High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For February 4,
2010
The
meeting was called to order by President Don Bennett. Don welcomed
guests and new members. Don announced that since we switched to Center
State Bank this month, they gave us ‘goodie bags’ to hand out to
everyone.
Sue
Gaddone read the secretary’s report which was approved as read and
seconded by Gary Koster and Erika Niegowski.
Bev
Bogart read the Treasurer’s report which was approved as read and
seconded by Les Cole and Don Weston.
Don
mentioned our new treasurer, Bev Bogart, whom he had forgotten last
month; and a reminder, that dues are due, $16 includes a free coupon for
a SIG class, and otherwise the classes are $3.00 for members and $6 for
non members.
We
still have calendars for sale for $10.00; $5.00 goes to our club and
$5.00 to a Haitian fund.
We
have a printer and scanner free, and a battery for a Kodak camera, as
well as other things on the stage.
The
meeting was adjourned at 8:05 to be followed by a Web Cam demonstration.
On
most laptops, the web cam is built in and the camera has a microphone
and speaker. You also need software from Skype, or Yahoo (instant
Messenger) or AOL (Instant messenger)
The
webcams can be used as a phone: Skype to Skype is free. In all cases,
both parties must have the same software.
There are fun applications to make your picture look different – like an
Avatar or an animal which takes on your mouth and eyes
Respectfully
submitted,
Sue Gaddone, Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For January 7,
2010
The
meeting was called to order by President Don Bennett. Don welcomed
guests and new members.
Sue
read the minutes of the December meeting, they were approved as read by
Jim Burke and seconded by Jean Strand.
The
treasurer’s report was read by Evette Sapirman and approved with a
motion by Erika Niegowski and seconded by George Deragon.
Don
congratulated the new officers, Jack Schreiber, Vice Pres., Dick
McQuillen, 2nd Vice pres., and Sue Gaddone, Secretary. He
also thanked Herb and Evette Sapirman for 5 years of service, and Don
Weston for 10 years! Our Web Master Ben Skversky, Eleanor Weston, Gary
Koster and Don Weston were all recognized for their help.
Dues are due, $16 paid in the first 3 months will get you a free coupon
to a SIG class.
Jan
20th is the deadline for the photo contest. We still have
calendars for sale showing the past three years winners. Please support
these sales.
We
are changing banks from MidFlorida to Center State Bank in order to
receive Free Checking.
We
have 5 subscriptions to Smart Computing Magazine to give out as door
prizes in the next few months.
During Q & A, some are having trouble with their internet – go to
internet explorer > tools>manage add-ons to disable things you don’t
want.
Also, Facebook is really dangerous, try not to get involved.
A
motion to adjourn was made by Frank Reiter and seconded by Rose Kenney.
Our
guest speaker was Demian McKibben from Staples over at Posner Center.
He
advised to check the privacy settings – changes have been made recently
New
Flash Memory Video Cameras use a memory card for storage, cost about
$120 and should be HD capable. You will need a high speed memory card –
it will be faster. It isn’t as safe as video tape, so download to your
PC and Backup.
Check the Microsoft website – they can tell if your PC can take the new
Windows 7 upgrade.
You
should run your antivirus scan EVERY day
You
should rotate PASSWORDS every 90 days.
Respectfully
submitted,
Sue Gaddone, Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For December 3,
2009
The
meeting was called to order by President Don Weston.
Don
welcomed guests and new members.
Sue
read the minutes of the November meeting, they were approved as read by
Jim Burke and seconded by Don Roell.
The
Treasurer’s report was read and approved with a motion by Dick McQuillen
and seconded by George Deragon
The
slate of officers was presented; there were no objections from the
floor, and the slate for 2010 was approved. President: Don Bennett, 1st
VP: Jack Schreiber, 2nd VP: Dick McQuillen, Sec.: Sue Gaddone,
Treas.: Bev Bogart
SIG
classes for December and part of January were presented; check the web
site for updates.
Membership fees and class fees will be the same, $16 per year; Classes
are $3 for members, $6 for non-members. Coupons will be given at the
January Meeting for those who pay their dues during the first quarter.
The
Photo Contest Calendars are for sale at $12, the profits go to future
prize money and party costs.
Get
your entries in early for the 2010 Photo Contest, rules will be emailed
to all residents and posted in the Communications Room.
A
motion to adjourn was made by Herb Sapirman and seconded by Jim Burke.
Meeting was adjourned at 7:55.
Anthony Espinosa from Best Buy was the speaker, he demonstrated the new
touch screen monitor for Windows 7. There are 4 different Window 7
programs, Ultimate, Professional, and Home Premium and Basic, you can
also run XP along with 7 and all your older software and peripherals
will work. You can upgrade from Basic to Ultimate for about $80.
Respectfully
submitted,
Sue Gaddone, Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For November 5,
2009
The
meeting was called to order by President Don Weston.
Don
welcomed guests and new members.
Sue
read the minutes of the October meeting, they were approved as read by
Jim Burke and seconded by Les Cole.
The
Treasurer’s report was read and was approved with a motion by Ginny
Heller and seconded by Gary Koster
Don
Weston gave a brief history of the computer club. It began as Friends
of the High Vista Website 9 years ago; the Webmaster was Don Myers whose
concept was promoting High Vista property. Don Bennett and Don Weston
went to the Lake Henry, an established computer club, and then Eleanor
and Don took one of their SIG classes. The President of this club
suggested joining FACUG (Florida Association of Computer Users Groups).
Don and Don went to the next FACUG conference, gathered as much info as
they could and reported back to High Vista group and then decided to
join and follow their guide lines. Frank Reiter and Gary Koster wrote
the Bylaws and have made a few changes through the years.
Current changes to the Bylaws were read (handed out) and a discussion
followed. We attained 51% of our membership present. Margie Langan moved
the changes be approved, seconded by Erika Niegowski, the vote passed
and the changes were approved.
Gary Koster of the nominating committee presented the slate of officers
for 2010: Pres. Don Bennett, 1st V.P Jack Schreiber, 2nd
V.P. Dick McQuillen, Secretary Sue Gaddone, Treasurer, Beverly Bogart.
There were no nominations from the floor Elections will be held at the
December meeting.
The
4th annual Photo Contest begins NOW! Entries are $5 per
entry; the photos can be submitted by email. Rules can be found on the
Communications Bulletin Board.
2010 Photo Contest Calendars are now printed and ready for sale at $12
each. Donations are to be applied to the Prize money and costs of Photo
Contest. In the past 3 years we have given out $1800 in prizes.
There will be a SIG class on Picasa which now has face recognition. You
can name your pictures and then search all photos by face recognition.
A
motion to adjourn was made by Gary Koster and seconded by Frank Reiter.
Meeting was adjourned at 8:10.
Don
Bennett gave a presentation on Windows 7. Go to Microsoft.com for help
and how to find out if your computer is capable to run Windows 7.
Respectfully
submitted,
Sue Gaddone, Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For October 1,
2009
President Don Weston welcomed everyone to the October monthly meeting.
Sue Gaddone read the minutes of the May meeting. A motion to approve
the minutes was made by Gary Koster and seconded by Herb Sapirman.
Minutes were approved, with a provision that bylaws changes will be
presented and voted upon at the November monthly meeting.
Evette Sapirman read the Treasurers Report. Bob McLean moved to approve
and Dick McQuillen seconded the motion. The report was approved as
read.
Thank you to Don Roell, who collected the ink jet cartridges over the
summer. Gil and Peggy Ketler will take over during the winter months.
Money from the cartridges buys DVD movies to show at the monthly
Saturday Night at the Movies. Then they are donated to the High Vista
Library. Thanks to all who are supporting this program by dropping off
your spent cartridges in the collection box in the Communications room.
Peggy announced that November 21st at 5 pm will be a double
feature and January 30th also.
The topic of a community network was brought up and it was decided that
present contracts with Brighthouse and Verizon would be compromised.
Yearly dues of $16.00 are payable at the January, February or March
meetings. At that time members will receive a coupon redeemable for one
SIG Class.
Frank Reiter and Gary Koster were appointed as Nomination Committee for
2010 Officers.
The slate of Officers will be presented at the November meeting and will
be voted upon at the December monthly meeting. Installation of Officers
will be at the January 2010 meeting.
Rules for the 4th Annual Photo Contest will be announced at
the November meeting.
2010 Photo Contest Calendars are printed and available for a $12.00
donation to support our club and prize money for the upcoming photo
contest. A sample was shown. We need volunteers to sell calendars at
Bingo, Coffee and Town Hall Meetings.
Tony Barrett moved that we adjourn, seconded by Dick McQuillen. We
adjourned the business part of the meeting at 8:00 pm.
Dick McQuillen presented some hints for computer safety:
Wait for the Microsoft Security Essentials final program. The
beta version is still out.
Computer Associates Security Suite makes your
computer run slower.
Outpost Pro is a paid for program and is best, but rather
complicated to use.
Update your Anti-Malware weekly.
Wireless Routers should be password protected.
Web of Trust – Google WOT in search. Very useful while surfing
the web.
Malwarebytes.org and not .com – be careful to download the right
program.
Web of Trust will show you what site is safe.
Dick Heitkemper presented his video program on Hot Air Ballooning over
Lake Tahoe. (combining still photos with camcorder footage).
Respectfully
submitted,
Sue Gaddone, Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For May 7,
2009
President Don Weston opened the meeting by welcoming everyone. He
welcomed a guest, Ed Shaut.
Sue
Gaddone read the minutes of the April meeting. Frank Reiter made a
motion and Bill Langan seconded that the minutes be approved. So moved
and approved.
Herb Sapirman gave the treasurer’s report (a copy is attached). The
report was accepted by a motion from Eleanor Weston, seconded by Dick
McQuillen.
SIG
classes will not be held during the summer. If 6 people want a class,
The Weston’s will set it up on a Tuesday at 2PM or Thursday at 7PM.
Coupons for SIG classes will again be accepted in the fall.
Don
Roell volunteered to take over the ink cartridge collection for the
summer while the Ketler’s are away.
The
Weston’s will run the movies during the summer months. Check your
Calendars, Chanel 95 and Emails for dates and times.
Frank Reiter and Gary Koster (our By-Laws authors) will amend the
by-laws so that a part time resident’s may hold office. Don Roell so
moved and Tony Barrett seconded, the motion was carried.
There was a brief question and answer period and the meeting adjourned
at 8:10PM by a motion from Dick Heitkemper seconded by Marge Langan.
Don
Weston presented a short version of Dick McQuillen’s Security Program.
We all need the following programs:
A
Security Suite:
Such as Computer Associates, Norton or AVG
Malwarebytes:
Anti-Spyware and Malware as well as to scan files from CD’s,
Flash-Drives and especially downloaded files from the internet.
WOT:
– Web of Trust which warns about good sites and bad sites when browsing
Secunia PSI:
Scans your computer and tells you if you need updates for your programs,
then automatically goes on the internet to update.
Door Prizes were given out.
Respectfully
submitted,
Sue Gaddone, Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For April 2,
2009
President Don Weston welcomed everyone to the April monthly meeting, and
thanked Herb Sapirman for conducting the meeting while he and Eleanor
were cruising the Caribbean.
Sue
Gaddone read the minutes of the March meeting. A motion to approve the
minutes was made by Marge Langan and seconded by Herb Sapirman. Minutes
were approved.
Evette
read the Treasurers Report, a copy is attached. Bill Langan moved to
approve and Dick Heitkemper seconded the motion. The report was
approved.
The SIG
calendar was shown on the screen. We hope people will step forward and
volunteer to teach additional SIG classes.
Don
Roell will collect the ink jet cartridges over the summer and Peggy
Ketler will take over during the winter months. Money from the
cartridges is used to purchase DVD movies to show on Saturdays and then
donate them to the library.
Should
we have a community network? Probably not, Brighthouse, Verizon and
Clearband wouldn’t appreciate the competition. Trailer parks can do
their own ISP because they are for-profit organizations.
We
should do a calendar with the photo contest winners as a community
service and fund raiser– a sample was shown. Don Weston will create
this project.
We
thank Don Bennett and Les Cole for last months Skype demonstration.
Dick
Heitkemper moved that we adjourn, seconded by Frank Reiter. We adjourned
at 8:00PM.
Our
guest from Staples, Demian McKibben was introduced. Our new projector
was purchased at Staples, it is High Def and very clear.
Mr.
McKibben brought several door prizes with him and went on to explain
some new innovations:
The
new, smaller Notebooks are useful especially for traveling.
Microsoft has slowed down on their new system; they’re staying with
Vista for now.
Staples
have a new touch-screen that is fun to try in the store.
They
have low cost computers for less than $300; however they don’t have all
the programs included.
There’s
a Magic Jack that works through your computer for $40 a year for phone
service, you must leave your computer on all the time.
A
Norton Ghost program duplicates the operating system and all files in a
back-up drive. Some new computers don’t come with back-up discs.
Lubricate your shredder blades with light oil.
Staples
have a battery back-up called AVR ($60-80) and will regulate voltage
during lightening strikes.
A
Security Suite was suggested for complete protection against viruses,
spyware and adware.
Wireless printers are good especially if you have a computer network in
your home.
Respectfully
submitted,
Sue Gaddone, Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For March 5,
2009
Vice
President Herb Sapirman opened the meeting by welcoming everyone. He
welcomed a new member, Doris Abramson and also welcomed guests Marie
Ciaole and Bill Abramson.
Sue
Gaddone read the minutes of the February meeting.
Evette
Sapirman gave the treasurer's report (a copy is attached). The report
was accepted by a motion from Bill Robinettet seconded by Paul Repke.
Upcoming SIG classes were mentioned, Basic Computing, Intro to Vista,
How to protect your computer, Intro to Digital Photography, Basic Excel
and Files and Folders.
Bill
Abramson volunteered to take over the ink cartridge program, except tor
the summer when he is away.
The
question was raised: is it a problem to have $2800 in our account?
No we are non-profit and do not make any money. We use our money to buy
equipment; we bought lap top and other necessities.
Our
Wi-Fi. goes out as far as the pool and to near neighbors -- do we
need anything stronger? Dick McQuillen said to hold off since new
equipment was due to come out.
The
"snow-birds" have to pay for two servers, should we consider a.
community network?
There
was a motion to adjourn by Frank. Reiter and seconded by Erika Neigowski.
We adjourned at 7:40.
Don
Bennett presented web cams using Skypc. You need a high-end web cam
(about $79), plus a head set and a computer. There are several
software’s available, Skype. Yahoo. AOL instant messenger and Windows
live messenger. The set up can also be used as a phone.
Respectfully
submitted,
Sue Gaddone, Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For February 5,
2009
President Don Weston opened the meeting by welcoming everyone. A
special welcome was extended to all the guests this evening for the
Photo Contest Judging.
We have a new member, welcome to Ramona Schroeder.
