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Tampa Bay Computer
Society Bulletin

10/28/2007
 

This document is available online.
Note:  Most hyperlinks will only
appear on the web page.

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Contents

1) General Interest

2) TBCS Classes
      Photo Story 3 (Hands-On) by Jan McNulty - THIS MONDAY
      Phil Sullivan's New Hands-On Beginners Classes - STARTS THIS TUESDAY

3) SIG Stuff

4) Links

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

1) General Interest

Open House, RAK, & Socrates Cafe

Wow!  Our Open House on Saturday was the most successful one we've ever had!  We had almost 200 people attending, and boy did they have fun.  This was the first time that the Resource Center was filled all day long.  I want to thank the volunteers who worked to make it a success, plus the crew who repaired computers for the day: you were ALL wonderful.  It was truly a delightful day.  If you snapped a few pix, please email them to the Club Secretary.  We'll post them soon.

Thanks also to those who showed up on Wednesday night for Socrates Cafe.  The group picked "How is technology affecting our everyday lives?" to discuss that evening.  Not only did we have fun discussing that topic, I ALWAYS learn something new.  I tell you this is a very cool activity.  You should join us next month.

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Audio/Video Studio Survey

We had over 30 people fill out our online survey at the Open House.  We're trying to get a feel for the services you need, and the amount of involvement you need and/or want to contribute.  The survey is short (only 7 questions), and easy to fill out.  You have until the end of October to go online and participate:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=14YeXJ9bG2PbuNMLabwo0w_3d_3d

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June Hollister will repeat her Microsoft Office Live Basics seminar
Friday night November 16th, 7 to 9 pm - FREE

Recently, Microsoft began offering their Microsoft Office Live Basics websites for FREE. Not only will Microsoft give you a website, website design tools, and so much more, they will even give you a free domain name.  Wow! There's just no excuse not to have your own website if you want one.

June Hollister put together a 2-hour seminar on everything you need to know to take advantage of this spectacular offer.  Several people have asked us to repeat this seminar and June has agreed.  She shows how you sign up, how you go about selecting your domain name, how you use their website design tools, and more.

Here's more info on Microsoft's offer:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/officelive/FX101534261033.aspx

bulletEasy-to-use Web site design tools
bulletFree domain name and Web hosting
bullet500 MB of Web site storage space
bullet25 company-branded e-mail accounts
bulletWeb site reports
bulletOffice Accounting Express 2007 (free download)
bulletMicrosoft Office Live adManager beta (search engine advertising tool)

We are not requiring registration for this one, however we filled the room with over 60 people the last time so I suggest that you come early.

Doc

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2) TBCS Classes

Photo Story 3 (Hands-On) by Jan McNulty - THIS Monday
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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Phil Sullivan's New Hands-On Beginners Classes - Starts THIS Tuesday
Four 2-hour classes on Tuesdays 10am-noon   $40 (NO make-up)
Since these are hands-on classes, they will be limited to only 12 people.
You MUST register for these (see below).

The classes will take place on: Oct. 30, Nov. 6, 13, & 20

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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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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.

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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:

Tuesday, October 30, 1-3pm
Novice SIG. Led by Bill De Lucia
EVERY Tuesday afternoon.
 Bill is back in charge.

Tuesday, October 30, 7-9pm
Microsoft Access SIG. Led by Howard Gray

Thursday, November 1, 10am-noon
Scrapbooking SIG. Led by Jan McNulty

Thursday, November 1, 1-3pm
Hands-On Embird SIG. Led by Florence Osier

Thursday, November 1, 7-9pm
Novice Visual Basic SIG. Led by Sam Richardson
Sam is back!

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4) Links

Catalog Choice: http://www.catalogchoice.org/
Reduce the number of catalogs that are mailed to your house with this easy and fast service that was developed by the National Wildlife Federation, National Resources Defense Council, and the Ecology Center.

An animated Ben Cohen (of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream) explains the federal budget by using Oreo cookies:
http://www.truemajority.org/oreos/

Awesome photos of outer space set to music:
http://www.greatdanepro.com/somewhere%20in%20time/

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See you at the Resource Center!

Doc (Dave Dockery)
President, Tampa Bay Computer Society
www.tampa-bay.org

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