April 27, 2011

Past – Future Topics

• Jun 11 Ann Jarvis Library• May 11 Shirley Salas Facebook• Apr 11 Joe Photoshop Elements 9• Mar 11 (meeting canceled)• Feb 11 Howard Utilities (mostly free)• Jan 11 Carol Computer Updates; Joe Scams• Dec 10 Christmas Party (3rd Wed)• Nov 10 Lewis Office 2010 (3rd Wed)• Oct 10 Hammel – Picard Cloud Computing - Updating• Sep 10 Lykowski (something very hairy)• June 10 Misc (3) Slide Show, PSR, Member Poll• May 10 Picard Hardware• Apr 10 Lykowski Media Alter atives

General Comments• Membership Report

• Treasurer’s Report

• Other Business: Mar meeting

• Howard: email scams

• Larry: Dropbox, taxes, XP Gadget count

• Kapersky, 4.3M/800M

• Karen Kenworthy

• On with the show …

Who Are Our Officers ?

• President Larry Piper

• Vice President Joe Lykowski

• Treasurer Laura Hammel

• Newsletter Carol Picard

• Membership Gary Ensing

• Webmaster Carol Picard

• Publicity Al Adams

• Program Co-Chairs Howard Lewis & Bill Tower

• At-Large Board Al Adams & Shirley Salas

Club Website

http://mcc.apcug.org

Current Newsletterhttp://mcc.apcug.org/newsletters.html

Board MeetingApril 12, 2011

• Future meetings set through June, 2011

• Howard

• What else

• Other

• flash drive, member profiles

General Questions

• News: Computer? Technical? Midland?

• New Hardware?

• New Software?

• Newsletter or Web Site?

• Microsoft Updates? Other Updates?

Other Comments or Questions

IE 9 – speed, clean look; Firefox 4Bandwidth limits: Charter, ATT, PhoneNY Times to charge (after 20 reads)Blog Books Printed: 2010 (finished) & 2008 (PDF)3G/4G NetworksGPS tracking on selected phonesPowweb Web Host

48169 Zip CodeRadiation Levels: medical, background, JapanBathroom remodelingPhysical TherapyCar Insurance

Interesting Web Sites

• http://factchecked.org • http://www.shapecollage.com• www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgwF8mdQwlw

• http://www.americantorque.com/game/car-show-50s/

• Google, Yahoo, CNN, Deskref, PCMag, Daily

05/27/10

Interesting Videos & emails

• Bridge at Boulder Dam

• Butterfly

• Lawnmower

• Dumb blonde

Personal Experiences

• Dell locked up; seems to be RAM; 5-1-2-3

• Acer laptop quit; HD OK

• Purchased 3-pack of Win 7 for $150

• Use of NetMeter

• Purchased HP Laptop, 17”, 4G, $500

• Find a PC serial number

• Accessing Microsoft Templates: need IE

Time for the Raffle Drawing ?

Ads – What’s The Catch

• Send in your gold• Free credit scores• Professor & free CDs• Geiko & Progressive Car Insurance• Body Building• Weight Loss• Pay shipping on 2nd item• Carnival Games – Magic Illusions –

Who Are Our Officers ?

• President Larry Piper

• Vice President Joe Lykowski

• Treasurer Laura Hammel

• Newsletter Carol Picard

• Membership Gary Ensing

• Webmaster Carol Picard

• Publicity Al Adams

• Program Co-Chairs Howard Lewis & Bill Tower

• At-Large Board Al Adams & Shirley Salas

Membership List

• Al Adams Frank Koenig• Jerry Arch Gust Kookootsedes• Larry Ault Howard Lewis• George Binder Joe Lykowski• Kathy Bohl• Mary Branson Robert Miller• Terry Brown Harry Morton• Jim Carrier Frank Neeb• John Dashner Ron Picardi• D. Ducommon Carol Picard• Gary-Jan Ensing Larry-Judy Piper• Laura Hammel Shirley Salas• Rich Holbrook Bill Tower• Bill Kocher Lynn Walker

Questions for Individuals

• Laura:

• Al:

• Howard:

• Carol: change email on Club web to lynnix56

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