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Tampa Bay Computer
Society Bulletin

8/17/2003

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Contents

1) We Recycle Cell Phones as well as Ink & Toner Cartridges

2) TBCS Classes

3) SIG Stuff

4) Educational Opportunities

5) Intel Is Visiting Us Next Meeting! - Final

Maps to our Resource Center & General Meeting:
http://tampa-bay.org/maps.htm

1) We Recycle Cell Phones as well as Ink & Toner Cartridges

TBCS has been recycling ink and toner cartridges for some time now.  Starting this week, we're also going to recycle cell phones.  We will give the cell phones to a group that puts them back in circulation as 911 phones:
http://tampa-bay.org/boardbiz/bulletin/2003/0608.htm

The people to whom we donate the cell phones request that you include the charger for it if at all possible.  Bring all of these items to the meeting with you this Tuesday and we'll take care of 'em for ya.

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2) TBCS Classes

Due to popular demand, Jan Norman has consented to schedule another basic Windows  (Windows 101) class in September.  Please contact Jan immediately at: tbcs.office@verizon.net as the class is already over half full.

Bill Sessions is coming on board as one of our Instructors.  Bill is going to start a 10-hour Microsoft Excel course.  The course will  start on Thursday, September 11 from 1 to 3pm and run for 5 consecutive weeks.

If you're interested in a basic word processing class, please contact Dennis Schulman at
dschulman@myrapidsys.com.

Finally, Doc is going to give a class on Scanning Basics on Friday, August 29th from 10am 'til noon.  How about that: everything you NEED to know about your scanner in just 2 hours.

You can see our current classroom schedule and register online by surfing over to: http://tampa-bay.org/classroom.htm.  The newest classes should show up on the schedule later this week.

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3) SIG Stuff

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5) Intel Is Visiting Us Next Meeting! - Final

Video experts tell us that movies on tape have a shelf life of about 20 years before they may become "unwatchable."  If you have precious family memories on VHS, Hi8 analog, or even digital tape it's time to get your movies digitized and on a PC and burned to CDs or DVDs as the ultimate preservation safeguard.

Ralph Bond & Steve Short, both Consumer Education Managers for Intel Corporation, will be on hand to explain and demonstrate examples of the wide range of hardware and software available today to help you get your movies transferred to a PC, edit them with fun title slides and special effects and then, most important of all, preserve them for future generations by burning them on CDs or DVD discs that can be viewed on a standard DVD player connected to a TV.

Software to be featured includes Pinnacle System's "Expression" for beginners and "Studio 8" for more advanced users.  Also highlighted will be Sonic's "MyDVD" program.  Hardware solutions ranging from a Digital Camcorder linked to a PC using a FireWire connection to the latest USB 2.0 external video capture/recording products will be discussed and demonstrated.

They will have a brand new Gateway, dual-monitor system designed for home movie-making (see: http://www.gateway.com/home/prod/hm_700xldfm_proddetail.shtml), and several Centrino Tech based Laptops and a DVD player. It will be lots of ultra cool stuff.

As always, our meetings are open to the public so feel free to bring your neighbors with you for an interesting and entertaining evening.

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See you at the Cultural Center,

Doc (Dave Dockery)
Director of Education for TBCS

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