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• Quarterly Report newsletter with region report that
The maximum capacity is 900 Watts/1500 VA which way
let member groups know what other groups are
more than I need for my security system. but as I said,
doing, ideas for members groups etc.
the Price Was Right. According to the LED panel I can
expect to get 120 minutes of runtime. APCUG2.org

CybePower gives a 3-year warranty, including the
battery, $500.00 Connected Equipment Guaranteed.

As I said, the Price is Right because I priced this unit at
Amazon for $149 but purchased it at Costco for $99. In Educational Platform for Online Video Courses
fact, I purchased two. The other supplies UPS to my Plex
By Jasmine Blue D’Katz
Server.
During the August meeting, Phil mention Udemy to find
additional information on Digital Afterlife. For those of
you that are not familiar with this site, it’s basically an
online education platform for about anything you may
be interested in. Udemy offers a wide range of courses
This worldwide organization helps computer users’ such as: Health, Fitness, Language,
groups by facilitating communication between APCUG
I’ve been enrolled in Udemy courses for a few years,
member groups, computer hardware and software
and have taken courses on Photoshop, Lightroom, Web-
makers and software vendors This non-profit corpora-
site development, and even Guitar lessons. After enrol-
tion, APCUG also helps member groups and their offic-
ling in the courses, I was able to conduct a class with my
ers fulfill their education goals with support material
camera club from the information I obtained.
and shared knowledge and experience.
Udemy offers self-pace video courses that you can pur-
While many member groups in APCUG are oriented
chase. After your purchase, you can access the courses
toward the Microsoft DOS and Window operating sys-
at anytime and at your own pace. Courses start at $9.95,
tem, may members groups have SIGs (Special Interest
and Each course is provided with a syllabus of each indi-
Groups), Forums, Classes, etc. for Android devices as
vidual lesson and many of the lessons have additional
well as the Linux OS and Chromebooks. Membership is
material you can download. Some of the course are
open to all technology user groups.
even offered for free. There are also discussion threads
APCUG offers many benefits to its member groups in- and a lesson-specific notepad. I have found most of the
cluding: instructor to be very knowledgeable in their areas.
• Speaker Bureau, featuring over 100 presenters in I’m just reflecting on what Phil mention at the meeting,
20+ categories that Speaker Bureau presenters can so I hope that you give them a look.
give via interactive webinars.
Udemy.com
• Quarterly Virtual Technology Conferences (VTC)
each with different presentations to enhance mem-
bers’ tech knowledge or ideal for running their
APCUG Videos
groups.
APCUG Facebook
• VTC videos that can be used for group presenta-
tions.
• PUSH tech articles sent to editors to use in their

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