November 2009
Last Updated (Thursday, 31 December 2009 17:16) Written by Bayle Emlein Monday, 09 November 2009 00:00
7:30 - 10 pm Friday November 6, 2009
Hayward Adult School Multipurpose Room
The meeting was called to order at 7:34 pm by President Chuck Horner.
There will be a Clubhouse cookout tomorrow, the 1st Saturday of the month, starting at 11:30. To get to the Clubhouse, use the Laurel Street entrance. One cannot drive through from Sunset any more.
The Clubhouse will be closed November 11, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving (the 25th) and the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
SIG Announcements:
There will be a Hardware SIG at the Smith’s tomorrow evening at 8. If you don’t have hardware, come and kibbitz.
The spectacular Linux SIG will take place on the last Saturday of the month at the SIGS. Last month the Penguin turned into a pumpkin. This month the SIG will meet on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. They will be looking at InkScape, a desktop publishing program.
Bud Gallagher announced that the Windows 7 SIG will meet on December 12. The Windows 7 house party on the 24th of October followed the October 22 Microsoft launch party.
Bruce Hevelin announced that Diskkeeper is coming out with a new version between now and Thanksgiving.
Jan Fagerholm explained the PC Community elections procedures and logic. The membership elects the Board of Directors, who appoint the mandated offices of president, secretary, and treasurer, and other officers.
Currently nominated:
Jan Fagerholm
Elsie Smith
Chuck Horner
Bayle Emlein
Michael Wong
Verne Perry
Bayle Emlein
Bud Gallagher
The PCC election will take place at the December Main Meeting. Nomination will open until just before voting at that meeting.
Presentations:
Abbas Mehdi, product manager for iolo Technologies, explained the tune-up and clean-up products that help restore functionality to a computer.
Everything you do on your computer adds to your Registry. This causes added demand for RAM as well. Windows is not self-healing. Iolo products clean out Registry entries that are no longer used and reclaim the space and RAM. This is a significant reason for the performance improvement that results from using the software.
System Mechanic Professional is a basket of 5 System Mechanic products.
After the break, Webmaster Diane George gave a presentation of the new website. She is now using opensource content management software. She is looking at a way of creating a members-only section so that we can take advantage of offers from companies. Each member is encouraged to follow the link to the new “Site” and register. There will be member forums and the opportunity to create a blog. Contact Diane if you’d like to know more.
General Drawing
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Avery DesignPro |
Christ Marston |
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iPhone: The Missing Manual, from O’Reilly Press |
Chuck Horner |
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Inland headphones |
Dave Evans |
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Inland headphones |
Anita Schmidt |
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Inland headphones |
Dolly Marston |
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JVC Jazz Festival |
Dan Peterson |
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Maxell leather iPod holder |
Bob Orcutt |
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Microsoft Office tee shirt |
Jack Howard |
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Microsoft Visio 2000 |
Bob Rofen |
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Netbooks: The Missing Manual, rom O’Reilly Press |
Verne Perry |
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Vonage Internet Phone Kit |
Dan Dolgin |
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Windows 7: The Definitive Guide, from O’Reilly Press |
Diane George |
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Windows 7: Up and Running, from O’Reilly Press |
Bette Leslie |
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System Mechanic, donated by Abbas Mehdi |
Andrew Tews |
Raffle Prize
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16 GB Kingston Data Traveler flash drive |
Bob Rofen |
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16 GB Kingston Data Traveler flash drive |
Chuck Horner |
The meeting was adjourned at 9:26 pm.
The next meeting will take place at the same location on December 4, 2009.
Respectfully submitted,
Bayle Emlein, Secretary
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