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Computer Club Minutes
2005-2006
November 2, 2005
President Arvella called
the first meeting of the new season of 2005-2006 to
order at the new time of 9:30 o’clock. Many of the 52
members present were new this year. The minutes of the
last meeting were approved as published. The Treasurer,
Margaret Wallace, reported the income and expenses
stating the balance on hand to be $2,039.87. She
mentioned that much of the income was made by want ads
this summer and empty ink cartridges placed in the box
across from the Mailboxes. Please continue to save and
turn in your empty ink cartridges (each one in a
separate plastic bag).
There was no Old Business or Committee
Reports.
Arvella stated that the Computer Club
subscribes to two magazines, which are placed in the
Library for everyone’s use These subscriptions will soon
be ending. It was voted to continue taking these two
magazines.
Announcements
The Country Store is next Wed, Nov. 9
at 10:30 AM. Help is needed setting up and taking orders
for Cards and Labels. Since the Country Store is going
to be every Second Wed. of the month and starts during
our meetings, help will also be needed to man the table
until the meetings are over.
There will be NO meeting Nov. 23 (the
day before Thanksgiving).
The Computer Room is now open for
everyone’s use Tue. & Thurs. 6:30 to 8 PM. Monitors are
needed so the hours can be extended. The Rules for use
of the Computer Room are posted on our Bulletin Board
across from the Mailboxes and also on the door of the
Computer Room. There is no charge for members; however,
visitors must pay a $1 fee each time they use the room.
There will be a slight charge for printing.
A volunteer is needed to vacuum and
dust the Computer Room each week. Please help if you
have some free time to do this.
Classes
Windows XP taught by Arnie Dickinson
starts next Mon., Nov. 7. The classes will be 10-12. At
this time there are only a couple of opens for this
class left.
Since Elaine Olson, our Class
Coordinator, hasn’t arrived yet, no other classes are
scheduled at this time. As soon as they are, the list
will be posted on the Bulletin Board across from the
mailboxes. We would like to have your suggestions for
new classes, which would interest you, or speakers you
would like to hear for our Mini Classes on the alternate
Wednesdays.
The Meeting was adjourned after which
Bob Wagenvoort discussed the program Skype which can be
used to telephone family and friends in the US and
Canada through the computer. He will give a mini class
next week on this.
Arnie showed us a couple of his new
“toys” – a 40 Gig external hard drive which he bought
through “xpcgear.com” and his PDA Garmin 3600 direction
finder, which includes GPS technology, was bought
through “getfeetwet.com.” Both are very useful and the
external hard drive can hold all the information and
pictures on your computer so you can bring this back and
forth to home each summer or use it on someone else’s
computer if yours isn’t available.
We will have a Question and Answer
Period, also, next week so bring in those questions,
which are giving you a problem, and we will try to find
an answer for you.
Respectfully submitted, Barbara
Bissell, Sec.
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November 16, 2005
The meeting was called to order at 9:30
AM by President Arvella with 40 members
present. The Minutes of the Nov. 2
meeting was approved as printed. The
Treasurer reported the balance in the
treasury to be $3,083.37.
Committee Reports: - The only report
was by Shirley Steffen who is in charge
of the Super Bowl Party in January. She
is looking for help and ideas. It has
been discussed to have a small donation
for tickets, which can be applied to
food charges. Also, the menu is going to
be different. More information will be
forth coming in the future.
There was no Old Business.
Under New Business, - our Vice
President, Bob Wagenvoort, has asked to
be replaced since he is finding it too
hard to work and put in the necessary
time to the Computer Club, which he
would like to. We will miss Bob,
however, Bob Hudson has agreed to fill
the position. This will be voted on at
the next meeting.
Announcements: - The President
announced that a 40 Gig external hard
drive is going to be purchased for the
Computer Club which will make it more
secure for all the label and business
card orders to be backed up. It was,
also, discussed that our computers do
not have USB ports in the front and the
ones in back are hard to reach. It was
voted to purchase USB hubs for all the
computers. Arvella said that the
shredder does not work and she is going
to look into purchasing a new one.
