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APCUG 2008 Annual Convention
January 3 – 6, 2008 Riviera Hotel Las Vegas, Nevada
By Linda Moore / Jay Ferron

This is going to be an outstanding convention. Here is an update on the current plans:

Round Table Discussions

This year there will be three roundtable (RT) tracks:

For the UG management track, here are some of the RT topics that we are working on:

Keynote Speaker
Dwight Silverman
Journalist Blogger

Dwight Silverman is a veteran journalist who has written about personal computers since the mid-1980s. He is currently the computing columnist and technology blogger at the Houston Chronicle, as well as the co-host of “Technology Bytes”, a weekly PC-help call-in radio show on KPFT-FM. You can read his blog and columns at http://www.chron.com/. When you check out TechBlog at http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/, then you will see how fortunate APCUG is to have Dwight as our keynote speaker.

Dwight writes extensively about all aspects of computing including PC and Mac computers, Linux and all the latest computing gadgets.

Dwight and Larry Magid co-wrote the book Microsoft Windows Vista, which was published in May 2007. Currently, Dwight is working on a new book, Running Windows on your Mac, which is scheduled to be published in January 2008.

Registration Prices:

As we all know, prices on everything have gone up. Just think gasoline prices, electricity and food costs. The APCUG board decided that to be fiscally responsible, the registration fees needed to be increased. Here is the registration fee structure.

Early Bird $100

11/1/2007 = Early Bird Registration ends. Checks must be postmarked on or before 11/2/2007.

Standard $150

11/2/2007 -- 11/30/2007. Checks must be postmarked on or before 12/1/2007.

Late $175

12/1/2007 through 12/25/2007.

Online late registration ends 12/25/2007.

On Site $175

On Site Registration begins 1/3/2008.

Non-member group surcharge = $25

Convention Shirts

At the 2007 Conference, every attendee received a free Conference shirt, which accounted for 41% of the registration fee last year. Not every attendee wants another Convention shirt, so again in the interest of fiscal responsibility, the APCUG board opted not to provide the free shirt, so that the increase in registration fee could be kept to a minimum. However, when you register online, you can select to purchase a Convention shirt for an additional $25.

Hotel Room Rates

Here are the APCUG Convention Room Rates for APCUG08 on a per night basis:

Jan 1st – 5th -- $ 79.00

Jan 6th – 10th -- $ 129.00

Jan 1st – 10th -- $ 175.00 for Petite Suite

Jan 1st – 10th -- $ 300.00 for 1 Bedroom Suite

Jan 1st – 10th -- $ 400.00 for 2 Bedroom Suite

It is very important that you use the code APCUG08 when contact the Riviera Hotel to reserve your room, so that APCUG gets credit for your reservation. Included in these room rates are the costs for all of the facilities that APCUG uses for its convention. Call the hotel at 800-634-6753 and ask for the APCUG08 Conference Rate.

Cathy Marquardt is the APCUG convention planner, so if you have any questions, you can contact her at catherinemarq@gmail.com.

Continental Airlines Discount

Continental is offering all APCUG Convention attendees a 2-15% discount on their airline tickets. Call your travel professional or Continental MeetingWorks at 800-468-7022 for reservations. Refer to Z code ZCVQ and Agreement Code: BQQN46. Or save an additional 3% off by booking your own reservations at www.continental.com. Choose your flight times and access your meeting discounts by inserting ZCVQBQQN46 in the Offer Code box.

To register for the convention and to get the early bird price, go to

http://www.apcug.net/events/2008/register.htm

or

https://www.asentus.net/apcug/2008Convention

Thanks to Jay Ferron, Microsoft agreed to let APCUG use their registration engine. This is especially beneficial for our international members of APCUG.

When you click on the Asentus URL above, you will be directed to the Registration web server, hosted by Asentus, who is providing this service to APCUG. This is the Microsoft Registration events engine, so if you are paying with a credit card, then the 2008 APCUG Convention registration fee will be listed as a Microsoft Training event on your credit card bill.

Linda Moore
APCUG Director
APCUG OLS Chair
lmoore@apcug.net