Campus Macintosh Support Groups


Question

What support/training/user groups meet on NC State Campus?

Answer


There are three groups which exist on the NC State campus to deal with Macintosh and Apple Technology related issues.
MacPolicy, MacTech, and PackMUG. MacPolicy and MacTech are steering and training groups sponsored by OIT to help make choices on how OIT supports, trains, and deploys Apple Technology. These groups also share technical and purchasing knowledge for mutual benefit. PackMUG is a Apple Users Group run by students to share knowledge and ideas on the use of Apple Technology.


What is the MacPolicy group ?

MacPolicy is a a group open to any NC State University community member with purchasing and planning responsibility for their unit (where unit = department, program, or college). This group meets to review and make suggestions to OIT as to direction and desired outcome for any changes regarding the support, purchasing, and deployment of Apple Technology. In general, this group meets the second Tuesday of every other month (i.e. Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sept, and Nov) in B16-B Hillsborough Building. The steering and over site of this group is considered by OIT but is not binding. 

2009 Schedule: Jan. 13, Mar. 10, May. 12, Aug. 11, Sep. 8, Nov. 10.

Visit the MacPolicy meeting archives at http://oit.ncsu.edu/macintosh/views/macpolicy

A mail list for this group is available under macpolicy from lists.ncsu.edu. Subscribe at:

http://lists.ncsu.edu/cgi-bin/mj_wwwusr?user=&passw=&func=lists-long-full&extra=macpolicy


What is the MacTech group?

MacTech is a a group open to any NC State University community member with IT related technical support and planning responsibility for their unit (where unit = department, program, or college). This group meets to train, discuss techincal and security issues and make suggestions to OIT as to direction and desired outcome for any changes regarding Apple Technology. In general, this group meets the second Tuesday of every month in B16-B Hillsborough Building. The steering and over site of this group is considered by OIT but is not binding.

2009 Schedule: Jan. 13, Feb. 10, Mar. 10, Apr. 14, May. 12, Jun. 9, Aug. 11, Sep. 8, Oct. 13, Nov. 10, Dec.8

A mail list for this group is available under mactech from lists.ncsu.edu.

Visit the MacTech meeting archives at http://oit.ncsu.edu/macintosh/views/mactech

Subscribe at:

http://lists.ncsu.edu/cgi-bin/mj_wwwusr?user=&passw=&func=lists-long-full&extra=mactech

 


What is PackMUG

PackMUG is a Macintosh Users Group run by students but open to the NC State University community. This group has met once per month during regular semesters to discuss Apple technology, train, trade tips and hosts speakers on varied Apple related subjects.  The group is mostly virtual as a email list.

Meeting Schedule: Unavailable

A mail list is available at lists.ncsu.edu under packmug. Subscribe at:

http://lists.ncsu.edu/cgi-bin/mj_wwwusr?user=&passw=&func=lists-long-full&extra=packmug