June 23, 2010 Meeting Agenda: Welcome, Meet New Attendees, Business Meeting, Slide Show, Poll, Giveaways

1. June 23, 2010

3. Agenda • Welcome to Meeting & Meet New Attendees 3 • What will be talking about tonight 2 • Brief Business Meeting – 5 • Upcoming Topics • Members & Treasurer Report • Tonight - Larry-Slide Show, Howard-PSR, Member Poll 60 - 75 • Handout 5 • General Questions 5 • My Questions 5 • Give Aways & Raffle 5

4. Past – Future Topics • Sep 10 Lykowski (something very hairy) • Aug 10 Picnic • July 10 No Meeting • June 10 Misc (3) Slide Show, PSR, Member Poll • May 10 Picard Hardware • Apr 10 Lykowski Media Alter atives • Mar 10 Laura-Carol Kindle • Feb 10 Piper email • Jan 10 Lewis Windows 7 • Dec 09 Lyktowski Future Technology • Nov 09 Tower Backing Up Personal • Oct 09 Koenig Wireless Hotspot • Sep 09 Hammel OLPC • Jun 09 Hammel News on the Internet • May 09 Tower Investing on the Internet

5. General Comments • Membership Report • Treasurer’s Report • 4 Lab coverages suspended during summer • Consider bringing old electronics for raffle. • WiFi Access: Club purchased router • On with the show …

6. MCC HandoutJune 23, 2010, http://mcc.apcug.org/mcc.htm 1 – Recent Technical Articles and Topics Office 2010 for Salehttp://www.informationweek.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=WFT0DWQBRCCOTQE1GHPCKH4ATMY32JVN?articleID=225700159 Digital copiers store info on HD since 2002 http://www.tvkim.com/watch/175/kims-picks-your-data-on-copy-machines Wikipedia proposes editing controversial articles http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10312095.stm

7. 2 – Websites Best Free PDF Toolshttp://www.techsupportalert.com/content/best-free-pdf-tools.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmosbest+%28Gizmo%27s+Best-ever+Freeware%29 Advanced System Carehttp://www.iobit.com/advancedwindowscareper.htmlhttp://www.infopackets.com 3 – Downloads, Programs & Videos http://www.ninite.com Auto load free apps BeforeAfter

10. 4 – Members Poll OS – Check all that apply⃝ Win 7 ⃝ Vista ⃝ XP ⃝ Win 9x ⃝ Linux ⃝ Device ⃝ Apple ⃝ Other ________________ PC Brand – Check all that apply⃝ Dell ⃝ HP/Compaq ⃝ Acer ⃝ Asus ⃝ eMachine ⃝ Gateway ⃝ Toshiba ⃝ Lenovo ⃝ ___ Printers: ⃝ Inkjet ⃝ Laser ⃝ How many networked? ⃝ Where you buy printer supplies _______ I own: ⃝ cell phone ⃝ iDevice ⃝ UPS ⃝ GPS ⃝ Blu-Ray ⃝ Gaming Device ⃝ Other ________ I can burn: ⃝ CDs ⃝ DVDs ⃝ Lightscribe ⃝ DVD-Movies ⃝ Audio CDs ⃝ TV DVD ⃝ Blu-Ray I have these social accounts: ⃝ Own website ⃝ Blog ⃝ Facebook ⃝ MySpace ⃝ Twitter ⃝_____ Browser Home Page: ⃝ Google ⃝Yahoo ⃝AOL ⃝ None ⃝ Charter ⃝ My own ⃝ Other _______ Browser I Use: ⃝ MSIE ⃝ Firefox ⃝ Safari ⃝ Chrome ⃝ Other Protective Software I Use: ⃝ Firewall ­­__­­_________ ⃝ A/V ______________ ⃝ Malware ____________ Items in my SysTray: ____________________________________________________________________ eMail Software I Use: ⃝ Win 7 Mail ⃝ Thunderbird ⃝ Outlook ⃝ Outlook Express ⃝ Other _____

11. Graphics Software I Use: ⃝ Picasa ⃝ Photoshop ⃝ Photo.Elements ⃝ Irfan ⃝ Other ___________ Music Software I Use: ⃝ Win Media ⃝ Nero ⃝ iTunes ⃝ WinAMP ⃝ MusicMatch ⃝ Other ____ Utility Software I Use: ⃝ Belarc ⃝ WinTasks ⃝ WinPatrol ⃝ WinRAR ⃝ Zip ⃝ Other __________ Diagnostic Software I Use: ⃝ RegMech ⃝ SysMech ⃝ Easy Cleaner ⃝ RegCleaner ⃝ Other ______ Burner Software I Use: ⃝ DeepBurner ⃝ Nero ⃝ Ashampoo ⃝ Acronis ⃝ Roxio ⃝ Other ______ Other favorite software: ________________________________________________________________ Software I Use For: ⃝ text ___________ ⃝ documents ___________ ⃝ spreadsheet _______________ ⃝ presentations _____________ ⃝ database ____________ ⃝ web editing ________________ The next computational device I buy will be: _________________________________________________ Rank the percentages you buy: ⃝ Online _____ ⃝ Offline _____ ; Best Recycle Place _______________ My Top 3 Brick Stores are: ① ________________② __________________③ ____________________ My Top 3 Online Stores are: ① ________________② __________________③ ___________________ Name _______________________________

13. Club Website http://mcc.apcug.org

14. Current Newsletterhttp://mcc.apcug.org/newsletters.html

15. Board MeetingJune 8, 2010 • Discussed various topics for future meetings • Publishing member profiles & web sites • Carol’s access to news articles • Reviews: WinStat, Audacity, PerfectDisk • Possible raffle prizes

16. General Questions • News: Computer? Technical? Midland? • New Hardware? • New Software? • Newsletter or Web Site? • Microsoft Updates? Other Updates?

17. Other Comments or Questions

18. Time for the Raffle Drawing ?

20. Interesting Web Sites • http://www.truveo.com/the-orangutan-and-the-hound/id/1234581161 • http://www.pipers-place.com/edmertz/ • http://www.mapsofwar.com/images/Religion.swf • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dr2ZB36p9Y • http://www.procreo.jp/labo/flower_garden.swf • http://

21. Interesting Videos • http://

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

23. Individual Questions • Laura: • Al • Howard: router hookup • Carol: /mcc.htm

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

25. Membership List • Al Adams Frank Koenig • Jerry Arch Gust Kookootsedes • Larry Ault Howard Lewis • George Binder Joe Lykowski • Kathy Bohl • 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

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