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| Volume 22 | October, 2003 | Issue No. 10 |
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Wednesday, November 5th Ryan's Steakhouse Everyone is welcome |
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Nominations for club officers. Networking PC's.
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Next November 19th |
Election of club officers. |
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Hello From The
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NOMINATIONS
FOR ELECTIONS We
are going to have Elections at our November Meeting. Since we have
only one month before the elections, we’ll have the
Nominations this month. If you are new to the club, do not skip the meeting for
fear of a long drawn out process. I do not like boring
meetings, so we’ll make our nominations process as painless
as possible. In the past, we just re-nominated the existing
board members. We may have a few openings in the board this
year so make sure you come to the meeting to find out which
positions are open. According
to the new By-Laws, the board has to recommend a group of
people to general club membership. We had only two extra people
at the last board meeting, and we picked them. Actually Chuck
White and his wife have been attending the last few board
meetings, and they have been interested in doing more for the
club. CONSTITUTION
& BY-LAWS VOTE Speaking
of the By-Laws….. After
a few brief questions….. The
By-Laws and Constitution were accepted. I’ll put them in my
fire safe and we’ll get them out in ten years so we can have
fun talking about them again in 2013… NETWORKING
DEMO Normally,
if you mention Networking to anyone who works at a business
that involves dealing with people, they immediately think of
parties and golfing and all kinds of fun stuff. If you mention
Networking to a computer user, they think of all the
frustration and confusion that comes from trying to get two
computers to talk to each other. It is supposed to be easy.
Windows XP tried to simplify things. Well, after you listen to
Chuck Hill explain computer networks, you’ll think that
golfing and other outdoor activities are boring, and you’ll
run home to tie all your machines together and live happily
ever after…. Truthfully
, computer networks are great (I have one in my house) and
sometimes a pain in the neck (I have one of these too...).
Chuck will share his knowledge with us and he’ll explain how
to get your machines talking to each other without all the pain
and suffering.
MORE
CD’s AVAILABLE We
sold a bunch of CD’s last month. If you didn’t get a copy
of all the new ones, stop by and talk to Bill at the Librarians
desk to get some at the next meeting. We also have three new
CD’s available this month. See
you at the meeting … Mike |
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The Computer
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MORE ON......Spyware If you see new toolbars in your browser, a new ICON in your system tray, or start receiving more popup ads, chances are that you are infected with spyware. These programs are DANGEROUS. They slow your computer because they consume resources. They are invading your privacy. They are capable of installing other programs on your machine without your knowledge. They are tracking ever thing you are doing on your computer. The companies that create spyware know where you go on the internet. They know what you are emailing. They know who your friend are. They can even capture your credit card numbers, passwords, and other personal information, and send to someone you do not even know. There are three good programs to help you identify and eliminate spyware. They all are FREE. The last two programs are included on The Vaccine CD disk for last
month's
CD # 48. See you at the meeting. Enjoy.....JT |
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The Treasurer's
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The Secretary's Report |
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President Taphorn opened the meeting and welcomed the new members and guests. He explained briefly how the club operates, and how we work together. Mike
also reminded the members that we were going to discuss and vote on
the new proposed by-laws that the board of directors have been
working on for the past ten months or so. He
added that the proposed by-laws were posted on our website so
everyone would get a chance to read and study them.
A proposal came from the floor and it was second that we
should discuss and vote for the bi-laws.
The floor was opened for discussion. Several questions were
asked about various parts of the proposed by-laws and Constitution.
Board members provided answers and clarified their intention and gave
their reasons for the clauses in question. After everyone who had a
concern was satisfied with the answers, the floor was closed to
questions and the vote was taken. Everyone voted to accept the
by-laws as presented with the exception of Mr. Chuck Hill. The motion
was passed and the by-laws are part of our computer club now. The
Prez also announce the possibility of a trip to Chicago to attend the
computer show there. A member informed the membership that Blue Star
was having a computer show in Springfield, IL. It was
pointed out that it was a lot closer than Chicago. Mr.
