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2008-2009Computer Club Minutes November 5, 2008 The first meeting of the new season was called to order by our President, Arvella, at 9:30 AM with 33 present. The Minutes of the March 19 meeting were approved as printed. Our Secretary, Barbara, read the Treasurer’s report which showed a balance in the treasury as of Oct. 31 to be $5,482.89 Our Committee Chairpersons are: BBQ: Shirley Steffan Open Time: Rosella Hadnagy (who is arriving late in Dec.) Country Store: Church Hillen Casino Bus: Cricket Olson Superbowl: If you can help on any of these committees, please contact that person or Arvella 2765. New Business: Pricing: It was suggested that we increase our Class prices which now cost only $2 per session. Discussion was held and the increase was from none, $1 to $5/class. Also discussed was raising the prices of the Ads from $1 to $2/week. Both of these increases will be brought up a little bit later when more members are in attendance. Classes: Christmas Letter Using Word and Christmas Letter Using Printmaster. Sign up this week and next. No dates have been set yet. Windows XP will start in January. This year a jump drive will be required for all classes for you to save your information on. Other Classes possible are Power Point, Windows Movie Maker and Vista. Please let us know if there are other classes you would like or if there is something you could teach which would be of interest to the Club. New ideas are very welcome!! Announcements: Open Night: Tues., Wed. & Thurs. 6:30-8:00 PM starting next week Dangles: $2.50 each Volunteer Housekeeper needed for weekly dusting & vacuuming of the Computer Room Great Websites: www.AJPL.org www.mesasos.com (for computer repairs) www.pendaflexlearningcenter.com The meeting adjourned at 9:45 after which Paul Schmeil gave a very interesting program on his Mission last year followed by Computer Tricks, and Genealogy websites. Respectfully submitted, Barbara Bissell, Sec.
November 19, 2008 Our November 19th Computer Club meeting was called to order at 9 AM by our President, Arvella, with 47 present. The Minutes of the previous meeting were approved as printed and the unofficial balance in the treasury was read to be $5,593.21. As reported at our last meeting, the following are the names of our Chairpersons: BBQ: Shirley Steffen Open Time: Rosella Hadnagy (arrival late Dec.) Country Store: Chuck Hillen Casino Bus & Superbowl: Cricket Olson New Business: It was voted to give $200 to the Activities Office toward the Christmas Angel Tree. Old Business: The price of the Ads was discussed. It was voted to increase the price to $2/week, $20 for 3 months and $35 for 6 months. Pictures will cost $5 for 1 and $15 for a picture bar. Classes: New Teachers are desperately needed. Some of our teachers have been doing it for 9 or 10 years and they would like to train others to replace them. They are getting tired! We, also, need some new teachers with new programs and new ideas. Upcoming Classes: Christmas Letter using Printmaster: Mon., Nov. 24 & Fri., Nov. 28 2-4 PM Jump Drive Instruction: Thurs. Nov. 20 2-4 Windows XP: Keith will teach in Dec. (No Dates scheduled yet) Arnie will start in Jan. when he gets here. Announcements: Dangles Available: $2.50 MP3 CD: $4.00 Jump Drives: 2.0 GB - $12.00 Maps: $4.00 Victorian CD: $10.00 We still need a volunteer Housekeeper to clean once a week. Also, a Market Day Runner is needed to bring orders up to the Computer Room from the Ballroom. The meeting adjourned at 9:47 AM after which Peggy Richardson spoke on Internet Housekeeping, Disk Cleanup, Error Checking and Defragmentation. During the meeting Passwords were mentioned. Roger Clark mentioned a password program he uses called “Whisper 32” which can be downloaded for free. Just put Whisper 32 in Google and you receive a number of ways to download for free. Call Roger at 2924 if you need help or e-mail him at xndak@comcast.net. The program is password protected and allows you to put a quantity of information for each password you wish to put into the program. Respectfully submitted, Barbara Bissell, Sec.
