TBCS Bulletin | Week of June 10th

T B C S	Tampa Bay Computer Society Bulletin 6/10/2007 This document is available online. Note: Most hyperlinks will only appear on the web page.	T B C S
	Contents 1) General Interest WEDU Pledge Drive - LAST Week WordPress Blogging Software Tutorial 2) TBCS Classes 3) SIG Stuff 4) Educational Opportunities Free Seminar: Designing Your Own Website Maps to our Resource Center & General Meeting: http://tampa-bay.org/maps.htm 1) General Interest WEDU Pledge Drive - LAST Week Just a note to say that we only garnered a bit over $1,300 for PBS last week, but we had a ton of fun. Thanks to all of you who were part of our team: Kay Bazler, Jacinthe Daigle-Dixon, Pat Doubleday, Ed Everett, June Hollister, Pat Johnson, Carol King, Brenda Leong, Sam Mack, and Ron Vagnier. ----- WordPress Blogging Software Tutorial Tom Kiehl is going to demo WordPress on Tuesday night at the Internet Development SIG. More info below and at Tom's new VB SIG Blog (which he writes with WordPress): http://blog.vbsig.com Doc Top of Page 2) TBCS Classes eBay Classes by Jim Boynton - THIS WEEK 3 consecutive Wednesday afternoons 1 - 3pm $30 June 13, 20, & 27 This is a hands-on course in our Computer Lab. You MUST register for this class. ----- Classroom Registration All of our classes meet at our Resource Center in Clearwater. The full class fee is due at the first session (cash or check please). All classes come with a money-back guarantee if you're not happy with the instruction for any reason. You will find more info about our classes at: http://tampa-bay.org/classroom.htm. In order to register for any of the classes (or if you have questions), please send an email to the Club Secretary. Top of Page 3) SIG Stuff 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, June 11, 1-3pm Internet SIG. Led by Roger Leer Roger has an ambitious schedule of subjects for this session: Virtual Memory swap file, Dead Pixel Reincarnation, Anonymous Web Surfing, Freeware sites, Update your installed software programs automatically, Password Recovery, Computer Security, Keylogger software (free download), Vista tips and tricks (plus more Vista voice recognition, if time permits). Monday, June 11, 7-9pm Photoshop SIG. Led by Stan Ashbrook We'll continue our look at integrating Lightroom with Photoshop CS3 and CS3’s new features. Adobe released an update to CS3 Bridge and Adobe Camera RAW. You can download this from their web site. We will look at these new improvements. The Camera RAW upgrade is also good for Photoshop Elements 5.0. Tuesday, June 12, 1-3pm Novice SIG. Led by Bill De Lucia Doc continues teaching basic Internet & Email. Tuesday, June 12, 7-9pm Internet Development SIG. Led by Dave Dockery Tom Kiehl will grace us with his presence once again. Tom is going to instruct in the use of WordPress. WordPress is very popular blogging software, AND it is FREE. Visit Tom's VB SIG Blog for more info: http://blog.vbsig.com. If there is any time left over, Doc will initiate a discussion about Web 2.0. As always, we'll retire to O'Keefe's afterwards for adult libations. Wednesday, June 13, 10am-noon Digital Video SIG. Led by Tom Lembke Jan McNulty & Dave Bytell are sitting in for Tom. Wednesday, June 13, 6:30pm Board of Directors meeting. Board meetings are open to all our members. They take place at the Resource Center. Come on and join us to see what's going on at TBCS. Thursday, June 14, 1-3pm Spreadsheet SIG. Led by Bob East NOTE: This SIG is meeting 2 weeks early this month! Thursday, June 14, 7-9pm Web Design SIG. Led by Jim Cook Friday, June 15, 10am-noon ~~Basic Windows Classes~~. Instructor: Phil Sullivan SIG is dark until Phil returns from vacation - date unknown. Friday, June 15, 1-3pm Intermediate Computer SIG. Led by Carol King Jim Boynton will be pinch hitting for Carol. Saturday, June 16, 2-4pm Microsoft Office SIG. Led by Ray Danen Top of Page 4) Educational Opportunities Saturday, June 16th, 10am - noon Free Seminar: Designing Your Own Website Building a business or personal website. Doc will be teaching this seminar at the Palm Harbor Library. It is free & open to the public; no registration required. You will find a map at: www.palmharborlibrary.org/AboutUs/library.htm. Top of Page
T B C S	See you at the Resource Center! Doc (Dave Dockery) President, Tampa Bay Computer Society www.tampa-bay.org	T B C S

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