President's Corner

by Leigh Sworts

May/June  2010

2010 – May/June MUG UPDATE

May wrap up 2010 President’s Corner

Wow April flew by.  IBM ’s Steve Fier presented  IBM Announcements on Power 7 and i7 at our April meeting.  It was held at the Hamburg Fairgrounds Gaming and Raceway!  This location is always a hit!  And some even like the $5 of free play that comes with the buffet!  We had a good turnout.  We are expecting Steve Fier to come back in September,  and  keep us all sharp with the IBM announcements and hardware platforms! 

This was an election year for our MUG Board, it happens every other year.  Well on that note, no news is good news, there were no nominations and our current board has agreed to stay for another 2 year term.  So the board will remain as Follows:

May – 2010 our End of the Season event.

Steve Kait again volunteered to set up our bowling party at the AMF Thruway Lanes.  It was a great time with plenty of food, and over 2 hours of bowling.  Teams of 2 bowlers were set up, and we competed for an elimination round where only 5 teams had a bowl-off.  There were trophies for first place and bottles of wine for second and third place.  The joke of the day was that the contenders wanted to come in either 2^nd or 3^rd place to get the wine.  It is nice to be a winner!  See the list of winners below: 

                                                                MUG Bowling Winner’s Circle 2010 (See photos on “News” page):

1^st Place…….Leigh and Holly

2^nd Place ……Chris and Marianna

3^rd Place…….Dan and Sue

Just an FYI, we will be sending out new and renewal membership applications in July or August.    If you need to be on our subscription list, please send an email to our membership chair, Steve Kait at: skait@gemko.com   

So!  Have you seen our revamped newsletter?  Chuck Giambra at Hi Tech Services has done a great job!  Who has finished the crossword puzzle????  Let me know what you think of the additions to our news letter and maybe you want to write a column or have something to add! 

Stay in tune with our website at:   www.MUGWNY.org  We will continue to keep it updated with meeting information and other news.  I am looking forward to another great MUG season, where I can continue to reach out to our members and host our meetings. 

-The Midrange Users Group (MUG) of WNY-

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