7th Annual Macworld FCPUG SuperMeet - *Updated Presentation Agenda*

[James Mathers]

7th Annual Macworld FCPUG SuperMeet - Wednesday, Jan 16, 2008 - 7 pm - 10 pm; (doors open at 5 pm, Robertson Auditorium, Mission Bay Conference Center (UCSF), 1675 Owens Street, San Francisco, CA 94158
Join the Boston and SF Cutters and the Final Cut Pro Users Groups from around the world at Macworld for the largest gathering of FCP users and Gurus on the Planet. Phone: 866.431.UCSF. For more information, please visit: http://www.lafcpug.org/macworld_08.html.
http://www.lafcpug.org/macworld_08.html

[Simon Sommerfeld]

Thanks for the announcement, James.

Some further info about the FCPUG SuperMeet in San Francisco:

If you live in or are visiting the SF Bay Area on January 16th, this is a great opportunity to meet your industry peers for a fun and informative get-together / fundraiser. If you plan on attending the SuperMeet, please make it known via this forum as it will be good for DCS members to hook-up.

This annual event is co-organized by SF Cutters, a non-profit SF Bay Area Post-Production group dedicated to educating and networking Final Cut Pro users, not only in the Bay Area, but across the US. See www.sfcutters.org for more info on this group.

Agenda: *UPDATED PRESENTATION AGENDA - CHECK BACK FOR MORE ADDITIONS*

- Apple presents: Richard Townhill showing the BRAND NEW 8 Core Mac Pros and Final Cut Pro 6.0.2
- Apple presents: Steve Bayes on "Evaluating Codecs."
- Adobe presents: DV Rebel Stu Maschwitz - founder of The Orphanage, and creator of Magic Bullet software
- Blackmagic Design presents: Alex Lindsay
- Sony presents: Noah Kadner on the XDCAM EX
- Show and Tells from Bay Area Filmmakers Jason Mitchell and Stacey Ransom of "They Turned Our Desert Into Fire"
- Bay Area Filmmaker Mabel Valdiviezo presents the Film to HD Editing Workflow used on "Soledad is Gone Forever"
- Steve Martin, owner of Ripple Training presents: "Final Cut Studio tips and tricks you need to know"

Tickets:

Visit http://www.lafcpug.org/macworld_08.html to buy tickets in advance for only $10. Any remaining tickets will be $15 at the door. Seating is limited, so please buy your tickets asap.

Ticket includes: Entry, Stage show, 2 Raffle tickets and Refreshments.
Additional Raffle tickets may be purchased before the Raffle at the event for $2.00 per ticket or 3 for $5.00 This is also a fundraiser and raffle ticket sales help keep Supermeets going!
The first 250 people arriving receive a valuable reusable goodie bag.

Raffle Highlights:
The Supermeet Raffle now has over $43,000 in services, software and hardware. All of these prizes will go home with lucky winners on the evening of Jan 16. Just a few of the Top Cash Value Raffle Prizes so far:

-Io HD - AJA - ($3495 value)
http://www.aja.com/html/products_Io.html

-Pipeline Network Encoder - Telestream - ($1950 value)
Import tape-based content into your Mac encoding workflow with Pipeline, the industry's first shared network encoder.
http://www.flip4mac.com/pipeline.htm

1.25TB SATA Array - GMAX - ($1499 value)
For Uncompressed HD storage
http://www.gmaxstorage.com


Logistics:

When:
Wednesday January 16, 2008 - 7:00PM - 10:00PM (Doors open 5:00PM)
Location:
Robertson Auditorium, Mission Bay Conference Center - UCSF
1675 Owens Street
San Francisco, CA 94158

Getting there:
http://www.ahl-missionbay.com/gallery/index.cfm
pay parking garage
free shuttle from 16th BART Station or convenient walk from the UCSF/Mission
Bay stop on the new MUNI "T" LINE
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Thank you, and I hope to see some of you there!

Best,
Simon Sommerfeld
President
Northern California / Pacific NorthWest Chapter
Digital Cinema Society