Local
User Groups (as of 4-4-06):
Final
Cut Pro User Groups:

SFCutters, downtown, San Francisco, $5/meeting, no food, raffle prizes: software,
books, etc.; meets last Wednesdays of the month.
If you haven't already done so, sign up for the digest version of SFCutters listserv
which will be delivered to your email box every night around 8pm:
http://www.sfcutters.org/list.html

MacFilmmakers, Cupertino, Apple Computers campus theater, no charge, $3 for
pizza (optional), raffle prizes; meets 3rd Wednesdays.
Plus:
http://www.fcpugnetwork.org/,
online information about other FCP user groups
Additional
motion graphics user groups: Flash
animations:

San Francisco Macromedia Users Forum, Macromedia/Adobe Headquarters, 600
Townsend Street, San Francisco, $5/meeting includes pizza and raffle prizes;
meets first Tuesdays.
After Effects:

Bay Area Motion Graphics (BAMG) no charge, no food, bar so you can buy drinks,
raffle prizes; meets first Mondays in San Francisco at various locations.
Mac Users Group:
Rohnert Park--NCMUG: monthly meeting are third Tuesdays
in Rohnert Park; Membership: $25/year, raffle prizes at meetings, can buy extra
tickets; membership includes great discounts, especially
at CompUSA
in Santa Rosa.
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