Classes currently scheduled: - The 2 nd
XP Class will start Jan. 9 for 4 weeks.
It will be held on Mon. & Thurs. This
class is already full. Since so many are
waiting to take the XP Class, Bob Hudson
was asked to consider having another
class in Jan.
Don Zimmermann will start Quicken
Wed., Jan 18 (3 sessions) 2 to 4:30. He
will, also start Excel on Wed., Feb. 8.
Elaine, our Class Coordinator, is on her
way here and hopefully will arrive this
weekend. She will probably be scheduling
Printmaster and we are looking into
having a Greeting Card Class and
possibly one on Genealogy.
If there is something you would like
to have classes in, please let us know
and we will look into it.
The meeting adjourned at 10 AM after
which Arnie gave a mini class on Right
Click.
There will be NO MEETING November 23.
On November 30, Bob Letson of Kiva
Networks will speak to us after which
there will be a short demonstration of
the Create a Card program by American
Greetings to see if there is enough
interest in the Park to have classes in
this.
Respectfully submitted, Barbara
Bissell, Sec.
December 7, 2005
President Arvella called
the meeting to order at
9:30 AM with 47 members
present. The Minutes of
November 16 were
approved as printed. The
Treasurer reported the
balance in the treasury
to be $2,448.63.
Margaret thanked
everyone for saving
their ink cartridges and
placing them in the box
across from the
mailboxes or in the
Computer Room.
This was No Old Business
or New Business.
CLASSES
Elaine Olson reported on
the upcoming Classes
starting in January. She
had Sign-up sheets
available for those
present after the
meeting. Most will be
starting in January:
Basic Computer (Jan. 10
– 2 hours Free for
anyone in the Park),
Picture It, Photo Show,
Digital Camera, XP,
American Greeting Creata
Card, Excel, Quicken,
Word, Beginner
Printmaster, Advanced
Printmaster, E-Mail
later this year and
Recipe Cards (which is
being looked into as a
class). If you can
suggest others or would
like to lead a class or
help, please contact
Arvella or Elaine. The
List of Classes and
times will be posted on
the Bulletin Board
across from the
mailboxes.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Arvella noted that the
Computer Room is open
Tuesday and Thursday
from 6:30-8 PM.
Monitors are needed. We
are, also, looking for
someone willing to dust
and vacuum the Computer
Room once a week. The
Country store is next
week.
The meeting adjourned at
9:50 AM after which
Elaine Olson gave a very
informative
demonstration of Mail
Merging. Several stayed
after the meeting for a
more complete lesson on
Merging their address
book to labels,
envelopes and letters.
On Dec. 14 Bob Hudson
will speak on
Transferring your camera
cards (downloading
pictures) and Photo
Maintenance.
There will be NO
MEETINGS Dec. 21 and 26.
The NEXT MEETING will be
Jan. 4, 2006
Respectfully submitted,
Barbara Bissell, Sec.
January 4, 2006
Meeting called to order
at 9:00AM by President,
Arvella Taratuta with 89
members present. Minutes
approved as published.
Margaret Wallace,
treasurer read the
income and expenses and
stated that the total in
the treasury at this
time was $2740.78.
Margaret also informed
the membership that
"dangles" were now
available for their
badges. The cost is
$2.50 each.
Shirley Steffen was not
available at this
particular meeting so
Arvella stated that
Shirley and her
committee will need LOTS
of help for the Super
Bowl party on February
5, 2006.
Bob Wagenvoort stated
that we need 3 new
towers. They are 2-6
years old and NOT up to
par. We can purchase 3
from Landmark Computers
for around $550.00 each.
We will donate one of
the "old" computers to
the activity office.
