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On Sept 17th 5pm, a new AppleCert group will start. The description of what we will cover from the book is:

"The group for Apple Certified Support Professional 10.5 (ACSP) is ideal for help desk personnel, service technicians, technical coordinators, and others who support Mac OS X customers over the phone or who perform Mac OS X troubleshooting and support in schools and businesses. The ACSP certification verifies an understanding of troubleshooting and assist users with essential Mac OS X capabilites. To receive this certification you must pass the Mac OS X Support Essentials v10.5 exam."

But of course, with a diverse group of talented people all gathering on a weekly basis, the benefit is far beyond what's written in the book. The mentoring, sharing, and direct one on one help that each member takes away is even more valuable than just getting a certification and the paper to prove it.

There are a few spots left. If you are curious, please come out to the first meeting and give it a try or drop me an e-mail directly at jason@applecert.org

Look forward to seeing you there.

While many of us have been busy dealing with the introduction of iPhone 3G into our networks and others have been off on summer break, hopefully everyone had a bit of a chance to relax during August.

So September is time to hit the books again and starting with Directory Services, we will work towards the goal of finishing the ACSA certifications. If the previous levels were too basic and you would like to join now, please drop us an e-mail at directors@applecert.org and we will be happy to work out the details of adding you to the group.

皆さんはこの8月、少しゆっくりする機会がありましたか。私たちはiPhone 3Gのネットワーク導入に忙しくしたり、夏休みをとっていたりして過ごしています。

そう、9月はまたテキストブックを開いてディレクトリーサービスに向き合う時期です。そして、ACSA認定を完了するというゴールに向かって勉強しましょう。もし、以前のレベルがベーシックだったと感じていて、これからこのグループへの参加を考えているなら、メールでdirectors@applecert.orgまでお気軽にご連絡ください。こちらからグループ参加に関する詳細をお知らせさせていただきます。

Leveraging today's anytime anywhere Apple tools, we will "beam up" Joel for a generous helping of scripting recipies and Open Directory discussion.

Wed June 18th, 7:30pm - 8:30pm - Special Guest: Joel Rennich of AFP548.com via iChat in Room1 - Acty Meguro Ekimae, Meguro

スクリプト記述法およびOpen Directoryのディスカッションへの参加を快く承諾してくれたJoelを、いつでもどこでも使える最新のAppleツールの力で「beam up!」、瞬間移動で連れてきてしまう予定です。

開催日時：6月18日（水）午後7時30分から8時30分まで　場所：アクティ目黒（目黒駅前）Room1にて
スペシャルゲスト：AFP548.comのJoel Rennich氏（iChat経由）

We have a new listserv on Google Groups. If you are regularly attending our events and want to follow the conversation between meetings, please sign-up.

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Goole Groupsに新しくlistservを設けました。イベントにいつも参加していて、ミーティングの合間に話した内容などを知りたい場合は、どうぞサインアップしてください。

A big thank-you to Ruriko and Naoko of the MOSA Society for Global Engineers group for the invitation to present the AppleCert concept to their group and welcome their young, bright university students to participate in our certification study program.

We look forward to continuing to support their new program by introducing guest speakers and extending our friendship and ideas to help their membership grow the important skills beyond just technical skills that are necessary to be a successful global engineer.

For more info please see the meeting reports on the MOSA site:
第1回 MOSA Society for Global Software Engineers レポート

AppleCert見学 レポート

【学生】「第2回 MOSA Society for Global Software Engineers」

今回、MOSA Society for Global Engineersグループのルリコさんとナオコさんにご招待いただいたおかげで、彼女たちのグループでAppleCertのコンセプトを紹介させてもらえた上、AppleCertのスタディグループにこれから将来が楽しみな大学生を招いて、参加してもらうことができました。

グローバルエンジニアとして成功するために必要なテクニカルスキルを紹介するだけでなく、さまざまな重要なスキルを伸ばすお手伝いをするために双方のフレンドシップやアイデアを拡大、交換したり、ゲストスピーカーを紹介するなどして、今後も引き続き喜んでサポートさせてもらいたいです。

詳細に関しては、MOSAのサイト上にある以下のミーティングレポートをご覧ください。
第1回 MOSA Society for Global Software Engineers レポート

AppleCert見学 レポート

【学生】「第2回 MOSA Society for Global Software Engineers」

Awards were decided May 21, 2008. Tabata-san and Nate were the two hardworking guys to walk away with their respective prizes for passing the Apple Certified Support Professional test with flying colours!
 

Congratulations to the both of them!

5月21日に受賞者が発表になりました。タバタさんとNateという勉強熱心な二人がが見事にアップル認定サポートプロフェッショナルのテストに合格したので、それぞれ商品を受取り巣立って行きます！

二人とも、合格おめでとう！

Great timing by the team from Archiware GmbH visiting from Germany allows us to invite them to demo their synchronize, backup, and archive data management solution PresSTORE. If you attended our Xsan and OS X Server sessions a month ago you will remember that Rick Wylie had highly recommended we all evaluate this product.

Wed April 16th, 7 - 7:30pm - Special Guest: Dr. med. Marc M. Batschkus demo and discussion of PresSTORE from Archiware GmbH in Room1 - Acty Meguro Ekimae, Meguro

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Then from 7:30 - 9pm, the regularly scheduled Apple Certified Support Professional (ACSP) weekly group study now reviewing the topics from Chapter 8&9 of the book.

"Focus on how to properly configure Mac OS X's built-in network sharing services. Enable and control network file sharing, web sharing, network and client remote control services. Configure the Mac's firewall to protect it from malicious network traffic and learn some common network service troubleshooting techniques."


開催日時： 4月16日（水）　午後7時から7時30分まで　場所：アクティ目黒（目黒駅前）Room1
内容：スペシャルゲストDr. med. Marc M. Batschkus氏によるデモおよびArchiware GmbHからのPresSTOREのディスカッション

引き続き　午後7時30分から9時まで、通常の「アップル認定サポートプロフェッショナル（ACSP）」のウィークリースタディグループを行います。今回は、テキスト「Chapter 8&9」です。

The ACSP support essentials study sessions are well underway with the chapters of the book flying by. However, it's great to see new members continuing to join our group! If you've been wondering is this for you, please feel free to come out and meet everyone.

Also be sure to check our Previous Events page to see what we've been up to.

A larger group than expected kick-started this year's sessions with a healthy share of knowledge-sharing and the determination of which Chapters need to be read before which date.

Weekly meetings for the ACSP sessions will be held every Wednesday and the deposit is set at 30,000 yen. For details on how the deposit works please see the FAQ. As it is still early in the book, members who have not yet signed up are welcome to sign-up and attend this Wednesday.

More details on the March 5th session is in Previous Events.

Tomorrow we are running the introductory meeting of the ACSP (Apple Certified Support Professional / アップル認定サポートプロフェッショナル ) weekly study group. For those who haven't purchased the Apple Certified Training book, or haven't yet signed up, don't worry. Please join us anyways at 7pm in Meguro and we'll help you get started.

You will get to meet all the great people who are joining in and will get a better understanding of what we are all about.

See you tomorrow!

Map to Acty Meguro Ekimae - meeting room 1