[vet-mm] OT - Final Reminder: Upcoming PCEDUG meeting

[Missen, Stephen J]

Hi all (apologies for any cross-postings)
 
The next PCEDUG meeting will be held at Kew High School (1393 Burke Road  KE=
W EAST) on Tuesday 5th September commencing at 4:30pm (light refreshments fr=
om 4:15pm).
 
The school is very close to the corner of Burke Road and High Street (in fac=
t, it has frontage to both streets). When coming to the school your best opt=
ion is to enter the school grounds off High Street. Enter the school next to=
 the Renaissance Theatre and park there.Then enter the building via the rear=
 door and go straight to the second floor (signs will be posted) where you w=
ill find the ICT Centre. Please note that there is no exit from the Eastern=
 Freeway onto Burke Road if you are heading towards the city. You will need=
 to take the Bulleen Road exit.
 
The main focus of the meeting will be provided by Michael Dyson (National Bu=
siness Development Manager - Multimedia Technology P/L - http://www.mmt.com.=
au) and team who will bring us up to speed with a range of the latest produc=
ts (both hardware and software) from a wide variety of suppliers as MMT are=
 distributors of these products. This should be of interest to both primary=
 & secondary schools. Attendees can expect to see (hear about) a range of pr=
oducts including video & still cameras, data projectors, graphics tablets, t=
ablet PCs, etc. I may provide an update closer to the day on the things you=
 can expect to see.
 
A list of Multimedia Technologies suppliers includes: Sony, Olympus, Pioneer=
, Mitsubishi, Linksys, Panasonic, Fujitsu, Lexmark, Pinnacle Systems, Verbat=
im, Canopus, Matrox, Shintaro, Kodak, Netcomm, Cherry, NEC Australia, Creati=
ve Technology, BenQ, Iomega, XFX Graphics, Eaton Powerware, T3 Australia, Sh=
uttle, Altec Lansing, Humax, New Magic (Sony Video Editing), AV Labs, Region=
 4, Powercolor, Primera, Rimage, Cyberlink, Ahead, ingrasys, Pro-Kit, Duelte=
k & AverMedia.
 
Our host, Bruce Riley (ICT Manager) and his team will also do a 'show and te=
ll' in relation to the Kew High curriculum network including Scholaris (a po=
rtal to other Information Systems within the school & Learning Content Manag=
ement System) & the Blue Reef Sonar (proxy, firewall, filtering, potential f=
or bandwidth management) solution.
After the meeting we will be adjourning to La Porchetta in Kew (7/12 Walpole=
 Street) which is just  5 mins or so from the school (from about 7:00pm onwa=
rds) for some eats & drinks for those that would like to stay on.

Thanks to Bruce RILEY and Michael DYSON (along with both of their teams) for=
 their preparedness to help us with this meeting.

Please email me, Steve MISSEN (missen.stephen.j at edumail.vic.gov.au) by Frida=
y September 1st if you plan to attend so that we can adequately cater with r=
efreshments for the number attending.

Cheers

Steve MISSEN
ICT Manager
Croydon Secondary College
Croydon Road
CROYDON  VIC  AUSTRALIA 3136 
Phone (03) 9725 8277
Fax (03) 9723 6375
Mobile 0412 712 097 

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