Alex Shields made the
motion to purchase the 3
new computers from
Landmark. Cricket Olson
seconded. motion
carried. Bob also asked
to purchase the
equipment so that the
screen that hangs in the
Computer room can be
mounted in the rooms
where we hold our
regular meetings.
In February, per the
club by laws, we have to
have elections to choose
a new vice president and
a new treasurer. Don
Zimmerman has been asked
by e mail to be the head
of this committee.
We also have asked Ed
Borner to conduct the
yearly audit of the club
books.
Wednesday, January 11,
is the park country
store. We will need
help with the taking of
the orders, printing and
delivery of the orders.
If interested, see
Arvella after the
meeting.
Please continue to save
your empty ink
cartridges. The club
takes them to Ink Savers
at the flea market and
it has been quite a fund
raiser for the treasury.
The computer room is
open on Tuesday and
Thursday evenings from
6:30 to 8:00PM. The
board members have been
taking the
responsibility of
monitoring the room.
They could use some new
volunteers to help. You
don't have to have any
knowledge of the
computers. Your duties
are primarily opening up
the room, and taking
money from non members.
There is a box by the
front door for any
questions you might have
about the club or your
computer. Just leave a
question in the box and
we will try to have
someone answer your
question during the
meeting.
Elaine asked if anyone
would like to teach
classes or participate
in one, please call her
at 2695.
Following is a partial
list of the classes that
have been scheduled so
far. We have interest
for many more classes
but need instructors and
helpers in order to
schedule them. If you
have knowledge in any
particular area, please
give us a hand.
January 10 Beginner
Class Elaine Olson, Bob
Burgi
Jan 13, 17, 20 Beginner
Printmaster Elaine Olson
Feb 6, Windows XP Bob
Hudson
Feb 8, 15, 22 Excel Don
Zimmerman
Jan 18,25, Feb 1 Quicken
Don Zimmerman
Jan 24, 27, Creata Card
Barbara Bissell
Jan 24, 26 Beginning,
Next Step Keith Sjoholm
Jan 11, 13, 20 Camera
Class Mick Buchanan
Jan 27, 31, Feb 3 Photo
Show Elaine Olson
Feb 6, 9 Picture It Paul
Schmeil
There was a question and
answer period and then
the meeting was
adjourned to have a
presentation on recipes.
January
18, 2006
The
meeting
was
called
to order
at 9:30
AM by
President,
Arvella
Taratuta,
with 74
members
present.
A new
head
microphone
was used
to see
if every
one
could
hear
better
and if
it is
worth
purchasing.
The
minutes
of the
Jan. 3
meeting
were
read by
the
Secretary,
Barbara
Bissell,
and
approved.
It was
mentioned
that for
those
who do
not have
an
e-mail
address,
the
minutes
can be
found on
the
Golden
Vista
Web site
and they
are,
also,
printed
and
placed
on the
Computer
Room
bulletin
board
across
from the
mailboxes.
Those
who do
have an
e-mail
address
andhave
not been
receiving
the
minutes
were
asked to
check
their
e-mail
address
on the
check-in
list to
make
sure it
is
correct.
The
Treasurer,
Margaret
Wallace,
reported
on the
income
and
expenditures
and
noted
that the
balance
in the
Treasury
as of
today to
be
$2,618.20.
Committee
Reports:
Super
Bowl
Sunday:
Shirley
Steffan
reported
on the
Super
Bowl
Party.
Tickets
will be
$2 in
advance
or $3 at
the
door.
Each
person
upon
entering
will
receive
four
50-cent
coupons
for a $2
ticket,
which
can be
redeemed
for food
during
the
game,
and for
those
paying
$3, six
50-cent
coupons
will be
given.
Of
course,
more
food
coupons
can be
purchased
throughout
the
game.
The food
available
to
purchase
will be
pizza,
baked
potatoes
with
toppings,
nacho
and
chips,
popcorn,
pies
with ice
cream,
coffee
and
pop. A
football
pool
game
board
will be
available
to make
chances
on, as
well as,
a 50/50
drawing.
