#3D Artists & Animators
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3D Artists & Animators would like to talk to individuals in the following
states to see what 3DA&A and NAAUG can do to help users of Autodesk
Multimedia products establish new users groups in these states:
South Carolina Alaska Minnesota Oklahoma
Virginia Arkansas Montana Oregon
Maryland Hawaii Nebraska Rhode Island
New York Idaho Nevada Texas
Delaware Utah New Hampshire Vermont
Alabama Indiana North Dakota Washington (state)
Mississippi Kansas South Dakota West Virginia
Louisiana Maine Ohio Wyoming
There are no 3D Studio/Multi Media Users Group Contacts for these states
listed with NAAUG as of this date.
Lee Steel
I run the Oregon (Portland) 3ds user group. I could have sworn I filed it with
you guys. I know it is registered with Adesk.
Anyway, what is it you want to know/do?
Hi Tim,
It is our intention to help promote 3DS users groups in areas which do not
have groups yet for one reason or another. I went by the current listing
of NAAUG, 3D Studio, Users Group Contacts and none were listed for the
states I mentioned, Oregon included. Perhaps you should contact Toby at
NAAUG to be recognised. We are looking for new groups to form under the
banner 3DAA__. We hope to have a national newsletter later this year. We
are also kicking around some other exciting ideas which will help unify
the 3DS user community. As of this time there are 3 chapters of 3DA&A,
the original group in Tampa run by Jeff Reisner, 3DAANC run by Dave Boddy
in North Carolina, my group, 3DAACT, here in Connecticut, and there is a
possible forth group in South Carolina being formed. I hope this has
helped answer some of your questions. It is good to hear that you have
a group already in place. Perhaps you'll consider affiliation. We hope
to bring a new meaning to the phrase "Strength in Numbers". I will make
sure Jeff drops you a message to further help explainour intentions.
-Lee
Hi Lee,
Could you explain to me the difference between a NAAUG 3DS user group, and
a 3DA&A group? FWIW, I am located on the border of ND and MN.
Paul S.
I'm not sure that there IS any diferance. We are hoping to make our group
100% NAAUG membership. We are just promoting a little more contact between
groups. Some ideas have been a national newsletter with news from all
groups and a yearly reel showing the best of each group which would be
voted on by each individual group then compiled and edited into one reel.
I would like to see a stronger support in MultiMedia by NAAUG like posibly
having a video wall at events like Siggraph and Autodesk U where people
could come and sit down and watch different submissions from all the
groups. Not to undermind Autodesks' annual reel but have time to show
all the yearly reels from all the groups. Kind of like the Asoft party
at Sig'94 where anyone with the guts can step up to the pump and show
their stuff. Anyway, I really wasn't suggesting that our group was THAT
much different, only in that we are taking a much more active roll in
getting the support out to the users. The other difference is that we
are trying to be open minded in the fact that most 3DSers' use other
software in chorus with 3D Studio to get the job done. We want to bring
those issues to the table as well by not making it an exclusive club for
3DS only, i.e. 3DA&A instead of 3DS u.g. You would be surprised what a
person who has only used Photoshop might have to offer or what a person
who has worked several years as a cell animator might offer. We hope to
get all these people out and to the table to share their experience and
to draw upon the experiences of others. Another service we have provided
some of the vendors is showing full production style demos of their
products to the groups. As a result those vendors save money in their
own promotion and the street level users get a better understanding in
the form of a hands-on demo of exactly what the newest software will do.
Hope this helped clear things up.
-Lee
>>
I'm not sure that there IS any diferance. We are hoping to make our group
100% NAAUG membership. We are just promoting a little more contact between
groups. <<
>>
I would like to see a stronger support in MultiMedia by NAAUG like posibly
having a video wall at events like Siggraph and Autodesk U where people
could come and sit down and watch different submissions from all the
groups.
<<
just wanted to let you know i'm taking all this down for next NAAUG board of
directors meeting, Lee. great ideas all.
-dave / NAAUG President-Elect
>> Hope this helped clear things up. <<
Thanks for the info!
Paul S.
It sounds intriguing. I will wait for the note from Jeff, and bring up the idea
at the next meeting for review.
Thanx Tim,
Perhaps Jeff and I could send you some back issues of our newslettes
so you could see what we're up to.
Lee
I would have no problem with that. (more info, newsletters, et. al.)
As I understand it, there is a 3D Studio users group in Austin, TX that meets
every last Wednesday of the month. Is this perhaps not a "recognized" NAAUG
user's group?
As I had said I only had the latest NAAUG newsletter to go by and the
states I had mentioned have no "Contact" listed in the catagory of
3D Studio. It does not cost anything to contact Toby at NAAUG and
become a 3D Studio User Contact. As far as our group goes, we are
simply trying to increase the user support and promote the shareing
of insight into the program, much like this forum only "face to face".
There are a lot of people out there using the program who don't use
CompuServe, Internet, or a modem for that matter. The "Towne Meeting"
so to speak is a means of bringing the news to them as well as finding
out what tricks they have up their sleeves.
Lee
Lee,
I am currently establishing the South Carolina 3ds users group in Charleston.
Autodesk is aware that the group is being formed, if there is anything that you
would like to know I would more than happy to reply.
We will hold our first meeting at the end of the month or in May. Things are
going slow but steady, I am trying to work time in around my teaching schedule
to work time in for the group. BTW The school at which I am employed is
Trident Technical College, we are an Authorized Autodesk Training Center, we
currently teach AutoCAD and will start teaching 3ds in the summer.
Roy Baker
Instructor (803) 569-6504
Roy –
Not relevant to this topic but please say hello to my uncle, Wayne Whelan, Dean
of Continuing Education at Trident. He is an excellent host to all his
travelling relatives especially when the blizzards here in Maine get too bad in
the winter.
Tell him Joe is beginning to teach AutoCad where he works and loves it. I've
been trying to get Wayne on Compuserve or at least the Internet but no luck so
far!
Nice to see the college on here.
Anne