Sue Gaddone, secretary, read the minutes of the January meeting. They
were accepted as read in a motion by Herb Sapirman and seconded by Dick
Neiman.
Evette Sapirman, Treasurer read the Treasurer’s report which was
accepted as read in a motion by Frank Reiter, seconded by Gary Koster.
The Computer Club Website was shown with the photos of the Officers for
2009.
The SIG calendar for February was shown on the screen. Of special
interest is a class on web cams by Don Bennett using Skype which is a
free download to talk to and see friends and grandchildren. Other
classes include Vista, Power Point and Email.
Tony Barrett has retired as of January from collecting ink jet
cartridges – we need another volunteer. Thank you to Tony for his great
job. The proceeds buy DVD’s for Saturday night movies and the Library.
Annual Dues of $16 are due for the Calendar Year of 2009.
The Photo Contest this year has expanded Prizes in each category, and
emailing of the photos was allowed this year and turned out very
successful.
There was a motion to adjourn by Don Roell, seconded by Jack Dunmyre.
The showing of the 95 photos submitted was followed by the ballot
counting while refreshments were served.
The winners are: Nature: 1st Prize $100. Gary
Koster
2nd Prize 30. Pat Stay
3rd Prize 20. Joanne Rogers
Scenery: 1st Prize $100. Jack Pultz
2nd Prize 30. Marilyn Tobin
3rd Prize 20. Jack Pultz
Humorous: 1st Prize $100. Sue Gaddone
2nd Prize 30. Phyllis Banner
3rd Prize 20. Debbie Favinger
People: 1st Prize $100. Michele Geraci
2nd Prize 30. Michele Geraci
3rd Prize 20. Michele Geraci
Respectfully
submitted,
Sue Gaddone, Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For January 8,
2009
President Don Weston opened the meeting by welcoming everyone to the
January meeting of the High Vista Computer Club. All officers and
chairpersons were introduced and acknowledged. He also acknowledged our
guests, Chuck Dickman and Peggy Ketler.
We have new members tonight, Jan Walton and Bill Thumbeck.
Don introduced our guest speakers from Staples Office Supply from Posner
Park, Ron Edwards and Tina. (By the way, Posner is pronounced p – ah –
sner according to Ron).
Sue read the minutes which were approved by a motion by Herb Sapirman
and was seconded by Frank Reiter.
Evette read December’s Treasurer Report (copy attached). It was
approved by a motion by Gary Koster which was seconded by Les Cole.
The Computer Club Website showing the photos of the officers for 2009
was revealed on the screen, and they were thanked for all their help.
The SIG Calendar was also projected on the screen. A request was made
for more volunteers to step forward to teach the SIG classes, they will
be helped to get started. Tony Barrett announced that January is his
last month to collect empty printer cartridges. H.P., Lexmark and Dell
are the only brands accepted, no refills please.
Regarding the Photo Contest, Les Cole demonstrated how the judging will
work, there are more prizes available this year. The deadline is January
16, 2009, and Email Photo entries are permitted this year. Picasa 3 is a
free program and has an easy method to put titles on your photos.
Dues are still $16.00; please get your dues paid soon.
Erika Niegowski made a motion to adjourn, seconded by Dick Heitkemper.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:55.
Don Bennett introduced the Staples Representatives:
Ron Edwards, the Sales Manager, referred to a free PC security
check-up. He recommended Adaware as an excellent spy ware program.
There is also a PC Tune-up for $14.99 – they will clean up the physical
inside, defrag, and make recommendations to have your PC run faster.
Services are available and offered for tech repairs.
Tina, who is in charge of the copy center, reported they will make photo
prints in large sizes suitable for
framing. They make personal ‘social’ cards with your out-of-town
information which can be given out to friends. They can make a rubber
stamp in one hour. They also offer a calendar to be made with your
photos online for only $9.99.
Respectfully
submitted,
Sue Gaddone, Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For December 4,
2008
President Don Weston opened the meeting by welcoming everyone to the
December meeting of the High Vista Computer Club. All officers and
chairpersons were introduced and acknowledged.
Don
then proceeded to introduce our guest speaker for the night, Anthony
Espinosa. Anthony heads up the Geek Squad that operates out of Best Buy,
located at Posner Center.
Before turning the meeting over to our guest speaker, Don asked for the
reading of the November minutes. In the absence of secretary, Sue
Gaddone, minutes were read by Evette Sapirman, Don asked for additions
or changes to the minutes. There were none. Jack Dunmyre made a motion
to approve the minutes as read and seconded by Dick Heitkemper.
Evette proceeded to give the Treasurer’s report and was approved with a
motion by Frank Reiter and seconded by Erica Niegowski.
Plans regarding installation of an “n” router have been shelved. Dick
McQuillen reported that our “G” router is working fine and is
researching faster router access.
December SIG class information was given by each of the class
presenters:
Herb Sapirman will offer Excel II at 2:00, December 9.
Don Weston’s class on December 11 at 7:00 will be using Vista’s Movie
Maker to work with movies, slides and music.
December 18 at 2:00, Don Bennett will be discussing new uses for Vista
Photo Gallery, limited editing, burning CDs and movies.
Don
mentioned that “Open Office Suite” is compatible with Microsoft Office
and can be found by searching on Google. Open Office Suite is a free
program.
Membership dues for the year 2009 are now being collected. Each paid
membership is entitled to one SIG class free of charge throughout the
2009 year.
Don
thanked Gary Koster and the Nominating Committee for their new slate of
officers. It is as follows:
President, Don Weston
1st Vice President, Herb Sapirman
2nd Vice President, Don Bennett
Secretary, Sue Gaddone
Treasurer, Evette Sapirman.
Jim
Burke asked that the slate be accepted as proposed by Frank Cornelius
and 2nd by Rose Kenney.
A
request that the meeting be adjourned was made by Frank Cornelius and
seconded by Gary Koster.
Don
again introduced Tony Espinosa from Best Buy’s Geek Squad, who gave an
outstanding presentation and answered many questions from the audience.
He provided 10 Best Buy gift certificates for door prizes.
Respectfully submitted By: Nancy J. Tomasic
for
Sue Gaddone, Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For November 6,
2008
The
meeting was called to order by President Don Weston.
Don
welcomed guests Evelyn Herring, Patt Wilkinson, Ginny Zietz and Peggy
Ketler.
Officers
were introduced, Herb Sapirman, 1st Vice President, (Absent)
Don Bennett, 2nd Vice President, Secretary, Sue Gaddone,
Treasurer Evette Sapirman (absent). Also acknowledged were Eleanor
Weston, Membership chairperson, Ben Skversky, Webmaster of the Computer
Club Website and the HOA Website, Gary Koster, SIG Class Scheduler, Dick
McQuillen CC’s PC Equipment Mgr, Gil & Peggy Ketler, in charge of
Monthly Movies and Tony Barrett, Ink Cartridge Collections.
Sue read
the minutes of the October meeting, they were approved as read by Frank
Reiter and seconded by Les Cole
Don
Weston read the Treasurer’s report which was approved with a motion by
Jack Dunmyre and seconded by Dick Heitkemper
Check our
Web site:
http://www.highvistacc.org for future SIG classes.
Check
the HOA web site for “event” slide show, the first one will be Halloween
at our club house:
http://www.highvistahoa.org
Regarding
Open Internet Access and the “n” router, plans have been temporarily
shelved due to further investigation of the proper router. Dick
McQuillen is researching this project. Our present “G” router is
working fine with open access.
Microsoft
Student Office Suite is for sale at NewEgg.com with free shipping, for
$89.95. The suite includes Excel, Word and Power Point.
Check out the new rules for the Photo
Contest on the Computer Club web site, there will be 3 prizes in each
category and you can email your photos to Eleanor Weston:
deweston@tampabay.rr.com Please don’t wait till the very end to
enter.
A Power Point show of some of some of
the 2007 and 2008 contest winners was presented.
Don Bennett demonstrated the Picasa
program from Google. It is a free photo program that will enable you to
put titles on photos, as well as file and enhance all the photos stored
on your computer. The program will send your photos via email, although
they will be too small for the photo contest, so go to “options” and
change to “original size”.
According to Smart Computing Magazine,
“Vista Anti Virus 2008” is a bogus program, do not buy!
Dick Heitkemper demonstrated our new
High Def Camcorder with scenes from the Great Smokies and scenes from
around High Vista.
Gary Koster is in charge of the
Nominating Committee, a slate of officers will be presented at the Dec.
meeting.
Les Cole reviewed the Photo Contest
voting procedures. Each person voting will have a 1st, 2nd
and 3rd choices in each category. 1st will be
awarded 3 points, 2nd, 2 points, and 3rd, 1
point. The points will be totaled for the winners. Les will need 4
people to tally the votes.
Following a Q&A session, door prizes
were awarded, and a motion for the meeting to adjourn was made by Frank
Reiter and seconded by Dick McQuillen.
Meeting was adjourned at 8:55PM
Respectfully
submitted,
Sue Gaddone, Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For October 2,
2008
The
meeting was called to order by President Don Weston.
Don
welcomed guests Evelyn Herring, Bob Reber, Barbara Dollar and Peggy Luff.
We have
three new members, Sally Wolff and Joanne and Gary Rogers – Welcome.
Officers
were introduced, Herb Sapirman, 1st Vice President, Don
Bennett, 2nd Vice President (absent), Secretary, Sue Gaddone,
Treasurer Evette Sapirman (absent). Also acknowledged were Eleanor
Weston, Membership chairperson, Ben Skversky, Webmaster of the Computer
Club Website and the HOA Website, Gary Koster, SIG Class Scheduler, Dick
McQuillen CC’s PC guru, Gil & Peggy Ketler, in charge of Monthly Movies
and Tony Barrett, Ink Cartridge Collections.
Sue read
the minutes of the June meeting, they were approved as read by Frank
Reiter and seconded by Erika Niegowski.
Herb
Sapirman read the Treasurer’s report which was approved with a motion by
Les Cole and seconded by Gary Koster. In addition, we have donated $400
for a high def camcorder and professional tripod. The Chorus, the
Off-Off Broadway players also contributed $400, as well as the Community
Church. This equipment can be used for recording our community events
and for SIG classes. Dick Heitkemper will work with anyone interested
in learning to use this equipment and will do a demonstration at our
November meeting.
Tony
Barrett is looking for a volunteer to take over the Ink Cartridge
Collection, it’s an easy job, please contact Tony at home by phone.
Check our
Web site
www.highvistacc.org for future SIG classes. Eleanor has
Beginning E-mail 10/9 and Files and Folders on 10/14, and Don will do a
Basic Photography course on 10/21. Les Cole will present Vista for new
users 10/23, Herb Sapirman Excel Pt I 10/28, then in November, Les Cole
MS Word 11/13 and on 12/9 Excel Pt II by Herb Sapirman.
Don
Weston and Les Cole plan to expand the prizes for the Photo Contest to
be explained at our next meeting.
Regarding
Open Internet Access, there are plans to set up a “N” router with
backwards “G” capabilities, giving our clubhouse a stronger and faster
wireless signal. (Waiting for Don Bennett to return and help with this
project).
If you
want a copy of the E-Bay University CD that was played at this meeting
about selling on E-bay, give Don Weston your name and phone #.
A motion
to adjourn was made by Gary Koster and seconded by Frank Reiter.
Meeting was adjourned at 8:10.
Parts of the
E-Bay CD were played. The CD goes into great detail about how to
photograph your items and figure out pricing, packaging and how to fill
out the eBay on-line forms in order to present your items for sale.
Respectfully
submitted,
Sue Gaddone, Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For June 5,
2008
The meeting was
called to order by President Don Weston.
Don welcomed
guests Joannne Rogers, Gary Rogers and Beverly Cammerata.
Sue Gaddone read the minutes
which were approved as read.
Evette Sapirman
read the Treasurers Report which was approved and accepted.
There will be no
scheduled SIG classes for the summer months. SIG classes can be
arranged if you have 5-6 people and then put in a request to Don or
Eleanor.
In order to use
your laptop in the clubhouse there’s no longer a password needed. The
router has been reconfigured to eliminate the password and allow open
access. Instructions will be sent out over the internet and also will be
introduced to all laptops here tonight.
VISTA is a
problem for many people when they get a new computer. Vista can be
reset to be more like XP. Dick McQuillen has worked out several
methods.
User Account Control can be a
problem. To stop prompts, go to Run>MSConfig>OK>User Account
Control>Tools>Disable UAC>OK
To get START to look like XP go to
Start>Properties>Customize>classic start
Other hints from
Dick: Antispyware is a bad site, will wipe out your machine
Mcaffee
Site Advisor is free – good to have
Comodo is
a 100% safe firewall – is free
Noscript
– a good program for safety if you do banking on line
DON’T get
Service Pac 3 – especially if you have H.P.
E-mail Dick (rdm4444@earthlink.net)
for a PDF file of free websites that he recommends.
Dick also mentioned that Paypal has a new feature that will generate a
one-time-use credit card (if you don’t want to use your own card) – is a
good safety feature.
Dick Heitkemper
has an Apple computer and presented making a DVD of photos with music
using Apple VS PC. He used ULEAD for the PC “movie”, and then FINAL
CUT with the Apple. The Apple is more professional than the PC.
Following the
presentation, Eleanor Weston was available for beginner questions, Herb
Sapirman answered questions about Excel and Kurt Knuth was available for
Genealogy questions and Don Weston for photography.
A Motion to
adjourn was made by Kurt Knuth and seconded by Herb Sapirman. Meeting
adjourned at 8:40
Respectfully
submitted,
Sue Gaddone, Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For May 1,
2008
The meeting was
called to order by Don Weston, President. He welcomed all guests, Vickie
Pasqualucci and Bill Langan; as well as new members, Gail Johnston,
Nancy Mullen and Frank Kiernan. He also introduced the officers of the
club: Herb Sapirman 1st Vice President; Don Bennett 2nd
Vice President; Secretary Sue Gaddone; Treasurer, Evette Sapirman;
Eleanor Weston, Welcome/Membership Chairperson; Ben Skversky, Webmaster
of the Computer Club website and HOA website.
Don also
acknowledged Gary Koster our SIG class scheduler: Dick McQuillen who
keeps our equipment up and running as well as maintaining Channel 95;
Gil and Peggy Ketler who are in charge of the monthly Saturday night
movies and Tony Barrett who collects ink cartridges for the purchase of
DVD’s, which are shown at the Saturday night movies, then donated to the
Library.
Evette Sapirman
read the minutes and Treasurer’s report of the April meeting. A motion
to approve the minutes was made by Ann Kynast and seconded by Kurt
Knuth.
Don gave a
special thank you to our Computer Class Instructors: Kurt Knuth, Les
Cole, Frank Cornelius, Herb Sapirman, Don Bennett, Dick McQuillen,
Eleanor Weston and Don Weston. A plea for additional volunteer
instructors was made. Don & Eleanor will be glad to assist anyone in
getting started.
