2003
Meetings and Events

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2003

Paul Mather demonstrated the use of Family Tree Maker and talked generally about geneology.

Dave jackson then showed how to erase files safely, and to recover files deleted or otherwise lost. He emphasized the importance of removing certain files to discourage identity theft.

Tuesday, November 4, 2003

The evening went differently than expected, with Dave Waddling leading off the program. Dave is our Linux expert, and demonstrated for us the knoppix-std cd version of this interesting system, available free from http://www.knoppix-std.org. The system works entirely from the cd, still allowing complete access to the host computer's resources.

The second half of the evening was, in fact, presented by paul Mather (as planned) who discussed the various accronyms and computer expressions one needs to be aware of prior to purchasing a computer or doing an upgrade. Both presenters provided handouts.

Tuesday, October 7, 2003

Richard Baetchmann, our annual visitor from Zurich, Switzerland, joined us today. As always, he took an active part in the meeting, with a presentation of MS Train Simulator. Last year we saw the original package presented, so this year it was about add-ons; in particular, the German and Alpine extentions. Thank you Richard. The balance of the evening was spent with Q and A, and with planning our future meetings with ideas from the floor.

Saturday, September 20, 2003

The BUG BBQ was a great success with 31 or so members attending. This was the first BBQ for all members and will definitely not be the last. Highlights, such as the delicious corn on the cob (Dave), the special 20th anniversary cake (see picture below), the Joe Smith Memorial Lemonade Cake (Diane Clarke) and all the other fantastic goodies made for a memorable feast. And get this, the word "computer" was hardly ever heard. Good company and a well chosen venue, not to mention great weather (post "hurricane Isabel) ruled the day. Someone said there was a computer set up somewhere but no one paid attention evidently.

Members will behappy to know that the recipe for the lemon cake has been made available to all, just check out this link, and enjoy.

Tuesday, September 2, 2003

Nothing Scheduled this evening. Most of the night will therefore be devoted to questions from members. All members are encouraged to both ask questions, and to help answer them. See you tomorrow night.

Tuesday, August 5, 2003

Dave demonstrated the production of panoramas from adjecent, overlapping photos, using the very affordable Cool 360 program. Mike showed how terrible photos can be fixed with proper scanning and editing techniques. The programs udes were PSP6 and Adobe Photoshop Elements.

Tuesday, July 8, 2003

Please note that this is the second Tuesday; no meeting on Canada Day!

Details: Sean Mather will present his award winning video, and discuss some of the editing methods used to accomplish the final product.

As always, please bring your ideas, your questions, and chime in with answers, particularly during Q and A

Tuesday, June 10, 2003

Desktop Video SIG.
E-Mail Mike Clarke for details (attendance restricted to members. pre-registration required due to space limitations)
7:30 - 9:30

Saturday, June 7, 2003

8:00am - 6:00pm
Display for Barrie`s Sesquicentennial at Barrie water front. Ray did a fine job making arrangements for our display, which was well attended by the many visitors to the waterfront. Included were members of a delegation from Germany, representing Barry's twin city there, Dave Jackson, Ray Williams, Paul Mather and Mike Clarke were the principle demonstrators.

Ray, Dave and Mike

Paul and BUG

Matt Cohen, Dave and Paul

Tuesday, June 3, 2003

General Meeting. Mike Clarke demonstrated some of the features of Premiere Desktop Video and the basic Do and Don'ts of Video.Executive Elections were held. We are still looking for a PC Sig Coordinator.

Tuesday, May 6, 2003

Dave covered Computer Diagnostics and Maintenance, which was very well received. Also, there were more items left over from Joe Smith`s stuff to sell to club members. We also introduced the new SIGs which we are currently working on, and recorded members who would be interested in joining one or two.

There were no amendments to be made to the constitution for this year.

Note that The display for Barrie`s Sesquicentennial will be set of at the lakefront on the 7th of next month. See events page for more details.

Tuesday, April 1, 2003

Scanner Use, part two. Art completed his presentation by scanning and manipulating images. With more time available he was able to complete his presentation with plenty of time to spare for questions, and Q amd E.

Note: we are now considering the formation of SIGs again. These are "special interest groups" which members can join which cover specific computer-related topics. So far members have suggested internet, graphics, and video editing as groups. More at the next meeting.

Pictures of meeting

Tuesday, March 4, 2003

First part of meeting about computer upgrades, was presented by United Computer Superstores of Barrie. The store's owner did a fine job of describing what to look for in making a computer purchase, very timely since the club is currently deciding on an upgrade to our aging system.

Scanner presentation by Art taylor went very well, with Art covering everything we would want to know about scanners, including scanner types and how to decide on adequate resolutions according to the task at hand.

Tuesday, February 4, 2003

Nada ..... We got snowed out!

Tuesday, January 7, 2003

Dave Jackson will start off the evening with a slide progrm called "Proshow" which is supposed to be better (and lots cheaper) than "Powerpoint".

Mike Clarke will have his computer available to demonstrate programs such as Adobe Premiere, Dreamweaver, AOL 7, Windows XP, Networking and more.

Also, since it was originally intended to discuss DSL, Cable and phone connections, we should have time for discussion of this important topic.