NZMac.com - Supporting the New Zealand Mac community

An odd name, but this competition is really simple! It's up to you to do whatever you want to do to contribute to the site and you'll have a chance to win some goodies from my trip to the States and from the Apple Company Store in return.

You might have a really good bookmark for us all, you might be a company wanting to list for free in the Business Directory. I might have seriously missed out on some key dates for inclusion in the online Mac Event Calendar...or might I be missing some local User Group information.....whatever!

So here's how it works....there are a number of sections on the site that will be part of the competition. If you contribute to any of the following sections over the next few weeks, make sure you email me This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it about it, and you're automatically in the draw:

• Finding a great news link or more info to support our "Fight The Good Fight" section
• Updating or adding a new entry into the "Mac Friendly Companies" section
• Writing a new story for the "Macs in Education" section
• Adding a new bookmark to the "Useful Website" section
• Adding an entry into the "Events Calendar" section
• Writing a feature story, review or sending a How To/ Quick Tip with included images...or writing a commentary for the Local Voices section (any of these would make me very happy!)
• Rewriting the "Macs in New Zealand" section if you see any glaring omissions

In short, anything you want to add to any of these sections (yes, I have made some obvious exclusions, including the Discussion Forum) that will add to the great information available for Mac users in New Zealand (and note, the info must of course be of benefit to Mac users) will be accepted. And it's not necessary, but if things did focus a bit on Education then I'd be happy, as that is a section that we need to support more Mac users in.

Now, on to the goodies. The best contributions about 'whatever' will get first choice of a prize and then I'll work my way down through the four (yes, four!) people selected as winners, with second getting second choice etc. The prizes up for grabs (all purchased from the Apple Company Store by me):

• An Apple drinks bag/wine cooler bag
• An Apple cap and Apple Pen
• An Apple silver clip keychain and Apple Pen
• An Apple 'carabina' style key ring

The bag is amazing.When you first see it, it's unzipped and completely flat. The black outer area is padded and ribbed, and the inside covered with water-proofing and a pocket that hangs loose in its unzipped state.

What most people find puzzling is how it all goes together, given that the sides are curved....that's where the fun comes in.

As the bag is zipped up along both sides, the zips curve in to become the sides of the case and the picnic bag is formed, complete with a zipped top. You can pack all your food in, use the pocket area for specific items and of course....when you get to your destination, unzip and lie the whole thing out flat as a surface to keep your food sitting on.

The silver clip keychain comes in its own little box. It has a nice oval part to it with an etched-on Apple logo and a hook where you can latch on a huge amount of keys. All very trendy indeed!

The Apple cap is a straightforward cool looking Apple cap and the carabina style keyring has been given away previously on this site (these are close to my last goodies to give away people!)

Rules

• Entries close midnight, Saturday evening, April 30th 2005
• Overseas users of the site are welcome to contribute entries, but prizes will only be shipped to a NZ address. Everyone in NZ can enter....'cept me.
• You can enter as many times as you want. Entering 20 bookmarks (for example) does not get you 20 entries, but it does give you a better chance of making the judge (see below) happy and therefore promotes your chances of winning.
• Features, Reviews, How To/Quick Tips and should be accompanied by images and should be between 600 to 900 words in length
• Where possible (Bookmarks, calendar, business directory etc) you should submit your entries online and not email the information to me to enter (please!)...but...
• Everyone making a contribution must also email me This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it to make sure I'm aware of the contribution you just made to the site
• Submissions must be entirely your own work and must not breach copyright or intellectual property right in any way.
• By your submission you grant NZMac.com the right to make publicly available the submitted content as they see fit (such as posted on the web site) and take full responsibility for the content of your entry.
• Submitting content does not guarantee that it will be posted on the NZMac.com site. If it is not posted, you are not eligible to win a prize
• We reserve the right to reject any submission without explanation.
• We reserve the right to edit your submission
• Submitted and accepted pieces will be posted on the site as they are received. Posting gives no indication as to whether an entrant will be successful in winning the competition.
• The judge's (Philip Roy) decision is final and no discussion will be entered into
• Items will be judged in the basis of the value of the contribution (amount of details, amount of submitted material and the benefit to NZ Mac users) that each entry makes and some slight preference will be given to entries that have an education focus
• The prizes are not exchangeable for cash 

Good luck and email me ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) if you have any questions.

[Update 1]
Congratulations to Peter Cole and Brendan Chapman, who both received an Apple pinic bag for their efforts.

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