January 2008
The meeting was called to order at 7:34 P.M. by Chuck Horner, president. He welcomed new members and visitors, reminded everyone to sign in and collect their door prize tickets and to purchase raffle tickets. He also reminded all to silence their devices.
Several persons were attending CES, others did not attend due to illness. For these reasons, there were no formal clubhouse announcements, though the clubhouse is expected to be open its usual days during January.
SIG Announcements:
The Spectacular Linux SIG was canceled in December, but Jan Fagerholm announced that it will be back in January. Topics are expected to be the OLPC OX laptop, now that the actual device is here, and some tutorial stuff.
Bud Gallagher announced that the New Users SIG will probably continue the Windows XP videos, whose acceptance has been going well.
Jan Fagerholm announced for the absent Del Parton that the Hardware SIG would be held at its usual time and place for January.
Other Announcements:
Chuck Horner called for a showing of new members and guests, and greeted guest Mike Stanly, who expressed an interest in clubhouse and Linux activities.
Presentations:
Bud Gallagher presented Windows Home Server (WHS), which he has been running for several months now. It is based on Windows 2003 Server, and includes server software aimed at the home user with several computers. You can buy WHS prebuilt from HP or others, or install it on your present hardware. The MSRP is about $160. Windows Home Server comes preconfigured for document and media sharing with prebuilt shares. Hardware expansion features include automatic addition to the storage pool of any hard drive added to the server, and the storage pool features no drive letters. WHS only backs up duplicate files once for every computer across the network, including applications Microsoft Office is automatically backed up when it is detected on a client computer. WHS supports 10 user accounts. Many network shares are automatically configured. WHS supports add-ins as a way of expanding its capabilities. Bud connected to his home server from his laptop over the Internet. He showed some shared pictures as available to those who are given the URL, then logged on to the server to show more; a tabbed interface to Home, Computers, and Shared Folders. You can log on to client computers through Windows Remote Access and work through the client’s desktop. Bud will “raffle” off PerfectDisk WHS 8.0 to the first person who sets up WHS and e-mails him their WHS home page URL. Bud also pointed to a Web site for WHS add-ins and more at wegotserved.com.
At 9:00 P.M. there was a break.
At 9:10 P.M. Jan Fagerholm made a few comments about the One Laptop Per Child OX machine, which was being used to take these minutes.
At 9:20, the drawings commenced for door prizes and the raffle. The raffle prize was a Seagate FreeAgent 250 GB external USB hard drive.
At 9:35 P.M. the meeting was adjourned.
The next PCC Main Meeting will be 7:30 pm, February 1st, 2008 at Hayward Adult School, Multipurpose Room.
Respectfully submitted by Jan Fagerholm acting for Secretary Bayle Emlein.
