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Contents1) General Interest
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| Many of our SIG Leaders and Instructors are going to give short previews of what they teach and how they teach it. |
| Free refreshments throughout the day. Coffee & donuts in the morn. Hot dogs & burgers later on. |
The event is open to everyone. Please bring your friends and neighbors.
RAK: Random Acts of Kindness Computer
Clinic at the Open House
While all of the
above activities are taking place, our computer repair crew will be
slaving away fixing computers.
Since we provide free computer repair to our members on an ongoing basis, I am asking that TBCS members DO NOT register for this one. Please send the following to your friends and neighbors so that they may get a free sample of our repair services. Thank you.
You MUST register for the free Random Acts of Kindness Computer Clinic. Please email the following info to the Club Secretary.
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Yes, I would like to apply for the free Random Acts of Kindness Computer Clinic to be held at the TBCS Open House on Saturday, February 14th, 9am-2pm:
Name:
Phone:
Email:
Please give a brief description of your computer problem:
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You may forward this info to your friends and acquaintances so that they can register. Please do NOT bring in a computer if you haven't received a scheduled time from us.
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Upcoming FACUG & APCUG spring
conference: March 13, 14, & 15 in Zephyrhills
$50 if postmarked or online by Feb
10, $60 by Feb 20, and $65 at the door
FACUG (Florida Association of Computer User Groups) and APCUG (Association of Personal Computer User Groups are pooling their resources and offering a combined Spring Conference. This will be a totally new experience. We thought we had a great conference last year with 98% of the participants indicating a strong desire to return. (I'm making no promises, but last year ALL attendees received a copy of Vista Ultimate - what a neat surprise THAT was.)
While speakers and events are still being finalized, we will be having a greater emphasis on technology. APCUG will expand our horizons from the State of Florida to inviting user groups from every state in the union. We will have a chance to see new faces, make new friends, experience new ideas and have a fun time to boot.
Our country voted for change this year, we listened and are applying it to our approach to the conference. We are keeping the best of what we had and are changing the rest. Lupton Caterers will remain as they had a top notch rating last year.
You will be able to register at either www.facug.org or www.apcug.net.
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Dennis
Schulman offers a Free seminar on security techniques to protect your
computer
He will demonstrate techniques for keeping your
hard drive humming along without collecting too much Internet flotsam &
jetsam in two 2-hour introductory classes. If you are interested,
please call Dennis at 727-251-7900 so he can get an idea of how many are
interested.
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Adobe's
CS4 Production Suite Premium demo & giveaway
Largo Cultural Center, 2/11/09, 7pm
Virginia Chilcote, President and newsletter editor of the Bay Area Mac User Group is inviting TBCS members and their friends to attend their next meeting. Why would she invite PC users to a Mac meeting? Because this program is made for Windows computers as well as Macs.
Everyone who attends is eligible to win this $1,699 suite of programs.
More presentation info:
http://www.bamcentral.org/BAMCentral/Adobe.html
More about the suite of programs at:
http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/production/
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Call for Volunteers & Food for more Cold Night Shelter Nights this week
I just received the following from the Pinellas County Coalition for the Homeless:
We are anticipating at least two more Cold Night Shelter openings this week, and there may be as many as three; we will know more Tuesday morning, but we do believe that the shelters will be open at least Wednesday night.
The Cold Night Shelters have already been open seven nights since January, and food resources and volunteers are getting stretched to the max. We need your help to generate some more volunteers and navigators, and food (sandwiches, fruit, hot meals, soft drinks or coffee). Volunteers can sign up for as little as a two hour shift between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., or they can sign up for more than two hours. Navigators work a two hour shift in the early evening, to talk to the people coming to the shelter and let them know about places they might go for longer-term assistance.
If you or someone you know can help either as a volunteer or with food, please contact Michael Amidei (543-2600) or Cliff Smith (464-8448).
Now we can only hope for warmer weather after this week!
Thanks in advance for your assistance,
Sarah K. Snyder
Executive Director, Pinellas County Coalition for the Homeless
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2) TBCS Classes
Stan Ashbrook's ProShow Gold 4.0
Two 4-hour classes on Saturdays
from 9am-1pm $40
Feb 28 & Mar 7
This IS a hands-on class, and you must register
(see below)
I just wanted you all to know that someone saw a comparable class on
ProShow Gold that was priced at $695. I assure you that our
classes are a great bargain.
Phil Sullivan's Hands-On Windows XP Beginner's
Classes
Four 2-hour
classes on Mondays 10am-noon $40 (NO make-up)
Since these are hands-on classes, they will be limited to only 6
people.
You MUST register for these (see below).
The next sessions will take place on:
Feb 2, 9, 16, & 23
Future sessions:
Mar 2, 9, 16, & 23
Phil Sullivan's Hands-On Windows Vista Beginner's
Classes
Four 2-hour
classes on Tuesdays 10am-noon $40 (NO make-up)
Since these are hands-on classes, they will be limited to only 6
people.
You MUST register for these (see below).
The next sessions will take place on:
Feb 3, 10, 17, & 24
Future sessions:
Mar 3, 10, 17, & 24
Mar 31, Apr 7, 14, & 21
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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:
Sunday, February 1, 1-3 PM Broadcast
SBI SIG. Led by Rick Hart & Carl Hahn
The SBI SIG is going to meet on the 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month
Monday,
February 2, 6:30-8pm
Computer Q&A SIG.
Led by Cathy Benedict
We're going to take a look at "Flash Mobs" tonight. Very unusual
(and funny) videos of these events are all around. Bring your
computer questions also. We speak beginning to advanced computers
here. This SIG is for having fun as well as getting your computer
questions answered.
Tuesday, February 3, 1-3pm
Novice SIG. Led by
Bill De Lucia
Bring Bill your questions.
Tuesday, February 3, 7-9pm Broadcast
Visual Basic SIG.
Led by Tom Kiehl
Dark this month. Tom will return next month.
Wednesday,
February 4, 10am-noon
Digital Video
SIG. Led by Tom Lembke
Tom is back in charge!
Wednesday,
February 4, 2-4pm
Genealogy SIG.
Led by Howard T. Smith
Wednesday,
February 4, 7-9pm
Investment SIG.
Led by Motaz Ben Saoud
Dark again for February - Motaz became the father of a baby boy last
Saturday. He will return in March, but he is changing the name of
the SIG to the "Excel SIG". Motaz is excellent at teaching Excel.
Some of his audience was coming more for the Excel tips than the
investment info.
Thursday,
February 5 10am-noon
Scrapbooking SIG.
Led by Jan McNulty
Thursday,
February 5, 1-3pm
Hands-On Embird SIG. Led by Florence Osier
Thursday,
February 5, 7-9pm
Expression Web. Led by Sam Richardson
Join Sam to learn how to use Microsoft's replacement for FrontPage.
Friday, February 6, 10am-noon Broadcast
Doc's Place. Led by Dave Dockery
"Vista From the Ground Up" (basic Vista) AND "7 Web 2.0 Technologies"
Friday,
February 6, 1-3pm
Intermediate Computer SIG. Led by Carol King
Carol is back and better than ever. Bring her your computer
questions.
Friday,
February 6, 7-9pm Broadcast
2600 Club. Led by Magen Hughes
Dark this month. Magen is out of town.
