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1) General Interest
Do you
want to serve on the TBCS Board of Directors?
- LAST CHANCE!
Socrates Cafe - THIS WEDNESDAY
Audio/Video Studio Opens
Looking
for Christmas/seasonal messages
2)
TBCS Classes
Phil Sullivan's Hands-On Beginners Classes
- Starts this week!
3) SIG Stuff
Build A Computer SIG - This Tuesday
Do you want to serve on the TBCS
Board of Directors? - LAST CHANCE!
Nominations for this lofty office close midnight Friday
night November 30th. We'll be electing a few new Board members in December.
Our nomination process is open to all TBCS
members. All you need to do is to email the
Club Secretary
and ask that your name be placed in nomination. You should plan on
attending the General Monthly Meeting on December 11th at the Largo
Cultural Center (yes, our December meeting is held on the 2nd Tuesday
instead of the 3rd - make sure you mark your calendar). That's the
night that the election will be held. You may
nominate someone else, or you may even nominate yourself.
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Socrates Cafe - THIS WEDNESDAY
Wednesday, November 28th, 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). Last month we discussed "How
is technology affecting our everyday lives?".
Please don't let the fact that a classical philosopher is lending his
name to this endeavor. You don't need to have a high IQ or a college
degree to participate. You need to be thoughtful about your world,
and want to discuss it in a friendly environment. Here's a great
description of what a Socrates Cafe is all about:
http://socratescafemn.org/
This event is open to non-members as well as members.
Feel free to invite your friends.
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Audio/Video Studio Opens
We are rolling out some A/V Studio services! We
are prepared to do conversions of vinyl records and cassette tapes
on the audio computer, and 35mm slide and negative scanning on the
video computer. We have a few mentors standing by to help you get
trained and certified on the equipment. Currently, the studio is
open only on Wednesdays and Fridays during the day - by appointment only!
There will be some glitches as all of the details are
not worked out, but if you want to get scheduled, you need to send an
email to the
Club Secretary
to let us know what service you are interested in using.
We have determined that the charge to use these
resources will be $2.50 per hour. Initially, blocks of time
are being scheduled in 2-hour increments.
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Looking for Christmas/seasonal messages
Jim Boynton asked the audience at last week's monthly
meeting to send us examples of your favorite digital messages so that we
can show them off at the December meeting on December 11th. Here's a
very cool example:
http://www.geogreeting.com/view.html?yrkzzIUryvsnkIC
To participate, send your links/emails to the
Club Secretary.
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Phil Sullivan's Hands-On Beginners Classes - Starts this week!
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).
Phil's next classes will
take place on:
Nov. 27, Dec. 4, 11, & 18
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Photo Story 3 (Hands-On) by Jan McNulty
Monday, December 3rd, 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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Scrapbooking by Jan McNulty
Thursday,
December 13th, 10-noon $10
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. Jan
Please do not confuse Jan's Scrapbooking CLASS which costs $10 with her
Scrapbooking SIG which is FREE.
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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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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, November 26, 7-9pm
Publishing Software SIG. Led by Stacy Lloyd
We have 2 requested procedures to discuss:
1. Placing a Photograph in InDesign with word wrap.
2. How to construct a book in InDesign.
Tuesday, November 27th, 10am-noon
Build A Computer SIG. Led by Roger Leer
Roger will teach how computer components relate and demonstrate how to
build a personal PC from scratch, culminating in members ordering
components and actually building their own computers in class.
Tuesday, November 27, 1-3pm
Novice SIG. Led by
Bill De Lucia
EVERY Tuesday afternoon.
Bring Bill your computer questions.
Tuesday,
November 27, 7-9pm
Microsoft Access SIG. Led by Howard Gray
Thursday, November 29, 7-9pm
Windows SIG. Led by Chris Walters
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