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Contents1) General Interest
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 | We're drawing for $100 again - you'll need to be there to sign up, but not to win. |
| Demos of our new Audio/Visual Studio. |
| Videos every hour on the hour: the best of "Fun Stuff from the Internet" |
| Many of our SIG Leaders and Instructors are going to give short previews of what they teach and how they teach it. |
| Brenda Leong & Ron Vagnier will give hands on computer training in our computer lab. Just ask them to show you. |
| Free refreshments throughout the day. |
While all of the above activities are taking place, our computer repair crew will be slaving away fixing computers.
The event is open to everyone. Please bring your friends and neighbors.
If you would like to volunteer (or if you have questions), please send an email to the Club Secretary.
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RAK Computer Clinic at the Open House
Sorry, but the clinic is FULL. We cannot accept any more reservations.
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Socrates Cafe - THIS WEDNESDAY
Wednesday, October 24th, 7-9pm at the Resource Center
Join our discussion group and share your viewpoint! Civil, thoughtful discourse is our objective. No registration is required for this one (and yes, it's free). The group will select one of the following questions to discuss:
1. What does it mean
to be successful?
2. What is logic and how can it be applied to daily life?
3. What is the relationship between science and religion?
4. How is technology affecting our everyday lives?
5. Are we a feel-good society unable to accept unpleasant realities?
6. Does jealousy create loneliness?
If you are intrigued enough to take a closer look:
http://www.philosopher.org/
(click on the Socrates Cafe link in the 1st paragraph)
This event is open to non-members as well as members. Feel free to invite your friends.
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Volunteers
We miss our drawings at the monthly meetings. We would like to get them going again, but we need someone to volunteer for the job. It's a big job because you are responsible for schlepping the prizes from your home to the Largo Cultural Center and back each month. Please send an email to the Club Secretary if you are interested in taking it over.
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2) TBCS Classes
Phil Sullivan's New Hands-On Beginners Classes - Starts Next Week
Since these are hands-on classes, they will be limited to only 12 people.
You MUST register for these (see below).
The next session will take place on:
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Scrapbooking by Jan McNulty - THIS THURSDAY
This is not a hands-on class. Please register in advance.
I will show you in detail how you can make your photos tell a story plus look great... how you can create a great intro to your story using Windows Movie Maker or Windows Photo Story. Lots of fun... plus those that attended the first Scrapbook SIG will learn more details of what you can do with your photos.
JanPlease do not confuse Jan's Scrapbooking CLASS which costs $10 with her Scrapbooking SIG which is FREE.
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Photo
Story 3 (Hands-On) by Jan McNulty
Monday,
October 29th, 10am-1pm $15
This is a hands-on class. You MUST register in advance.
Photo Story 3 is the FREE software that comes from Microsoft that
helps you to build movies from your photos. Jan will show you how to put
YOUR photos together with narration and/or music to amaze and amuse your
friends. Not only can you get very professional looking results, but
the software is really very easy to use.
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Microsoft Movie Maker by Jan McNulty
Monday, November 5th,
10am
- 1pm $15
(3 hours with 2 breaks)
This is NOT a hands on class.
You MUST register for this class.
Windows Movie Maker is a free download (for WinXP users) from Microsoft. It's an excellent tool for editing your home movie clips together and adding in narration and music. Jan will show how to create a movie from the very beginning. We have Microsoft Movie Maker on one of our A/V Lab computers so you can start learning how to use that software here.
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June Hollister's Classes are done for now. June's going to take some time off. We'll let you know when she starts teaching them again.
Jacinthe Dixon videotaped all of June's classes. They are shot guerilla style, and are raw, unedited footage. Jacinthe will burn copies of any class for $10 (and she'll discount the price if you buy them in groups of 4 or more).
I assure you this is not a profit item for the club. This is being done as a courtesy for those who have requested them. If you are interested, please send an email to the Club Secretary.
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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.
In order to register for any of the classes (or if you have questions), please send an email to the Club Secretary.
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, October 22, 7-9pm
Publishing Software SIG. Led by Stacy Lloyd
We
will discuss a 6 page newsletter submitted by one of our SIG members.
He has asked a number of questions about his InDesign newsletter.
The questions he asked were very good ones, and we'll discuss them as a
group.
Tuesday, October 23, 1-3pm
Novice SIG. Led by
Bill De Lucia
EVERY Tuesday afternoon.
Bill is back in charge.
Thursday, October 25, 1-3pm
Spreadsheet SIG. Led by Bob East
Thursday, October 25, 7-9pm
Windows SIG. Led by Chris Walters
Friday, October 26, 1-3pm
Intermediate Computer SIG. Led by Carol King
Bring Carol your questions.
4) Links
Carve your Halloween Pumpkin online:
http://www.cubpack81.com/images/carve_pumpkin.swf
The Moonlit Road:
http://www.themoonlitroad.com/
Ghost stories & folktales of the American South
Email Etiquette: www.netmanners.com
Can this bird dance?!:
http://birdloversonly.blogspot.com/2007/09/may-i-have-this-dance.html
Puppet Monkey:
http://www.biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=3076