New Business:
A demonstration by Don Weston by rating of different fire walls
published in a subscription called Windows Secrets as well as
referencing a free online office suite that is compatible with Microsoft
Office called Open office. The address www.openoffice.org is
accessible through the internet and can be downloaded. This can be used
to completely replace Microsoft Works.
A motion to
adjourn was made by Eleanor Weston and seconded by Kurt Knuth.
Herb Sapirman
gave an interesting presentation on “Games People Play”. He gave several
websites and described how to play games online. He mentioned not only
can you play games, but you can find sites for crossword puzzles and jig
saw puzzles. Most of these sites are free but some may charge a fee.
Respectfully
submitted,
Eleanor Weston
For Secretary Sue
Gaddone
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For April 3,
2008
The meeting was
called to order by President Don Weston. He welcomed all guests and
introduced the officers of the club: Herb Sapirman 1st Vice
Pres., Don Bennett 2nd Vice Pres., Secretary, Sue Gaddone,
and Treasurer, Evette Sapirman.
Also acknowledged
were: Gary Koster, our SIG class scheduler; Dick McQuillen who keeps our
equipment up and running; Gil and Peggy Ketler who are in charge of the
monthly Saturday night movies and Tony Barrett who collects ink
cartridges for the purchase of DVD’s which are donated to the Library.
Sue Gaddone read the minutes.
The date of Best Buy’s opening was corrected to April 26th
and then the minutes were approved.
Don Weston read the Treasurers
Report which was approved.
Sue also read the
minutes of the Board of Director meeting on March 26, 2008.
It was noted that
you can bring your old computers to Staples or the Office Depot for
disposal, however, it’s important to destroy the hard drive first –
hitting it with a hammer is most effective. Bring your old cell phones
to the Haines City Police Department where they can be used for only
dialing 911.
Don Bennett gave a presentation
on Office Home & Student 2007 by Microsoft which contains Word 2007,
Excel, Power Point and One Note. It runs on XP and Vista. It costs
between $100 and $150. It can be purchased for $79 for military; it can
be used for up to
3 computers, you
can have the old 2003 Office as well on your computer. Check Costco or
on-line stores.
Les Cole will be running the
judging of the photo contest this fall. He presented his new voting
system where photos can be ranked first, second and third. Tallying of
the votes should be easier and give more photos a chance to win.
A motion to
adjourn was made by Frank Reiter, seconded by Erika Niegowski.
Don Weston showed a slide show
of his Hawaii vacation which included photos of his son’s ship, Hawaiian
flowers, scenery, and a luau, with fade-outs and music using Movie Maker
in Vista, how easy it was to make.
Respectfully
submitted,
Sue Gaddone, Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For March 6,
2008
The meeting was
called to order by Don Bennett at 7:35 PM. Don Weston had just returned
from Hawaii and was still ‘vacationing’.
The minutes of
the January 31st meeting were read by Sue Gaddone and
approved by a motion by Dick Neimon and seconded by
Gil Ketler.
The Treasurer’s
report was given by Evette Sapirman and approved by a motion from Gary
Koster and seconded by Jerry Campbell.
The up and coming
SIG classes for March are Files and Folders 3/11, Paint shop Pro 3/20
and Picasa – Googles Photo Editing 3/25.
The meeting was
adjourned at 7:45 p.m. following a motion
from Herb Sapirman and seconded by Bill Robinette.
Our usual March
speaker from Smart Computing could not be with us, so The Geek Squad
from our new Best Buy Store at Posner
Center gave a presentation. The store will open on April 6th.
Mike Pol, the Deputy Counter Intelligence Agent introduced Anthony
Espinosa (manager), and agents John Jones, Kevin Blalock and Gary Raizer.
All were dressed in the Geek uniform, black shoes, white sox, black
trousers, ties and white shirts. The CIA’s (counter intelligence agents)
will be at the counter when you arrive at the store, Special Agents make
house calls in the Geekmobile. You can find more information at
www.geeksquad.com. Mike Pol reviewed the services available at
Best Buy, and touted their anti-virus and spyware program which is
guaranteed by them. He cautioned wireless users that it is very easy
for hackers to access your computer from a nearby location and to be
sure and purchase software to protect your computer. He recommended
that your computer be shut down completely at night, not just put into
hibernation.
There were 3 door
prizes of gift certificates to Best Buy and everyone attending the
meeting received a GEEK tee shirt.
Respectfully
submitted,
Sue Gaddone, Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For January 31,
2008
President, Don Weston welcomed the
many guests this evening who attended to see and judge the photo contest
pictures. Don also welcomed the following new members, Debbie Favinger,
Marilyn Gray, Pat Engler, Laura Hughes, Robert Hughes and Rich Rooney.
The meeting was called to order at
7:30 PM by Don Weston, President. The officers for 2008 were
introduced: Herb Sapirman 1st Vice President, Don Bennett 2nd
Vice President, Sue Gaddone, Secretary, and Evette Sapirman Treasurer.
Ben Skversky, Gary Koster, Dick McQuillen, Les Cole, Tony Barrett, Gil
and Peggy Ketler, and Eleanor Weston were also recognized for their
continuous help and support of club activities.
Don
Weston read the treasurer’s report on behalf of Evette Sapirman Treas.
A motion to accept the report was made by Frank Reiter and seconded by
Jack Dunmyre.
Sue
Gaddone read the minutes of the January 10th meeting; the
minutes were approved as read.
Don
reminded the group about the March 8 and 9th conference of
the FACUG (Florida Association of Computer Users Group) that will take
place in Zypher Hills.
We have a
new member, David Maris as of this meeting.
The new
projector has been installed with a sound system, it will be used to
show the Super Bowl in High Definition this weekend; people should bring
their own refreshments.
The usual
question and answer program was by-passed in order to get on with the
Photo Contest judging.
The
meeting was adjourned at 7:45 following a motion by George Deragon and
seconded by Rose Kenney.
The photo ballots
were passed out along with a pencil. The photos were numbered and as Don
showed the photos two times, people could make notes on their
preferences. They voted by circling their choice in each of the four
categories, looking for good lighting, good composition, and good
subject matter for the category.
Coffee
and cake was served while the votes were tallied.
The winners are:
NATURE Gary Koster
SCENERY Tie between Erica Johannessen and Les Cole
HUMOR Jan Walton
PEOPLE Dotti Zaleski
Respectfully
submitted,
Sue Gaddone, Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For January 10,
2008
The
meeting of the High Vista Computer Club was called to order at 7:45 p.m.
by Don Weston, President. The officers for 2008 were introduced: Herb
Sapirman, 1st Vice President, Don Bennett, 2nd
Vice President, Sue Gaddone, Secretary, Evette Sapirman, Treasurer. Ben
Skversky was introduced as the web-master, and appreciation was extended
to Gary Koster, the SIG class scheduler.
Don urged
everyone to visit the Homeowner’s web site for all the current
information that is also on Channel 95. You can scroll through the
events as quickly as you like on your computer.
Sue
Gaddone, Secretary, read the minutes of the December 6th
meeting. A motion by Frank Reiter to approve the minutes as read. Was
seconded by Gary Koster. Evette Sapirman gave the Treasurer’s report
(attached), a motion to accept the report was made by Paul Repke and
seconded by Ginny Heller.
Don
reminded everyone to pay their dues of $16.00. There is to be a FACUG
(Florida Association of Computer Users Group) conference in Zypher-
hills to which all are invited, go to FACUG.ORG for more information.
Some people from our club will probably be going.
The Photo
Contest entries must be entered by Jan 15th, Eleanor Weston
and Evette Sapirman are collecting the $5 entry fee and CD’s and they
will stay after the Smokey Joe Show to receive any last minute
applications. We have approximately 40 photos and need a total of 80
for the contest to go as planned.
Our new
Toshiba laptop plays High Definition and is planned to be used for Super
Bowl showing in the Clubhouse on the big screen with a USB attached TV
tuner and also for HD DVD movies. We are not necessarily buying those
DVD’s for our library for now. Peggy Ketler is buying regular DVD
movies to be shown on High Vista Computer Club sponsored Saturday night
monthly movies in the Clubhouse, because most people can’t use the HD
for now. The new laptop will also be used for teaching the Vista
Operating System as well as a tool for future computer educational
challenges.
Our
Clubhouse is a “hot spot” – the code is 10 “5’s” (put 5 in the pass code
ten times)
The
January SIG (Special Interest Groups) classes were announced, Frank
Cornelius gave a class on buying on E-Bay, it’s good to use Pay pal, and
he gave out a good guide to use to sell things on E-Bay
Future January
classes are:
How to
use a Web Cam – it can also be used as a phone
Basic Computing- you only have
to know how to turn the computer on
Intro to Vista – for anyone
planning on buying or has a new computer
Digital Photography – how to
size, send in e-mail, paper printing
All of the above
classes are listed on the Computer Club web site.
The
meeting was adjourned at 8:08 p.m. following a motion by Les Cole,
seconded by Jack Dunmyre.
After the
meeting
Bill and Jackey
Nevel gave an interesting pictorial travelogue of Bill’s trip to
Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe with movies, photos of animals and
scenery ending with spectacular rainbow views of Victoria Falls, the
largest waterfall in the world.
Respectfully
submitted,
Sue Gaddone, Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For December 6,
2007
The meeting of the High Vista Computer Club was called to order
at 7:30 PM. Don Bennett, Second Vice President, conducted the meeting
for Herb Sapirman, President, who is out of town.
Election of officers and setting up a web-cam video conference are
the two subjects to be covered tonight.
A welcome was extended to new members Dick Dangler and Veronica
Cook as well as guest, James Orbit. Ginny Heller, acting for secretary
Betty Barrett, read minutes from November 1, 2007. A motion by Russ
Merowitz to approve the minutes was seconded by Gary Koster.
Election of officers; nominations are:
Don Weston, President
Herb Sapirman, 1st Vice President
Don Bennett, 2nd Vice President
Sue Gaddone, Secretary
Evette Sapirman, Treasurer
Since, there were no nominations from the floor, Don called for a
show of hands. The nominations were then unanimously approved by the
membership. Don also added that Ben Skversky is doing an excellent job
as our Club’s webmaster and will continue in that position.
Tuesday, December 11 at 2:00, Les Cole will be offering the last
SIG class for this year. Les gave a short talk on Power Point. The
class will be 1˝ to 2 hours. Computers can be brought to class. At
least 6 students per class are needed to avoid cancellation. Five
classes will be offered in January – subjects to be determined. Member
fee for each class is $3. Eleanor Weston reminded us that when
e-mailing reservations for classes, the e-mail should be sent to the
instructor.
Don reminded us that
membership dues of $16 will be due in January. Members will receive a
free class certificate upon payment.
A new Toshiba laptop computer was purchased by the club as per last
month’s approval.
January 2008 meeting will be moved to Thursday January 10 because
of holiday travel.
Member’s printer problem was discussed.
Motion to adjourn by Les Cole; Rose Kenney seconded the motion.
After meeting:
Don Weston covered the
rules of the photo contest. Photo should be saved on disc and submitted
to Evette Sapirman, Eleanor Weston, or Betty Barrett. Photos need to be
classified by subject and submitted with $5 for each photo. Prizes are
$150 for each subject. Judging will be held at February’s meeting.
Food and treats will be served.
Don Bennett and Don
Weston did an interesting presentation on web cam and Skypes software.
Consensus is that Web cam is an excellent suggestion for a Holiday gift.
Door prize winners: Ginny Heller - web cam
Gary Koster won
a subscription to Smart
Computing Magazine.
Meeting concluded at approx 8:37.
Respectfully
submitted,
Nancy J. Tomasic,
Acting Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For November 1,
2007
The November
meeting was brought to order by Vice-president Don Bennett at 8:30 PM
after a very interesting talk on “Internet Security” by Melanie Wood
from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. New member Jay Johnston was
introduced.
Minutes of the
October meeting were read by Secretary Betty Barrett. Moved to approve
by Evette Sapirman. Seconded by Kurt Knuth.
Treasurer Evette
Sapirman gave the financial report. Les Cole moved to approve. Seconded
by Erica Nagowski.
Frank Cornelius
announced candidates for officers of the Club.
President
Don Weston
1st
Vice-President Herb Sapirman
2nd
Vice-President Don Bennett
Secretary Sue Gaddone
Treasurer Evette Sapirman
Webmaster Ben Skversky
No candidates
announced from the floor.
SIG classes were
discussed. Several new ones were announced. More instructors are needed.
From now on, 6 registered up students are needed for a class to be held.
A free coupon for a SIG class will be given to every paid up member
every year.
The 2nd
Annual Photo Contest was discussed. This is a fun contest to be judged
by the community, not professionals. All entries are anonymous. A
minimum of 80 entries is needed for the contest to be held.
Eleanor requested
members to check the community signs announcing events. If the Computer
Club meeting is not announced on the sign, please change the sign. It’s
one of those little jobs all members can perform to help the Club.
Due to Budget
considerations, monthly door prizes will not be given in lieu of one
larger prize each year.
Dick McQuillan
recommended that people be very faithful about backing up data
frequently. Many computers have been wiped by lightening this year and
data was lost.
Office 2007 –
Student Home Edition is available for $109 - $149 and can be installed
on up to 3 PC’s.
AOL interface is
available free. It is a good way to run your e-mail as you can reach
your address book. It does present a problem is you are a guest on
someone else’s PC.
Don Bennett explained the need
for a new laptop computer with Vista to use for teaching classes. He
asked for a show of hands to vote on spending about $1500 for this
purchase. The members approved the purchase.
Next meeting will
be on Dec 6, 2007 and Don Bennett will demonstrate using a Webcam.
Frank Cornelius
moved to close the meeting at 9:05. Seconded by Les Cole.
Respectfully
submitted,
Betty Barrett,
Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For October 4,
2007
The meeting was
called to order by president, Herb Sapirman, at 7:33 PM. He welcomed
guests Will Bradley and Ray & Connie Philion.
Secretary, Betty
Barrett, read minutes of the September meeting. There was a correction
by Herb Sapirman to change the word Virtually to Visually. Moved to
approve by Frank Reiter and seconded by Gary Koster.
Treasurer, Evette
Sapirman, read the financial report and noted that since October 2006,
the Club has received $893 from the cartridge program and spent $580.56
on DVD’s for the Library. Moved to approve by Jack Schreiber and
seconded by George Deragon.
Gary Koster is
looking for more SIG class instructors to serve between November and
March. Instructors receive $25 per class. Eleanor Weston also appealed
for more instructors and requested people to sign their names to their
reservations for a SIG Class reservations are important for the class to
be held and proper amounts of handouts to be made. Classes are now open
to all residents for $6 fee. Members pay $3. One coupon per year is
issued to members in good standing that entitles them to a free SIG
class.
Don Weston gave the rules for
the 2008 Photo Contest. (See attached). Don also discussed some new
equipment that is being purchased for viewing movies and the photo
contest entries.
