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MEETINGS Timetable (2006)

The current year's meeting timetable is here. Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month from February to November. Refer to the Venue Map for the meeting location and the Meeting Notice for details of the next meeting.

  Date in 2006   Speaker/Topic

Tuesday,
February 7

Join us for the Launch of Corel's latest products: CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 and WordPerfect Suite X3. Free evening - all welcome. Prizes and Refreshments!

Tuesday,
March 21
  • How Corel Under magazine is created in Corel Ventura - Jenette Youngman
  • Using Colour and Shapes in Design - Janice Edgar
  • Aspects of CGDS X3 in Depth - David Mutch
  • Raffle and Door Prize draws
Tuesday,
April 18
  • The Biggest Party Event in the World - Sean O’Kelly - Sean recently attended the biggest Party and Balloon Conference in the world, held in Chicago, USA. Sean gave several highly acclaimed presentations on how to use CorelDRAW for Party and Balloon Creations Design.
  • Illustration with CorelDRAW - Pierre du Plessis Our resident DRAW Guru will show us how to use shaping tools such as Trim, Intersect, Envelope and Meshes to create Illustrations in CorelDRAW.
  • More CorelDRAW X3 in Depth - David Mutch
    David will continue with his presentation of the new features in CorelDRAW X3 and examine the new Corel Power Trace in detail.
  • Raffle and Door Prizes
Tuesday,
May 16
  • Cartooning with CorelDRAW - Ian Costello - Premier Balloons. Join us to discover how Ian creates and uses cartoons for business and pleasure utilizing Trace and other features of CorelDRAW.
  • More CorelDRAW X3 in Depth: Power TRACE - David Mutch. David will continue with his presentation of the new features in CorelDRAW X3 and examine the new Corel Power TRACE in detail, comparing it with previous versions of Trace.
  • Corel Paint Shop Pro X - Jenette Youngman.
    Jenette will introduce PSP X, a recently acquired Corel product and demonstrate many of its outstanding features.
  • Raffle and Door Prizes
Tuesday,
June 20
  • Genealogy / Photo restoration - Irene and Rob Wilson
  • More PSP X with Carrie Osmo
  • Prize = DES A4 laminator and 100 A4 Pouches
Tuesday,
July 18
  • Live music and album cover / CD design - Tom Bolton
  • The power of BitStream Font Navigator - David Mutch (free 10000+ fonts CD)
  • Raffle Prize: 1GB USB Drive ($50 value)+Jasc PhotoAlbum5+Jasc PSP Studio
Tuesday,
August 15
  • Watch and Watch Face Design in CorelDRAW - Parry Singh
  • Image Correction using masks - Richard Crompton
  • Raffle Prize: 1GB USB Drive ($50 value)+Jasc PhotoAlbum5+Jasc PSP Studio
Tuesday,
September 19
  • Australian Launch of the NEW Corel Paint Shop Pro PHOTO IX and Corel Snapfire!!
    Free meeting! All Welcome
  • Camera RAW and Raw Shooter - Richard Cromptom and Geoff George
  • Prizes supplied by Corel. Buy PSP X cheap from CDU and upgrade to the new PSP IX from City Software.
Tuesday,
October 17
  • AGM Notification
  • Corel Paint Shop Pro IX - XI - Carrie Osmo.
  • Using Print Merge in CorelDRAW - Richard Crompton
  • Image Correction & Adjustment using CDGS X3’s Image Adjustment Lab - David Mutch.
Tuesday,
November 21
  • AGM
  • CorelDRAW in the Sciences - Sue Simpson
  • Raffle Prize: Paper Pak (>$50 value)
  • End of Year Breakup Party

* TBA = To Be Advised

Previous years' timetables can be found here: 2018,2017,2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001