job). Along with WaMMUG he is the Managing Editor of the College's student newspaper, The Flat Hat, and an avid ballroom dancer.
	Joan Seedorff North Jersey Mac Apple User Group
	John Seedorff North Jersey Mac Apple User Group
	Enrique Silberg Young and Rubicam Users Group
	Peter Smith Macwoburn
	Lesa Snider Cowtown Macintosh User Group Over the years, Lesa has volunteered at various Macworlds, and is currently President of the Cowtown Mac User Group in Ft. Worth. She created and maintains the group’s award-winning community web site. Professionally, Lesa travels the nation as a certified Palm OS/eKey trainer for Supra, and is a veteran member of the Adobe Photoshop seminar team. Lesa also writes for MacDesign magazine and is technical editor of the new Peachpit Press book, "Mac OS X Conversion Kit" by Scott Kelby. Armed with a degree in multimedia and a passion for teaching, she runs two home- (road, rather!) based businesses: Flying Fingers and Mac-Wiz.
	Paul Soltero North Jersey Mac Apple User Group
	John Squires Flint Apple Club J. Dennis Squires is the secretary of the Flint Apple Club, a user group comprised of about 50 members ranging from professionals to blue collar workers, to the retired. He has been their secretary for the last 5 years. This MacWorld will be his 3rd expo that he has attended. Dennis is excited about attending this year's MacWorld and the User Group Leadership Conference. He hopes to learn new ideas and techniques on how to increase his user group's enrollment and enthusiasm for Apple products. Dennis is an instructional technologist for a small public school in Michigan. He role is to help integrate technology into his K-12 staff and students' curriculum. Unfortunately, his district doesn't have very many Mac computers. He is trying to change this by instructing staff and students how to do digital video editing with miniDV cameras, iMacs, and iMovie 3. He is in his 28th year of teaching, starting in another nearby district with Apple IIe computers to deliver curriculum.
	Bill St. John Rensselaer Mac Users Group
	Jerry Sulli Chappaqua Teachers Mac Users Group
	Elizabeth Tonis South Shore Macintosh Users Group Liz has been active in the SSMUG on Long Island since 1998. She has worked as an Apple Demo Days rep and has been involved from the onset as the "Beta Reader" for preeminent Macintosh author David Pogue on his successful Pogue Press "Missing Manual" series, which includes such titles as "Mac OS X," "iPhoto," "iMovie," "Office" and "Dreamweaver." Currently working in public relations, Liz is also a freelance journalist and photographer. The first to admit she is a Mac addict, this year marks her sixth (!) New York MacWorld Expo, and she coincidentally (?) recently acquired her sixth Mac--a flat-screen iMac to go with the matching iBook!
	Elsa Travisano MUG ONE Elsa has been a guiding force for MUG ONE (Macintosh User Group of Oneonta, New York) for 18 years. She is currently group president and webmaster, and edits MUG ONE's award-winning newsletter, Newsbreak. She serves on the Apple User Group Advisory Board and edits the Apple User Group Bulletin. A “Mac of all trades," Elsa is a Macintosh consultant and member of the Apple Consultants Network.
	Roger Van Ghent St. Augustine Mac User Group
	Mario Vasella Rheintaler Macintosh User Group Mario lives in Switzerland. He joined the REMUG three years ago and is now the editor of REMUG News. His first Mac was a Macintosh Classic and now he has a PowerMac G4 with Superdrive for video editing and burning DVD's. He works as a software engineer and there he has to use a PC :-(
	Walter Vennell Macintosh User Group of Southern New Jersey Macintosh User Group of Southern New Jersey (MUGSNJ ) VP and Exec. board member also has served as Program Chair, Pubic Relations chair. Has been a active member of the MUGSNJ since the late 80"s Also member of the South Jersey Apple User Group ( SJAUG ) and the PC Users Group of South Jersey ( PCUGSJ ) Has been using Apple Computer since the Apple II E.Served in the United States Navy for 6 years as a Electronics Technician during the Vienman War.Walt is a Instrument Technician at the Paulsboro refinery of Valero Oil Company. Paulsboro Refinery products gasoline , lube oil, home heating fuel just to name a few. He works on operating systems that control the process units that make these products. VP of the Vennell Tavern Committee, restoring a 1792 home later turned into a tavern Belong to the Gloucester Count, Camden County and Salem County Historical Societies also New Jersey State Historical Society and the Genealogical Society of New Jersey Walt is constantly working on his own family genealogy and has family dated backed to 1658. \|
	Benjamin Waldie Philadelphia Area AppleScript Users' Group Benjamin S. Waldie is the president and founder of Automated Workflows, LLC, a firm specializing in AppleScript and workflow automation consulting and development. Benjamin has been an evangelist of AppleScript and a developer of professional AppleScript-based solutions for businesses and individuals across the globe for many years. Some of the companies that Benjamin has provided automation to in the past include TV Guide Magazine, Adobe Systems, and The Associated Press. Over the years, Benjamin has been featured as a presenter at various seminars and events, including MacWorld Expo and Seybold Seminars. He has also been hired to teach custom AppleScript training classes, and was the author of an introductory AppleScript training CD for The Virtual Training company. Benjamin is the president and founder of The Philadelphia Area AppleScript User's Group, and is currently a contributing editor on the MacScripter.net web site.
	Ginny Williams MIT Macintosh Partners
	Jan Williams Princeton Macintosh Users Group Jan, iEditor of PMUG's DIALOG, has served as its President and coordinator of various social & outreach community efforts, including RollOuts, AppleStore openings and 3rd time PMUG booth at MWX. Her first Mac was a IIfx in 1991, when thrown into the deep end managing a 24-node network on System 7. A convert more from DOS, dBase III+, Clipper and 15 years of COBOL, she was glad she didn't have to code her own apps anymore. A sign on her desk 'I'm really a scientist but I have to work with computers to be taken seriously' bespeaks of her background in biochemistry, medical school, mental health physiology, immunological research. She's just finished a book (on her 14" iBook) for Children's Health Environmental Coalition called HOUSEHOLD DETECTIVE, illuminating the toxic risks children face (primarily) at home and educating parents with alternatives on both simpler process and product choice, and imperatives for social action and policy change. "I have been able to pursue so many more avenues of interest because of my Macs, from genealogical research I wouldn't have begun to pursue, improving my Welsh, to creating fun signs and labels for everything. My dog, Gruffydd, competes with the iBook for being my favourite laptop "Woof.
	Warren Williams AppleWorks User Group Warren is the President of the AppleWorks Users Group, the largest user group in the world, and is a member of Apple's User Group Advisory Board. Professionally, Warren is a Professor Emeritus of Educational Technology at Eastern Michigan University. Dr. Williams has written more than 500 articles published in psychological journals and technology magazines and newsletters.
	Bob Wood Double Click Currently serving as president, Bob has held most of the Director and Officer positions during the last decade. He also serves the membership with presentations and reviews along with phone support and email help duties. Bob attempts to balance this with his day job as a customer service engineer for Peak Technologies and a sideline of web site development for the working artist community in the midwest.
	Joseph Zayac Flint Apple Club

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