The MUG Event Calendar for the Week of December 11: Bob “Dr. Mac” Levitus, Dave Marra and Eric Wheetley of Apple, Tropical Software, SmileOnMyMac, Asterix, Matterform, Fujitsu and Parties Around The Globe

Perhaps the only word that appears more in this week’s MUG Event Calendar than “Mac” is “party” (or some synonym of “party). But not all is fun and games as the global Mac user group community celebrates the holidays with visits from a MacNotable, Apple, popular Mac vendors and more.

Bob LeVitus will deliver a “State of the Mac” address in Texas and Apple has two presentations schedued, with Dave Marra in Pennsylvania and Eric Wheetley in Indiana. James Lee of Tropical Software will both start and end the week with three different MUG presentations in Florida and Wisconsin. SmileOnMyMac will present in Oregon, Michael Kale of Asterix will be the featured speaker in Washington State, Michael Herrick of Matterform will appear via iChat in New York, and Scott Francis of Fujitsu will be in California.

There is also an early-week deadline for MUG discounts on all conference packages at Macworld Conference & Expo. After this, you pay full price!

There will also be meetings focusing on Spotlight, home networking, iPhoto, iTunes and much more. And of course, the parties: we’re seeing celebrations scheduled in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Germany. And those are just the ones we know about!

Give your group a holiday present and get your next meeting listed on The MUG Event Calendar. Just let us know what’s happening at [email protected] and we’ll get it listed.