Dreamland
Computer Club
GENERAL MEETING
President
Santoro called the meeting to order about 9:10AM with 56 members and guest
present.
The
Secretary’s report was read with Judy Gardner making the correction that only
the computers in the classroom could access the Ancestry.com web site.
The minutes were approved with that correction.
The
Treasurer’s report was read and approved.
Old
Business:
John Ahrens told us that a new format set up by AZACC was probably going to be
used by our guest speakers at our
general meetings from now on. Each participating club well need to have a web
camera, microphone, and high speed internet connection in order to do the Web
casts. This means that our meetings might have to be conducted in room 9 where
the high speed internet connection can be accessed.
We would go to a web address and the presentation would be sent to our
computer. We would then use our projector so everyone could see it. There could
even be Questions and Answers with the speaker seeing and hearing us through our
web camera and microphone. Closer to
the April General Meeting, look for an announcement concerning where the meeting
will be held via our Newsletter or though Dee McBain’s weekly announcements.
Gaela
Roberts told us that there were about 50 members and guests at the February
Potluck. She said that there was a
wonderful variety of food and that those attending had a good time. There was
applause from the members thanking Gaela for her time chairing this event.
John
Schideler gave a few brief words about his Saturday Morning Question and Answer
group. He said that it was members getting together to share problems and ideas
about computers.
Judy
Gardner reported briefly on the Family History Seminar which she attended in
February. She said that she would talk more about it at the next Genealogy
class. She also talked about the recent speaker who shared information about
genealogy photos and about the Path program (a free program you can download to
your computer). The Genealogy
classes are free to members of the computer club.
She also mentioned that the club has a subscription to Ancestry.com and
it is available on all the computers in the classroom for anyone wishing to
access the site. Members are
also welcome to bring laptops to class, but they cannot access the site from
their laptop.
Tom
Santoro told members that Pat and Rich from “Serving Online Seniors” would
be coming on March 14 to do a presentation on “Digital Cameras and Photo
Editing”. He also said that he
would be arranging an “Under the Hood” class by Pat and Rich for sometime
next season. He reviewed the class schedule for the month and encouraged member
to take advantage of the classes.
President
Santoro reported that the club has 4 copies of Office 2003 and 3 copies of
Digital Image 9 that were given to the club by Microsoft.
We are offering them for a silent auction sealed bid to DCC members.
Members can submit a bid through the office and classroom for the next 2 weeks.
New
Business:
Tal Hilton announced that she learned of a free download from Microsoft called
Photo Story 3 that she thought was a wonderful program to put photos to a music
background.
President
Santoro then introduced the speakers from LifeLock,
Mike Prusinski, Vice
President of LifeLock Communicatons and Scott Simpson.
As Vice President of Communications, Mr. Prusinski
oversees the public relations efforts for LifeLock, including coordinating
agencies, media interviews, speaking appearances and community relations. He has
more than 25 years of public relations experience.
The
50/50 raffle of $23.50 was won by Gaela Roberts. She donated her winnings back
to the club. Thank you, Gaela.
Respectfully
submitted,
Kay Hawbaker,
Secretary