February 24, 2010

Agenda

• Welcome to Meeting & Meet New Attendees 3

• What will be talking about tonight 2

• Brief Business Meeting – 5

• Upcoming Topics

• Members & Treasurer Report

• Tonight’s Speaker - Larry Piper on Email 45

• What’s New in the technology world 5

• Comments 5

• General Questions 5

• Member Questions 5

• My Questions 5

• Raffle & Give Aways 5

Past – Future Topics

• May 10 ? graphics, Facebook, • Apr 10 Lyktowski Media Alter atives• Mar 10 Laura-Carol Kindle• Feb 10 Piper email• Jan 10 Lewis Windows 7• Dec 09 Lyktowski Future Technology• Nov 09 Tower Backing Up Personal• Oct 09 Koenig Wireless Hotspot• Sep 09 Hammel OLPC• Jun 09 Hammel News on the Internet• May 09 Tower Investing on the Internet• Apr 09 Piper Open – Free Software• Mar 09 Lewis Windows 7 beta• Feb 09 Lykowski Windows Assistance

General Comments• Board Meeting

• Consider coming in for 3 Lab coverages.

• Consider bringing old electronics for raffle.

Club Website

http://mcc.apcug.org

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

Board MeetingFeb 16, 2010

• Liability Release on Sign In

• Shorter Presentations

• Ideas for next few meetings• March Kindle Laura & Carol• April Media Alternatives Joe• May

General Questions

• News: Computer? Technical? Midland?

• New Hardware?

• New Software?

• Newsletter or Web Site?

• Microsoft Updates? Other Updates?

• Medical Questions

Specific Questions

• My Profile Other Member Profiles

• Board Meeting

• Laura – John on boot blocking software

• Al - http://onlinetvx.com/

• George – email problem

• Security Tool Removal

Other Comments

• Windows 7 RC expires Mar 1• Working on a web site – for money• Create a 2nd Facebook account for non-family• Format your camera card• John – Laura on boot-restricted PC• Board Meeting – what was discussed• Bookmarks, Videos & Ads each month

Interesting Web Sites

• http://www.morguefile.com/• http://pdfmyurl.com/• http://www.oldjoeblack.0nyx.com/thinktst.htm• http://www.academicearth.org/• http://www.cooper.com/alan/homonym_list.htm• http://websearch.about.com/od/referencesearch/

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Interesting Videos

• http://balldroppings.com/js/ Sounds

Ads – What’s The Catch

• Free credit scores• Professor & free CDs• Geiko & Progressive Car Insurance• Body Building• Weight Loss• Pay shipping on 2nd item

• Carnival Games – Magic Illusions –

Personal Questions

• Security Tool Removal• Password protect a folder (on the web)• PowerPoint 2003 will only open in SAFE mode• Context menu shuffle• Does your PDF reader recognize active links?• Adobe Reader and Flash are usage hogs.

Individual Questions

• Rich: Ideas on mobile apps

• Laura: bank acct, boot protection

• Al: bring up gizmo at next board meeting

• Howard: sent in form to APCUG?

• Carol: PW protect web folder using htacces

Who Are Our Officers ?

• President Larry Piper

• Vice President Bill Tower

• Treasurer Laura Hammel

• Newsletter Carol Picard

• Membership Gary Ensing

• Webmaster Carol Picard

• Publicity Kathy Bohl

• Program Co-Chairs Howard Lewis & Joe Lykowski

• At-Large Board Al Adams & Rich Holbrook

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

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