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November 9th, 2011
The meeting was called to order by President, Bob King. He introduced himself and welcomed
everyone.There were 47 in attendance.
The speaker, HP Products, didn't show up.
He introduced the officers ,and the Past President , Dick Harris. The committees were Training,
(Dave Blackhurst), Banquet (Jane Gunther, Mary Brinklow) Website is (VPCC.info), Classroom
Set up (Keith Nixon)
Enrollment forms were passed out to join the club this year. Dues are $10.00 per person, $15
per household.
Bob talked about the new Computer Lab addition that was made this summer, which will allow
for classes mornings and afternoons 5 days a week now.
The Camera Club speaker Dave Foley told about Camera club meetings will be meeting in this room every 1st and
3rd Wednesday after our meeting.
Terry and Bob showed the VPCC Website and how to access it.
Classes will be $4.00per class or 3 classes for $10.00. We need teachers and helpers and ideas
for classes.
Terry Chard (5043) explained about Special Interest Groups (SIG) and how to form them.
Ron Brown spoke about some new type of Malware that is out now.
To see Rons presentation as a PDF file CLICK HERE
Bob gave some basic information on Google Earth. USGS download for Earthquakes locations.
There was a tour of the new Computer Lab and Classroom 1 after the meeting.
Q & A followed.
Meeting was adjourned.
Respectively Submitted
Charlotte Jordan, Secretary
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November 16th, 2011
The meeting was called to order by President, Bob King.
The Speaker was Joe Zagar from Sunland Village East, he talked about the Computer Technology Conference to be held March 22-25, 2012 at Radisson Fort McDowell
Resort. 32 Workshops over 2 ½ days.
There were 57 in attendance.
BUSINESS MEETING:
Secretary Minutes from the last Business meeting was approved and seconded by K.E. Johnson.
Treasurers Report: Ron Brown, Opening Balance as of Oct 2011 $4,708.17. Membership last week brought in $445.00. This week new members is $200.00 brings the balance $5353.17 in the kitty but has expenses.
Dave Blackhurst asked for instructors for the classes. Classes will begin the first week after Thanksgiving.
Terry Chard at # 5043 talked about the Special Interest Groups now has room available to meet
.
Dick Harris at # 1853 asked for Computer Monitors, and he explained what they need to do to fill the job.
Bob King gave a presentation on "Protecting Your Computer from Infections". It is a work in progress.
Use a Firewall,
Install Anti-Virus Software,
Install Anti-Spyware Software,
Install Anti-Malware Software
To see Bobs presentation as a PDF file CLICK HERE
Q & A followed.
Meeting Adjourned at 2:30 PM
Respectively Submitted, Charlotte Jordan, Secretary
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November 23rd, 2011
The meeting was called to order by President, Bob King. He welcomed all members, including 2 new members.
There were 45 in attendance
Dave Blackhurst (# 2411) gave a presentation on training and classes for this season, starting Nov 28, 2011. Vouchers are $4.00 each or 3 for $10.00.
There will be No classes for the last 2 weeks of December.
Bob King gave a presentation on “Buying A New Computer”.
To see Bobs presentation as a PDF file CLICK HERE
Q & A followed.
Meeting was adjourned.
Respectively Submitted, Charlotte Jordan Secretary
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November 30th, 2011
The meeting was called to order by President, Bob King. He welcomed new members.
There were 64 in attendance.
Announcements: Handouts for Technology classes for March 2012.
Fred told about classes that Red Mountain Library has on E-Reader & Kindle Fire.
Next week’s presentation will talk about “How to Select A Printer”.
Dec 14th presentation will be showing us to SKYPE and Holiday Fun websites
Dec21, and 28th there will no meeting
Jan 11 Presentation on Acronis Backup Software
Dave Blackhurst talked about classes in the Lab
Todays meeting was some highlights on what to do with your digital photos which are on your computer.
John Shumacher told about organizing the photos which are on your computer. Best software on the market today is FREE Picasa 3.8 from Google.
Bob King talked about Photo Story 3 for Windows download. It will create a slide show. He also talked about Windows Movie Maker and Windows DVD Maker. Classes will be offered for all of these.