Leonard Hill, announced that we had several new CDs available. He
especially recommend the new Vaccine CD. He explained
that it should help eliminate a lot of the virus infected emails club
members are sending to each other. A few minutes later
reinforcements, in the form of our own club librarian, Mr. Bill
Broda, arrived with the entire CD collection. Q.
and A. followed for approximately 20 minutes. The
presentation was given by the Tremendous Trio of Mr.(s) Leonard,
Chuck and Walter Hill. The topic was Linux. A
reminder to our membership that during our next meeting we will have
nomination for club officers for next year. Come ready to
participate. If you wish, throw your name in the bowl (I
think Carlos means HAT, Things must be different in Mexico)
and run for office.
Lets face it, the current officers are getting tired and old,
very old. How old are they getting, you ask? Well they are so old
that one of them helped Lewis and Clark construct one of their
canoes. Enough
said. The next meeting will be held at the same place on Oct. 15, 03
at 7PM as usual.
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The Membership
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| Number of Members in Attendance at September Meeting | 76 |
| Total Membership Before September Meeting | 197 |
| Numbers Renewing in September | 1 |
| Number of Members Joining in September | 0 |
| Members with Delinquent Dues in September | 4 |
| Members with Dues Due in October | 2 |
| Current Total Membership Total Members in Good Standing |
208 |
| Total Members as of End of September | 216 |
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The Web Master |
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Learn How To Search The Internet The above link will tell you all there is about using a search engine to find what you want on the web. It explains search terms, search strategies, Boolean logic, and common mistakes. Here is a link that will let you compare features of more search engines than you will likely ever need.
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The
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We have three new CD's for this month.
CD #'s 50 and 51 AND just in case the two CD's are not enough for you, try this website and get some more.
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The Editor |
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Second Edition Published. We just went to a Second Edition.....I have received the Secretary's Report, and it now available (English only).
Newsletter Changes By now you have noticed that several of your favorite columns have been moved. I have changed the order of several columns. Now all of the club officers' columns come first, followed by the submissions of other club members. The Misc. and Humor sections remain in their original locations. Screen Savers We just produced 3 CDs full of Wallpaper, Login Screens, Boot Images, and Visual Themes. Here are some FREE 3D screen savers for those who still use them. Click here and download. Here are some Halloween-themed screen savers, which seem appropriate for this month. After you get them installed, look closely for the little hidden surprises.
Software for Kids Choosing Children's Software is an annual magazine about finding the best children's software and web sites. It is a comprehensive guide to children’s software arranged by grade level so parents and teachers can easily find pertinent information. The annual edition is published in March of each year. www.choosingchildrenssoftware.com. Another
website for kids and parents is COMPUTING WITH KIDS. If you are interested in this column, you can now receive it via email every week for free.
You can subscribe at www.computingwithkids.com. For example, if a youngster needs to review addition facts involving sums from 0 to 9,
he can play a game of DigiHog Drop in which he arranges cute DigiHog creatures into equations that solve those sums.
He can learn sums by playing a pinball game or a fast-paced shoot-the-asteroids-type game. Freeware
for Kids
More Digital Photography Now, no issue would be complete without information on Digital Photography. This month, I have two things I would like to share with you. The first is good site for hints, tips, and even a free newsletter. The second is simply digital photography on the cheap - $10.00. Yes, that is right. Read below. First:
To subscribe to any of their FREE newsletters go to their subscription page.
Second:
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Mitch's Corner |
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Later,
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Miscellaneous |
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Early Linux versions were far too technical and terrifying for the majority of Windows users -- things have changed. Two of the year's most user-friendly Linux distributions have closed the gap between Windows and Linux. Linux Takes on the TIVO: Linux robots on patrol:
COLUMBIA
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A very interesting site...if you are interested in humming birds.
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