Herb Sapirman
mentioned Ohdontforget.com offers a free reminder program. Put in your
cell phone number, date, text message. On the proper date, a text
message reminder will be displayed on your cell phone. Pat Stoika said
msn.com also has a free reminder program. Gethuman.com will help get a
real person on the phone.
Herb asked people
to fill out some small forms that were passed out with ideas for
classes, programs, or help that members may need.
Volunteers are
needed for helping with many club chores. Eleanor could use help filing
nametags. Program suggestions would be appreciated. Suggestions or
volunteers for candidates for club officers would be appreciated. A 1st
vice-president and a secretary will be needed for sure.
Surge protectors
for computers should have phone protection as well. Good serge protector
companies often offer financial compensation if your computer is damaged
and has their protector on it. UPC is one reputable company.
Three door prizes
were awarded. Herb announced the Nov. 1 meeting will feature a
presentation on Internet Security by the Polk County Sheriff’s Dept.
Moved to adjourn
at 8:22 by Frank Reiter, seconded by Manny Ostrofsky.
Respectfully
submitted,
Betty Barrett,
Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For September 6,
2007
Meeting was
called to order by president Herb Sapirman at 7:33 PM. Visitor Russ
Merowitz was welcomed.
Minutes of the
May meeting were read by Secretary Betty Barrett. Minutes were moved to
approve by Frank Reiter and seconded by Dick McQuillen.
The financial
report was given by Treasurer Evette Sapirman. Moved to approve by Frank
Reiter and seconded by Gary Koster.
Herb Sapirman
appealed for more SIG class instructors that could offer more variety in
classes. Instructors are able to suggest their own area of expertise for
a class. Currently, instructors are paid $25 for each class. Members pay
only $3 for each class. This year non-members will be accepted for
classes but their fees will be $6. Three registrations must be received
by e-mail for a class to be held. Walk-ins are welcome but it is wise to
register so the class can be held. Gary Koster noted that the responses
for the class must be sent to the instructor, not the computer club
website. Coupons were distributed to paid up members good until the end
of the year. Each coupon can be used for one free class. In January, new
coupons will be given when dues are paid.
Don Weston gave a power point
presentation of the classes that could be possible if instructors are
found. Jack Pultz suggested that the class on Christmas Letters also
include a lesson on labels for envelopes. Don Bennett will offer classes
on Vista and Picassa. Don Weston has a CD-ROM about E-Bay that has a
great deal of information on how to proceed with this auction site. He
will see that it is shown but would like someone who is familiar with it
to give a class along with the CD. Don Weston stated that many of these
subjects are discussed in club meetings but the classes offer more
in-depth information.
Classes and Dates
were listed.
9/11 – 2 PM –
Eleanor will offer a class for Beginners.
9/25 – 2 PM –
Photography – Don Weston
9/27 – 7 PM –
E-Mail using Outlook Express and AOL, Eleanor Weston & Herb Sapirman
instructing.
Other dates will
be filled as instructors become available.
Dick Heitkemper
is interested in offering some classes but will have very small groups
in his home, as he is unavailable for our scheduled dates at the
clubhouse. He will work this out with Gary Koster.
“Teach Yourself
Virtually” Books will be available for instructors. If not in use,
members will be allowed to borrow these books for a short time to
determine if they would like to own it. These books are available
through Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com.
Don Weston reviewed the photos
from the 2007 Photography Contest and gave the rules for the 2008
Photography Contest.
Entrant must be a
High Vista resident and have personally taken the photo. If the entrant
is in the photo, a timer must have been used.
Categories will
be Scenery, Nature, People, and Humorous. The entrant will decide which
category suits their photos.
Only photos
entered must be submitted on a CD or DVD or even a 3-˝ floppy in .jpg or
.tiff format. No other photos except the entries should be on the disk.
Titles are allowed but must be put on photo by entrant.
A hard copy 4 x 6
photo and $5 must be submitted with each entry. Any number of entries
may be submitted but each will have a $5 fee and require a hard copy
photo for record keeping.
Herb Sapirman
encouraged members to talk about some of their favorite websites.
Mentioned were jigzone.com (a jig saw puzzle site),
hardtofind800numbers.com, mediamonkey.com (a site to help organize music
on your computer), howstuffworks.com, secunia.com (a free online
software inspector that updates programs that are prone to hacking, i.e.
acrobat reader, quick click, and others)
Members are
encouraged to bring computer related items to meetings to sell or give
away. A laptop computer bag was available free to a good home.
When ordering a
subscription to some of the computer magazines, please use the
appropriate code to give credit to our computer club. For every five
subscriptions accredited to our club, we receive one free subscription
that is given as a door prize. Our codes are:
Smart Computing
#11628
PC
Today #468
CPU #264
Three door prizes
were given and the meeting was to be followed by a roundtable
discussion.
At 8:25, Frank
Reiter moved to close the meeting, seconded by Gary Koster. The next
meeting will be Thursday, Oct 4, 2007 at 7 PM in the Clubhouse.
Respectfully
submitted,
Betty Barrett,
Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For May 3,
2007
The meeting was
called to order by President Herb Sapirman at 7:38. Herb welcomed a
guest, Jack Flannery.
Minutes of the
April meeting were read by Secretary Betty Barrett. Moved to approve by
Frank Reiter, seconded by Dick McQuillen. Approved as read.
Treasurer’s
report was read by Treasurer Evette Sapirman and approved as read. Gil &
Peggy Ketler were thanked for showing the double feature movies and
their good idea of selling hotdogs, which added funds to our treasury.
The Weston’s will show the monthly movie during the Keller’s absence.
The May movie will be The Holiday.
It was announced
that two dates were open if anyone is interested in giving a SIG class.
Dates are May 10 at 7 PM and May 15 at 2 PM. Anyone interested in
instructing should contact Gary Koster.
It was noted that
SIG classes have not been well attended this year. Hopefully, the new
policy of allowing non-members to attend for $6 will help. Other changes
are being made to inject interest.
Don Weston asked for suggestions
for categories for the 2nd Annual Photo Contest. He mentioned
the four categories he has planned: People, Humor, Nature, and Scenery.
Two suggestions were pets and sports. The entry fee will remain at $5
per photo. Multiple submissions are permitted and multiple photos are
allowed on one disk. Each photo must be submitted in jpeg format
accompanied by a hard copy of the photo for record keeping. The person
submitting it must take the photo them self and they may have a title
but the person submitting it must put the title on the photo them self.
Don will give a class in the fall to teach people how to do this. There
will be a prize for each category. The prizes will be determined at a
Board Meeting. The Board will also discuss how to extend opportunities
for submissions beyond Coffee and meetings.
Don Weston and Herb Sapirman
demonstrated some of their favorite websites.
New Business:
Kurt Knuth asked if anyone has any knowledge about the new photo
compression product Microsoft is introducing. There was also some
discussion on new camcorders that use flash cards. It was noted that
using a Gold or Platinum credit card for payment doubles the
manufacturer’s warranty.
Herb announced
the Club would not hold meetings over the summer. The next meeting will
be announced. Frank Reiter moved to adjourn at 8:28. Seconded by Don
Weston. Following the meeting, door prizes were awarded to the holders
of the winning tickets.
Respectfully
submitted,
Betty Barrett,
Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For April 5,
2007
Meeting was
called to order at 7:35 by the president, Herb Sapirman. There were no
guests or new members.
Secretary Betty
Barrett read the minutes of the March meeting. Moved to approve by Frank
Reiter, seconded by Gary Koster. Approved as read.
Treasurer Evette
Sapirman gave the financial report. Moved to approve by Gary Koster,
seconded by Frank Reiter. Approved as read.
There was some
free equipment offered by Kurt Knuth on the stage. People were
encouraged to take it if they could use it. This will be a regular
feature of the Computer Club. Equipment may be sold or given away. It
must be tagged with your name, the price, or if free. Equipment must be
removed at the end of the meeting.
Herb Sapirman
announced that the Computer Club Board of Directors is trying out a new
policy to encourage SIG classes. Starting in September, renewing or new
members will be given a coupon free for one SIG class that calendar
year. Also, SIG classes will be open to non-members for a $6 fee, but
will remain at $3 for members in good standing. A brief preview of the
upcoming classes will be given at each meeting. The April SIG classes
were announced and previewed.
Herb encouraged
members to announce websites they particularly enjoy at computer club
meetings. He offered several sites that are informative and enjoyable.
www.windowsvistatestdrive.com to check out Vista features. There is
also an upgrade advisor feature that will inform you of what upgrades
your computer would require for Vista at
www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista.
www.Komando.com run by Kim Komando. It offers a newsletter and “cool
site of the day” feature.
Another good
website suggested is
www.Buy.com for purchases.
There will be a 2nd
Annual Computer Club Photo contest next year. Don Weston is chairman and
he will be offering classes that might be helpful for people entering
the photo contest.
The next meeting
will be May 3, 2007.
Meeting was
closed at 7:55. Moved by Don Bennett and seconded by Kurt Knuth.
A very
entertaining and informative program about Vista followed the meeting,
presented by Troy Wells from Computer Plus. Mr. Wells gave a number of
very nice door prizes.
Respectfully
submitted,
Betty Barrett,
Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For March 1,
2007
The meeting was
called to order by Vice-President Don Bennett at 7:33 Pm. Don welcomed
new members Janice Dunn, Don Roos, Dee Singh, and Judi Stevens.
Secretary Betty
Barrett read the minutes of the February Meeting and the Treasurer’s
Report ass prepared by Evette Sapirman, Treasurer. Frank Reiter moved to
approve, seconded by Ginny Heller.
Don Bennett mentioned that
members were welcome to bring equipment or programs to sell at meetings.
It must be tagged with your name and the price. If giving it away, tag
needs to state this. All items must be removed at the end of the
meeting.
A review of March
and April classes was displayed on the website. Classes are available to
members for $3. March 29 class will be Advanced Microsoft Word given by
Les Cole. New instructors were solicited. There will be an April class
on the new Vista program. Les suggested that we consider allowing
residents to try one class before becoming members. This may help to
generate new interest in the Club.
The Ketlers have
been offering Saturday night movies twice a month, some double features.
They are well attended. Free popcorn and $1 hotdogs have been offered.
The movies are purchased with money from recycling ink jet cartridges.
After viewing, the movies are donated to the High Vista library.
Members were
reminded to renew their 60 or 90 day programs; otherwise they will
slowly quit working properly.
A member stated
he forgot to renew his virus protection and was infected with a Trojan
horse,
Jack Pultz has
free anti-virus from his Tampa Road runner ISP and highly recommends it.
The meeting was
adjourned at 7:52, moved by Frank Reiter and seconded by Gary Koster.
.The meeting was followed by an interesting presentation by Smart
Computing. Smart Computing gave every attendee a “goodie” packet
containing the April issue and also provided door prizes.
Respectfully
submitted,
Betty Barrett,
Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For February 1,
2007
The meeting was
called to order by president Herb Sapirman at 7:32 PM. New Member Wilma
Nesinger and Guests Barbara Schiffler and Janet Boner were welcomed.
Secretary Betty
Barrett read the minutes of the January meeting. Jack Dunmyre moved to
approve, seconded by Erica Niegowski...
Treasurer Evette
Sapirman gave the financial report. (See attached). Manny Ostrofsky
moved to approve, seconded by Paul Repke.
Herb Sapirman
thanked everyone involved with the Photo Contest. He stated that much
was learned from this year’s contest that will be applied to the photo
contest next year.
A review of the
February SIG classes was given. Gary Koster asked if someone would like
to offer a class on Feb. 22. He requested that anyone willing to share
his or her knowledge would be appreciated as an instructor. Classes are
listed on the computer club website. Members were urged to take
advantage of classes. It is a nice benefit of belonging to the computer
club.
Microsoft’s new
program “Vista” is now available. Revisions will probably be made. Les
Cole said that several versions are available but be careful of OEM.
Vista also requires a newer computer that is capable of handling Vista.
It will overwhelm older equipment. An expert on Vista may be at the
April meeting and it is hoped he can answer questions regarding
hardware. At this time, you can download a program from Microsoft that
will evaluate your computer to see if it has enough power.
Herb Sapirman
reported that the committee involved in finding space for an enlarged
fitness center has dropped the idea of using the card room. A petition
had been passed in December regarding this project.
Herb brought up a
new idea that will be tried for the next few months. Anyone with
equipment or programs to sell or give away is invited to bring their
items to the meetings and put them on the stage with the sellers name
and the price on the item. The items must be removed at the end of the
meeting.
There was a
suggestion that the Computer Club offer a lending library of programs
loaned by members. They could be listed on the website. Herb thought it
was a good idea but it needs a coordinator.
Herb suggested
that members make better use of the “Help Desk” on the computer club
website. There is a list of members who have offered to provide
assistance in their area of expertise. This very helpful service can
always use more members who can provide help when needed.
Gil Ketler’s idea of a double
feature movie with a hot dog break was very well received. The
attendance was good and people had a very enjoyable evening. Gil was
thanked.
The FACUG meeting
will be held on Mar 2 – 4. Information regarding this meeting is
available from Herb Sapirman. No officers are planning to attend.
The March meeting
will feature a presentation by Smart Computing.
Door prizes were
awarded to Erica Niegowski, Floyd Haff and Gary Koster. A motion to
adjourn was made by Gary Koster at 8:01 PM and seconded by Les Cole.
The meeting was
followed by roundtable discussions led by members. Dick Heitkemper led a
roundtable on Videos, Don Weston – Digital Photography, Eleanor Weston –
Basic Computing, Kurt Knuth –Excel, Dick McQuillen – Major Headaches.
Respectfully
submitted,
Betty Barrett,
Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For January 4,
2007
Meeting was
called to order by president Herb Sapirman at 7:32 PM. New Members and
guests were welcomed to this Fifth Anniversary Meeting of the Computer
Club.
Minutes of the
December meeting were read by Secretary Betty Barrett. Eleanor Weston
corrected the name of new member Deni Jacobson who had been listed as
Doris in the minutes. Frank Reiter moved to approve the minutes,
seconded by Gary Koster.
Treasurer’s
report was given by Evette Sapirman. See attached.
Herb thanked
everyone involved with the photo contest, especially Don Weston who was
the project creator and devoted so much time and energy to it.
Don Weston showed
the photo submissions on the large screen twice, once with numbers and
once without. Voters marked their ballots (see attached) and they were
collected for tallying.
While the votes
were being tallied, Don Weston gave a brief history of the Computer Club
starting with it’s inception as “Friends of the High Vista Website”. New
by-laws were written, a logo was produced and the motto “Members helping
Members” was established. SIG classes were started and the club now
offers 6 – 8 classes each month. Don mentioned that the Clubhouse is a
hot spot and community members can use their laptops with no cost to
them.