Meeting was adjourned
Respectively Submitted,
Charlotte Jordan Secretary
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December 7th, 2011
Meeting called to order by President Bob King
55 people attended the meeting.
Announcements:
1. Bob reminded everyone to please purchase training class vouchers and stick them on the
class signup sheets when they sign up for class. Please do not wait until you get to class. Our
instructors are not set up to sell vouchers nor handle your money.
2. There are still opening in the following classes:
• Photo Story 3, Thursday Dec 8, 1:00-3:30
• Windows 7 Transition, Friday Dec 9, 1:00-3:30
• Computer File Management for Windows 7 (2 session class) Monday Dec 12, Tuesday Dec
13, 1:00-3:30
• Excel Math, Wednesday, Dec 14, 9:00-11:30
• Movie Maker, Thursday, Dec 15, 1:00-3:30
3. Bob distributed a questionnaire asking for information about your computer and how you use
it. This information will help determine meeting presentations, additional classes and special
interest groups. Please return the forms next week. Bob will email a copy of the form to those
who were not present.
4. Facebook special interest group (SIG) meeting will be Monday, Dec 12 at 2:30-3:30 in Classroom
#2. This is for members who have a Facebook account and want to share and learn more about
using Facebook from other members.
5. Next week’s meeting is on “Fun Holiday Websites”.
6. No meetings Dec 21 and Dec 28.
Speaker:
Michael Shulman, Director of Sales , ReInk Technologies.
Michael shared information about inkjet and laser printers.
He warned the cost to repair a printer may approach the cost of a new printer.
cartridges. When a single color cartridge runs out of ink, you replace only the individual color
cartridge. When a 3 color cartridge runs out of one color there is still ink in the cartridge for the
other 2 colors but you end up throwing it away.
Use 24# inkjet paper for inkjets. Non-inkjet paper tends to absorb the ink differently and results
in poorer print quality. The printer may grab 2 sheets of lighter weight paper causing a paper
jam. Removing the jammed paper carelessly can result in printer damage.
Never rip jammed paper out of a laser printer. Remove the toner cartridge first. Then gently
pull the paper out. Use 20# paper.
Printers are not generally designed to print envelopes.
Leave inkjet printers turned on most of the time. When you shut them off, they purge ink from
the print head. This ink is wasted.
Four websites to visit if you have printer problems:
http://www.scig.com (Epson)
http://www.fixyourprinter.com
http://www.inkjetcartridgehelp.com
http://www.fixyourownprinter.com
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Dec 14th, 2011
The meeting was called to order by Bob King, President. He welcomed all the members.
There were 48 members in attendance
The presentation today is via SKYPE, with Kathy Jacobs where she visited various websites for the Holidays.
This is the website Kathy presented for us.
http://www.http://vitaminch.com/HolidaySitesDec2011.html
Q&A followed
No meetings for the next 2 weeks.
Jan 4th will be a Presentation on training classes for 2012. Highlight on Computer Maintenance .
Meeting Adjourned
Respectively Submitted, Charlotte Jordan Secretary
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Dec 21st, 2011
To be announced.
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Dec 28th, 2011
To be announced.
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Jan 4th, 2012
The meeting was called to order by President, Bob King. He welcomed new and old members.
There were 77 in attendance.
Q & A
Agenda:
1. Dave Blackhurst presented the training classes the club is offering January - March. Handouts of the class descriptions and schedules were given out. Vouchers are $4.00 per class or 3 classes for $10.00.
Upcoming Presentations:
Jan 11 - Computer Backups
Jan 18 - iPads, iPhones, iPods, iTunes
Jan 25 - Buying a New Computer Part 1
Meeting Adjourned at 2:46 PM
Respectively Submitted, Charlotte Jordan, Secretary
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Jan 11th, 2012
The meeting was called to order by our President, Bob King. He welcomed both new and regular members.
There were 103 in attendance.
Agenda:
1. Computer Maintenance and Backup
Al Warren gave a presentation on “Computer Maintenance”. More will be given in one of his classes.
Wayne gave a presentation on “Backing up your Computer”. Bring your own laptop and power cord for these classes.
