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User Groups

A great way to learn more about your software is to interact with other users.  For more information on a specific group please send an email to the contact person.  If you would like to add your group or a wish for a group to the list please send a note to Loretta.

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In the U.S.:

Southern AZ PMB Users Group - Meets monthly, Saturday, May 22, 2004
Monday,   June 21, 2004 dates are scheduled.
Membership is restricted to PMB users living in Pima, Santa Cruz and Cochise counties of Arizona.  Anyone interested in joining our users group should contact Madeline Zargarian for details. They also have a restricted-to-members website, but any Wild Ginger user wishing to join our list may contact Madeline Zargarian .

Huntington Beach Users Group (Orange County, CA) - We meet one Saturday a month. Each month majority rules on which Sat we will meet the next month.  We meet from 10:30 AM to 2-3-4 whatever time it takes.  We bring our own sack lunch and we put in $2 each for our hostess to cover drinks and cookies for dessert.  Margaret Swezea offers her home.  I coordinate all the members who are planning to attend.  Betty Spinat.

The Denver, CO Area PM Users Group meets the first Monday of every month at 1:30.  Contact Jessie Rember for more information.

Southern Colorado User Group will meet in Colorado Springs. Anyone interested in coming please write to Karen Campbell for directions.

Delaware and southern New Jersey PMB Users Group meets in Pennsville, NJ just over the Delaware Memorial Bridge. Contact Karen Evenson for details.

DC Metro Area PMB Users Group -- meets the second Sunday of every month. The location varries. Contact Henrietta TalfourdJones for more information. 

Jacksonville Florida NE Users Group (including the entire First Coast area)
Meeting schedule:   We will be meeting on a monthly basis at a specified
User's home.  Please contact Joyce Ellis to get time/date of meeting, and directions.

Northwest Florida - Boutique Belles We meet every four to six weeks on Saturday at member's homes. Please contact Marti for more information.

Tampa Bay PMB Users Group - 2nd Saturday of the month 10:00 A.M., pot luck lunch, location varies -- for information, contact Angela.

Atlanta PMB Users Group - Even numbered months (2,4,6, etc.), we meet on the Third Saturday at 10am at Jeanna's house in Marietta.
Odd numbered months (1,3,5, etc.), we meet on the Third Saturday at 10am at
Susan Stallard's house in Lilburn.
Contact JeAnna Badenell or Susan Stallard

KC PMB Users Group meets the 2nd Saturday each month.  Contact Maida Whitten for further information.

East Central Iowa PMB Users Group, Cedar Rapids Chapter, ASG, neighborhood group. Contact Donna

Cincinnati/Dayton/No. Kentucky PMB Users Group - which meets on the third Saturday of each month, from 10 AM to noon.  Contact Karen Maslowski

LasVegas PMB Users Group - meets the third Sunday of every month at the Ultimate Sewing Place.  Contact Sandy Fulton for more information.

Chapel Hill area NC PMB Users - contact Ruth Porter or April Blazich for more information.     

Nashville, TN Users Group - October Meeting is the third Saturday of every month at the International School of Technology and Design. We meet in conjunction with the Nashville Chapter of the American Sewing Guild and non-software users are welcome. For information contact Loretta Gjeltema .  

Ft. Worth PMB Users Group - We will be meeting on the 3rd Thursday of each month at the home of Jackie Collins in Crowley, Texas. Contact Penny Kilpatrick.

Reading, PA PMB Users Group - contact Doris Schappell  for more information.East Dallas (Rowlett) PMB Users - first Saturday of each month, 1:30pm-3:30pm (or however late we want to go ). Contact Janet Crenshaw for directions.

PMB Users Group meetings in Madison, WI - All metings are 6:30-8:30 pm unless other wise stated.  All meetings are at Hans' Sewing and Vacuum, 1525 Williamson St. Meetings are currently scheduled for:  October 15 and November 17.  Contact Denise Sobering.

Oregon and Southern Washington PMB Users Group - meets in my home on the 2nd Saturday of odd-numbered months. (Jan, Mar, May, July, Sept, Nov).  People who are interested should contact Jane Starnes.

St. Louis/Southwestern Illinois Users Group -  We will be meeting every
other month starting in January 2004.  Please contact Gloria Schobert
for more information.

Tulsa, OK -   Planned meeting times and location are as follows: 2nd Sunday of the Month, 2pm - 4pm, Sewing Machines of Tulsa, 5008 S. Sheridan Rd, Tulsa, OK.    Contact Ann LaRue  Since we are starting this as a Neighborhood Group associated with the American Sewing Guild - Tulsa Chapter.  We will also be addressing general fitting issues and pattern making/adjustments as well as PMB fitting/user issues.

MidMichigan Users Group "The Sloper Sisters" contact Pamela Loomis    General area Lansing, Michigan

Lansing MI User Group meets every other month from 10:00 -12:00 for
further information please contact Linda McCoy

We have just set up a users group in Minneapolis, MN .  We will be meeting
the third Monday of each month.  Tammy Knutson is the coordinator.

