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...The CLUB CONNECTION....

June, 2009...

SUMMER FLING
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8TH

...GENERAL MEETINGS

Next General Meeting--Wednesday, Sept 23rd

TOPIC: TBA

1:00pm Abravanel Hall

Past Meetings...

General Meeting--Wednesday, May 27th

TOPIC: Protecting Your Computer

Dennis Fisher
The Computer Doctor

1:00pm Abravanel Hall

Dennis Fisher (The Computer Doctor) presided over an overflow crowd of members anxious to learn about Virus's and ways to keep their computer clean. His presentation was attended by over 75 members.

Dennis handled many questions from the members, as well answering members questions after his presentation. See the line below?

Afterwards, the members enjoyed the refreshments and had a chance to socialize.

The Raffle winners were:

Carolyn Hollander	Ken Heist
Wanda Walsh	Bob Weber
Photos by Tony Calderone

Past Meetings...

General Meeting--Wednesday, April 22nd

TOPIC: Excel

Dorothy Miller

1:00pm Abravanel Hall

Dorothy Miller presented an overview the popular Microsoft program EXCEL. Her presentation was attended by over 55 members. Dorothy's presentation was timely and interesting for all of our members interested in learning more about spreadsheets to analyze their personal information needs in an easy, yet powerful manner.

Dorothy handled many questions from the members, as well as offering to have further workshops for all interested people, starting next Thursday and continuing into May.

Afterwards, the members enjoyed the refreshments and had a chance to socialize.

The Raffle winners were presented by

Hal McCawley:

Audrey Albert	Clarice Magnusen
Photos by Tony Calderone

General Meeting--Wednesday, March 25th

TOPIC:
Turbo Tax 2008

Jeff Brown, Intuit Corporation

1:00pm Abravanel Hall

Jeff Brown, Software Engineer with Intuit Corp. presented an overview of Turbo Tax. His presentation was attended by over 60 members. His presentation was timely and interesting for all of our members interested in preparing their own tax returns on-line.

Jeff Brown assisted by Linda Strohm

Jeff handled many questions from the membership regarding Turbo Tax and was very informative not only because of his answers but he explained the logic behind Intuit's ongoing efforts at improving their product.

Afterwards, the members had a chance to chat with Jeff and, of course his dad our past-president Terry Brown while partaking in the excellent refreshments.

Terry & Son, Jeff Brown

Tax Pro's.....

The Raffle winners were presented by

Hal McCawley:

Wanda Walsh	Tony Calderone
Lou Gordon	Terry Westlake
Photos by Tony Calderone

General Meeting--Wednesday, February 25th

TOPIC:
"Microsoft--2009"

Woody Pewitt

WOODY PEWITT, Microsoft Technology Evangelist, was our speaker in February. Woody reviewed Microsoft's development of their operating systems and also demonstrated the latest free downloads from Microsoft Live.

His presentation was attended by over 75 members. He also demonstrated various programs relating to the manipulation of digital pictures including an interesting technique for making "panoramic" pictures with Microsoft software.

Woody handled many questions from the membership regarding Microsoft's Vista and Windows 7 operating systems as well as how to use Windows XP.

Afterwards, the members had a chance to chat with Woody, socialize with other members and partake in the excellent refreshments.

Lester Hoffman was congratulated for his many years of helping our members work through their computer frustrations.

Chuck Myers returned to OHCC to participate in the meeting as well.

The Raffle winners were presented by

Hal McCawley:

Gordon Beer	Frank Boynton
Dorothy Camper	Lillian French
Lou Gordon	Joe Harris
Photos by Tony Calderone

General Meeting--Wednesday, January 28th

TOPIC:
"Best of Open Source Software"

Bill Goodall

Bill Goodall, retired computer consultant from Qualcomm was our January speaker. Bill has spoken to our club previously about Home Networking and this time he updated us on the status of Open Source Programs.

His presentation was attended by over 70 members. He explained the history of Open Source programming and offered various web sites where we can find and download almost any type of computer program imaginable for FREE! The main "open office" programs are similar to Microsoft's Office Suite.

Links to all of the "Open Source" programs..

Download "Open Office" here!!

Bill handled many questions from the membership regarding their particular computer programs and the availability of "open source" programs to solve their computer needs.

Afterwards, the members had a chance to chat with Bill, socialize with other members and partake in the excellent refreshments.

The Raffle winners were presented by

Hal McCawley:

Lynne Head	Darrell Vincent
Sandie Brook	Jim Amighi
Photos by Tony Calderone

General Meeting--Wednesday, October 22nd

Topic:
TOPIC: BackUp Your Data

with Dennis Fisher
The "Computer Doctor"

Dennis Fisher (The Computer Doctor) was our October speaker. "Dennis has been "doctoring" our computers here in the village for many years. His expertise was apparent in his very interesting presentation all about the need and methods of backing up our data.

His presentation was attended by over 60 members. He explained the various types of backup and how computer backup has evolved since the 1950's. Dennis fielded many questions from our members concerning their problems with the how and when to backup. Dennis was very informative and we hope to have him back next year to give another presentation.

Afterwards, the members had a chance to chat with Dennis, socialize with other members and partake in the excellent refreshments.

The Raffle winners were presented by

Hal McCawley:

Mike McCarthy	Len Holness
Dom Sanfilipo	Francis McDonald
Photos by Tony Calderone

Thanks to Tony Calderone