December 3, 2008 The Computer Club was called to order at 9:30 a.m. by our President, Arvella, with 52 present. The Minutes of the Nov. 19 meeting were approved as printed. The Treasurer reported a balance of $6,047.05 in the treasury as of Nov. 30. This included $184 for ink cartridges turned in. Old Business: We donated $200 to the Activities Office for the Christmas Angel Project. New Business: Arvella said that she went down to the store concerning our printer/scanner/copier machine which was not working properly. Since it was still under warrantee, she was able to upgrade the machine and it only cost $27. Well done Arvella!! Bar-B-Qs: Arvella said Jan will notify us if there are any openings for us to have a Bar-B-Q. At this writing we do not have a date for any. Classes: Elaine will post the Classes available on our Bulletin Board by the mailboxes. Right now we have scheduled: Digital Scrapbooking in Jan., Printmaster address merge, Calendar (this afternoon), Basic Computer Dec. 10, 11 & 12, Windows XP (now underway and another one schedule for Jan.)., Excel & Quicken in Jan. (if there is enough interested), Vista coming after Christmas, Jump Stick and Cards & Labels, also, in Jan. Watch the Bulletin Board for dates. Announcements: Country Store: Dec. 10. Contact Chuck Hillen if you can help 2874. Open Nights: Tues., Wed. & Thurs. 6:30-8:00 p.m. Dangles available - $2.50 See our table with “for sale” items Ron & June Becker have volunteered to be our housekeepers. THANK YOU!!!!! The meeting adjourned at 9:45 a.m. after which Karen Lowery gave an informative program about Digital Scrapbooking using Photo Shop Elements. She is going to have a 3 session class in this Jan. 6, 13 and 20. Afterwards she is hoping to form a group who would like to meet weekly to work on their scrapbooks together. Next week Keith will cover a variety of computer subjects and answer any questions you may have. Respectfully submitted, Barbara Bissell, Sec.
December 17, 2008 The Computer Club meeting was called to order by president, Arvella, with 43 members present. The minutes of the December 3rd meeting were approved as printed. The Treasurer reported a balance of $6,778.94. Committee: Casino Bus: Cricket Olson, 2179. We have a 50 passenger bus going to Payson on the 12th. We need at least 40 passengers in order to get the bus. Old Business: Peggy Richardson reported on a Vista Class she is trying to get together. The class will be in January or February depending on the number of members interested. Our computers do not have Vista so will need to use your laptops. New Business: Computer Warranties: Keith was contacted from Dell that our warranties will expire soon. A discussion was held on the cost and the need to extend the warranties. We can extend it from 1 up to 4 years. It is pretty costly to do this. Peggy reported she has only contacted Dell a couple times for help since we purchased them. It was decided to table this for the meeting in January. Instructor Pay: It was brought up that it may be a very good idea to pay our instructors a small amount for each session they teach. Hopefully this would encourage more members to come forth and teach classes. Also, it would be nice to show some appreciation for all the Instructors do. A discussion was held and decided to table this for the January meeting. Announcements: Dangles available @ 2.50 Club Tee Shirts may be available in January/February depending on the costs of the shirts. Classes: Many new classes including scrapbooking (Photoshop Elements with Scrappers Guide-2 available) Beginner Print Master XP, Excel, Jump Drive, Quicken (February), Word Processing (Works) See our “For Sale” table, plus Computer Tower, Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse $75.00. The meeting adjourned after which Keith Sjoholm gave an informative program on Internet Providers. Cricket Olson, Sec. Pro-tem
January 7, 2009 The first meeting of the Computer Club in 2009 was called to order by our President, Arvella, at 9:30 AM with 102 members present. The Secretary’s report was approved as printed. The Treasurer’s report was not available and will be ready at the next meeting. Old Business: Warranties: The Warranties for all our new computers are about up and it will be very expensive to renew the contract. Since the computers all seem to be running well and have not given us any problem, it was decided not to renew the Warranties. Paying Teachers: It was discussed about paying the Teachers for the time they put in. Many different suggestions were made. It was stated that no teacher had requested this but it was just a good gesture in appreciation for the time they donate to the Club. The motion was made and seconded to remit the dues of the Teachers (but not the helpers). It was so voted. New Business: Election of Officers: The Election of officers will be held on Feb. 4. The offices of President and Secretary are up for vote this year. If you are interested in either of these jobs please notify Arvella 2765 or Don Zimmermann, who is head