Computer Club E-Newsletter for the week of Nov. 4- Nov. 11, 2007
Monday Meeting, Oct 29, 2007 1pm Ballroom
Web 2.0 Zoo - a menagerie of weird, funny and scary examples of our future - Peter Roll - Web 2.0 is being touted as the future direction for the computer industry. This presentation will cover what the term means complete with YouTube videos and cartoons. Come take a tour through some of the more interesting examples of animals in the Web 2.0 Zoo. It's the world in which our grandchildren will live.
Announcements:
It’s time to renew your membership in the Computer Club!
>Dues for 2008 will be $10 for the first member of the household; $5 for each additional member of the household.
>Anyone who renews in November or December, 2007, will be listed as “paid up” through December, 2008.
>New club members who join in November or December, 2007, will be listed as “paid up” through December, 2008.
We are trying to make it easy to renew or join:
>Come by the CyberCenter and ask a monitor to sign you up. (Please pay by check.)
>Come early to any Monday meeting to renew. (Bring your checkbook.)
>ON-line Membership Renewal Now Available for the first time!
Computer Club members may now renew their membership for 2008 on-line and
pay their dues with a credit card or PayPal account. To avoid waiting in
line and to save on gas, renew on-line by clicking here and following the
instructions. A PayPal account is not needed to pay on-line with a credit
card.
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ANNUAL MEETING - LUNCHEON The SCTX Computer Club will hold its annual meeting on Monday January 14th at 11:30am in the Social Center Ballroom. The $10 per person tickets go on sale on Thurs. Nov 1st in the CyberCenter. They will also be sold at the Monday Meetings in the Ballroom.
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Are you fluent in Access and VBA? If so, the computer club can use your talents. The Computer Club is in the process of adding some long awaited features to our Access database - online registration both for joining/renewing membership and possibly for class enrollment. If you are interested in finding out what is going on behind the scenes with this project, the Computer Club can use and would appreciate your contributions. Click here to contact us for more details.
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Nominations are being accepted for candidates to be members of the Computer Club's 2008 Executive Board. All positions are open; please consider running for an office. If nominating someone else, be sure you have received their OK. The positions and qualifications can be found on the club web site. Send all nominations to Jan Miller.
Special Interest Group Meetings (SIGs):
eBay SIG, Wed, Nov 7, 10am, Meeting Rooms #3 & 4
Mac High Tea, Wed, Nov 7, 3pm, CyberCenter Meeting Room
Beginners & Beyond SIG, Thurs, Nov 8, 9:30am, CyberCenter Meeting Room
Nancy Strayer will present "Basics of eBay". This is an hour-long
presentation, but it should get you "up and running" on the eBay
site, if you go home and try it right away.
Training Classes:
(Computer Club members must register for these and all other classes in the CyberCenter. A Lab Monitor will help you.)
Computer Intro, Jenny Burson, Mon/Wed/Fri, Nov 5, 7, 9, 3pm
Mac iPhoto Slide Show, Jan Franklin, Tues/Thurs, Nov 6, 8, 9:30am
GPS, Jerry Sivin, Fri, Nov 9, 12:30pm
If you are signed up for a training class and cannot attend, please be sure to inform either the instructor or a Lab monitor.
To see classes scheduled for the rest of this month go to the Training Calendar on the Computer Club website.
Computer Club Information:
Web site: www.sctxcompclub.org
Lab Hours:
Mon & Fri 9am – noon
Tues, Wed, Thurs 9am - 3pm
Sat 10am – noon
Please send email address changes to: newemail@sctxcompclub.org
Bringing Cyberspace to the Community