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 Mesa and Apache Junction. All the clubs promote the use and understanding of personal computers. The members' computer knowledge ranges from novice to experienced users, some with hardware and software designing expertise.

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, Nancy .

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