of the Nominating Committee. Amending the By-Laws: According to our By-Laws “officers may be elected for two consecutive terms in the same position.” However, if no one is interested in filling an office which is being voted on, and the present officer is willing to continue, this is not allowed according to our present By-laws. It was moved that the word TWO be deleted. This change was held over to be voted at our next meeting. MAC User’s Group: Arvella has been contacted by about 10 residents who have MAC computers interested in forming a group to help one another. Arvella asked the group for permission to get together once a week in the computer room for this purpose. It was stated that as long as everyone is a member and there is a Monitor present, they should be able to do this. Arvella will contact everyone to see if Monday nights is available to everyone. Classes: Elaine went over the Classes available now. Times and Dates are posted on the Bulletin Board by the mailboxes. The Classes include Word Processing, Beginner Printmaster, Windows XP, Quicken, Excel, Camera Download, Scrapbooking, Jump Stick, Power Point, E-Bay – Selling/Buying, and Vista. Teachers are needed for Basic Computer and Filing/Folders/Saving. Contact Elaine 2695 if you could teach one of these. Blackberry or Cell Phone was suggested as a future class if a teacher is found. Announcements: Casino Bus to Payson Jan. 12:. So far only 20 have signed up. 40 are needed or the bus will be cancelled. Superbowl Feb. 1: Cricket passed out sign-up sheets for helpers and pies. The price will be the same this year - $5 which includes Sandwich, chips, drink, pickle and dessert served at half-time. Everyone welcome to bring their own nibbles. Country Store: This is next Wed., Jan. 14.. BBQ: We have been asked to do a BBQ on Feb. 25th. More information later. Monitors are needed: Since we open the Computer Room 3 nights a week, Monitors are needed. Please contact Arvella if you can help. Items for Sale: Dangles available - $2.50 Old Computer for sale - $75. Includes monitor& keyboard. Good for DSL or Wireless but needs modem for dialup. Misc. items such as laminated maps of Phoenix area, greeting card stock, jump drives, etc. Check out table. The meeting adjourned at 10:15 AM after which Peggy Richardson and Ted Linderman gave a mini class on Vista and spoke on the upcoming Vista classes. Ted said a real good book on Vista is “Easy Microsoft Windows Vista by Shelley O’Hara. If you can’t find it in a book store, check out the e-mail site http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx. Future Meetings: Jan 14 – 4 Pair Networks-DSL Jan. 21 – E-Bay (Buying & Selling) Feb. 4 – Elections Feb. 18 – SOS (Computer Service & Repair Center) Respectfully submitted, Barbara J. Bissell
January 21, 2009 The Computer Club was called to order at 9:30 AM by our President, Arvella, with 91 members present. The Secretary’s Report of Jan.7 was approved as printed. The Treasurer reported a balance of $8,685.16 in the Treasury. OLD BUSINESS: There were two By-Laws changes voted on. Article V: Officers – Officers may be elected for two consecutive terms in the same position to read: Officers may be elected for consecutive terms in the same position. The word two was removed. Article VI: Duties of Officers: - Treasurer: All expenditures over $!50.00 for NEW ITEMS will require the approval of the general membership to read: All expenditures over $300.00 for NEW ITEMS will require the approval of the general membership. The amount was raised so supplies for the Computer Club may be made such as paper, ink, etc. in a larger quantity. Both of these By-Laws changes were approved after discussion. NEW BUSINESS: 1, It was voted to purchase a Wireless Mike for the overhead speakers in the amount of $229.00 with no shipping Fee. 2. Donations: Library: Ardis Golay said the Library is looking into purchasing a rotating file table. Since no one was exactly sure what they want, it was suggested that this motion be tabled until more information was available. Hand Bells: LeAnn Linderman spoke on the Hand Bells. They would like another octave, however, the ones they have are in need of repair. The Choir is looking into either adding to the ones they have or raising money to replace them all. The motion was made and approved to donate $300.00 to the Hand Bell Choir to start their fund raising. 3. Upgrading the telephone and wiring in the Computer Room. Peggy Richardson spoke on the condition of the wiring in the Computer Room. She, also, spoke on surge protection and Computer telephone service such as Skype or Magic Jack. She will research these and report at a future meeting. CLASSES: Elaine Olson spoke on the ongoing classes. She once again told the members that all classes should be paid for before they start so bring money to the meetings to pay for the classes. Also, you MUST be a Club Member to take a class. The classes include Vista (lap top room only), Word Processing (change in date), Files & Folders, Buying & Selling on E-Bay, Beginner Computer, Quicken, Jump Drive, and Advanced Printmaster. Coming up in Feb. Making Greeting Cards. Check Computer Board across from Post Office Boxes for times and dates. ANNOUNCEMENTS; 1. SuperBowl: Feb. 1. Call Cricket Olson if you can help. 2179 2. BBQ: Feb. 25. Shirley Steffen will be asking for help at the next meeting. 