In this edition of NOOZ:

1.         2008 Leadership Team

2.         Q1 Reports is Online

3.         User Group Article

4.         IRS Exemption Update

5.         Upcoming Regional Conferences  

1.          2008 Leadership Team. Please see the attached document with pictures and bios of APCUG’s leadership team. If you would like a copy of the Getting to Know APCUG PowerPoint presentation to show your members, please send Judy Taylour an e-mail at jtaylour@apcug.net

2.         Q1 Reports is also online. Selected officers should have received APCUG’s quarterly news magazine Reports – one of the reasons you need to keep your group’s information up-to-date in the database. You can also read Reports online at: http://reports.apcug.org/2008q1.htm

3.         User Group Article. Gabe Goldberg wrote a nifty article about User Groups a couple of years ago that you might want to use for recruiting new members – User Groups Help Solve Problems. You will find it at http://www.aarp.org/learntech/computers/life_online/a2004-04-13-comptech-usergroups.html

4.         IRS Exemption Update. Thanks to Paul Howard, Washington Area CUG and NCTCUG (National Capital Technology & Computer User’s Group) in Virginia.

Annual Electronic Filing Requirement for Small Exempt Organizations — Form 990-N (e-Postcard)  http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=169250,00.html

5.         Upcoming Regional Conferences. All are welcome to attend.

March 7, 8 & 9 in Zephyrhills, FL  - FACUG (Florida Association of User Groups) www.facug.org

May 17 and 18 in West Nyack, NY - New York Leadership Conference http://apcug-ldc2008.org

Please see attached flyer that you can send to all of your members.

May 30, 31 & June 1 in San Diego, CA – Southwest Computer Conference www.theswcc.org – This is the 15^th SW Conference and you and your members are invited to attend.

September 19, 20 & 21 in Chicago, IL – Midwest Regional (fka the Chicago Mini-Expo)

Happy computing,

Judy Taylour, Chair

Board of Advisors