Computer Club
March 2006 Citizen by Mike Sorem
The February General Meeting of the Computer Club was held February 1, 2006. For those of you who are new to Dreamland Villa or the Computer Club, the club holds a general meeting the First Wednesday of the month at 9am. During the winter months, the meetings are held at Farnsworth Hall and during the “hot times” of the year when many folks leave the valley for cooler weather, we meet in Read Hall. A short business meeting is usually conducted followed by a guest speaker. Our speakers are usually professional people from the computing or software industry that provide us with information about new things in the world of computers. The meeting is open to all club members and guests are always welcome.
Secretary
Kay Hawbaker called the February meeting to order at about 9am. Since the
President and Vice President were unavailable for the meeting, the duties of
chairing the meeting fell upon Kay. She welcomed all the members and guests
present and went on to announce that the packets of materials from Smart
Computing had arrived and that everyone should take one. If you didn’t receive
yours, extras are available in room 9. Winners of the door prizes from Smart
Computing were Gail Henderson, Judy Kelley, and George Shoemaker. The minutes
and treasurers reports were presented and then the audit committee reported on
their audit of the Club’s books for the past year. The club would like to
thank
Next, Kay
reported on the 10 Year Anniversary Open House the club had on January 21st.
The club specifically wanted to thank all those who helped to make the event a
success and in particular, Irene Hezelton, who chaired the event and to Ann
Kressalt, who coordinated all the refreshments. Door prize winners were
announced with Donna Hanson, Pat Ruley, Curtis Parker, and
During the new business portion of the meeting, Secretary Hawbaker reported that the club would like to hold a “potluck” some time in March. In years past, this was always an important part of helping members get to know each other, but unfortunately has not been done in the last few years. So, we would like to get it started again but we need your help------ We need someone to chair a committee and members to help organize the event. If you are interested in getting this off the ground again, please let a board member know. Watch for further details……
Our speaker for the month was Gene Barlow from User Group Relations. Gene spoke to the group on Internet Security and Hard Drive Protection. These are two areas that all computer users should be familiar with in order to protect their computers from damage and failure.
Our next general meeting will be held on March 1, 2006, 9am, in Farnsworth Hall. Our speaker for the month will be Lee Otsubo, The Digital Photo Guy. Lee will take us through Digital Photography from start to finish, giving the information with intelligence and humor. This presentation is well worth your time. Why not come and join us? Guests are always welcome---no need for another invitation---just come and join your Dreamland neighbors.
NEW
WEBSITE ADDRESS
The new Dreamland Computer Club website address is
http:/members.cox.net/dcccomputerclub/
Take a look at the new site. It contains the monthly class calendar along
with lots of good information. Maybe you will see a class you would be
interested in. We hope to see you at a meeting or class soon.