3. Elections of Officers: Feb. 4. The positions of President and Secretary are up for election. If you would like to fill one of these, please contact Arvella 2765. 4. MAC User’s Group: The group has met twice with 8 or 9 attending. They are meeting on Monday nights in the Computer Room. You must be a Computer Club member to join. 5. Football Pool: Chuck Hillen informed the group that the Football Pool board will be available at the Wed. BBQ’s. Chances are $2, 3 and 5. The meeting adjourned at 10:00 AM after which Bob Golay spoke on Buying on E-Bay. He will be back next Wed. to speak on Selling on E-Bay. Bob is, also, having more in depth classes on each. Upcoming Speakers: Jan. 28 – Selling on E-Bay Feb. 4 - Election of Officers Feb. 18 – SOS (Serving Online Seniors) Feb. 25 – BBQ – NO MEETING Respectfully submitted, Barbara Bissell, Secretary
February 4, 2009 T he meeting was called to order by our President, Arvella, at 9:30 AM with 72 members present. The minutes of the Jan. 21 meeting were approved as printed. The Treasurer, Pat Galyardt, gave a complete treasurer’s report of income and expenses. At present we have a total of $8,721.83 in the treasury. This did not include the Superbowl money.OLD BUSINESS :T hank You: The Computer Club received a nice Thank You from the Hand Bells for our donation. They are going to use the money to purchase a set of Chimes and continue to raise money for an additional octave for their set of bells.Wireless Mike: Dale Mortensen has been looking into this for us and we should have the new mike by our next meeting. NEW BUSINESS :Someone is needed to do the Audit and take the Inventory. If you are interested in helping in either of these, please contact Arvella 2765 or Judy 2625. CLASSES: COMMITTEE REPORTS :1. Superbowl: Cricket reported on the Superbowl. She said 89 attended and everyone had a good time. There is a question about the legality of showing the game on the big screen. This will be looked into before next year. 2. BBQ: Shirley Steffen 2819 reported on the BBQ which is being done by the Computer Club on Wed., Feb. 25. This year we will not have salad. She is looking for people to help set up and clean up. Please call her if you can help. 3. Election:Don Zimmermann and Ted Linderman were on the Election Comm. Don said that the offices of President and Secretary were up for election. He asked for hands if anyone was interested in either position. With NO show of hands he said Judy Armstrong had volunteered for the office of President. He then presented the slate as Judy Armstrong as President and Barbara Bissell as Secretary. This slate was unanimously elected for a term of two years. The meeting was adjourned at 10 AM. Paul Schmeil gave a program on the Introduction to PowerPoint which included what Microsoft PowerPoint was and how to use it. Upcoming Meetings: Feb. 11 – Right Click, Feb. 18 – SOS, Feb. 25 BBQ – NO MEETING Respectfully submitted, Barbara Bissell , Sec.
February 18, 2009 The meeting was called to order at 9:30 AM by our new President Judy Armstrong with 68 members present. The Secretary’s minutes of the Feb. 4 meeting were approved as printed. There was no Treasurer’s report. OLD BUSINESS: Wireless Mike: Arnie reported that Dale Mortensen has the new mike and has been working on it but wasn’t completely satisfied with the way it sounded so he is going to work on it further. It should be up and running by our next meeting. Teacher’s Compensation: After voting on Jan. 7 to compensate the Teachers by remitting their dues, it has been discovered that this is against our By-laws. After discussion it was decided not to go against our By-laws so the previous vote is null and void. Audit: Two people are needed to do the Audit. Please contact Judy 2625 if you can help do this. CLASSES: Elaine said that the following classes are in progress or coming up: Introduction to Word Processing, Printmaster CD Covers, Organizing File/Folders, Advanced Printmaster, Camera Downloading (this will be a one 3 hour class), Photo Show, Using Jump Drive, Vista, Right Click (if there is enough interest) and Greeting Card Factory 7 (if there is enough interest.. You could take this class and see if you would like to purchase the program on your own since the Club cannot get any more, however, some stores are offering it for $49.99 with a $20 rebate. This is still a very good deal for this program.) The dates and times for these classes are listed on the Computer Club bulletin board and can, also, we found on the GV Web site. COMMITTEE REPORTS: Super Bowl: Cricket reported on the Super Bowl and said a profit of $422.36 was made. We shall have to check into the legality of having this next year. BBQ: