MEETING
2007
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 2007
The Regular Meeting for December 2007 will NOT be held this year!
The third Thursday is December 20, and that date was too close to the holiday weekend to schedule an event. We hope that everyone will join us in the COMING NEW YEAR. To eliminate this conflict with the Holidays each year, we are considering meeting on the second Thursday of each month, if the meeting room is available. Note: THE JANUARY MEETING will be held on the THIRD Thursday.
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Officers of the Oak Ridge PC Users Group
wish everyone a Happy Holiday Season. |  |
SPECIAL EVENT IN DECEMBER
For all members who have an interest, we are planning a trip to a LARGE shopping center for computers and related products for Saturday, December 8*, where you do not need a membership card to shop for bargains.| *This planned trip has been delayed to a later date, possibly December 29. Check this space for further information. |
We will visit the store, have lunch, and return in the afternoon with all the great Christmas gifts that you have purchased (for yourselves - or others). Everyone is invited, and you can come at the last minute, but it will help us to know the number of vans that are needed, if you call Steve Peyrot (483-2570) and let him know that you plan to go.
A SHORT COURSE ABOUT VISTA
Similar to our previous short courses, we are planning to present another series on the new Microsoft Operating System VISTA. Even if you do not have VISTA at present, the information in the course will be helpful. If you plan to buy a new computer at anytime in the future, it will probably have VISTA as the operating system. This course will help you decide which version of VISTA you need (there are six versions) and what computer components you will need for it to operate efficiently.
We will meet at the Senior Center on Thursday, January 10, 2008, at 7:00 p.m. in the Arts and Crafts Room. Then we will meet on alternate 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.The items that were distributed for Review on Nov 15, 2007, were:
- Windows Vista (Book) Ed Von Halle
- Dispatches from Blogistan (Book that teaches how to blog) Charles Kee
- WordPerfect Mail (Book) no volunteers to review
- Microsoft Publishes 2007 (Software) Sandy Korp
- Expressions Web (Software, replaces Frontpage) John Sanders
- Wireless Desktop Keyboard & Mouse (Hardware) Ted Fields
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.