PC Community Main Meeting
7:30 - 10 pm December 5, 2014
Calvary Baptist Church 28924 Ruus Road, Hayward California
The meeting was called to order at 7:34 pm by Treasurer George Kornbluth. In the absence of President Chuck, George Kornbluth took charge of the meeting.
See Lola Hunter at the ticket table for raffle tickets, door prize tickets, and 3" x 5" cards to write questions for discussion/answers at the end of the Meeting. Get at least one $5 raffle ticket for this month's raffle prize, an Adata 64 GB USB flash drive.
Ballots were distributed for members who did not vote online. In light of the transitional 501 (c) (3) corporate status of PCC, the results will be on hold until clarification can be obtained. It was suggested that the current Board and Executive Committee remain in place in the interim.
Introduction of the 64 GB USB flash drive raffle prize led to reminiscence of the history of storage capacity. Some attendees remembered 3.5" floppies; some fondly recalled 5.25" floppies. The capacities of tape and punch cards were also compared with current options.
Presentation:
Favorite websites, led by George:
Categories:
A. Shopping:
1. Amazon
2. Newegg
3. TigerDirect
4. eBay
5. Costco
6. Fry's shopping app
7. BestBuy
B. Photo
1. Picasa
2. Microsoft OneDrive for all file sharing
3. Dropbox
4. Flickr
5. VLC video player
6. Pinterest
7. Facebook
8. Microsoft MovieMaker
9. ShutterFly
C. Messaging—Personal & Professional
1. LinkedIn
2. Facebook
3. Twitter
Be very careful to control your privacy settings on each site, especially on these.
D. Fun Stuff
1. Games
a. Words with Friends
b. Candy Crush
c. Microsoft Windows 8 games
E. Browsing
1. Internet Explorer (Microsoft)
2. Firefox
3. Chrome
4. PaleMoon
5. Opera
6. Safari
7. Foxworthy
F. Staying Current
1. Technical
a. PCC.org
b. APCUG
c. Tom's Hardware
d. Znet
e. Beta News
f. AnanTech
g. BleepingComputer
h. Google
2. Social
a. wwww.Meetup.com
b. Yahoo Groups
c. Google+
3. Political
a. League of Women Voters
G. Neighborhood & Crime
1. NextDoor
2. Emeryville Tattler
3. Glenmoor neighborhood
4. Access Hayward
H. Health & Fitness
1. Veterans--http://www.veteranshealthlibrary.org
2. VA--http://www.myhealth.va.gov
3. Medscape
4. American Red Cross
5. Kaiser
6. WebMD
I. News & Sports
1. France24
2. NewsClearingHouse
3. DW.du
4. RT.com
5. Reverb
J. Education
1. Ted Talks
2. MIT.edu
K. Travel
1. Air
a. OneTravel.com
b. Costco travel
c. Priceline
d. Trip Advisor
2. Lodging
a. Trivago
b. Priceline site
c. DogVacay.com
Direct contact with hotel, airline sites after using sites to find out general availability in an area.
3. Maps & Directions
a. Google maps
b. Bing
c. Yahoo.maps
d. AccessMaps for accessible locations
e. GoogleEarth
f. Mapquest
g. USGS maps
Member Question: How to convert High8 tapes to CD? There are various services that will convert tapes. Various companies make devices for transferring. WolverineData transfer devices were the topic of a PCC presentation a few months ago.
Door Prizes
Card wallet--Bud Gallagher
World Jack universal power--Michael Wong
Windows 7 Your Way--John Cordeniz
Pepcom bag--Andrew Tews
Iomega bag--Diane George
Microsoft bag--Yorkman Lowe
Windows 7 Up and Running--Bill Huston
My SocialGPS tee shirt--Lola Hunter
USB car charger--Bill George
Abacus tee shirt--Bayle Emlein
Acronis True Image--Steve Burton
Microsoft bag--George Kornbluth
Raffle Prize
Adata 64 GB flash drive--John Cordeniz
Thank you to George Kornbluth for taking care of refreshments. Thank you also to Michael Wong for helping with room logistics and with the signs.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:42 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Bayle Emlein, Secretary