Shirley said things are pretty well organized for the BBQ next Wed. The Servers should be there by 10:15 AM, the pies & cakes uncut by 10:00 AM, those setting up the tables at 7:30 AM and those taking down the tables by 12:30 PM. More men are needed to help breakdown. Country Store: Chuck Hillen thanked those who helped last week. They had over $120 worth of sales for Cards and Labels. He would like to do it next Wed. at the Artesian Show which is from 6-8 PM. Helpers are needed. ANNOUNCEMENTS: There is NO MEETING next Wednesday, Feb. 25 because of the BBQ. On Monday, March 9th, the Computer Club is hosting EVACC at 6:30 PM. It would be nice to have as many members as possible attend this meeting to show your support for our Club. Judy thanked Dale Mortensen for working on the Wireless Mike. Arvella was brought up front and given a big round of applause for the 5 years she has given the Club as our President. The meeting adjourned at 10:00 AM after which Pat from SOS (Serving Online Seniors) http://mesasos.com spoke. He stressed that everyone should keep a copy of exactly what is in your computer. This can be done by going to http://www.belarc.com and getting the “free download”. Run and install this on your computer. That way if you should ever have work done on your computer you have an exact copy of all the parts in your computer with their serial numbers. UPCOMING MEETINGS:: Feb. 25 – No Meeting – BBQ by the Computer Club. Artesian Show 6-8 PM. March 4 – Wells Fargo – On Line Banking March 11 – Skype March 25 – End of Season Party Respectfully submitted, Barbara Bissell, Secretary
March 4, 2009
The Computer Club Meeting was called to order at 9:30 AM by Arvella Taratuta in the absence of our President, Judy Armstrong. She told everyone that Judy had been operated on Monday for a torn retina in her eye; however, she is home and doing well but has to keep her head down. Elaine Olson, our Class Coordinator, was taken to the hospital over a week ago because of pain in her back. She has been moved to a Rehabilitation Center and undergoing therapy. Pat Galyardt, our Treasurer, went home last week because her Mother passed away. Bob Burgi, our Past Treasurer, has been having many health problems. Cards were passed for everyone to sign. The minutes of Feb. 18 were approved as printed. Since we didn’t have a Treasurer’s report, Arvella said the Club has $9,913.35 in the Bank and approximately $200.00 cash.
Committee Reports:
BBQ – Shirley Steffen said she would like to give a Big Hug to everyone for their help with the BBQ. With so many helpers having to cancel out, others came forward and she gave a big “Thank You” to everyone. Approximately $1,094.67 was realized from the BBQ. It was suggested that the Computer Club think of doing more BBQs, if possible, instead of the SuperBowl.Country Store – Chuck Hillen said that next Wed., March 11, will be the last Country Store for the season. Order your labels and Business Cards then. Last month the Club earned $53.00 with the orders.Mac Group – The Macintosh Group meets every Monday night. They have taken in 2 new members. Bill Hoffmann, who heads the group, is taking pictures for the Computer Club and will present a slide show at our last meeting on March 25.
Unfinished Business : We are still looking for 2 people to help with the Audit.
Announcements:
Volunteers Party – The Party scheduled for March 12th has been cancelled since so many of our officers are unavailable.EVACC – The Computer Club is hosting this meeting next Mon., March 9 at 6:30 PM. It would be nice to have a good showing of our members at this meeting.Classes - The following Classes are scheduled for March: Jump Stick, Organizing Files and Folders, Photo Show, Introduction to Vista, Camera Download and Ready Made Greeting Cards. Check the Board by the mailboxes or GV Web site for times and dates.Upcoming Meetings :March 11 – Skype - Arnie March 18 – Word Processing – Keith March 25 – A social time with refreshments &
Slide Show. The meeting adjourned at 9:50 AM after which Blake from Wells Fargo spoke about On-Line Banking. One questioned asked was about Bill Pay. This is not available at this time for Canadians. Hopefully it will be available next year as some competitors offer it. Respectfully submitted, Barbara Bissell, Sec.
March 18, 2009 The Treasurer, Pat Galyardt, reported that we had $10,726.51 in the treasury as of March 15; however, she still had a couple more deposits to make. OLD BUSINESS: NEW BUSINESS: As yet this has not been approved by our Board but is on the Agenda for next Tuesday. After much discussion it was moved, seconded and voted to donate $500 toward the sound system and $500 toward the kitchen. More can be given in the fall if these projects are approved and done. CLASSES:
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Meeting adjourned at 9:45 AM after which Keith gave a nice presentation on Word Processing and Forwarding E-Mail. Respectfully submitted, Barbara Bissell, Secretary
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