Meetings and Events

Upcoming
Meetings And Events

Tuesday, March 9, 2010
7:30 pm
Eastview High School - Room 172

Network Storage
Demonstration

David Jackson , BUG Vice-President

Many families now share their internet. David will show us an efficient way to also network our files so that they can be accessed. Network storage is the way businesses handle files. It is now available for the home. See how this technology works and how it could work for you.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010
7:30 pm
Eastview High School - Room 172

Your Questions
and
Answers

From time to time we like to give our members and visitors an opportunity to ask their technology questions. Our resident experts will be on hand to provide answers or point you to the answer. These questions can be on any topic that we would cover at BUG, including technology, computers, software, Internet, photography, audio and so on .........

Our members have told us that these sessions are very informative and often they pick up tips and information that is very useful, even though they hadn't thought of the question themselves.

In order to provide thorough responses, we encourage people to send their questions to Paul and David or email us at the BUG contact email (follow this link). The more notice we have on questions the better prepared we are!

Also, if you are unable to come to the meeting, we will be taping so send in your question and see the response on the BUG DVD.

BUG is about learning and this is your opportunity to focus that learning on your needs.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010
7:30 pm
Eastview High School - Room 172

TBA

Tuesday, May 4, 2010
7:30 pm
Eastview High School - Room 172

Aaron Weston

Tuesday, May 11, 2010
7:30 pm
Eastview High School - Room 172

TBA

Previous 2010
Meetings And Events

Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Eastview High School

Computer Tips and Good Practices

Paul Mather, BUG President

Paul will share with us some tips and good practices. Over the years, Paul has discovered many ideas to speed up his work on the computer. He will show us where and how to save our data so that it is accessible and safe. Paul will also entertain questions at the meeting but would appreciate them in advance, if possible.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Eastview High School

Capturing, Editing and Sending
Image, Video and Sound files

Paul Mather, BUG President
Mike Clarke, BUG Treasurer

We are often asked how to send these types of files to people without causing them grief. They can be large! Paul will show us various ways to capture, edit and send these files. Although the focus will be on picture files, Paul will demonstrate how to add audio to email messages. Many point and shoot cameras have audio capture but if yours does not, Paul will also cover how to use your computer to capture audio.

Mike will show us "Faststone". This program will capture images from the screen and provide you with tools to edit the image. We have demonstrated this program before, so Mike will show how he uses the program in his work, particularly with aerial photographs.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Wave - The E-Mail of the Future
Demonstration

Google has produce a "test" version of a new way to message with people. Shawn told us about this a few months ago and because we are curious, we gave it a try. Come and see how it works and why it is so different.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010
7:30 pm
Eastview High School

PhotoShop Elements
Let's Show Off Those Old Photos

We all have old photos. Paul will show us how to capture and edit them so that they can be proudly displayed. Your family history will be important to your children and it is often up to us to identify who many of the people are in the pictures we have.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

A Special Presentation:
Ethan Meleg
Professional Nature Photographer

Ethan Meleg, www.ethanmeleg.com a professional outdoor photographer form Ontario, sold his house, bought a camper van and began an epic one year photo road trip around the continent. See the photos and hear the stories from his travels, living the dream as a wanderlust photographer!

Ethan is well-known as a public speaker, offering a rare blend in his presentations: great photos plus entertaining dialogue! His shows are humorous, entertaining and inspirational. Ethan has presented hundreds of photo shows, often as the keynote speaker.

Ethan specializes in photos of outdoor recreation, natural landscapes, birds and wildlife.

What others are saying .....

"The Owen Sound Field Naturalists had the pleasure of listening to Ethan Meleg talk about his passion for nature photography. Many of his shots are spectacular landscapes or great images of birds, but he also takes remarkable photos of ordinary, everyday nature experiences and makes them transcendent... Ethan has a great sense of humour that comes out in his presentations. He’s an excellent speaker with excellent photography. I’ve never seen our audience clap so long or so hard."

Niagara Frontier Regional Camera Club Conference participants:
"Excellent photography presented with much humor. "
"Very knowledgeable nature information, excellent photography."
"Full of delightful energy & enthusiasm – neat personality – sure showed his love of the Bruce & the special photo ops there – appreciated his focus on protection of natural things."

"Whether you are a naturalist, photographer or just love great photos you cannot miss this opportunity. Ethan's talks have taught me so much as a photographer and observer of nature. He shares his enthusiasm and expertese so that it benefits everyone, from the "pro" to the casual photographer. It is a must see event of the year!" (Paul Mather)

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