For information concerning the Albany, NY PMB users group contact Nola Reis. .

Delaware and southern New Jersey PMB User Group meets in Pennsville, NJ just over the Delaware Memorial Bridge. Contact Karen Evenson for details.

Houston, TX group does not have meetings on a consistent basis, but does have a number of ladies (around 8 or 9) who are involved and we really enjoy getting together. We meet during the afternoon on Wednesdays (when we
can) and anyone interested should contact Cheryl Moncrief.

Southeast Houston, TX PMB User Group will meet on the first Saturday of each month. Contact Jeannette Hays for more information.

Bellevue, WA - There is a users group that meets in Bellevue, WA on the 4th Saturday of the month at 11 AM. The contact person is Paula Matthews

Snohomish County (North Seattle) Users Group - Meets the 2nd Monday at 6:45. We rotate our meeting place to each others homes. 
For general information contact either Sally Hoffman or Judy Wolinski.

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Outside the U.S.:

Eastern Ontario, PMB Users Group - . Contact Christine Brown for details.

Greater Toronto Area PMB User's Group Contact Rebecca Ednie.Next meeting Feb 21, 2004 1:30PM in Newmarket, Ontario.

UK Users Group - This group was created in August 2000 for anyone using any type of Pattern Drafting Software in the United Kingdom. Anyone sewing in the UK, or elsewhere, is welcome to join us to discuss pattern software, dressmaking or sewing in general. You do not have to be a software owner. Members can post
messages, exchange ideas and tips and share photographs of their creations.
User Group meetings and Sewing Get Togethers are held in various locations
in the UK.
For joining details contact Lynne Dean
Web Site http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/pmbukusers

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Wish for Groups in the U.S.

Claudia would like to form a PMB user group in the central Arkansas.

Patti lives in the greater Phoenix, AZ area and would to connect with other PMB users.

Mira is looking for other Wild Ginger software owners near Tombstone, AZ, Bisbee, AZ, Wilcox, AZ, and Benson, AZ who are interested in forming a user's group.

Rose Sogge is looking for a PMB users group in SanDiego, CA.

Barbara Herbert is hoping to organize a PMB group in Sonoma County, CA

Maxine Jarvi is hoping to organize a PMB group in Northern Colorado and Ft. Collins.  Please let her know if you are interested.

Kathy Haverty would like to establish a group in Fairfield, CT.

Marisol Myers is looking for a  user group in the North Central  area of
Florida
: Gainesville/Ocala/Leesburg area..oranyone else interested in
forming one.

Marilyn Pennock  would be like to know if there are any other PMB user in Central Florida, Orlando area that would be interested in getting a user group together. 

Ederle Greene-Ramirez would like to start a users group in Riverview, Florida.

would like to start a users group in Riverview, Florida

Jill Olle would like to meet with anyone between Chicago and Peoria, Illinois, preferring North Central Illinois.

Beth Tanner is interested in talking with individuals who might like to form a PMB user's group in the Wichita, KS area.

If there are any PMB users in Montana interested in meeting, please contact Mollie Nickelson, who lives in Bozeman.

Tzviah would like to start a PMB user group in and around Cleveland,Ohio.

Esther Paris is wondering if there are other registered users in the RI/SE MA area, and whether or not I might contact them regarding the possibility of starting a users' group, or just meeting?

Jean Jarvis is looking for people who are interested in a user group in the southwestern Minneapolis suburbs

Christine Elliott would like to know if there are other PMB wners that might live in either Horry County, South Carolina or any of the following North Carolina counties: Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender or Bladen. She would like to organize a group.

Glenna would like to start a users group in and around Winston Salem, NC.

Heather Miles is looking for a PMB users group, in Milwuakee, WI (or South Eastern Wisconsin).

Cheryl Long is looking a PMB users group near Holly, MI (Oakland or Genesee County)

Pat Banks is looking for a PMB group in central MO

Emilie would like to organize a group in the NorthCentral Ohio area, Sandusky to be more specific. 

Alice Clapper is wondering if there anyone "out there" in the Oardman/Youngstown, OH/New Castled/Sharon, PA area that either knows of a sewing group using PMB or who would like to get together?

Karen Shively would like to hear from those wanting to be a part of a Pattern Maker user group in the Houston, TX area.

Sandi Ruelke would be interested in a user group in the Littleton, NH - St. Johnsbury, NH area or within 75 miles of Littleton, NH .

Barbara Johnson is looking for a user's group in Greenbay, WI.

Wish List Outside the U.S.

Kelley-Anne Hollingshead is in Edmonton and is looking for anyone else in Alberta who would be interested in forming a PMB group.

Lynda Vaughan would like to get a PMB  user group started in the Trail -- Castlegar area in British Columbia Canada

I would be interested in a PMB group in the Okanogan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. Nancy Battersby

Rhonda Fleming would like to form a PMB user group in Hong Kong.

Mary Fraser in Richmond/Vancouver British Columbia would like to form a PMB group.

Valerie Sorensen would like to find anyone interested in a group on Southern Vancouver Island.

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