PC Community Main Meeting
7:30 - 10 pm Friday October 1, 2010
28924 Ruus Road, Hayward California
The meeting was called to order at 7:35 pm by President Chuck Horner. The drawing is a 3M Ergonomic Optical Mouse.
We need someone who can take the responsibility for helping with program planning and organization.
Jan Fagerholm reviewed how elections work in PCC. Following the model set up for incorporated entities, the membership elects the Board of Directors. After the election in December, the Board of Directors then appoints the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee–president, treasurer, secretary, and other officers.–does the day-to-day work of PCC. To do this work, he Board of Directors meets once a year, usually for about an hour, unless a problem arises that needs their attention.
Nominees: Jan Fagerholm, Sally Holt, Mike Wong, Don Odle, Chuck Horner, Elsie Smith (pending her acceptance), Bayle Emlein.
Nominees can be emailed to the Board of Directors or Executive Committee meetings. More nominations will be solicited at the November meeting and nominations will remain open until just before the election in December.
SIG Announcements:
The October Hardware SIG has been cancelled.
Bud Gallager announced that the Windows 7 SIG will not meet in October.
The spectacular Linux SIG will take place on the last Saturday of the month at the Smiths. Ubuntu is releasing their 10/10 update, which goes gold on the 10th of October. The SIG will meet on October 30.
The Clubhouse will be open on Saturday, October 9 and there will be a cookout that day.
Presentations: Craig Campbell, Technical Director, of Nero, Inc. told us what is new in Nero 10. The company surveyed 15,000 users to find out what features people want.
The StartSmart application provides a simple, centralized place from which to begin a variety data burning, ripping, copying.
The Nero BackItUp utility can back up locally or to the cloud. Nero 10 has 1 GB of free backup. At the end of October, Nero 10 Platinum will be added to the list of products; it will include 5 GB of cloud back-up. Third-party back-up is possible also. The process is automated and easy. When backing up locally, you can use a variety of media (DVD, Blueray, etc.) if you need to span volumes.
Scratched CD's can be recovered. You can also synch a hard-drive and a memory stick. When restoring files deleted accidentally, remember that memory sticks are unique in needing to be restored before any other change is made to them.
Of course you can create and manage a playlist before burning. Nero Vision Extra includes basic photo editing and enhancement features. One can create a basic slideshow by just selecting the folders that have the photos. More creative options are available also.
The MoveIt plug-in enables transferring and copying video, photos, and music between phones and to and from a PC is also supported. Best format is automatically selected.
General Drawing
Acronis True Image Home 2010-Dan Peterson
CyberLink DVD Suite Ultra v. 6-George Kornbluth
Inland headphones-Diane George
Microsoft bag-Richard Churchill
Nero 10 license-Michael Wong
Office 2007 the Missing Manual, from O'Reilly-Andrew Tews
SanDisk Sansa MP3 player-Ruth Churchill
Trio MP3 Player-Robert Rofen
Ulead Video Studio 10 Plus-John Cordeniz
Raffle Prize
3M Ergonomic Mouse-Ruth Churchill
The question was asked: how to switch users when you've forgotten your passwords. Tentative answer (in XP) try Control-Alt-Delete to force the choice menu to appear.
HELP!! We need people to handle doorprizes, programs, and publicity. Please let a PCC officer know if you have any interest in helping out with these essential functions, or if you'd like more information.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:28 pm.
The next meeting will take place at the same location on November 5, 2010.
Respectfully submitted,
Bayle Emlein, Secretary