Don Bennett gave
a brief commercial for the club discussing what we do in our meetings
and on our website. He also talked about our Homeowners Association
website. Brief tours of both websites were given.
Thumbnail
sketches were given for the January and February computer club SIG
classes which are listed on the website. Don introduced Gary Koster and
Jack Schefik as the team that arranges the SIG classes. The fee for a
SIG class has risen to $3 in order to help pay for the instructors.
Herb Sapirman
said that Ben Skversky, our Webmaster, would like people to contact him
if they are having any problem with the website so he can help them or
correct the problem.
Herb introduced
Tony Barrett who has been collecting the inkjet cartridges for
recycling. Tony said about $1000 has been collected with this project
and there is a potential for making more money by finding other
communities or organizations who would be interested in their own inkjet
project. The recycling company will pay our club $100 for each group we
get to collect cartridges, plus a $25 bonus every time that group sends
in a box. Tony is willing to speak to any group that might be
interested.
Gil Kettler was
introduced. DVD’s are purchased with the inkjet project money, shown at
a Saturday night movie once a month, and then donated to the Library.
Gil is going to offer double features starting at the end of January.
Hot dogs with sauerkraut will be available for $1 and there will be free
popcorn, a pleasant and inexpensive way to spend a Saturday night.
At 9:07, there
was a break for refreshments – cake, coffee, iced tea, and cookies.
After
refreshments, door prizes were given to Jim Burke, Tom Jeknavorian, and
Liz Zellhoffer. Jean Hannes won the Grand Prize, donated by Suzi Grubb,
of two nights at her condo in Daytona Beach.
Before announcing
the photo contest winners, Herb Sapirman said he hoped all entrants had
understood the photos were to be original, not from the Internet. The
winners of the photo contest were:
Nature
– Gary Koster
People
– Jean Lombardi
Humorous – Tom Douglas
(Subsequently, the prize money was declined by Tom as he didn’t
understand the rules) and the second place winner, Tony Barrett, was
awarded the prize.
Frank Reiter
moved to adjourn at 9:42, seconded by Gary Koster.
Respectfully
submitted,
Betty Barrett,
Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For December 7,
2006
Meeting was
called to order by president Herb Sapirman at 7:33 PM. Herb introduced
guest, Joe Gadone and two new members, Steve and Doris Jacobson.
Secretary Betty
Barrett read minutes of the November meeting. Frank Reiter moved to
approve as read, seconded by Gary Koster.
Treasurer Evette
Sapirman gave the financial report. (See attached). Frank Reiter moved
to approve, seconded by Tony Barrett.
Gary Koster spoke
on the need for instructors of SIG classes on Tuesday afternoons and
Thursday evenings. Herb Sapirman noted that starting in January, in an
effort to attract instructors, the Board of Directors has voted to offer
a $25 stipend to instructors for each class.
Nominating
Committee report was given by Gary Koster. All officers currently
serving have offered to remain in their positions except Dick McQuillen
whose work obligations make it impossible for him to serve. The 1st
vice-president position requires a full-time resident. At the present
time, the Nominating Committee was unable to secure a candidate for this
position and it will remain open. The following officers were elected
unanimously: President, Herb Sapirman, 2nd Vice-President, Don
Bennett, Secretary, Betty Barrett, and Treasurer, Evette Sapirman.
Tony Barrett
thanked the community for their participation in the cartridge recycling
program and especially our corporate benefactor. It has provided about
$950 for our club to use for the Library.
Herb Sapirman
presented a petition that is circulating in the community in opposition
to replacing the current card room with a fitness center. The plan to
put the card room in the pub would make it difficult for the computer
club to hold SIG classes. Members were encouraged to sign the petition
after the meeting.
Les Cole wondered
if anyone was having trouble installing Turbo Tax from the Internet.
Eleanor will hold
a class on Envelopes and Files on Tues. Dec 12 at 2 PM.
Peggy Kettler had
a problem with a computer monitor. It had an extended warranty and she
found it had been recalled and would have been replaced free of charge.
Dick McQuillen mentioned there is a laptop recall due to a power supply
that can cause fires. It was also noted that it is important to send in
warranty registration cards so companies can locate you in case of a
recall.
To view the
Resident Photo Gallery, you can go to highvistahoa.org Web Site, click
on the link bar labeled Residents Gallery and then enter the password
which is the same as the door code.
You can also view
the photos entered in the contest at the
Computer Club web site highvistacc.org.
A program was
given by Don Bennett on Preventive Maintenance for your PC. Don and Dick
McQuillen distributed a very useful handout describing which chores are
necessary and how often to schedule them. There are several programs
that can assist with pc maintenance. One is a free program
www.cccleansweep,com. Another program mentioned was Microsoft Live
One Care.
www.windowsonecare.com is a program with a yearly rate that can help
with the maintenance of up to 3 computers. One problem encountered was
trying to clear Norton out of your PC.
People were
invited to attend the January 4 meeting to vote on the Photo Contest and
enjoy some refreshments. The submitted photos for the contest were shown
and the cut off date of Dec. 15 was given.
Frank Reiter
moved to adjourn at 8:45, seconded by Gil Kettler.
Four door prizes
were awarded to Sue Gadone, Tom Douglas, Jack Dunmyre, and Jim Cahill.
Respectfully
submitted,
Betty
Barrett, Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For November 2,
2006
The
meeting was brought to order by the president, Herb Sapirman at 7:32 PM.
Herb welcomed new members Marilyn Tobin and Cathy Sorgi.
Betty
Barrett, Secretary, read the October minutes. Motion to approve by Frank
Reiter, seconded by Les Cole. Approved as read.
Treasurer, Evette Sapirman, gave the treasurer’s report (see attached).
Motion to approve by Jim Burke, seconded by Gary Koster. Approved.
The
November SIG classes will be held in the Card Room.
Nov 8 7 PM Photo Album 6 Don
Bennett
Nov
14 2 PM Files & Folders Eleanor Weston
Nov
16 7 PM Paint Shop Pro 10 Don Bennett
Gary
Koster is trying to arrange to use the card room for another class on Nov.
21 on Christmas Letters Using Microsoft Word to be given by Les Cole.
There is
a way to use an IPOD as a GPS by going to ipoddirections.com.
If you are
having trouble getting your e-mail to print on the right hand side of
the page, go to Page Set-up and make margins as wide as possible or
switch to Landscape. Using Internet Explorer 7, go to printer, click
print preview and use “Shrink to Fit” feature.
Don
Bennett discussed a new photo program called Picasa 2 that locates and
organizes all of the photos on your PC. It is free from Google and can be
downloaded by going to Google, then Internet, More, Even More, Picasa, Free
Download. This program scans your hard drive for all photos stored in your
PC. They are displayed with no wait time and indexed as you have labeled
them or by subject matter, or by date. If you right click on any photo it
will give you data on that photo.
You
can also set up an account with many different photo printing companies and
e-mail them your photos. You can then pick them up in one hour on a CD. Don
Bennett uses Wal-Mart. This program can also interact with Google Earth in
an interesting way.
Dick
McQuillen stated that Microsoft has a program similar to Picasa called
“Location Finder”.
Don Weston showed the photos that have been submitted for the photo
contest.
Door prizes were awarded to Nancy Tomasic, Frank Cornelius, and Don
Bennett.
Meeting
was adjourned at 9:02 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
Betty
Barrett, Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For October 5,
2006
The
meeting was called to order by President, Herb Sapirman, at 7:30 pm. One
new member was introduced, Phyllis Banner.
Jean
Strand read the minutes from the September meeting due to the absence of
Betty Barrett. Motion to approve the minutes was made by Jim Burke and
seconded by Frank Reiter.
Evette Sapirman gave the financial report. Motion to approve was made by
Frank Cornelius and seconded by Manny Ostrofsky. See attached.
Gary
Koster is taking over organizing the SIG classes. He spoke about the
upcoming SIG class on Basic Computer which Eleanor Weston is teaching on
October 12, 2006 at 7:00pm. Eleanor then spoke about the need for
teachers for the SIG classes. Teachers don’t need to be experts about
their subject, members of the computer club will help new teachers. It
is important for the Computer Club to offer these classes to their
members. With a little “help” from Eleanor the following people agreed
to teach classes in the near ftiture: Les Cole, Dick Heitkemper, Phyllis
Banner, Kurt Knuth and Frank Cornelius.
Dick
Heitkemper asked about the possibility of a survey to all club members
asking what topics they would like to see taught for future SIG classes.
Saturday movies continued in September and will happen the third
Saturday in October thanks to Jack Schreiber and Dick McQuillen. The
movie shown in September was Rumor Has
it.
Dick brought in a device which they
hooked up to Jack’s laptop, they had “surround sound” while watching the
movie on the big screen at the Clubhouse munching popcorn and drinking
soda pop.
During the New Business Herb thanked Dick McQuiflen for donating HP ink
cartridges to any member of the computer club who can use them in their
printers. Microsoft has a new program coming out in January 2007 called
Vista. If you go to Microsoft.com you can check your computer to see if
it will take Vista and which version it can use. Microsoft is looking
for 5 million people to test Vista but Herb cautioned against doing
this. Jack Pultz asked about virtual Memory which was discussed at last
months computer club meeting. Les Cole answered questions and talked
about Virtual Memory. If you need to change yours go to My Computer,
then System Information to change your settings.
Jack
Pultz requested a SIG class on managing files and folders. Eleanor
Weston has taught this class in the past and will try to have it again.
Dick
Heitkemper gave some infoimation about backing up your computer. He
found an external hard drive with 300 gigabytes for $100.00. Great buy.
Call him for information.
Jack
Pultz asked if there were any deals on Smart Computing Magazine.
His is about to expire. No special deals at this time.
The
Focus of tonight’s meeting is the Photo Contest. Don Weston emailed all
computer club members with the rules and regulations about the contest.
The ballots for the final judging in January 2007 will be taken from the
CD not the picture printed. He hopes to have thumbnails of all the
entered pictures in each category. Each entry will cost
$5.00
and the person entering it must
decide which category the picture will go into.
Door
Prizes were awarded to:1st
prize: Phyllis Banner
2nd
prize: Don LeBlanc
3rd
prize: Jean Strand
The
meeting was adjourned at 8:28pm. Motion to approve was made by Frank
Reiter and seconded by Gary Koster.
Respectfully submitted,
Jean E. Strand
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For September 7,
2006
The meeting was
brought to order by president, Herb Sapirman, at 7:30 PM. Several guests
were introduced; Ken & Elaine Ernst, Jim Schiflett, Phyllis Banner. New
member, Howard Bowling, was also introduced.
Secretary Betty Barrett read minutes
of the last meeting on May 4, 2006. Motion to approve by Eleanor Weston,
seconded by Gary Koster. Minutes were approved as read.
Evette Sapirman gave the financial
report. Moved to accept by Gary Koster and seconded by Jack Dunmyre. See
attached.
Don Weston announced the Computer Club
Digital Photography Contest and handed out fliers announcing the
contest. See attached. Don stated this is a first attempt by the
Computer Club and it is not a moneymaker. It is a fun project that
should help to maintain interest in the Computer Club.
The contest is open to all High Vista
residents and photos may be submitted from Oct – December 15th.
Contest will be advertised at Coffee, HOA meetings, Channel 95, the
newsletter, on website and photos will be shown at many events. All
submissions will be on a disk, in jpeg, and one hard copy will be kept
for identification purposes. Photos will be displayed anonymously for
viewing and voting purposes. Voting will take place at Jan. 4, 2007
Computer Club meeting. Entire community is invited to attend and vote.
See attached flier)
Some power cords and cables are
available.
Herb Sapirman announced that due to
several members’ health issues, there is a pressing need for volunteers
to
1)
Work with Don Weston on
scheduling SIG classes. The SIG classes are the lifeblood of the
computer club. These volunteers will also need to send out notices of
classes. Gary Koster and Jack Schefik volunteered.
2)
Give SIG classes.
Several classes such as Excel and Beginning Computing have a syllabus
already prepared and require a class leader. The club will help anyone
who volunteers to teach.
3)
Someone to do the
monthly movies until the Kettlers return. This would require picking up
a current movie, making popcorn and showing the movie. Jack Schreiber
was thanked for doing this in the past.
For September, the SIG classes and the
movie may be cancelled unless volunteers are found.
A computer question was asked. “What
does it mean when there is a message that says Virtual Memory is low”?
Dick McQuillen’s answer was to reset in My Computer.
At 7:55, Gary Koster moved to close
the meeting and was seconded by Eleanor Weston.
Discussion followed the meeting. Dick
McQuillen will bring information on network.magic to next meeting. It is
a good program for setting up your own network. He will also bring
information regarding a program to back up files – sync.com.
Dick Heitkemper demonstrated his new
20” Intel Apple computer. He is very pleased with the graphics. Dick
stated there was a good amount of support available at the Apple store
in the Florida Mall. Some free classes came with his computer, which he
attends. Dick said if you purchase this computer through MacMall there
is no sales tax.
Respectfully submitted,
Betty Barrett, Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For May 4,
2006
President Herb
Sapirman brought meeting to order at 7:30 PM. Two guests were
introduced, Rich Rooney and Doug Baker.
Minutes of the
April meeting were read by Secretary Betty Barrett. Motion to approve by
Bob McLean and seconded by Don Weston. Minutes were approved as read.
Evette Sapirman,
Treasurer, gave the financial report. See attached.
The SIG Classes
for May are:
Excel for
Beginners Wed May 10 2PM Card Room Herb Sapirman
Beginning
Computing Thurs May 11 2 PM Card Room Eleanor Weston
Digital
Photography Tues May 16 2 PM Card Room Don Weston
(Photo Album 5)
Files &
Folders Thurs May 18 7 PM Card Room Eleanor Weston
The Quicken class
offered by Jean Strand was cancelled as only one person signed up. The
Club does not offer class if less than three sign up
Kurt Knuth
suggested we list classes in newsletter when possible. It was agreed we
would try that in the Fall.
It was decided to
try to have a meeting on June 1. Ben Skversky will preside. We will not
meet in July and August. Regular meetings will start in September.
Jack Schreiber
was thanked for showing the Movie in April.. More people are needed to
learn to operate the equipment if this movie program is to continue over
the summer. Jack will check his calendar to see if he is available to
show movie on May 27.
The computers for
sale at April meeting were all sold. It was stated that members can
bring good usable equipment to sell at meetings starting in the Fall.
Club website could be utilized for advertising equipment for sale. Get a
photo and specs to Ben Skversky for advertising on website.
Don Weston
announced the Digital Photography Contest to start in Fall. Photos must
be in jpeg format on a disk and 1 print is needed for record keeping.
Residents will judge the contest and there will be a $200 prize for each
category (Nature, people, and Humorous). A $5 entry fee must accompany
each entry.
Tickets were
drawn for three door prizes, 2 $20 Gift certificates for Staples and 1
packet of photo paper.
