PC Community Main Meeting
7:30 - 10 pm Friday October 7, 2011
Calvary Baptist Church 28924 Ruus Road, Hayward California
The meeting was called to order at 7:38 pm by VP Membership Jan Fagerholm. He encouraged everyone to buy a ticket for the raffle prize. Please print your name legibly. Harold Smith at the ticket table has 3” x 5” cards to write questions for discussion/answers at the end of the Meeting.
Nate introduced himself as a Linux fanatic.
Anyone who wants to renew PCC membership, please see Jan. He also checked that all present had received a newsletter.
The Clubhouse has compacted itself into local meetings largely for the purpose of refurbishing computers. Kudos and applause for the Clubhouse Crew, who recycled equipment when cleaning out and added $800 to the PCC coffers. We are still looking for a permanent new home where equipment can stored while in the process of getting recycled.
We need someone who is willing to spend a few hours a month engaging in public relations/ publicity for PCC.
SIG Announcements:
The Windows 7 SIG usually meets at Bud Gallagher’s at 1 p.m. second Saturday, but not this month. Bud has sets of videos explaining many facets of Windows 7. See him if you’re interested. At the next SIG, Verne Perry will present accessing Windows through a Linux boot disc.
The Windows Phone 7 (WP7) is back from vacation. Most of the members are Android or iPad/iPhone users. The format will be a help program for each platform, followed by a presentation. They meet on the 3rd Monday at 7:30.
The Hardware SIG takes place the night after the main meeting at 8 pm at the Smiths’. That will be the 8th this month. It is really a fixit SIG for both hardware and software, since most hardware problems turn out to be software problems. If have a computer problem, bring it in and it will likely get fixed. More importantly, you’ll learn about fixing it yourself. And please bring all the documentation you can find. If you don’t have any immediate problems, come and try learning how to fix someone else’s
Jan Fagerholm runs the Spectacular Linux SIG, which takes place on the last Saturday of the month at 2 p.m. That will be the 29th of October. The new Ubuntu is scheduled to be out the middle of this month and will get a look. The new interface is more user-friendly.
Joy Somerville let the group know that member Dan Peterson is losing physical strength.
Presentations: Andy Marken talked about what’s coming up in the technology world and what might be worth our dollars. MS Mobile smartphones (WP7.5 is looking better and the Amazon Fire looks very promising as a reader. But netbooks don’t have the power that workhorse desktops have. The new ultrabooks will have improved battery life. The amount of content available is exploding. Although ‘they’ want you store everything in the Cloud, security isn’t reliable or secure.
Nuvel Jay Elliott. Nuvel Data Transfer.
vSOS to call for emergency assistance. Proactive solution to an emergency: press an icon on your phone and get 24/7 emergency assistance from Geos via GPS tracking. In addition to 4 people can be contacted (e.g., doctor, parent). Information and details at www.nuvelinc.com.
The iTwin file transfer VPN equivalent allows access to files with the a device the size of 2 USB drives. A Windows and Mac compatible version is coming out. The current model will transfer files among various versions of Windows. It is dependent on an Internet connection, WiFi or wired.
New Member Drawing
| Verbatim Digital Movie DVD +R Recordable 3 Pack, courtesy of Andy Marken | Nate Catelli |
Door Prizes
| The Steve Jobs Way, courtesy of Andy Marken | Josie Solis |
| Verbatim CD-R 30 pack, courtesy of Andy Marken | Bud Gallaagher |
| Verbatim Digital Movie DVD+ Recordable 3 Pack, courtesy of Andy Marken | Bayle Emlein |
| iTwin USB file transfer drive, courtesy of Andy Marken | Elsie Smith |
| iTwin USB file transfer drive, courtesy of Andy Marken | Joy Somerville |
| Verbatim LightScribe 8x DVD+R DL 10 Pack, courtesy of Andy Marken | Don Odle |
| Verbatim LightScribe 8x DVD+R DL 10 Pack, courtesy of Andy Marken | Jan Fagerholm |
| Verbatim Tuff-‘N’-Tiny 8GB USB Drive, courtesy of Andy Marken | Nate Catelli |
| Verbatim Tuff-‘N’-Tiny 8GB USB Drive, courtesy of Andy Marken | Harold Smith |
| Verbatim DVD+RW Discs, 10, courtesy of Andy Marken | John Cordeniz |
| vSOS service, courtesy of Andy Marken | Michael Wong |
| vSOS service, courtesy of Andy Marken | Bob Sorensen |
| Windows 7 Annoyances, from O’Reilly Press | Duane Crommleigh |
| My New iPad, from O’Reilly Press | Ron Seipel |
| eBook Certificate, from O’Reilly Press | Stan Sorensen |
| eBook Certificate, from O’Reilly Press | Sally Holt |
Raffle Prize
| 1 TB Seagate external USB drive | Bayle Emlein |
The meeting was adjourned at 9:17 pm. The next meeting will take place at the same location on October 7, 2011.
Respectfully submitted,
Bayle Emlein, Secretary
