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The Journal of the
Apple Corps of Dallas


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Newsletter Articles:

About ACD:


Mission Statement

The Apple Corps of Dallas (ACD) is a Texas organization. The basic purpose of ACD is to promote and encourage the education, training and understanding of its members and guests in the use of microcomputers in homes, schools and businesses. ACD is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and membership contributions and donations are tax deductible. ACD is not affiliated in any way with Apple Computer, Inc.

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2002 Board of Directors & Appointed Positions

Dru Richman President (2002) dru_richman@acd.org (972)783-9787
Taylor Sharpe Vice President (2002) taylor_sharpe@acd.org (214)522-5525
Bob Dain Board Member (2001-2002) bob_dain@acd.org (214)350-7171
Nathan Hughes Board Member (2001-2002) nathan_hughes@acd.org (972)235-3208
Todd Zagumny Board Member (2001-2002) todd_zagumny@acd.org (972)447-9782
David Bell Board Member (2002-2003) david_bell@acd.org (972)620-8068
Vacant Board Member (2002-2003)    
Charles Shultz, Jr. Board Member (2002-2003) shultzjr@hyperusa.com (817)641-6128
       
  Appointed Positions    
Vacant Secretary   (972)288-9082
Winn Jackson Treasurer winn_jackson@acd.org (972)235-5704
Bob Dain Program Director bob_dain@acd.org (214)350-7171
Taylor Sharpe Editor/Web Master taylor_sharpe@acd.org (214)522-5525
Fred Sheffler ACD Online fred_sheffler@acd.org (817)355-0584
David Harned Membership Director david_harned@acd.org

(972)416-2172

       
  SIG* Leaders    
Ray Thompson Mac OS X Ray_Thompson@acd.org

(972)231-0765

Lynn Wegley MacBasics Lynn_Wegley@acd.org

(817)737-0300

Dru Richman MacHelp Dru_Richman@acd.org

(972)793-9787

Ron Parsons Genealogy jrp59@gte.net

(972)422-7931

Leah Starr FileMaker Leah_Starr@acd.org

(972)288-9082


*SIG = Special Interest Groups which are smaller specific topic meetings held before or after the main meeting.

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Membership Information

The annual membership contribution to the Apple Corps of Dallas is $30. Annual membership for persons living outside the USA is $60. Family members may be included at a cost of $10 per member. Family memberships allow multiple accounts on the BBS, voting privileges for each member 18 and older, and drawings for door prizes. You may join ACD either by sending in the application or by signing up at the monthly meetings.

As of August, ACD currently has 192 primary members and 16 secondary members.

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ACD Online

The Apple Corps of Dallas operates a multi-line electronic bulletin board service (BBS) and internet server. You can access is via a web browser at www.acd.org. However, the FirstClass communications software is the graphical user interface for the BBS and provides a better experience. It is available free on the internet or through purchase for $5 at our monthly meetings. The ACD BBS may be reached with the FirstClass software at metro (817)355-9363 or via the Internet at Server IP "fc.acd.org".

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Monthly Meetings

Meetings are held once a month and are usually on the 3rd Saturday of the month. Meetings are held at the Richardson Civic Center located at the southwest corner of Arapaho and Central Expwy. (US 75), a few miles north of I-635. More information on upcoming meetings can be found on our web page. Our main presentations are on Saturday mornings at 10am and there are Special Interest Groups that meet from 9am to 1pm.

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Volunteer are Welcome

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact any of the ACD Officers! Our club is only as good as the volunteers and we need speakers, workers at the front desk, people to set up and tear down, and administrative help. Please volunteer!

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AppleGram Publication

The AppleGram is published bi-monthly. The next AppleGram will be the August publication. Articlers are due by August 17th and should be submitted to Taylor Sharpe <Taylor_Sharpe@acd.org>. Starting August 2001, AppleGrams are published online in HTML web page format. Previous AppleGrams are posted online in the Adobe Acrobat PDF file format. All AppleGrams since September 1996 can be found online. If you do not have access to the BBS or the internet to access the AppleGrams, contact Taylor Sharpe at (214)522-5525 to arrange for a hard copy or disk to be mailed to you.

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User Group Affiliations

Apple Corps of Dallas is a recognized User Group by Apple Computers, Inc.You can link to Apple's User Group web page at www.apple.com/usergroups.

Apple User Group Agreement.

Apple User Groups

Apple Corps of Dallas is a member of the User Group Network. You can link to the User Group Network web page at www.user-groups.net.

The User Group Network agreement.

User Group Network

Apple Corps of Dallas is a member of Microsoft's Mindshare User Group program. You can link to the Mindshare web page at www.microsoft.com/mindshare to find out more about this program.

Mindshare agreement.

Microsoft Mindshare User Group program

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Mailing Address

Apple Corps of Dallas' mailing address is: P.O. Box 835537, Richardson, Texas 75083.

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Pictures of ACD Activities

Here are some pictures of ACD activities on our web page.

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Legal Notices from
Apple Computer, Inc.

Apple Corps of Dallas is an independent association organized in Texas with no legal affiliation with Apple Computer, Inc. Apple Computer, Inc. recognizes Apple Corps of Dallas as a Macintosh computer users group, granting us permission to use trademarks and logos in accordance with their users group agreement. The following are the legal disclaimers that Apple Computer, Inc. requires us to post with our publications pursuant to our agreement with them as a user group:

Apple and the Apple logo are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

Apple Corps of Dallas is an independent user group and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Apple Computer, Inc.

Apple, the Apple logo, and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

Complete details from Apple Computer, Inc. on the relationship between Apple Computer, Inc. and independent user groups such as Apple Corps of Dallas can be found on the internet at http://developer.apple.com/mkt/swl/agreements.html#user.

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