MEETING
2008
December Meeting for the Oak Ridge PC Users Group
The usual Meeting Time is 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time
The Meeting Place is the Meeting Room of the
New Life Church of the Nazarene
200 Lafayette Road, Oak Ridge, TN
OTHER
MEETINGS
August 2008
The Regular Meeting for December 2008 will be held at a different place and time!
For this month only, we will meet at the SOUP KITCHEN in Oak Ridge. Also, since the Soup Kitchen closes at 7:30 p.m., we will move out starting time up to 6:30 p.m. There is a map showing the location of the Soup Kitchen below.
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Officers of the Oak Ridge PC Users Group
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SPECIAL MEETING IN DECEMBER
For all members, we will gather about 6:30 p.m. in the "back room" of the Soup Kitchen; you should go through the line and get the items that you wish to eat as you come in. It may take a little time for you to decide, so come a little early so you can make your selection and bring it back to the meeting room.We can have some time to get acquainted and exchange ideas and comments about our experience with computers. President Steve Peyrot will have some new information plus some desirable handouts and door prizes for all members.
Everybody come and enjoy.
ANOTHER SHORT COURSE ABOUT VISTA
As people have purchased new computers during the year, they have probably now encountered a PC that uses the Vista Operating System. Also, some people may be considering a new computer that will have this operating system installed.
For those members who did not attend the Schort Course on Vista last year. This course
will be repeated for new Vista users, or for experienced Vista users who have not learned about all of the new feature that this system offers.
We will meet at the Senior Center on Thursday, January 15, 2008, at 7:00 p.m. in the Arts and Crafts Room. Then we will meet on following Thursdays until the course is complete. This will be a presentation in the series "Proffessor Teaches" from Individual Software, which is a series of presentations and demonstrations. The unit has eight chapters, and we can usually cover two chapters per meeting.
Many features of VISTA will be similar to those you encountered with Windows XP; however, some features are new. One significant difference is the method that you use for storing files. Rather than creating a folder and a name, you can just use any name that is convenient. When you want to retrieve the file, a built-in search feature will find it based on any characteristics that you can conveniently remember. Or, you can do it the old way.
This course will be open to anyone in the community who is interested. Please pass the word to those you think may be interested.
PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR EVALUATIONS
Several items (books, software, or hardware) were distributed to members at the November meeting. The members who received those items should evaluate them and send your evaluation to our Webmaster, and he will put them on the Web Site.
Election of Officers for the Coming Year
Officers for the coming year were elected at the November Meeting. If you would like to volunteer to serve in any capacity, please let your desires be known. In particular, we need several members to help in publishing a newsletter each month, and we need a member to coordinate the activities of Special Interest Groups (SIGs) for any number of areas from a beginners workshop to the use of special software.- President .............. Steve Peyrot
- Vice-President .... John Million
- Secretary .............. Mary Uziel
- Treasurer ......... Ed Von Halle
Help to ensure the continuity of your ORPCUG.
- VOLUNTEER to serve in an appointed capacity.
- Come to the meeting and become a paying member.
- The current dues are $20 per year per mailing address.
- Dues can be sent to ORPCUG, P.O. Box 4241, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-4241, or given to the Treasurer.