Meeting closed at
8 PM and was followed by round table discussions.
Respectfully
submitted,
Betty Barrett,
Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For April 6,
2006
The meeting was called to order at 7:37 by president Herb Sapirman.
Secretary Betty Barrett read minutes of the March 2, 2006. Gary Koster
moved to approve as read, seconded by Jack Pultz.
Treasurer Evette Sapirman gave the financial report (see attached).
Sally Douglas moved to approve, seconded by Liz Zellhofer
April SIG Classes are:
4/11 2 PM VOIP Don
Bennett
4/19 2 PM Files & Folders for Beginners Eleanor Weston
4/20 7 PM Ulead & Slides (Advanced) Dick Heitkemper
4/27 7 PM Basic Quicken 2002 Jean
Strand
Herb Sapirman requested that members with ideas for SIG Classes please
bring their ideas forward. Any one offering a class will receive
assistance from other instructors.
Tony Barrett reported on the used inkjet cartridge project. $122 was
received this month bringing the total to $327 thus far. 10 DVD’s have
been purchased for $193.54 leaving a balance of $133.46 to be used for
this project. Tony thanked everyone for their cooperation.
Jack Schreiber will show this month’s movie on April 22. The movie will
be the latest King Kong production.
Don Weston announced the Computer Club would sponsor a community-wide
Digital Photography Contest. There will be 3 categories for submissions
– nature, people, and humorous. Each submission must be in jpeg format,
on a disk, and printed hard copy for record keeping. Each entry must be
accompanied by $5 and given to Evette Sapirman or Betty Barrett. Photos
will be displayed at the November and December meetings of the Club and
will be judged by attendees at the January 2007 meeting. Prizes of $200
will be awarded to winners.
Don Bennett gave an overview of some of the ideas brought back from the
Convention.
Some new Microsoft Beta products were discussed. A Beta program is a
trial program available to the public before the formal release of a new
product. Microsoft encourages feedback to work out program snags.
One Beta Program is Internet Explorer 7. It offers enhanced Tab
browsing with the ability to view many websites at one time. Also offers
RSS (Real Simple Syndication), which puts out information without user
searching. It offers alerts on phishing and has an improved print
preview. It will be available in the second half of 2006.
Windows Vista, designed to replace XP, will be released sometime in
early 2007. Business Vista will be out in November 2006. There will be 4
versions for home PCs.
Windows Live One Care Beta program is available during April 2006 for
$19.95. When the product is released to the public, it will cost $49.95
and can be used for up to 3 PCs. It will provide comprehensive security
protection for PCs with antivirus, antispyware, firewall, PC maintenance
tools, file backup and restore functions all in one product. Norton is
expected to have a full service program called “Genesis” in the summer.
Three computers were offered for sale by the Club. They have keyboards
and mouse but no monitors. Two cost $75 each and one was available for
$50. Dick McQuillen donated some power cords and printer cables for
members.
Next meeting will be May 4, 2006. Round table discussion groups with a
variety of topics will be offered.
Door Prizes were: 2 Staples gift certificates and a lock for a laptop.
Motion to adjourn was made at 8:37 by Gary Koster, seconded by Jim
Burke.
Meeting was followed by a video presentation of the 2006 High Vista
Fashion Show given by Dick Heitkemper.
Respectfully submitted.
Betty Barrett, Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For March 2,
2006
Meeting called to
order at 7:30 PM by president Herb Sapirman. Thirty-two members and five
guests were present.
New members,
Marilyn Bonomo, Shirley Peters, and Juanita Zoodsma, were introduced.
Secretary Betty
Barrett read minutes of the February meeting. Moved to approve by Peggy
Kettler, seconded by Fred Schneider.
Treasurer Evette
Sapirman read Trreasurer’s report. Moved to approve by Manny Ostrofsky
and seconded by Gil Kettler. (See attached).
March SIG classes
are:
Mar. 7
2PM Card Room Basic
Computers for Beginners
Eleanor Weston
Mar. 9
7PM Card Room Power Point
Don Bennett
Mar. 14 2PM
Card Room Music
Don Bennett
Mar. 23 7PM
Card Room Files & Folders
Eleanor Weston
Mar. 30 7PM
Card Room Ulead for Beginners
Dick Heitkemper
President Herb
Sapirman asked for more volunteer instructors. Volunteers do not need to
be professional computer experts or have a background in education. Don
Weston, our Education Chairman, will assist them in developing material
and getting started.
Gil & Peggy
Ketler were thanked for getting and showing the once a month Saturday
Night movie in the clubhouse. The February movie was “War of the Worlds”
and was donated to the Library. Volunteers are needed to take over the
monthly movie when Ketlers head North for the summer.
Tony Barrett
received a check for $105 for used cartridge recycling project which was
turned over to the treasurer. There are 6 HP#10 unused cartridges and 3
VC1 unused cartridges that will be advertised on Channel 95 by Juanita
Zoodsma. They are available for anyone who can use them. If they are not
taken, the cartridges will go into the recycling program. The proceeds
from the recycling program fund the Saturday Night movies. Dick
McQuillen was thanked for the large donations he has made to this
project.
The next meeting
will be held 0n April 6, 2006. Meeting was closed at 7:53 PM and
followed by an excellent program given by Smart Computing Magazine. A
subscription to Smart Computing gives you access to free help with
computer problems and has many other advantages. Smart Computing also
offered 3 door prizes – a free one year subscription to the magazine,
and 2 slip cases with 6 six Smart Computing reference booklets (a value
of $70 each)
Respectfully
submitted,
Betty Barrett,
Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For February 2,
2006
Meeting was brought
to order at 7:30 PM by president Herb Sapirman. Forty (40) members and
three (3) guests were present.
New members,
Frank Bonomo, Sandra Glumac, Sylvia Mazeau, Ron Signorino, Ann Williams,
Sonny Williams, and Tom Douglas, were welcomed. Three guests, Suzi
Grubb, Janice DeLoach, and Frank Kynast were introduced.
Minutes of the
January meeting were read by Secretary Betty Barrett and approved.
Don Bennett
present revised by-laws for Computer Club. Floyd Haff questioned wording
of the Quorum. It was decided to leave as it was presented for amending
at another time. Frank Reiter moved to approve by-laws. Seconded by
Mannie Ostrofsky. Vote for approval was unanimous.
February SIG
classes are:
Feb 9
7 PM Card Room - Photo Album - Don Bennett
Feb 16 7 PM
Card Room - Digital Photography - Don Weston
Feb 21 2 PM
Card Room - Windows XP, Intermediate - Don Bennett
Feb 23 7 PM
Card Room - Ulead for Beginners - Dick Heitkemper
Feb 28 2 PM
Card Room - Basic Computers for Beginners - Eleanor Weston
Herb Sapirman
mentioned deals that are available at Best Buy online for Turbo Tax, Tax
Cut and a flash card. Office Depot also has bargains on Norton Products,
flash cards, and paper, that are virtually free after mail-in rebates.
Movie “March of
the Penguins” was shown in January and donated to the Library.
One hundred
dollars ($100) was received for the Club from 100 used ink jet
cartridges that were sent in by Tony Barrett. Presently, he has 77 used
cartridges that have been donated. They can only be sent in groups of
100. Three new cartridges that may have been accidentally donated were
offered for return to donor.
Jack Pultz
inquired if it was necessary to purchase anti-virus software as Windows
XP has a built –in firewall. Dick McQuillen responded that the Windows
XP firewall only protects incoming mail, not outgoing.
Members were
warned to backup data on their computers and update their virus
protection as a new worm is due to activate on Feb. 3, 2006. The EXY
Computer Virus overwrites anything in Microsoft Office. A CNN.com clip
was shown for information regarding this problem.
You can go to
Norton’s website and use their security check to see if your computer
has been infected. It will only inform you if you have been infected, it
will not clear up the problem. When cleaning up a computer that has been
infected, turn off the Windows restore feature before cleaning, and only
turn it back on after computer has been cleaned.
Jack Schreiber
thanked Don Weston for his help in presenting the pool survey results at
the Homeowners Association meeting in January.
At the March
meeting, a program will be presented by Smart Computing Magazine.
Mernette LeFew
moved to close the business meeting at 8:12 PM, seconded by Fred
Schneider.
Following the
meeting, a program on Computer Maintenance given by Dick McQuillen. Don
Weston presented a video made for the Westons’ 50th Wedding
Anniversary. Door prizes were a package of 50 jewel cases, a package of
DVD disks, and a computer cleaning kit.
Respectfully
submitted,
Betty Barrett,
Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For January 5,
2006
The meeting was
called to order at 7:35 PM by retiring president Don Weston who
introduced two visitors, Tom & Janet Jeknovarian and new member Willy
Stay. There were 42 in attendance.
Don thanked Liz
Zellhofer for her service as Secretary/ Treasurer. He also thanked the
nominating committee chaired by Ted Gilding. Don announced that two new
committees have been created; Education Committee and Membership &
Welcoming Committee. Don Weston will serve as chairman of Education and
Eleanor Weston will chair the Membership Committee. This expands the
Computer Club Board to seven (7) members.
The new officers
were introduced:
President Herb Sapirman
First Vice President Dick McQuillen
Second Vice President Don Bennett
Secretary Betty Barrett
Acting Treasurer Evette Sapirman
The meeting was
turned over to president Herb Sapirman who thanked Don Weston for
contributing over five (5) years of service that resulted in an active
and successful computer club. Herb stated he welcomes suggestions and
participation in programs and SIG classes. The group was reminded to use
the code number 11268 when ordering Smart Computing to provide us with
free subscriptions used as door prizes. All checks should be made out to
“High Vista Computer Club”.
Minutes and the
Treasurer’s report were read by Betty Barrett, Secretary Frank Reiter
moved to approve as read, seconded by Gary Koster. Passed unanimously.
(See attached)
A committee to
revise the by-laws has been appointed. They are Betty Barrett, Eleanor
Weston, and Don Bennett. They will meet at 2 PM on Jan.6 at 533 Ridge
View Drive. Anyone wishing to attend is welcome.
Dick Heitkemper
announced he tried True Voice for two months and experienced
difficulties. It requires 12 days to get back his original phone number
with Verizon. Herb Sapirman stated he has Bright House and has had no
problems.
SIG classes for
January are posted on the website and are:
Jan. 10 at 2 PM -
instructor Don Bennett- Voice Over IP.
Jan. 24 at 2 PM –
instructor Herb Sapirman – Excel Basics, Part 2
Jan. 26 at 7 PM -
instructor Dick Heitkemper – U Lead for Beginners,
Jan. 31 at 2 PM –
instructor Eleanor Weston – Files & Folders for Beginners
In response to a
question, Don Weston said that to use the wireless at the clubhouse, the
first time, you must enter the code number five (5) ten (10) times and
confirm it with five entered ten times. It is a secure site.
Dick Heitkemper
said Best Buy had a two-day sale on a computer for a very good price.
Don Weston felt the computer was underpowered and was not a good value.
At 8 PM Frank
Reiter moved to close the meeting and Gary Koster seconded. Approved.
Following the
meeting, a program on Backing up Your PC and other security issues was
given by Don Bennett.
Door prizes of
$20 Best Buy gift certificate, $15 Best Buy gift certificate and a
package of 50 DVDs were awarded to the lucky winners.
Respectfully
submitted,
Betty Barrett,
Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For December 1,
2005
Second Vice
President, Don Bennett, called the meeting to order at 7:30 PM. Liz
Zellhofer, Secretary/Treasurer, read minutes and Treasurer’s report.
A motion was made
by Frank Reiter and seconded by Dick Heitkemper to accept the minutes as
read.
Don welcomed
guests: Conrad Schilline, Joan Lonergan, Rose Greer and one new member,
Doris Gadberry.
SIG classes for
Dec. and Jan. are on the Computer Club Website: “highvistacc.org”.
Frank Cornelius
will give a class on E-Bay, Dec. 6, at 2 PM. Don Weston showed a
magazine about E-Bay, cost is $ 9.95. If we ordered 20 or more the cost
would be $ 7.95
Eleanor Weston
spoke about beginner class Dec. 7th
Don Weston will
be giving a class on Digital Photography Dec.8th
Herb Sapirman
gave a brief description of his Basic Excel class Dec 13th
Don Bennett
talked about his Back-up your Computer class Dec. 15th
Tony Barrett
reported that he had about 80 empty ink cartridges collected. He is
waiting to get 100 so we would get $100.00 for the club to be used for
purchase of DVDs for the Library. Used ink jet cartridges are to be
placed in the collection box in the Communications Room.
Jack Dunmyre from
the Nominating Committee said Jack Schreiber should be added to the
Committee list, omitted from last month’s minutes.
The nominations
are:
President: Herb Sapirman
First Vice President: Dick
McQuillen
Second Vice President: Don
Bennett
Secretary/Treas: Betty
Barrett
There were no
other nominations from the floor.
The officers were
voted in unanimously by the membership.
To complete our
Board of Directors, Don Weston will hold the position of Past President
and will be Chairman of the Education Committee. Ben Skversky as past
V.P. holds the position of Webmaster of the Computer Club’s Website.
Eleanor Weston is
the Chairperson of the Membership & Welcoming Committee.
Don Weston said
that from now on the checks for dues or class fees should be made out to
“High Vista Computer Club” as we are now established as a not for profit
business account.
Gil & Peggy
Ketler have hosted the Saturday Night Movie for October & November. We
need volunteers for January so that Gil & Peggy can train them. The
objective is to have other Computer Club members trained on the
equipment.
Jack Pultz
mentioned that he had a 15” monitor free for anyone that could use it.
A motion was made
by Frank Reiter and seconded by Gary Koster to adjourn the meeting.
Door Prizes of
two 1-year subscriptions to Smart Computing Magazine and two $25.00 Gift
Certificates to Staples Office Supply were given away to the lucky
winners.
Respectfully
submitted by:
Liz Zellhofer, Secretary/Treasurer
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For November 3,
2005
The meeting was
called to order at 7:30 p.m. by president Don Weston. Minutes and
Treasurer’s report were read by Liz Zellhofer, Secretary.
Ted Gilding had
corrections to the minutes: Dues should be pro-rated consistently for
new members. He also asked to correct his name from the last minutes to
GILDING, not Gelding.
A motion to
accept the changes was made by Jerry Campbell and seconded by Manny
Ostrofsky.
The following SIG
classes for November are on the website:
Nov. 8 - 2 p.m.,
Cardroom - Eleanor Weston, Instructor, Basic Computers for Beginners
Nov. 10 - 7 p.m.,
Cardroom - Don Bennett, Instructor,
Introduction to XP
Nov. 15th class -
cancelled due to scheduling conflict with photo album
Nov. 22 - 2 p.m.,
Cardroom - Eleanor Weston, Instructor,
Files & Folders
Eleanor asked for
help in setting up computers on the days she teaches.
Tony Barrett is
asking everybody to bring their empty ink cartridges to the club house.
