Club Meeting Highlights and Updates - December 2011

1. Dec 21, 2011

3. If would rather wear out than rust out. Larry Piper

4. Past – Future Topics • Feb 12 ? • Jan 12 Tablets: Al – Android, Lynn - iPad • Dec 11 Christmas Party - 3rd Wednesday • Nov 11 Joe Holiday Technology Shopping List • Oct 11 Carol & Howard Skype • Sep 11 Ann Jarvis Library • Aug 11 Picnic • Jun 11 Ann Jarvis Library (Posponed) • May 11 Shirley Salas Facebook • Apr 11 Joe Photoshop Elements 9 • Mar 11 (meeting canceled) • Feb 11 Howard Utilities (mostly free) • Jan 11 Carol Computer Updates; Joe Scams • Dec 10 Christmas Party (3rd Wed) • Nov 10 Lewis Office 2010 (3rd Wed) • Oct 10 Hammel – Picard Cloud Computing - Updating

5. Who Are Our Officers ? • President Larry Piper • Vice President Joe Lykowski • Treasurer Laura Hammel • Newsletter Carol Picard • Membership Gary Ensing • Webmaster Carol Picard • Publicity Al Adams • Program Co-Chairs Howard Lewis & Bill Tower • At-Large Board Al Adams & Shirley Salas

6. General Comments • Membership Report • Treasurer’s Report • Club Officer Elections • Other Business: • On with the show …

7. Santa • Eats • Questions • Discussion

8. Board Meeting (none in Dec) • Room reservations for 2012 • ideas: Win8, TiVo, Cloud • raffle: $50, other software • 28 members

9. Club Website http://mcc.apcug.org 1 – added meeting agendas /piper 2 –

10. Current Newsletterhttp://mcc.apcug.org/newsletters.html Websites: nurse, wonders, bird, Nat’l Geo, roundup Al: Save images on web Larry: Transfer XP to Win 7 Buying a table Office 2007 grammar TrueCrypt

11. General Questions • News: Computer? Technical? Midland? Data transfer • New Hardware? Clean up laptop • New Software? • Newsletter or Web Site? • Microsoft Updates? Other Updates?

12. What I Have Learned • Windows XP upgrades still available • Taskbar works differently on Win 7 • Smile Box – Judy ; free version • Ubuntu 11.10 is a good OS; looks like Windows • Time your startup – Fred Langa • S • Personal Highlights of 2011; 2012 Projections • W • Aspect ratios: picture distortion

13. Interesting Web Sites • freelandlights.com/index.html Christmas lights • www.someecards.com/ VERY wide range • http://www.wired.com/ Wired Magazine • www.crunchbase.com/ Database about companies • yudkowsky.net/rational/bayesBayes Theorem • Cloud Tools • Calendars That Work • All my faves Home page • Google, Yahoo, CNN, Deskref, PCMag, Daily, PCWorld

14. Interesting Videos & emails • Cat & printer • Lack of female supervision

15. Survey • Generator • Backup Heating: fireplace, propane, etc • Browser: IE, Firefox, Chrome, Other • List of medications & doctors • List of software installed & original IDs

16. Other Comments or Questions http:// Goat Hill Burger King Murder

17. Time for the Raffle Drawing ?

18. Membership List • Al Adams Frank Koenig • Jerry Arch Gust Kookootsedes • Larry Ault Howard Lewis • George Binder Joe Lykowski • Kathy Bohl Judy Vogel • Mary Branson Robert Miller • Terry Brown Harry Morton • Jim Carrier Frank Neeb • John Dashner Ron Picardi • D. Ducommon Carol Picard • Gary-Jan Ensing Larry-Judy Piper • Laura Hammel Shirley Salas • Rich Holbrook Bill Tower • Bill Kocher Lynn Walker

19. Personal Experiences • Accessing Microsoft Templates: need IE

20. Ads – What’s The Catch • Send in your gold • Free credit scores • Professor & free CDs • Geiko & Progressive Car Insurance • Body Building • Weight Loss • Pay shipping on 2nd item • Carnival Games – Magic Illusions –

21. Who Are Our Officers ? • President Larry Piper • Vice President Joe Lykowski • Treasurer Laura Hammel • Newsletter Carol Picard • Membership Gary Ensing • Webmaster Carol Picard • Publicity Al Adams • Program Co-Chairs Howard Lewis & Bill Tower • At-Large Board Al Adams & Shirley Salas

22. Questions for Individuals • Laura: • Al: • Howard: • Carol: • Gary:

24. Template • Sample