The game
will be
shown on
the big
screen
in the
Ball
Room by
the same
system
as used
last
year.
There
will a
limit of
350
Tickets
sold.
This is
a big
undertaking
by the
Computer
Club and
Shirley
needs
lots of
help at
the
game,
setting
up,
serving
food,
making
pies and
cleaning
up. If
you can
help,
please
contact
her at
2819.
Nominations:
Ted
Linderman
gave the
report
of the
Nominating
Committee.
He said
that Bob
Hudson
has
agreed
to have
his name
placed
in
nomination
for the
office
of Vice
President
and
Margaret
Wallace
has
agreed
to have
her name
placed
in
nomination
for the
office
of
Treasurer.
He asked
if there
were any
other
nominations
and none
were
made.
Classes:
Elaine
Olson
gave a
report
on the
classes
which
are
available
and
those
coming
up. A
list of
them,
the
times,
dates
and
teachers
are
available
on the
Golden
Vista
web page
and,
also, on
the
Computer
Club
bulletin
board
across
from the
mailboxes.
Don
Z. gave
a short
demonstration
on
Quicken.
He will
be
having a
class in
this
soon.
There
was no
Unfinished
Business.
Under
New
Business
it was
noted
that a
new
printer
is being
looked
into
since
the one
in use
is very
hard on
ink.
Announcements:
The
Board
has
approved
a $50
donation
to the
Memorial
Committee
in
memory
of John
Krygsheld,
who is
the
husband
of Mae
Krygsheld
for her
service
to the
club.
Three
new
computer
towers
are in
and Bob
W. is in
the
process
of
installing
them. A
new
paper
shredder
and
paper
cutter,
to
replace
the old
ones
which no
longer
work,
have
been
purchased.
The
meeting
adjourned
at 10:05
after
which
there
was a
presentation
on
Outlook
Express/E-mail
program
by Bob
Hudson.
For
those
interested
in
getting
this
program
it can
be
obtained
at:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/enthusiast/videos/email.mspx.
Next
week,
January
25,
Larry of
Landmark
Computers
will be
here to
speak to
us and
answer
questions.
Respectfully
submitted,
Barbara
Bissell,
Sec.
February 1, 2006
The President, Arvella Taratuta at 9:00 AM with 85 members present, called the meeting to order. The Minutes of the January 18 meeting were approved as printed. The Treasurer, Margaret Wallace, reported the balance in the Treasury to be $3,062.09.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Super Bowl Party: Shirley Steffan reported that as of this morning only 74 tickets had been bought. A discussion was held as to whether the Super Bowl Party should be cancelled or not. Many suggestions were made and the final decision was to have it as planned. Tickets will be made available this noon at the barbeque and it was suggested that all members present buy a ticket at $2 to help make this project a success. Helpers are still needed and Shirley had sign-up sheets there for this purpose. Call her at 2819 if you can help. Please support the Computer Club by purchasing a ticket even if you can’t attend.
Elections
Elections for the position of Vice President and Treasurer were then held. Maxine Anderson was elected Vice President and Bob Hudson was elected Treasurer. A hearty “Thank You” was given to Margaret for her many, many years of faithful service to the Club. She will be missed by all.
OLD BUSINESS
Arvella told everyone that a new printer, copier, scanner was purchased to replace the old one, which was not quite serving the needs of the Computer Club. She said that Office Max not only gave her a full refund for the old one but also gave her the sale price. It was voted to purchase this new machine. It was, also, reported that 4 new chairs had been purchased because the classes are getting so big, since many are bringing their our lap-top computers to use during the classes, that more chairs were needed. It was voted to purchase the chairs. Office Max gave Arvella half price on the chairs since we had purchased the others from them.
Helpers are needed for some of the on going classes. If you have taken a class and are willing to share some time with others, please volunteer to be a helper. You learn even more by helping.
The Secretary mentioned that several had joined last meeting and not listed their e-mail address. Please check the Rooster when you arrive to see if all the information listed is correct.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. The Country Store is next Wed., Feb. 8 in the Ballroom.
