Monthly

A $2 raffle is held at each monthly meeting, with prizes of software or hardware such as speakers, TV tuners and the like. The raffle is drawn during the afternoon.

Annual

A major raffle is conducted with the usual formal ticketing arrangements once each year. On these occasions the prize is traditionally a Macintosh computer system with additional software or peripherals.

MacBook Pro Prize Specifications

• MacBook Pro with 2.4Ghz Intel Core2Duo processor and 2GB RAM
• 15.4" active matrix display. 1440x900 pixels, 16-bit colour
• Trackpad pinch, rorate, & swipe technology
• nVidia GeForce 8600M GT Video Card on PCI Express, dual-link DVI support, 256MB VRAM
• 200GB 5400rpm Serial ATA hard drive
• 8x dual-layer SuperDrive (DVD+/-R, CD+/-RW)
• Firewire 400, Firewire 800, and two USB2.0 ports
• 10/100/1000 Ethernet, BlueTooth 2.1+EDR
• 802.11n Airport Extreme WiFi

AUSOM's major raffle 2008