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!! Welcome !!

Welcome to the online home of the South Florida Final Cut Pro Users Group. This user group serves as a resource to the South Florida area Final Cut Pro filmmakers community, providing information and training, discounts, and networking for its members.

Membership is FREE. Become an official member of the group by joining the Google Group mailing list. Our mailing list is not sold to anyone. Discussion can be lively at times, so if you prefer less email, please select the digest or no email options.

We usually meet on the last Thursday of each month unless otherwise specified. Venues and times change, so take note of where and when the meeting will be held. We hold our meetings in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area.

December User Group Meeting !

PLEASE remember to click on the LINK below!!! Thank-You

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Date: 12/08/09
Time: Noon

Location: The American tower is located at:
                390 NW 210th Street Miami Gardens.

Directions:
The tower is south of County Line Road, located within Miami Dade County.
AT County line road and 441/SR-7 turn west at the Mobil station,
go less than ½ mile to the first traffic light,
make a left at the light…..
head south make the second left onto 210th,
take that to it’s end at the tower entrance gate.

The directions to the tower are as follows:

Exit I-95 Ives Dairy or Pembroke Rd
West to 441 aka State Road 7.
Travel north or south to County Line Rd
Travel west on County Line Rd to NW 7th Street and make a left
I believe the next intersection is 210th make a left to its end at the tower gate on the right.
It will probably be open, if not call on the intercom!!!!!

December Meeting
This month we are having a joint meeting for the first time with our friends from the Society of Broadcast Engineers.

They will having a lunch for all of us, along with Sennheiser Speaker:Chris Phillips, Market Development Manager

The discussion will focus on the use of professional secondary wireless devices such as wireless microphones, intercom systems, and wireless monitors as regulated by the FCC in a post DTV transition environment. We will discuss the current and possible future regulations for these devices operating above 698 MHz as well as the resolution on 'White Space' devices or TVBDs. We will also review the new Sennheiser 2000 series ENG wireless system.

and we will feature...Isilon, the Seattle based data storage company. With speaker, David Sallak from VTP

Nearly 10 years ago, Isilon was created specifically to solve the critical data storage challenges (scale, ease of management and cost) found in the dynamic workflows of the media & entertainment industry. We work together with David Sallak and his very savvy, 30 year old audio and video company - VTP - to provide industry leading, customized and cost effective solutions for the broadcast/media and entertainment industry.

Isilon clustered storage and data management solutions for file-based data drive unique business and economic value for customers by maximizing the performance of their mission-critical applications, workflows, and processes. From streamlining content production to enhancing the reliability of file services, Isilon enables enterprises and research organizations worldwide to manage large and rapidly growing amounts of file-based data in a highly scalable, easy-to-manage, and cost-effective way.

Isilon currently hold a 58% market share in the “scale out NAS” (network attached storage) space. Our dominance as a data storage provider to well known M&E includes Turner Broadcasting, ABC, Sony, XM Satellite Radio, NBC Universal, Facebook, and many others around the globe. Specific to South FL we have deployments at University of Miami (School of Journalism), Discovery LTAM, WPLG, OnStream Media, and others.

PLEASE remember to click on the LINK below!!! Thank-You

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South Florida FCP User Group
Mission Statement

To foster knowledge, education, and fellowship of South Florida area Final Cut Pro users by holding regular monthly meetings, and maintaining a knowledge base in which to show and promote the use of Final Cut Pro and its complementary hardware and software.

Credits

Leadership:

Orlando Luna, Luna Studio Inc., AMBASSADOR, FOUNDING MEMBER

Marlene Lopez,    PRESIDENT
Nicole Martinez,   VICE PRESIDENT

Ray Fleischmann, WEBMASTER
Ileana Mallinger,  SPONSORSHIP COORDINATOR

Past Leadership:

Charles Frishman, The Mac Store, FOUNDING MEMBER
Joel Lukacher, The Mac Store, FOUNDING MEMBER
Joey Princz, FOUNDING MEMBER, MISSION STATEMENT

Barbara Reyes, 2nd Floor Productions, LOGO DESIGN

David Ertley, FORMER DOCUMENTARIAN
Allan Tépper, TÉPCOM, FORMER DIRECTOR (2007)

Stan Blair, Blair Music, PRESIDENT (2008)
Marian Wertalka, PRESIDENT (2006-2007)
Marian Wertalka, WEBMASTER, MAILING LIST (2006-2009)

Web Services:

Luna Studio, DOMAIN REGISTRATION
MacHighway, Mac Powered WEB HOSTING
Avi Learner, ADWEB Services, FORMER WEB HOSTING

Broward County Meetings:

Frank Boulton, Gloria Gordon - McFatter Technical Center
Francis X. McAfee - Center for Electronic Communication at FAU
Dr. Raúl Salazar, JHL Technologies - Nova Southeastern University
Stephen Sarsfield - Hollywood Video & Duplication Services

Miami-Dade County Meetings:

René Barroto, Bob Berkowitz - Multivision Film & Video
Iris B. Cegarra and Franceasca Seiden - 3GZ Productions
Louis DePriest - Miami Lakes Educational Center
Gabriel Valdez - Future Media Concepts Miami
Felipe Marrou - VTM Productions
Kenn and Debbie Miller, Virge Castillo - Midtown Video
Dawson Peden, Egon Stephan - CineVideoTech
Steve Schraer - Barry University
Reid Van Voris, Rubén Abruña - SEDT at Miami-Dade College, North Campus

The South Florida Final Cut Pro Users Group is a recognized Apple user group. We kindly request that members RSVP for meetings and other user group events, and/or fill out a free event registration with Apple.

South Florida Final Cut Pro Users Group is a member of the Final Cut Pro User Group Network, a worldwide community of Final Cut Pro and digital video user groups officially recognized by Apple. Their mission is to build connections between Final Cut Pro users, filmmakers and professionals who wish to lead the DV revolution. The FCPUG Network provides both advocacy and education about digital video on the Macintosh, and membership opportunities for learning and growth in digital storytelling.

Contact Us

If you have an interest in sponsoring the user group, have a venue for a meeting, or would like to participate in some way, please contact Marlene Lopez for more information. The group is always looking for new sponsors and participants.

See you at the next meeting!

Updated January 29, 2010

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