2. Order your Cards & Labels.
3. Please continue to save your used ink cartridges. Place them in the box across from the mailboxes or bring them to the meeting. Thank you for saving them for the Club.
4. A Thank You was give to those who are Monitoring on Tuesday & Thursday evenings. If you are available to take another night, please contact Bob Burgi. We have openings in Feb. & March.
CLASSES:
Sign up for classes after the meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:00 AM
Arnie Dickinson gave a very interesting talk and Demo on Google Earth after the meeting. This program is available free on the Internet. “Google Earth.com”
A Question and Answer period followed.
Next week Keith will present Handling Pictures in XP and Picture-It.
February 15, 2006
The Meeting was called to order at 9:30 AM by President Arvella with 69 present. The Minutes of Feb. 1 were approved as printed. The Treasurer, Bob Hudson, reported the balance in the treasury to be $3,726.67
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Super Bowl:
Shirley gave her report on the Super Bowl. She thanked her Committee for a job well done. There was a profit of $354.26 made. There were 141 tickets sold. If we are to do this again next year, a new Chairperson is needed. Shirley will help but thinks that someone new with other ideas would be better. If the Computer Club does not want to take this on as a project next year, the GV Activity Room will. A big Thank You was given to Shirley for chairing this for the past two years.
Audit Report: Bob Hudson read the Audit Report. The Committee consisted of Bob Hudson, Bob Burgi, Cricket Olson and Pat Galyardt. They found the treasurer’s books to be in good order and balanced. The Committee recommended a few changes in the bookkeeping area. These changes would include:
Having forms printed for membership, purchase requisitions and disbursements.
Creating a purchasing agent position on the board who will then be in charge of all purchases and inventory. Purchase agent must have approval from membership for purchases over $100.00.
Opening our own bank account and obtaining a credit card. By opening our own banking account we can do online banking with Quicken and downloading all our transactions.
Instructor/Assistant to enroll members into classes and receive money for enrollment at that time.
At time of enrollment members will pay for full class and any other fees for that class. NO REFUNDS for missed classes.
Membership chairperson to enroll members, keep roster of members and collect money for membership only.
These recommendations will be taken under consideration and discussed at our next meeting.
OLD BUSINESS: None
NEW BUSINESS:
Someone is needed to help with the Inventory list. Arvella is looking for suggestions for the Wed. mini classes. If you have a suggestion please contact someone on the board. A Thank You card was read from Mae Krygsheld for all the kindnesses shown her in the sudden death of her husband.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Please continue to save your used ink cartridges.
We have openings and need Tuesday & Thursday Monitors in March. If you can take another night please contact Bob Burgi.
Arnie Dickinson is looking for someone interested in learning and working with the Web site. Call Arnie at 2188 or Bob Burgi 2029
CLASSES:
Next Step – Instructor Tom Hill – Tues., March 7 and Thurs., March 9 2-4 PM
Recipes - Instructor Mae Krygsheld -. Fri., March 3 9-11 AM
Please contact Elaine 2695 or Arvella 2485 if you would like to sign up for either of these classes. In the case of the Recipe class, please call if you still want to be included in this class. Several signed up for the earlier class which was cancelled and we don’t know if you are still interested in taking this new one.
The meeting adjourned at 9:50 after which Arnie Dickinson gave a very informative lesson in the use and difference of Card Readers, Memory Sticks and Portable Hard Drives.
Other Informative Sites: Betty Bueing mentioned one, which informs you about houses (size, number of rooms, taxes, etc.) the site is: www.zillow.com
Bob Wagonvoort suggests that anyone using Outlook Express might be interested in a Newsletter: Little-known secrets of Outlook and online classes. The site is: CNEThelp.ComOnlineCourses. Enroll before Feb. 17 . The site tells you how to Manage & Save Your Outlook E-mail.