We are collecting them to get a Dollar a piece. The money will be used
to buy DVDs for the Saturday night movies and then donated to the
library.
The DVD “The
Interpreter” was donated to Don LeBlanc for the library.
Don Weston is
looking for volunteers to train and run the movies on Saturday night.
The hosts for November are Gil and Peggy Ketler.
Nomination
committee members are: Ginny Heller, Gary Koster and Jack Dunmyre.
At 7:50 PM a
motion was made by Gil Ketler and seconded by Jack Schefick to adjourn
the meeting. All were in favor.
Don Bennett had
an interesting program about VONAGE. That is Voice Over Internet
Protocol. The only requirement is to have DSL or high speed cable
internet. With this you can call any place in the US, Canada and Puerto
Rico for $ 25.00.
The second half
of his program was about GOOGLE EARTH. If you have XP you can pull up
any place in the world. This BETA program is free.
Door prizes were
raffled off.
Respectfully
submitted by:
Liz Zellhofer, Secretary/Treasurer
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For October 6,
2005
The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by 1st Vice
President Ted Guilding.
Herb Sapirman read the minutes for September 8, 2005 meeting. The
minutes were accepted by Frank Reiter and seconded by Manny Ostrofsky.
Ted Guilding introduced the new members, only Sue Gaddone was present at
this meeting.
SIG classes for October were stated:
Tuesday Oct. 18, 2:00
p.m. card room…..Files and Folders
– Instructor: Eleanor Weston
Thursday Oct. 20,
7:00 p.m……Photo Album 5
– Instructor: Don Bennett
The request was made for a Beginners Class to be given.
There was a discussion as to good contribution this computer club is
making to the community.
Ted Guilding opened the discussion to change the bylaws concerning
dues. The motion was introduced to change the bylaws to create January
1 for date dues are to be paid.
The following motion was voted on:
I move to change High Vista Computer Club bylaws accordingly:
Annual dues as determined by the board.
All anniversary dates will be January 2nd of each calendar
year.
Current member dues pro-rated quarterly until January 2, 2006
New member dues pro-rated quarterly until January 2, 2007
Motion accepted by Frank Reiter and seconded by Herb Sapirman…. Motion
carried.
Floor opened up to questions and problems with computers.
Motion to adjourn was made by Frank Reiter and seconded by Don Luebben
at 7:50 which made this the shortest meeting of record.
Respectfully submitted by:
Evette Sapirman, member
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For September 8,
2005
The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by President Don Weston.
Don introduced Brenda Schell from Progress Energy, who made a
presentation on surge protection service offered by Progress Energy.
After her presentation, Tony Barrett talked about different types of
surge protectors and where they could be purchased.
Don Weston introduced new members Jack Bunker, John Sheckells, Joan
Lawrence and Gene Lawrence.
Don introduced Ted Gilding who has volunteered to be the acting 1st
Vice-president replacing Ray Ballou. Don thanked Ted for stepping up to
the plate. Ted read the minutes to the May 6, 2005 meeting, motion to
approve was made by Gary Koster and seconded by Tony Barrett. Don Weston
read the treasurer’s report.
SIG classes for September were announced and shown on the Computer Club
Web Site:
September 13, Computers for Beginners by Eleanor Weston; September 15,
Ulead 9 by Dick Heitkemper; September 20, Files & Folders for Beginners
by Eleanor Weston; and September 22, Digital Photography Workshop by Don
Weston.
Ted Gilding spoke about the yearly dues. As of January 2007, he
suggested we increase the dues to $16.00 per year with everyone having
one due date starting January 2007. Our by-laws will have to be changed
if this is approved. During 2006, dues will be adjusted quarterly,
collected on the various anniversary dates, as per the following
schedule:
Jan thru Mar
2006 pays $16.00 Apr thru Jun pays $12.00
Jul thru
Sep pays $8.00 Oct thru Dec pay $4.00
Jan 2007,
everyone pays $16.00
Don Weston presented the idea that the Computer Club take over the Free
Movie Night at High Vista. The Club would purchase the most current
released DVD movie, volunteers would be trained on the equipment, show
the movie and then it would be given to the Library for all residents to
take out.
Motion to adjourn was made by Fred Frohmann and seconded by Jean Strand.
Dick Heitkemper did a presentation on his “Alaska Trip” using Ulead 9
Program. He mentioned he would be doing a class the following Thursday
to demonstrate how this was done.
Respectfully submitted by:
Eleanor Weston, Acting Sec/Treas
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For March 3,
2005
The meeting was
called to order by our President, Don Weston at 7:30 PM. We had 52
members and 19 guests in attendance. Don welcomed all guests and the
following new members: Judy Thomas, Mary Kay Kukic, Cheryl Gray,
Jean Metz, Carolyn Carlson, and Ray Normandeau.
Liz Zellhofer,
Secretary, read the minutes and treasurer’s report. They were approved
as read. Frank Reiter made a motion to accept and seconded by Gary
Koster.
Correction to
last month minutes: Jack Schreiber stated a correction, that he had the
approval of Fred Frohman, Director of Communications, not the Board, to
proceed with the HOA Galleries Website addition.
Membership dues
for 2005 are due and payable on your anniversary date. Reminders have
been sent out. We have 157 members to date.
Don reviewed our
website
www.highvistacc.org showing officers and SIG classes. There will
be a class of BASIC COMPUTING FOR BEGINNERS on March 8th by
Eleanor Weston with equipment, projector and computers. Don Bennett and
Don Weston will also have classes on Digital Photography this month.
There will a be a class on Excel (Part 1) by Instructor Herb Sapirman.
Excel (Part 2) will follow in April and also in March, Windows XP basic,
Instructor: Don Bennett
Please reply to
the persons giving the class to let them know you are coming. They need
to prepare the Handouts. Walk-ins are welcome but they will have to copy
the Handouts. And please try to have the right amount of $ 2.- when
coming to class.
Saturday and
Sunday, March 5-6, 2005 will be the FACUG convention in Kissimmee
www.facug.org
A Report will be given at next months meeting.
If you want to
see the pictures in Galleries of the High Vista Home Owner’s Assn., go
to
www.highvistahoa.org and put in the password that we use to get
into the clubhouse. Right now we are in the process of formatting a
design and designating a sizing process for photos.
Special Offer
from Road Runner: They will only charge $ 5.95 a month for the months
you are away or $ 29.95 for 6 months or more. Keep your modem at home;
they will render your modem as inactive until you return. Dial up while
up north or on the road. Your e-mail address will not change.
The meeting was
adjourned at 7:50 PM, motion made by Frank Reiter, seconded by Cory
Somes.
The presentation
from Smart Computing Magazine’s representative, Marcy Gunn, was very
interesting. Among all the features of the magazine she mentioned that
you could save articles for later view in their Library. It will stay on
the website, not on your hard drive. You have to be a subscriber to use
this service.
She also
mentioned, that they have a Tech Support Center open to the public
www.smartcomputing.com which gives an 800 # to their office in
Lincoln, Nebraska.
If you go to the
User Group Section, you can subscribe on line. Be sure to use our High
Vista Computer Club Code #11628 as the club receives 1 free subscription
for every 5 new or renewals to use as door prizes at our monthly
meetings.
Everyone
attending received a Gift packet and Door Prizes were awarded.
Respectfully
submitted
Liz Zellhofer, Secretary/Treasurer
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For February 3,
2005
The meeting was
called to order by President, Don Weston at 7:30 PM. There were 45
members and 5 guests in attendance. The guests were: David DuCharme,
Jack Weaver, Ann Ostrofsky, Bonnie and Bill Robinette. Don welcomed new
members: Elke Bielstein, Brenda Ferguson, Paul Repke, Dottie Roscoe and
Marge Wegman.
Liz Zellhofer,
Secretary, read the minutes and treasurer’s report. They were approved
as read. A motion to accept was made by Frank Reiter and seconded by
Dick Heitkemper.
Eleanor is
looking for volunteers to help at sign in before the meeting, so she can
rotate people. Please notify her if you are able to help.
A reminder for
charter members to pay their dues for 2005. There are just a few members
that will be taken off the rolls if not paid up.
Don recognized
donations of equipment from Ed Kerns and Erika Niegowski.
Please check the
website
www.highvistacc.org which shows the officers and SIG classes for
the month. If interested in a class, respond to the instructor by email
to let them know you are coming, so enough handouts can be prepared.
Please have the exact change when coming to the class. It helps!
Upcoming
Convention in Kissimmee on March 6 & 7, 2005. There will be 3 officers
representing our club, but all members are invited. Check the website
for details:
www.facug.org
There has been
proposed, a new addition to the High Vista Home Owner’s website
www.highvistahoa.org When you go to the Galleries Tab,
using the same password as the Clubhouse, (this would be
a restricted site), pictures of residents at events or
activities would be shown. Jack Schreiber is spearheading this idea and
has approval of the board to move ahead.. He needs volunteer
photographers to cover these events as well as taking portrait type
photos of couples and individuals. Also the entertainment committee has
proposed taking photos of Dances, Parties, Flea Market, Craft Show etc.
Then at the New Years Eve party, a multi-media showing of “A Year in
Review 2005” could be shown during that evening.
Next month we’ll
have Smart Computing Magazine as our Guest Presenters. Don mentioned
that if anyone is renewing or ordering the Smart Computing Magazine to
use the code #11628. The club receives credit of (1) free subscription
for every (5) new subscriptions or renewals sent in. We are then able
to use these for Door Prizes.
A motion was made
by Frank Reiter and seconded by Gary Koster at 7:55 PM to adjourn.
Don Weston then
introduced our guest speaker David Whittle. He showed different Photo
Presentation Software and everybody had a chance to buy or order the
programs at discount prices.
One of the
programs was awarded as the Door Prize.
Respectfully
submitted
Liz Zellhofer, Secretary/Treasurer
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For January 6,
2005
Our President, Don Weston called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m. He
welcomed new members Mernette and Chuck LeFew, Marilyn Tobin and Don
Luebben. We had 41 members, 4 new members and one guest, Robert Brandt
in attendance.
Our new Secretary/Treasurer Liz Zellhofer was introduced. She read the
minutes and treasurer's report. Motion was made by Frank Reiter and
seconded by Gary Koster to approve them as read.
Don reminded the attendees that Charter member dues are to be paid in
January 2005.
He made everyone aware of our website
www.highvistacc.org which shows the officers and SIG Classes
(Special Interest Groups) or the month of January. A mention was made
that on Feb. 15th there will be a special class for AOL users at 2:00
p.m. and that all AOL people are expected to show up. Dick McQuillen
will conduct a class on hardware near the end of February. On
www.highvistahoa.org “Residents Galleries” can be viewed by
entering the password, the same as for the doors. This site is in the
conceptual stage and will be under construction.
March 4-6, 2005 will be the FACUG Spring Convention in Kissimmee - see
www.facug.org. for details. All Computer Club members are
invited to attend.
Upcoming guest speakers:
February: David Whittle, presenting and demonstrating all
types of multi-media software at discount prices. You might want to
bring your checkbook.
March:
Marcy Gunn and Team
from Smart Computing Magazine. They will be using us as a warm up for
their presentation at the Convention. They always bring lots of goodies
and door prizes.
Meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
Ray Ballou hosted the Question and Answer session.
Eleanor Weston did a presentation on Turbo Tax, followed by Don Bennett
demonstrating Windows Media Player 10. Then, several Slide Shows were
shown using 3D Album with several different photo applications.
Door prize drawings concluded the evening.
Respectfully submitted,
Liz Zellhofer, Secretary/Treasurer
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For December 2,
2004
The meeting was called to order by our president, Don Weston at 7:38
p.m. There were 34 members present and 1 guest, John Chiangi.
Don welcomed new members: Hugh & Sylvia Brydges, Bev Nesseth, Bill
Smith, Gloria Scheffler, Richard McQuillan, Gloria Wenger, Helen Chiangi,
Marie Gagne, Linda Millard and Debbie Favinger.
Don Bennett read the minutes from the last meeting, November 4th.
Motion was made to approve by Frank Reiter and seconded by Manny
Ostrofsky. Treasurer’s report: $492.97 in the checking account and
$57.00 in the savings account.
Jack Schreiber, Chairman of the Nominating Committee, gave his report
and the Committee nominated the following Officers:
Don Weston, President
Ray Ballou, First Vice President
Don Bennett, Second Vice President
Liz Zellhofer, Secretary/Treasurer
By a show of hands, all members were in favor of the nominations and the
slate of Officers was elected.
Last month B&C Computers were at the meeting and they suggested not to
Install Service Pack 2 for XP. However, it could be very important, as
Service Pack 2 contains vital security patches. Your computer must be
free of all spyware/adware before attempting the installation. We have
CD’s available for those of you with dial-up Internet providers.
A reminder was given that Charter Member dues are due in January 2005.
Anniversary date for other members.
The Computer Club Website (www.highvistacc.org)
shows Officers, By-Laws, SIG Classes for December and January. In
January we will have 3 Computer Classes for Beginners, knowing that
everyone will be given new computers for Christmas.
There was a brief description of up-coming SIG Classes given by
Instructors:
Don & Eleanor Weston and Don Bennett
A demonstration of the Homeowner’s Website (www.highvistahoa.org)
was given showing that a great deal of High Vista Community Information
can be obtained there.
Belarc Advisor, a valuable tool for obtaining your computer’s
information was shown.
A Question and Answer session was held.
A Motion was made by Frank Reiter and seconded by Jean Strand to adjourn
the business meeting at 8:25 p.m.
Don Bennett did a demonstration with a MP3 Player, the size of a BIC
cigarette lighter, then using it for a slide presentation using Photo
Story.
Don Weston showed a Cruise slide show on DVD created with a program
called “Sonic my DVD”.
A camcorder DVD was played created by Dick McQuillen using Ulead Studio
8.
Door Prizes were given out to the lucky winners.
Respectfully submitted,
Liz Zellhofer, Secretary/Treasurer
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For November 4,
2004
President Don
Weston called meeting to order at 7:30 pm. There were 43 members in
attendance. Don welcomed the 12 new members, Basille Blaesing, Sally
Douglass, Ethel Frohmann, Fred Frohmann, Stephanie Garvida, Marguerite
Hammond, Michael Hammond, Dwayne Moon, Nancy Moon, Judith Nastasi, Sam
Nastasi, Charlie Weaver, and one guest, Falen Denluebben.
Don welcomed our
guest speakers Al & Michele Snapp, Rich (Muzzy) Sirone, Roger Russell
and Terry from B&C Computers.
The minutes from
the October 7th, 04 meeting were read, Frank Reiter made a
motion to approve minutes, 2nd by Gary Koster. The treasurer’s report
as of Oct.31st. Checking account balance is $490.30 with
$57.04 in Savings.
Don announced
that we do have 2 copies of the Service Pack2 disks available if anyone
needs them.
