TBCS Wins 2
Awards!
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March
Bits & Bytes
will be online tonight.
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Whew! Extra long
Bulletin this week - we have a lot going on.
Note: No need to re-read this item
if you read it last week.
It's time for us to open up the Resource Center for
another Open House AND Random Acts of Kindness Computer Clinic. The
day is Saturday, March 8th. The Open House will take place
all day: 9am until 5pm. We are only taking registrations for the
computer clinic, however, from 10am until 2pm.
We'll be serving coffee, doughnuts, hot dogs, sodas, and
popcorn, and it's all on the house. Do you have some computer
questions? Stop by our Hands-On Computer Training Lab and we'll see if we
can help you out.
There is no need to register in order to attend the Open
House. Please feel free to bring your friends and neighbors.
You could win a nice prize for bringing guests...
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Random
Acts of Kindness Computer Clinic
Free to TBCS Members AND Their Guests!
From 10am to 2pm we will be performing another Random
Acts of Kindness (RAK) Computer Clinic for our members and their guests. Here's a good time to bring your friends and neighbors down to the
Resource Center and get their computers all tidied up and humming by our
RAK troubleshooters.
While we're happy to work on computers for free, you
MUST register in advance for this service (we spend time
troubleshooting your computers in advance of the event). Please go
to:
www.synergypublishing.com and click on the "Register Me"
hyperlink near the top of the page.
We
hold these clinics to promote the concept of performing random acts of
kindness for others. It's not the "size" of the kindness that you perform
for someone that's important; it's the giving of yourself that makes a
difference. I happen to believe that "kindness is catching".
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Join Roger & Doc today for their live broadcast
of Computer Chat at Computer Renaissance (located in the
Tri-City Plaza, at the intersection of East Bay & US 19).
TBCS members are getting the first word on
freebies and specials that will be available only while we're on the air.
Great prices on used computers and monitors ($39.95 for a 15" monitor!),
and we have lots of freebies to pass out.
Not only are there bargains while we're on the air, but
Computer Renaissance has a referral program with TBCS members.
TBCS members can get a 10% discount on a complete system, excluding
custom rebuilds, if they present a current and valid TBCS membership
card at the time of purchase. The price for a system can be as low as
$199, and all hardware comes with a 1-year guarantee. Your
purchases also benefit TBCS. For every purchase by one of our members,
TBCS earns $20.
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Our SIGs (Special
Interest Groups)
all meet at our Resource Center (map:
http://www.tampa-bay.org/maps.htm).
All of our SIGs are free to our members.
SIGs are a great place to get more personalized attention, and get your
questions answered. The following SIGs will meet this week:
Monday, March 3, 1-3pm
Beginning Embird
SIG. Led by Jan Norman
lnorman1@tampabay.rr.com
Monday, March 3, 6:30-8pm
Computer Q&A SIG.
Led by Cathy Benedict
cathy.don@verizon.net
Tuesday, March 4, 1-3pm
Novice SIG. Led by Jan Norman. EVERY Tuesday
afternoon.
lnorman1@tampabay.rr.com
Lots of Windows basics info presented here.
Tuesday, March 4, 7-9pm
Visual Basic SIG.
Led by Tom Kiehl
tomk@anonabay.com
Wednesday, March 5, 2-4pm
Genealogy SIG.
Led by Howard T. Smith
htsmith1015@yahoo.com
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Members who bring a
friend to either our Open House on Saturday, March 8th
or our March General Meeting (Tuesday, March 18th at the Largo
Cultural Center) will get 1 ticket to a drawing for a weekend
at the Don CeSar Beach Resort & Spa. That's a ticket just for getting them to go
to either of these events with you.
You get an additional 3 tickets for this drawing
if they join the club. So remember, 1 ticket for getting them to
accompany you to either our Open House or our monthly meeting, and 3 more
tickets for each one who signs up. What a great way to get a free
weekend out!
This is a special drawing!
The winner will be
drawn
at the March 18th meeting,
and MUST be present to win.
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Microsoft is hosting both a morning and an afternoon
seminar this Tuesday, March 4th in Tampa. Registration for either or
both seminars is free at
www.msbigday.com.
8am – 12:30pm: Building a Productive
Office
Featuring WinXP, Office XP, Small Business Server, SharePoint Team
Services, FrontPage 2002, Tablet PC, & Pocket PC.
Share and organize resources more efficiently, make your
system more dependable, reduce system crashes, fix system problems,
prevent losing documents, automate everyday tasks and much more.
1:30 - 4pm: Realize Your Business
Potential
Featuring Microsoft Business
Solutions for Financial Applications, Sales and Marketing tools, Customer
Relationship Management and Solutions for project-driven organizations.
Integrated accounting, sales & marketing business
applications, assist your customers more effectively, automate & simplify
billing processes and more.
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Someone tried to steal the eBay account information of
TBCS past president, Tom Kiehl, last week. Tom called their customer
support, and was told that they are aware of the problem, but do not, as
of yet, have a solution. Remember: NEVER give out personal
or account information unless you have verified who is asking.
>>>>>>> begin
bogus email <<<<<<<
Dear eBay member,
Your account has been inactive for a substantial period
of time.
Due to our scheduled maintenance we are reviewing the
accounts. If you want to continue using our system please go to the
URL below to confirm:
(please use it exactly as is including all trailing
fullstops)
http://cgi3.ebay.com@64.62.160.226/ ...
Note: This is a long bogus address, but notice that
it looks like it belongs to eBay.
Thank you very much for your cooperation!
eBay Customer Support
Remember: eBay will not ask you for sensitive personal
information (such as your password, credit card and bank account numbers,
social security number, etc.)
>>>>>>> end of
bogus email <<<<<<<
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