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Portchester Community School is on White Hart Lane in Portchester. The school is probably best approached via Castle Street and then turning west into White Hart Lane. The school being the third turning to the right. Merton Avenue is almost opposite the turning into the school. The school is not visible from the road so proceed carefully to avoid missing the entrance to the school. The entranced is marked by a signboard.
The majority of the meetings will be held in the conference room which is to the building to the right when you enter the school grounds.
The meetings typically consist of a formal talk and demonstration of a software application or two and a discussion on the relevance of the application.
The meeting then is opened to the attendees to raise issues and problems which the group will attempt to solve or suggest further avenues of investigation.
Members bring along their own Macs so that they can participate in the demo or illustrate any issues they might have.
The meetings are friendly, and informal, as with all WAGs meetings, with the emphasis put on friendship and mutual support which we all tend to need from time to time. Please feel free to come along, if nothing else to listen eat the donuts and have a chat. We look forward to seeing you there.
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The Colliton Club is in a large Country House in the centre of the County town near the County Hall. In the evening there is plenty of parking round about. We hire the Dorset Room, one of its fairly large & grand rooms, for our meetings and various members bring along the equipment we need to add to the standard furniture.
One of our members is also a member of the Colliton Club & by complying with the Club’s licensing arrangements by supplying them with a list of WAGs members attending each meeting we are able to make use of their well stocked & reasonably priced bar for drinks & snacks.
Meetings are a mixture of demonstrations of software by members or tips & ideas and often wide ranging discussions. Everyone is most welcome to arrange to demonstrate whatever interests them & our presentations range from the slick to the frankly laid-back! It’s the enthusiasm that makes the evenings so interesting & informative.
Sockets & tables are available around the room where members set up their machines, if they have brought them, to share their enthusiasms or ask for informal help with problems & queries both great & small. Members have a wide range of experience from beginners to professionals but all of us are there to share our friendship & support. If you have any kit you would like to sell do bring it along & donate 10% of your takings to WAGs!
The meeting organiser moves the evening along and there is always a break to visit the bar downstairs. Often after the meeting & computers are packed away discussion continues in the bar. Do come along to see what is going on and have a chat.
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The meetings in Bournemouth are held right in the centre of the town, immediately opposite the pedestrian entrance to the Richmond Gardens car park. We meet in the presentation room below the Solutions shop, where we have full use of a projector and a big screen, a speakers podium and of course where we are able to see and play with the latest Apple products in the shop above.
The venue is very convenient in that it is central, with easy parking - and that need not be expensive, as we have been told that the barrier at the exit is lifted every night from between 9.30 and 10.00. Solutions kindly provide us with tea, coffee and biscuits, and we follow the usual WAGs meeting structure - starting with a Question & Answer session, which can prove invaluable for anyone with a problem, or just a query about how to do something.
Then there is a presentation, after which we chat and swap ideas and information — always worthwhile because most people come away with ideas for new programs or new ways of doing things. We also have a raffle each month for a small but useful prize. Meetings are held mid-month on a Tuesday, starting at 6:30pm.
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Salisbury meetings are held at the Rugby Football Club which is in Castle Road. We meet on the last Wednesday of each month starting at 7:30pm and finishing around 10pm. After this, several of us adjourn to a local Italian restaurant to continue a social evening over anything from a cup of coffee to a full meal for those who've either come straight from work or are just plain hungry!
The content of the meeting is fairly fluid but does attempt to follow a format. We always start with an open session where members can ask the assembled crowd about any problems or issues they may have. If the answer is a simple and quick one, it's dealt with there and then, but for more detailed explanations, there is always time after the main body of the meeting for questioner and answer provider to get together, hopefully over a Mac.
The meeting then proceeds with one or sometimes two presentations of software. They range from explanations aimed at the total beginner to "How I mastered my film on white rhinos for the BBC Natural History Unit". In truth, I live in hope of someone offering the latter but we have a broad range of experience and try to cater for all levels of knowledge. So, if you're a seasoned Mac user or are even just toying with the idea of buying your first Mac we'd love to see you at our next meeting.