Our website:
www.highvistacc.org, and the High
Vista Community Website:
www.highvistahoa.org. were shown and described as how to use
different aspects of the site. Also
www.facug.org was explained
and they will be having a Spring Conference in March. We will be having
Smart Computing Magazine here during our March monthly meeting as Guest
Speakers.
Don thanked Ruth
Bevis once again for her service to the computer club, he then asked
Jack Schreiber about the nominations for the coming year. Jack thanked
Beverly Bogart and Dick Ellsworth for all their help in the nominations
committee. The nominations were: Don Weston: President, Ray Ballou:
Vice President and Don Bennett: 2nd Vice President.
Secretary/Treasurer position was still open for nominations.
Don reminded us
once again that Charter Member Dues are due in January; all other
members are due the Month of their Anniversary Date.
SIG CLASSES FOR
NOVEMBER & DECEMBER WILL BE POSTED ON THE COMPUTER CLUB WEBSITE.
Each instructor
gave a short talk explaining his or her class:
Eleanor Weston:
Microsoft Word Files & Folders & Basic Computers for Beginners
Don Bennett:
Jasc Photo Album 5 – Back-up / CD Burning
Jean Strand:
Basic Quicken
Don Weston:
Digital Photography Workshop
Surveys need to
be completed by all members as this will determine what classes will be
offered in 2005, surveys also used for new member applications.
A Motion was made
by Ray Ballou to adjourn and 2nd by Frank Reiter.
Meeting adjourned
8:10 pm.
A Presentation
was made by B&C COMPUTERS concerning the service pack 2 installation,
followed by Q&A Session.
Door Prizes were
given and meeting concluded 8:55 pm.
Respectfully
submitted,
Liz Waters,
Acting Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For October 7,
2004
Don Weston called
the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m. There were 30 members in attendance
and one guest, Bill Smith. Don also welcomed our newest members, Charles
and Gloria Weaver. Liz Waters were introduced as Acting Secretary and
Ruth Bevis was thanked for her service to the Computer Club.
Liz Waters read
the June 03, 2004 minutes, motion to approve made by Frank Cornelius and
seconded by Dick Ellsworth. Treasures report $510.09 in the checking
account and $52.01 in the savings account.
Jack Schreiber
has been appointed Chairman of the Election Committee and will be
calling on members to help with nominations. Bylaws require that we
present nominations at the November Monthly Meeting and Elections will
be held at the December Monthly Meeting.
Don explained
about the new Service Pack 2 from Microsoft and thinks it is very
important for security purposes and we do have it on disk if someone
needs it. Disks are available from Gary Koster or Kurt Knuth.
Meeting was
turned over to Q & A
Motion to adjourn
made by Jack Schefick and seconded by Frank Cornelius.
Presentation
followed on Internet Security, and then a DVD Cruise Slideshow was
given, demonstrating the use of music combined with digital Photographs.
Door prize
winners were: Bill Nevel (1yr subscription to Smart Computing Magazine)
George Foster (Copy Paper) Johanna Skversky (100 CD Jewel Cases)
Meeting concluded
8:40 pm
Respectfully submitted,
Liz Waters,
Acting Secretary
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For June 3,
2004
Don Weston called the meeting to order at 7:38 p.m. There were 22
members in attendance and two new guests, Ed and Annie Fiedler. Don
also welcomed our newest members, Ginny and Dwain Dial .
Eleanor Weston read the May 6, 2004 minutes, motion to approve made by
Frank Reiter and seconded by Dick Heitkemper. Treasurers report
$1,339.94 in the checking account and $56.81 in the savings account.
Don indicated the need to schedule classes on the monthly calendar.
This calendar is on the Computer Club Web Site and we encourage people
to use this method of finding out when and what classes will be held
during the month. He also mentioned we need instructors to teach those
classes. Eleanor gave an overview of the Basic Computing Class for
Beginners, Part 1, introduction to keyboard, copy, cut and paste; Part 2
files and folders. This class has been successful.
All members are requested to complete a Membership application/survey as
this will determine what classes will be offered in the fall. Those
volunteering to help with various duties will be notified as to where
and when they can be of assistance. We appreciate any and all
volunteers. Eleanor is handling this and compiling the results.
An open workshop for new people that have computers or are contemplating
purchasing one was held on May 27 with 5 people in attendance. There was
no charge for this workshop as it was intended to be an ice breaker.
High Vista at Ridgewood Lakes Home Owners Association, Inc., (The Board)
has requested we proceed with designing, implementing and running of the
official High Vista Web Site. We were requested by the Board to submit a
proposal supplying them with a front office computer and the maintenance
of this computer. The Board asked us to obtain costs for necessary
programs and a modem installation in the front office.
A question and answer period was held followed by a presentation on
Internet Security and door prize drawing. Motion to adjourn by Ben
Skversky and seconded by Dick Neimon.
Respectfully submitted,
Eleanor Weston,
Acting Secretary
for Ruth Bevis
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For May 6,
2004
Meeting was called to order at 7:30pm by President Don Weston. New
members Pat Reiter and Bonnie Neimon were welcomed. 20 Members were
present.
Minutes from the April 1st meeting were read, motion to
approve made by Frank Reiter and 2nd by Gary Koster.
Treasurer reported $1,213.94 in checking with $51.81 in savings.
Minutes from Board of Directors meeting held April 8th, 2004
were read. Those minutes included the item regarding donation/disposal
of the windows 98 computer and Sony monitor, Frank Reiter asked if this
had been done and if not could we wait because a card reader system is
being considered for the clubhouse and a computer will be needed.
Don announced the Wireless Internet installation has been postponed
until use of front office is decided. He asked the members how many
have laptops, if you plan to buy one to purchase the wireless card as we
should be up and running in a couple months. Once we are running Don
suggested meeting at the clubhouse for coffee and fun by searching the
Internet for different sites.
The e-mail problem seems to be resolved however we have a major problem.
Don sent e-mail to members regarding May SIG classes and received no
response. Time has to be scheduled for the card room months in advance,
instructors have to take their time to prepare and it’s quite a
disappointment when no one shows up. Please respond.
Don was asked if he had purchased a DVD player for the clubhouse, He had
purchased a RCA that will play most all disks from Wal Mart for $74. Don
suggested you read the symbols on front of player’s box to know the
capabilities of player.
A member brought information to meeting for the HVCC Web site; Don asked
that we check the Web for information and to give Ben Skversky any
information to be shared with members.
Ken Mueller in having problems with his computer, Don asked the members
if anyone has knowledge of the McIntosh system.
Survey was passed out to each member prior to meeting; Eleanor Weston
gave an explanation of survey. Each current and new member will receive
a survey form to be completed.
Sample of the new Name tags was shown and will be ready by fall.
Meeting was turned over to Q & A
Internet: Illegal message coming up on screen. It is important to write
down type or number of message and if possible what program you were in
when error occurred.
Was told to run Windows update. Smart Computing magazine A-Z gave a
detailed solution; Don has back copies and will check those for article.
Windows – search for error message and if all else fails re-install
windows.
Member having problems with reinstalling from floppy disc Windows 95
will take info up to the 13th disc then have to start over.
Need to format hard drive and re install. Down load diagnostic
information from another computer on the Internet and run.
Intermittent problems with laptop. Member hears 1 then 3,3 and 1 beeps
then computer shuts down. Was told to pull battery and try to use on
power only. Most likely a battery problem. Member stated at least he
wasn’t in trouble as he had taken the back-up class.
Norton Anti Virus is running a lengthy update, we were told not to
interrupt, as this is necessary to protect our system. We were told to
run live Windows critical update to prevent worm virus, the instructions
will come up on screen.
Door prizes were won by Bob Mclean (Digital Media Software) Bridgette
Fell (1 Year Subscription to Smart Computing Magazine) Gary Koster (500
Pack Ink-Jet Paper) Meeting adjourned at 8:15
Don Weston gave a very informative program on how to use Microsoft Plus!
Digital Media Edition Software.
Respectfully submitted,
Ruth Bevis, Secy.
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For April 1,
2004
President Don Weston called our regularly
monthly meeting to order at 7:30pm.
Don welcomed our new members Diane
Schreiber, Sue Tschudy, Ed Martin, Barb Donnelly, Patti & Jack Olinger.
Present were 18 members and l guest Debbie Favinger.
Minutes from the March 4th,
2004 meeting were read and motion to approve made by Herb Sapirman and 2nd
by Dick Heitkemper. Treasurer reported the checking account balance is
$1,263.53 with $51.76 in savings.
Don mentioned the great presentation by
Marcy Gunn and her staff from Smart Computing at the March meeting.
The problem with blocked e-mail has been
resolved by changing screen name to
DEWESTON@tampabay.rr.com. Don asked that members place new and old
user name in their address book. AOL & Yahoo would not respond to
problem.
Membership was reminded to use their Web
site, HVCC.org. Send ideas and items for the bulletin board via e-mail
to Ben Skversky.
Don Bennett gave a report on the FACUG
conference that he and Ben attended as representative of our club.
1.
Make our
meetings fun. Have a small door prize.
2.
Digital
Camera. Stay with name brands and 3 to 4 mega pixels.
3.
Smart
Computing gave a presentation similar to one given here last month.
4.
Intel.
Pushing new Centrino for laptops, runs cooler takes less battery. Intel
5.
will be
marketing a new flat screen TV 42” to 50” screen at aprox. $3000.
SIG Calendar is out please checkout either
bulletin board or Web site for Class and times.
Board of Directors meeting will be held
April 8th at 7pm to discuss Internet Provider and
Installation of router and modem in the clubhouse.
Meeting turned over to Q & A
Windows problem with Adobe download,
suggestion made not to up grade.
Birthday.Com has Virus and opens to many
pop-ups.
Wireless – G Card faster long range. B
card will work.
Shopping tips – Spool of 100 CD-R Office
Max has for $19.95 and $20.00 rebate, l00 DVD – CD’s has $10. Rebate.
Make sure your DVD is compatible to your machine to record i.e. 4 to 4
or 8 to 8. Makes no difference in playing.
DVD X Copy by 1 2 3 will copy any movie,
it is no longer being made but some remain on shelf.
TIVO will be available in aprox. a month.
Sound Advice Basic with unit pre programmed is $15. a month. Weak
knees, records up to 240 hours.
Meeting adjourned.
M S Plus Digital Media Edition Program
presented by Don Weston. Don took still photos and put with music. Soft
ware is $20. A SIG class will be held to show us how to put a show
together.
Don Bennett using Windows XP – 3 D Album
from Dave Whittle gave a similar presentation but had lots of 3 D.
Software $39.
Respectfully submitted,
Ruth Bevis, Secy.
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For March 4,
2004
President Don Weston called our monthly meeting to order at 7:30pm.
Don welcomed our guest speakers Marcy Gunn, Eric Reed and Heather Mentgen
from Smart Computing Magazine.
Present were 36 members and 4 guest, Ray Normandeau, Ed Martin, Stephanie &
Cesar Garvida. The Club welcomed new members Dick Dangler, Ann Donoghue,
Alan & Bridgite Fell, Joan Heltsley, Patti and Jack Olinger.
Minutes from February meeting were read and motion to approve by Frank
Reiter, 2nd by Gary Koster. Treasurer reported checking account
balance of $1036.53 and savings of $51.71
Dave Whittle gave a great presentation last month of his products and if any
member would like to order the software, Don Weston has the order forms.
Don is having problems with sending e-mail, or replying to e-mail. Major
problem appears with AOL subscribers. At this time 124 notices were blocked.
Don asked that as the customer we call AOL and complain.
Don Bennett and Ben Skversky will check at FACUG conference to see how other
groups have dealt with this problem and setting up wireless in clubhouse.
Instructors for SIG classes were asked to give a synopsis for March classes.
Don Bennett, Herb Sapirman, Les Cole, Ben Skversky, Eleanor Weston covered
Windows XP Basic, MS Excel basic, AOL, MS Access for beginners, Back up and
Basic computing for beginners.
Meeting was adjourned. Smart Computing Magazine then gave their
presentation. New monthly issue of Smart Computing was given to all
attendees as well as a variety of excellent door prizes.
Respectfully submitted, Ruth Bevis, Secy.
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High Vista Computer Club
Minutes For January 8,
2004
Don
Weston, President, called the meeting to order at 7:32 p.m. There were
33 members in attendance. Don welcomed the following new members into
the Club: Sue Campbell, Sharon Kibbee, Sandy Cadwallader and Gary
Snyder. Our guests were Kathleen Allacher, Joan Heltsley and Paul
Herger. The Computer Club now has 102 paid members. Don welcomed Ruth
Bevis back after her surgery.
Eleanor Weston was asked to read the December 4, 2003 minutes as Irene
Pultz, our Acting Secretary, was out with the flu. Jim Carroll made a
motion to approve the minutes, seconded by Roger Hollenbaugh. The
December 31, 2003 balance in the checking account was $622.84, and the
savings account balance was $51.56.
A
Board members meeting was held on December 12, 2003 at 4:00 p.m. in the
Clubhouse. In attendance were Don Weston, Ray Ballou, Don Bennett, Ben
Skversky, Irene Pultz and Eleanor Weston. The minutes to that meeting
were read by Eleanor. Several items were brought up during this meeting
to which Don Weston answered. They were:
·
It was
determined we needed an instructor’s desktop computer with Windows XP
and wireless card installed in addition to a 15” flat panel monitor. In
addition a wireless Linksys Router was installed in the supply room.
·
Don Myers,
the Webmaster of the Community Website, has decided to fully fund this
website on his own.
·
Copy machine
in the card room had disrupted a SIG class. This was brought to the
attention of the Communication Committee and they suggested putting a
sign up during the classes as well as a notice in the Newsletter stating
the copy machine is not available while classes are in session.
·
January
calendar for SIG classes was emailed to all members on January 1, 2004.
It was felt the calendar should be sent out monthly as on ongoing
practice in order for members to plan ahead.
·
New
instructors are always needed and members are encouraged to volunteer.
·
Possible new
classes were discussed.
Don
Weston will email open dates for classes each month to instructors and
instructors will email Don as to which class they would like to teach,
date and time.
Don
expressed urgency of keeping Norton/McAfee Anti-virus programs with live
updates. He had heard from several people in the community that they
have never done this and their computers are crashed by viruses.
Another concern was Spam Blockers software, which has been preventing
emails from being delivered. The solution to this is to have
clockman@tampabay.rr.com in each of your address books in order for
you to receive Computer Club and High Vista Community emails.
During
the Q&A, other than solving problems with computer Club members during
this session, it was highly suggested that a SIG class be offered on
setting up a wireless system.
A SIG
class on “Back up your PC” will be offered in February as this was
strongly suggested by the membership.
Don
Bennett assisted by Don Weston gave a demonstration of the wireless
system setup.
Respectfully submitted,
Eleanor Weston, for Acting Secretary Irene Pultz
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