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NEXT GENERAL MEETING May 12th, at the Hyatt Place Hotel in Schaumburg 10am, Novice & Tech SIGs 8:30am
We're talking iPads this meeting. In fact it's all about...
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Apple will be our special guests. If you attended the Apple meeting earlier in the year you met Adam Schweibinz/Business Consultant.
He will be presenting information on the new ipad you won't want to miss.
Someone will win a fantantistic new ipad with the raffle. (see below, by the way have your ticket yet? Act fast mail orders must be
received by May 9th)
Don't miss this meeting.
iPad 3 Raffle
Congrats to David Duffel the winner of the new ipad.

Our Meeting Location:
Hyatt Place Hotel in Schaumburg.
1851 McConnor Parkway
Schaumburg, IL 60173, USA
Phone: 847 330 1060
For complete directions click here

Novice SIG and Tech SIG will meet just before main meeting at the Hyatt Place Hotel
All other SIGs meet at the Holiday Inn Express, Arlington Heights See below

Lion Workshop May 19th, Hyatt Place Hotel
Instructor: Craig Doran
During month of Mayl: Members $35 Non-members $40
Included is a "Using Lion" ebook a $15 value
Sign up today!
Cleaning, need to recycle your old stuff...
Recycle locations
Renew your membership in TNWoU You may do so and pay on-line right now. Don't loose your membership low number and miss out on the club benefits.
Also at every meeting:
Member only Door Prizes. Each member will receive a ticket upon entering the room. Near the end of the meeting, door prizes will be given out by the number on the ticket. Some prizes will require that you write a review for Passages. Reviews are required if you accept that type of item.
Buy-Sell-Swap table will be set up for members to display hardware/software they wish to swap or sell. All items must be labeled and priced. TNWoU assumes no liabilities for items displayed. To minimize meeting disruptions, swap table activity is limited to break time and following the meeting close. No commercial sales allowed.
Passages
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Upcoming SIGs (special interest groups)

Check out our SIGs you'll love what you learn!
Subscribe to our ical calendar for full details and schedules of SIG meetings for the entire year. Note: If you are already subscribed just go to the drop down menu "calendar" in ical and hit refresh all to get the latest updates.
SIG schedule for May 2012
May 7 iPhone/iPad SIG Visit our new iPhone/iPad/iPod SIG Community to register
May 9 Filemaker Pro
7pm Holiday Inn Express. Visit our new Filemaker Pro SIG Community to register
May 17 Internet SIG, 7pm Holiday Inn Express. Visit our new Internet SIG Community to register
May 21 Photography SIG 7pm, Holiday Inn Express. Visit our new Photography SIG Community to register
SIG schedule for June 2012
Jun 5 iPhone/iPad/iPod SIG 7pm, Holiday Inn Express. Visit our new iPhone/iPad/iPod SIG Community to register
Jun 13 Filemaker SIG 7pm, Holiday Inn Express. Visit our new Filemaker Pro SIG Community to register
Jun 18 Photography SIG 7pm, Holiday Inn Express. Visit our new Photography SIG Community to register
Jun 21 Internet SIG 7pm, Holiday Inn Express. Visit our new Internet SIG Community to register
Attendance policy: If you've never attended a SIG before we invite you to be our guest and you may come 2 times to check out the group.
If you are an expired member and wish to attend please rejoin the group by renewing your membership.
Where these SIGs meets for 2012 (Novice and Tech SIGs always meet at the Hyatt Place prior to main meeting)
The Holiday Inn Express,
2120 South Arlington Heights Rd,
Arlington Heights, IL 60005.
Ph: 847-593-9400
Easily found near Algonquin and Arlington Hts Rds. Just North of Algonquin Rd. on the West side of the street.
For Map to Holiday Inn Express

Guests welcome.
Our Guest Policy - Guests may attend our SIGS 2 times to check them out. We ask that after that, they join the group to obtain full membership benefits.
See our SIG page for more details and to register
TNWoU is proud to present a workshop by Craig Doran, Tech SIG leader
certified Apple expert.
Lion Workshop - May 19th
Craig Doran Instructoor
9am-1pm Doors open 8:30am
Location: Hyatt Place Hotel
1851 McConnor Parkway
Schaumburg, IL 60173
Member price $30
Non-member $40
Register Now
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Check out our member discount section we've added some new programs recently. Just log in to our member only section.
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OUR GENERAL MEETING LOCATION - for SIGS see above
Need to find our meeting location? Click here for directions. All main meetings are held at the Hyatt Place Hotel.

Hyatt Place Hotel
1851 McConnor Parkway
Schaumburg, IL 60173
Just Behind Sweet Tomatos and the RAM restaurants near iKea in Schaumburg

You may park and enter the meeting rooms from the back of the building.
Our Mailing Address:
The NorthWest of Us
PO Box 5922
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089-5922.