MINUTES
OF THE MARCH
DCC
GENERAL MEETING
March 5, 2008
At 9:15 A.M. President
Judy Gardner called the meeting to order
with 33 members and
2 guests present. She welcomed everyone. The new officers were introduced. She
announced that Gaela Roberts had resigned and that Mary Kloeckner had been
appointed to the board to replace Gaela.
The
minutes of the February meeting were read by Secretary, Kay Hawbaker. They were
approved as read.
Janet
Harbaugh gave the Treasurer’s report with a balance of $1330.48.The
Treasurer’s report was approved.
Pres.
Gardner explained that we no longer had a representative to EVACC. Howard
Hanson had been going to their evening meetings,
monthly, the 2nd Monday at
7:00 PM at the Las Palmas Grand Resort Clubhouse. The East Valley Association of
Computer Clubs is composed of 31 computer clubs in the east valley, primarily in
and around
The
March Calendar was reviewed. Pres. Gardner pointed out that the purpose of John
Shideler’s Thursday afternoon Open Lab was to give members a chance to come
and practice on the Room 9 computers. Beginners
who needed more one-on-one guidance and others who wanted to check e-mail and
needed a computer to do it. Laptops were welcome if members wanted to connect to
the internet with the wireless DSL connection in the lab.
Pres.
Gardner said that Pat Davis from “Serving Online Seniors” would be at the
Room 9 on Friday, March 7, 2008 and would cover topics at member’s request.
She said that at the last meeting with Pat, he covered ripping a CD and burning
new a CD with the songs you wanted and making movies with the Window Vista
program.
Pres.
Gardner announced that here was an addition to the calendar.
Gene Meade would be presenting “TaxCut” at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, March
13th. He planned to cover several examples of Tax Returns.
The
50/50 raffle of $10.50 was won by Nancy Cole. She donated her winnings back to
the club. Thank you,
Pres.
Gardner introduced Dave Whittle. Dave has been one of our
outstanding speakers in the past, so we know he will give us another interesting
and informative presentation.
Dave
has recently been writing for Smart Computing Magazine. He will be demonstrating
and raffling an electronic version of MUVEE, a powerful movie making software
program; and he will have the actual product for sale at significantly
discounted prices.
Donna
Grainger was the winner of the electronic version of MUVEE.
Respectfully
submitted,
Kay Hawbaker,
Secretary