NEXT MEETING: Soon!

TOPIC: Macromedia is releasing new server technology that will allow two-way, live and stored audio/video streams through the Flash 6 player. This is big! When the product is announced publicly, we'll be ready with a detailed demonstration. We'll announce a meeting at that time through email and this site. In the meantime check out: www.macromedia.com/software/flash/resources/flashcomm/

Please inform either Shari Roberts or Phillip Kerman if you plan to make a brief demonstration of your current work.

LOCAL COURSES:

Pacific Northwest College of Art (www.pnca.edu):

Flash Animation for WWW
Instructor: Amanda Erickson
Thursdays 6:30-9:30pm
05/30/2002-07/11/2002

Intermediate Flash Animation
Thursdays 6:30-9:30pm
07/18/2002-08/22/2002

Moving Image Arts: Video Editing with Final Cut Pro
Instructor: Linda Kliewer
Tuesdays 6:30-9:30pm
06/25/2002-07/30/2002

Intermediate Interactive Design
Tuesdays 6:30-9:30pm
07/16/2002-08/20/2002

Web Graphics and Interface Design
Instructor: Tyrrel Hatch
Thursdays 6:30-9:30pm
07/18/2002-08/22/2002

WWW Design Dreamweaver
Instructor: Jean MacDonald
Wednesdays 6:30-9:30pm
05/29/2002-07/10/2002

What's New in Flash MX
Instructor: Phillip Kerman
1 Saturday 1:00 - 5:30pm
07/27/2002

Intermediate Flash Programming
Instructor: Phillip Kerman
Saturdays: 9:00-4:00pm;
08/03/2002-08/10/2002

Portland State University (www.pdc.pdx.edu/mmedia)
Macromedia Flash II Scripting
Instructor: Peter Sylwester
3 Mon and Wed
Jul 15-31

LOCAL EVENT:
Webvisions 2002 (www.oregon.org/webvisions/)

ABOUT THE GROUP

The "Portland Multimedia Geeks Club" answers the question: "Yeah, but how?" The small group format, which PMGC takes for its meetings, is ideal for novices and pros alike. It allows participants to share and demonstrate technical issues involved with all facets of multimedia -- Macromedia authoring tools, web programming, JavaScript, and related software.

The group was originally established in 1998 as an "Authorware Users Group." As we entered our second year of monthly meetings, we found the topics becoming more general. Rather than continuing down that path, we decided to keep what worked well - the one-on-one style of the small meetings, topics concentrating on specific technical issues, and the open-floor "demo what you've been doing" session at the start of each meeting. Today we announce the PMGC as a "spin off" to the "Portland Multimedia | Internet Developer's Group." As such, we follow-up each "PMIDG" meeting with the same or related topic, but in a more specific and technical way.

If you think all these acronyms and references to "we" mean this group is the size of AOL-TimeWarner, you're wrong! Our meetings are rarely larger than 15 people and always provide ample time for questions and ad-hoc exploration.

For more information please contact:
Shari Roberts (503) 690-0681or
Phillip Kerman (503) 236-7721