Welcome back Charles Oppermann!
I'm so pleased to have my friend and computer mentor return to this area.  Chuck and I co-hosted a local cable TV show years ago called: "Computer Chat".  In 1989, we won a local award for "Best Educational Show", and we came in fourth in that category in a national competition.

Chuck has left Microsoft and returned to the area.  He has been a supporter of TBCS for many years, and many of our members will turn up for his informative sessions.  I'm very pleased to announce that he will frequently be joining us at our events: he will be joining me at Doc's Place on Friday mornings, he'll be with us this coming Friday night at the 2600 Club (see below), and he'll be with Cathy Benedict and myself tonight at the Q&A SIG.

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Live Broadcasting continues to be a problem at times... especially for Doc's Place on Friday mornings.  I'm sorry for your frustration, but I'm determined that we will solve this problem.

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I have a guest SEO speaker, Steve Scott, coming to TBCS for the New Media SIG.  Join us next Saturday afternoon (2-4pm) for his SEO event (details under SIG Stuff below).

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The Soda Fund is now losing almost $40 a month.  If we can't break even, then we'll have to take steps.  We provide coffee for free.  We charge only 50 cents for sodas or water.  Obviously, a lot of people are freeloading.  It's got to come to a halt.  This is the last warning.

Would YOU like to have a money-making website?
TBCS member, June Hollister, teaches a wonderful series of classes on how to make money with a website.  Those who followed through with her methods ARE reaping the rewards.  While waiting for June to return, I was led to an excellent alternative just yesterday: Ed Dale's "30 Day Challenge".  Ed is an Aussie that has put together a FREE online course to lead you to making your first $1 on the Internet.  Why only a buck?  Because you will then have the framework in place (and the knowledge) to build your online empire.

Our SBI SIG members are supporting this effort.  They have formed a Google Group that you may join:
http://groups.google.com/group/tbcs-30dc named TBCS-30dc.  I sat in at the SBI SIG yesterday.  I was VERY impressed with how well the course is put together, and how useful it was to be able to discuss how it's going face-to-face at our Resource Center.

The SIG will be meeting for the next 3 Sundays (Aug 9 & 16).  I will be there to open up the Resource Center next Sunday, and Rick Hart will return from his vacation on the following Sunday.

Ed's course has homework every day for 31 days.  It started on Aug 1st... there is still time to catch up!  If you are interested, I would suggest that you register for it at:
www.thirtydaychallenge.com.  After you register (yes, it's free), click on the "Training" tab at the top of the page.  Ed has arranged each day's videos inside the folders there.  At the bottom of the page, are folders that contain a wealth of tools and support information.

2600 Club meets this Friday night from 7-9pm
The topic this month is "Mesh Networks, Mesh Routers, and Cloud Computing".  While you can expect to see computer and Internet gurus at this event, novices are welcome also.  We generally adjourn to Capogna's Dugout afterwards for to get fed and watered.

We'll study Nanotechnology on Sep 4, and Artificial Intelligence on Oct 2.

Club leader, Chris Walters, plans on using a wiki to support our endeavors.  Please send an email to:
chris_walters50@hotmail.com.  Your email should include both an email address & phone number.  We're going to learn lots and have fun too.

Our new Mac SIG will meet on August 17th, 7-9pm
Virginia Chilcote is going to lead the new SIG.  This group will meet on the 3rd Monday of each month from 7-9pm.  Let me be VERY clear here: we repair PC compatible computers ONLY.  We do not have the expertise to fix Macs at this time.  However, we DO want to provide interested Mac users with a place to network and share info.