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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all (apologies for any
cross-postings)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Arial size=2>The next PCEDUG meeting
will be held at Kew High School <FONT color=#000000>(</FONT></FONT><FONT
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
color=#000000>1393 Burke Road KEW EAST) on Tuesday 5th September
commencing at 4:30pm (light refreshments from
4:15pm).</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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color=#000000>The school is very close to the corner of Burke Road and High
Street (in fact, it has frontage to both streets). When</FONT> <FONT
color=#000000>coming to the </FONT><FONT color=#000000>school your
b</FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
color=#000000>est option is to enter the school grounds off High Street.
Enter the school next to the Renaissance Theatre</FONT> <FONT color=#000000>and
park there.Then enter the building via the rear door and go straight to the
second floor (signs will be posted) where you will find the ICT Centre.
Please</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT
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note</FONT> <FONT color=#000000>that there is no exit from the Eastern Freeway
onto Burke Road if you are heading towards the city. You </FONT><FONT
color=#000000>will need to take the Bulleen Road
exit.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>The <STRONG>main focus</STRONG> of the
meeting will be provided by <STRONG>Michael Dyson (National Business Development
Manager - Multimedia Technology P/L</STRONG> - <A
href="/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.mmt.com.au"
target=_blank>http://www.mmt.com.au</A>) and team who will bring us up to speed
with a range of the latest products (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 products including video & still cameras,
data projectors, graphics tablets, tablet PCs, etc. I may provide an update
closer to the day on the things you can expect to see.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>A list of Multimedia Technologies suppliers
includes: Sony, Olympus, Pioneer, Mitsubishi, Linksys, Panasonic, Fujitsu,
Lexmark, Pinnacle Systems, Verbatim, Canopus, Matrox, Shintaro, Kodak, Netcomm,
Cherry, NEC Australia, Creative Technology, BenQ, Iomega, </FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2>XFX Graphics, Eaton Powerware, T3 Australia, Shuttle, Altec
Lansing, Humax, New Magic (Sony Video Editing), AV Labs, Region 4, Powercolor,
Primera, Rimage, Cyberlink, Ahead, ingrasys, Pro-Kit, Dueltek
& AverMedia.</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
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<DIV dir=ltr><STRONG>Our host, Bruce Riley (ICT Manager) and his team will also
do a 'show and tell' in relation to the Kew High curriculum network including
Scholaris (a portal to other Information Systems within the school
& Learning Content Management System) & the Blue Reef Sonar
(proxy, firewall, filtering, potential for bandwidth management)
solution.</STRONG></DIV></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
color=#000000>After the meeting we will be adjourning to La Porchetta in
Kew</FONT><FONT color=#000000> (7/12 Walpole Street) which
is just 5 mins or so from the school (from about 7:00pm
onwards) for some eats & drinks for those that would like to stay
on.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
color=#000000>Thanks to Bruce RILEY and </FONT><FONT color=#000000>Michael
DYSON (along with both of their teams) for their preparedness to help us with
this meeting.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Please email me, Steve MISSEN (<A
href="mailto:missen.stephen.j@edumail.vic.gov.au"
target=_blank>missen.stephen.j@edumail.vic.gov.au</A>) by Friday September 1st
if you plan to attend so that we can adequately cater with refreshments for the
number attending.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Cheers</FONT></P></DIV></DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><STRONG>Steve
MISSEN</STRONG></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ICT Manager</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Croydon Secondary College</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Croydon Road</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>CROYDON VIC AUSTRALIA
3136 </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phone (03) 9725 8277</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fax (03) 9723 6375</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mobile 0412 712
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