Asia-Pacific Mac Union founded
updated 06:25 pm EDT, Mon October 23, 2006
Asia-Pacific Mac Union
The Asia-Pacific Mac Union has announced its founding, which occurred at a meeting online hosted by BeiMac from Beijing. The union was founded by the BeiMac Union and MacZone.cn of mainland China, Headnix of Hong Kong, ApplePro of Taipei, and the Geraldton Macintosh User Group of Australia. Discussions by participants from Beijing, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Australia held during the online meeting spoke of news and information exchange, annual meetings, a common newsletter, technical support, Union software, Union-wide design exchange, and the exchange of user group activity info as components of the new Union. David Feng, Director-General of the Union and President of the Beijing Macintosh User Group, hoped that the new Union would raise awareness for Apple in Asia-Pacific, making Asia-Pacific an important regional market.
The Asia-Pacific Mac Union has invited all Apple-related organizations including shops, user groups, websites, and blogs in all countries in Asia-Pacific to join the Union and to share the benefits with all Mac people in Asia-Pacific. The Union prides itself as being an Asia-Pacific-wide Union of Apple-related organizations headquartered in Beijing, China. The new union's aims are to unite Apple-related organizations and resources in Asia-Pacific, to benefit Apple users in Asia-Pacific, and to build up a home for all Apple people in Asia-Pacific.
