Monthly Meeting
This Week!
Tuesday, 6:45 PM
at the
Largo Cultural Center!
(map)
Dave Gussow & John
Torro
our most popular
guest speakers ever!
Plus:
Fun Stuff from the
Internet
Plus:
Chuck Vroman's Q&A
Session starts at 5:30
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Everyone's
invited to join us at
Denny's after the meeting!
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We recycle ink &
toner cartridges!
Please bring your cartridges to the to the Resource Center or to the
Cultural Center the night of the monthly meeting.
We also recycle your
cell phones & chargers!
We give them to a group that
puts them back in circulation as 911 help for seniors (through
county services). If you donate a cell phone, please remember to
bring the accompanying charger.
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1) General Interest
2008
FACUG Spring Conference in March
Town
Meeting: Wednesday, Jan 23rd
Open
House & RAK: Saturday, March 15th
Audio/Video
Studio NEWS!
2)
TBCS Classes
Photo
Story 3 (Hands-On) by Jan McNulty - THIS WEEK!
Phil Sullivan's Hands-On Beginners Classes
- THIS WEEK!
NEW:
Photoshop Elements 5.0/6.0 for Photo
Hobbyists by Stan Ashbrook
2008 FACUG (Florida Association of
Computer User Groups) Spring Conference
Date: Friday-Sunday, March 7-9, 2008
Place: Zephyrhills High School, 6335 12th Street, Zephyrhills, FL 33542
Registration, hotel
information, and more:
http://www.facug.org/ConferenceSpring/conference-s.asp
The TBCS Board has
voted to pay the $50 early-bird registration fee for up to 10 of our
members (1st come; 1st served - send an email to our secretary) to attend.
While several of the roundtables deal with user group issues like
increasing your membership or improving your newsletter design, there will
be plenty of tech sessions of interest.
Your $50 includes several meals - with keynote speakers
from the computer industry. Join us for 2 days and 1 night to hang
out with members of other computer user groups from around the state of
Florida.
The $50 early bird
registration fee is good if postmarked by February 10th. Then it goes to
$60 if postmarked by February 20th. You have the option to use
PayPal where you can register one or more attendees with a single PayPal
transaction for the total amount.
Since this year's
conference is being held in Zephyrhills, it's feasible to do a 1.5 hour
commute. If you prefer to get lodging, you should make your
reservations ASAP.
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Town Meeting: Wednesday, Jan 23rd,
7-9pm at the Resource Center
From
time-to-time, we hold town meetings. It gives us a chance to get
your feedback about our club, and it's also a chance for us to let you
know about the issues and policies that we feel are important. All
are invited to show up and share your opinions.
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Open House & RAK: Saturday, March
15th, at the Resource Center
We received such a positive response from our members
over the last Open House that we've decided to do it again. Not only
is it a great opportunity to bring your friends to our facility, but you
get to see how much fun TBCS members are also.
As always, we will wine you and dine you and fix
computers at our Random Acts of Kindness Computer Repair Clinic.
However, you should be aware of a change in our clinic that day.
Sorry, but this time our clinic will only be open to non-members.
TBCS members can get their computers repaired for free on Wednesdays &
Fridays of every week. We want to give non-members a chance to use
our clinic at an RAK event.
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Audio/Video Studio NEWS!
The Board has reconsidered the $2.50 per hour charge for the use of our
A/V Studio. It is now FREE! Sure we would appreciate
your donations - after all, it has cost us several thousand dollars to
create it, and we hope to continue upgrading it.
You MUST be scheduled in order to use the studio. We require some
degree of competency with our equipment before we turn you loose on it.
We have several people who will donate their time towards helping
familiarizing you with the equipment.
Currently, the services that we offer are conversion to digital of the
following:
1. Vinyl records
2. Cassette tapes
3. 35mm slides
4. VHS tapes to DVD
5. Editing of video & VHS tapes
Sorry, but we don't do any super 8 or 16mm film conversions. I'm
trying to find a reliable and affordable vendor for those. If you
know of anyone, please email me.
Doc
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Photo
Story 3 (Hands-On) by Jan McNulty
- THIS WEEK!
Monday,
January 14th, 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
Monday,
January 21st, 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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eBay Classes by Jim Boynton - FREE
Mondays from 7-9pm
You need not register for these classes.
If less than 10 people attend they will be hands-on
Jan 21: Buying on eBay
Feb 18: Selling on eBay
Mar 17: Photography for eBay
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Tuesday,
January 15, 1-3pm
Novice SIG. Led by
Bill De Lucia
Bring Bill your computer questions.
Tuesday, January 15, 6:45pm
Monthly Meeting at
Largo Cultural Center (map)
Wednesday,
January 16, 10am-noon
Digital Video
SIG. Led by Tom Lembke
Wednesday,
January 16, 7-9pm
Photoshop Elements SIG. Led by Stan Ashbrook
Thursday, January 17, 1-3pm
Beginning Embird
SIG. Led by Florence Osier
No SIG this month. This SIG will only meet on the 1st Thursday of
each month from now on.
Thursday, January 17, 7-9pm
Genealogy SIG.
Led by Howard T. Smith
Saturday, January 19, 2-4pm
Microsoft Office
SIG. Led by Ray Danen
Ray is back. Bring him your Microsoft Office questions.