Bob King spoke about “Backup Software”
To see Bobs presentation as a PDF file CLICK HERE
Q&A followed.
Upcoming meetings:
January 18 - iPad, iPhone, iPod, iTunes
January 25 - Buying a New Computer - Part 1
February 1 - Buying a New Computer - Part 2
The entire meeting schedule is available on our website ".www.vpcc.info -, Go to "Weekly Speakers
Meeting Adjourned.
Respectively Submitted,
Charlotte Jordan, Secretary
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Jan 18th, 2012
The Meeting was called to order by our President, Bob King. He welcomed all members.
There were 70 in attendance.
Agenda:
The speaker for today had to cancel and will be rescheduled.
Terry Chard gave a presentation on transferring your data files to a new computer.
Bob King covered a free program from Microsoft that will sync specific data folders between your hard drive and a flash drive, or to an external hard drive.. “SyncToy” Microsoft SyncToy program moves little files to flash drive…. (Quicken…Singles..Family Tree)
Terry Chard talked about SIG groups and how well it went with one of the groups. Another one has been suggested with E-Readers.
Next 2 weeks meetings will be about “Buying a New Computer”, what makes up a computer, what you will need, and which one you should buy.
Dave Blackhurst talked about classes and how to sign up for them.
Banquet is March 5th, Monday night in the Ballroom. Tickets will go on sale in February.
There weren’t any Q & A.
Meeting adjourned
Respectively Submitted,
Charlotte Jordan Secretary
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Jan 25th, 2012
Meeting called to order by President Bob King.
Announcements:
February Meeting presentations are:
2/1 Buying a Computer - Part 2
2/8 Blogs
2/15 Protecting Your Computer
2/22 iPad, iPod, iPhone, iTunes
2/29 Hewlett Packard
Business Meeting
1. Treasurer Ron Brown reported we started the season with $4080 dollars. Expenses have been $7842.06 (includes loan payment on 10 original classroom computers and banquet down payment). Income of $4624 (computer loan payment and membership dues). Current balance is $1490.10.
2. Banquet Committee – Coordinator Jane Gunther reported the banquet is on Monday March 5 in the Ballroom. Social starts at 5:00, dinner served at 6:00. Tickets are $11 for members, $16 for non-member guests. Jane asked for volunteers to help with ticket sales. If interested contact her - 5124 Tickets go on sale at Feb 1 club meeting.
3. Training – Coordinator Dave Blackhurst reminded members to buy and apply the class voucher stickers to the signup sheets before your class. Several classes have low number of sign-ups and may be cancelled.
4. Special Interest Groups (SIGs) – Terry Chard reported there are three SIGs scheduled -
a. Picture Frames 1/27/2012 Contact Bill - 1428
b. eReaders 1/30/2012 Contact Tom – 0114
c. Garmin GPS 1/14/2012 Contact Bill – 1428
Presentation
Buying a New Computer – Bob King
The presentation covered three types of computer users, the components of a computer and which of these components each type of computer user should consider. The presentation covered motherboards, CPUs and memory components. The second part of the presentation will be next week and will cover video/graphics, display and storage components.
Meeting was adjourned at 2:40.
Submitted by Nancy Edwards.
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Feb 1st, 2012
The meeting was called to order by President, Bob King. He welcomed old and new members.
He invited the new members this year, to stay after the next weeks meeting for an introduction to the Board.
Banquet tickets are for sale in the back of the room. They will be here for the next 2-3 weeks, which will be March 5th in the Ballroom.
There were 58 members in attendance.
Agenda:
A presentation on “How To Buy A Computer Part 2” was given by Bob King and John Schumacher.
Problems and Solutions questions were answered.
Meeting was adjourned
Respectively Submitted,Charlotte Jordan Secretary
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Feb 8th, 2012
To be announced.
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Feb 15th, 2012
To be announced.
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Feb 22nd, 2012
To be announced.
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Feb 29th, 2012
To be announced.
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Mar 7th, 2012
To be announced.
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Mar 14th, 2012
To be announced.
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Mar 21st, 2012
To be announced.
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Mar 28th, 2012
No Meeting
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