Barbara Bissell, Sec.
| March 1, 2006
At 9:30 AM President Arvella called the meeting to order with 57 present. The minutes of Feb. 15 were approved as printed. The Treasurer, Bob Hudson, sent a report that the balance in the Treasury was $3,892.98. He, also, sent in his resignation as Treasurer effective immediately. It was voted to have Bob Burgi act as Treasurer until the end of the season.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
It was voted at the Board Meeting to continue having the Super Bowl. Rosella Hadnagy has agreed to be the new Monitor Chairman. A Housekeeper is needed. Due to health reasons Sharon Crook (who has been doing a fantastic job) can no longer do this. Chuck Hillen has agreed to be Country Store Chairman. It was mentioned that the Park is having a Going Away Party for Betty & Dale Sparks on Sat., March 4 at 3 PM.
NEW BUSINESS
An Amendment to Article VI: Duties of Officers of the By-Laws was read. This will be voted on at the next meeting.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Volunteers are needed for Monitors March 14, 21, 23 & 28.
The Country Store is next Wed., March 8.
Housekeeper Needed
CLASSES
Elaine mentioned the classes still going on – Beginner Printmaster Brush-up, Calendar in Printmaster, Photo Show (which is full), Beginner Next Step and a new class on Digital Camera by Bob W. Mon., March 20 at 9 AM, Wed., March 22 at 1 PM and Fri., March 24 at 9 AM. Sign up after the Meeting or call Elaine or Arvella.
The meeting Adjourned after which Paul Schmeil gave a lesson on PDF Files.
Upcoming Wednesday Programs:
March 8 – Streets & Maps – Don Zimmerman
March 15 – Virus Programs –Bob Wagenvoort
March 22 – Powerpoint Demo – Elly Forbeck
March 29 – Genealogy – Margo Scott
March 15, 2006
President, Arvella with 51 members present, called the meeting to order at 9:30 AM
The Minutes of March l were approved as printed. The Treasurer, Bob Burgi,
gave his report and stated that the balance in the Treasury to be $4,430.60.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
The Amendment to the Constitution as read at the last meeting to obtain a Bank Account for the Computer Club instead of having our money go through the Activities Account of the Park was thoroughly discussed. The Motion for the Amendment was then voted and unanimously defeated. We will continue as before.
NEW BUSINESS:
The Remodeling of the Computer Room was explained. The Park is
going to paint the walls and replace the rug. New Window Blinds and Cabinets were discussed. It was voted to have the Club pay for the purchase and installation of the
new Window Blinds (per approval of the Park) around $1400.00 and Arvella was given permission to look into the price of new cabinets. All work will coincide with the remodeling of the room. The new lights installed this week in the ceiling as you enter were mentioned.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The End of Season Volunteer Party is next Tuesday, March 21 at 4:00 PM. Anyone who has helped in any way – teaching, helping teachers, monitoring, Super Bowl Party helpers, Wed. Country Store, cleaning, etc. are welcome. Please contact Barbara Bissell at 2131 or barbarabissell@juno.com if you plan to attend so we can get an accurate count.
Arvella and Bob Wagenvoort will take the Inventory this year.
It was asked that during the presentations after the meetings, try NOT to talk so as not to disrupt the presentation.
CLASSES: Elaine said that there are still some classes going on which have openings.
Digital Camera, PhotoShow and Brush-up on Printmaster. Contact Elaine 2695 if you are interested in taking any of these classes. There is going to be some changes in how next year’s classes are signed up and paid for. It is hoped that these changes will make it easier for those interested in the classes and for the teachers.
The Meeting adjourned at 10:10 AM
Elaine Olson gave a short presentation on PhotoShow and Bob Wagenvoort gave a Program on Anti Virus & Spyware
Upcoming Wednesday Programs:
March 22 – Genealogy – Margo Scott
March 29 - Slide Show of Season Highlights & Panel of Dummies?????
Respectfully submitted,
Barbara Bissell, Sec.
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