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Oak Run Computer Club
General MEETING MINUTES for:
May 20, 2009
John Baccoli opened the meeting at 9:00 AM
He discussed the changes in future meeting plans and the reasons for them.
Jim Dillman will prepare badges for those who paid their dues today and will deliver them to members' homes so they can participate in the drawing for a new laptop by Linc Abshier at the June meeting.
John then introduced visitors attending today’s meeting. There was only one.
Jim Dillman introduced our speaker for the day, Linc Abschier, who spoke on “Computer Memory.” Linc has opened a computer shop in Kingsland Plaza . . . opposite Pine Run. He is having drawing for members of the Oak Run Computer Club . . . giving away a laptop computer, an all-in-one printer/scanner/ copier plus three smaller prizes. An entry blank is available today, or may be filed out and turned in at this shop prior to the Tuesday before the June meeting. You do not have to be present to win.
I his memory discussion, he addressed topics such as how to determine the amount of memory needed, sluggish computer speed and the type of memory needed. He pointed out that some brands of memory cards are more reliable than others. Economy model computers tend to have less reliable brands of memory in them. He mentioned “Kingston” as a reliable brand and “Integrity” one to be avoided. Memory cards should be installed in matched pairs. Research your manual, or manufacturer’s web site, for info on the correct type of memory for your computer model.
Linc then had a Q & A session, taking a number of interesting questions from members, including “will Windows 7 be better.” He suggested waiting for at least six months for the bugs to appear and get worked out and first Service Pack has been made available.
50/50 drawing was for three $12.00 prizes. There were 2 door prize winners, but in Laura Stein’s absence, names were taken for prize distribution later.
Attendance today was 70 members and 3 non-members.
Respectfully submitted,
Harry Kirby, Secretary.
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- June 17 - "Backing up your essential files or your entire HardDrive" Jim Dillman
- July 15 - Building your own website for Family and Friends" - Dave Simmons
- August 19 -"Troubleshooting Your PC", Panel Discussion, The Gurus
- September 23 -
“Available Freebies” Jim Dillman (Date is changed for this meeting only due to conflict with DECCA).
- October 21-
"Graphic Arts: Cards, Posters, Banners, Etc" John Baccoli.
- November 18 - "Picasa, Google's Excellent Photo Processing and LibrarySoftware", Lawrence Bauer
- December 16 - Christmas Meeting & Holiday Party
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ORCC Newsletter is Edited by:Dave Simmons. E-Mail: dws@oakruncomputerclub.com
| Regular meetings of the Oak Run Computer Club are held in the Orchid Club Auditorium at 9:00 a.m. on the third Wednesday of each month. | ORHA expects all tables and chairs to be reset after every meeting. Please clear your tables of all materials before leaving. Please do your part to put the Auditorium back in "original" order after club meetings. Straighten your chairs and leave nothing but your "ghostly" footprints. Thank you for helping us. See you next month! |
President: Alan Marcus am1hp@yahoo.com
Vice President: John Baccoli jvbjr@deccacable.com
Treasurer: Laura Stein lfsrusty@aol.com Secretary: Harry Kirby
Kirboats@earthlink.net
| TIPS will be inserted in this Newsletter below from time to time. These Tips may be very basic information for some within the club who are NOT new to computers.
Many newcomers to our meetings never ask questions. What I would like is feedback from you about anything computer or club related. However, technical help is available for members on the ORCC home page. If you have a question, suggestion or a comment, please email me and put the word FEEDBACK in the Subject: box. We will respond quickly. | http://www.oakruncomputerclub.com If you have not visited this site lately, please do so now. There have been some significant changes and updates recently. |
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Panda Recovery Version 1.3.7 – Recovers most erased files
HTTrack – Displays small web sites and links while off line
Eraser 5.86 – Makes old drive files unreadable
Instant File Name Search – Quick drive search program
Open Office – Has spreadsheet, word processor, presentation, math and drawing programs – |
www.pandarecovery.com
www.httrack.com
www.sourceforge.net or www.download.com
www.sowsoft.com or www.download.com
www.openoffice.org – download install file, then install. |
