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NEWS AND EVENTS
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MAIN MONTHLY MEETING
MMM's February – November 2010
are held on the second Thursday of the month,
from 7 pm – 10 pm
The next scheduled MMM is:
Christmas Lights & Sound
presented by
Allan Hepworth
Thursday, 9 September 2010
(7pm for a 7.30pm start)
Full details of
current or prior meetings:
(Item Revised 22 August 2010)
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Meetings through 2010 are held
on the second Thursday of the month commencing at 7.00pm (for a 7.30 pm
start), at the Grant
Cameron Community Centre
Conference Room.
Please
check
the mmm info page and PCUG Calendar for confirmation of each
scheduled presentation.
Where
permission is given by
presenters, the presentation information is displayed in our MMM area.
PDF files or Information Links on recent topcis include Moving Pictures
- An Introduction to Digital Video; Fireworks
Tutorials; Research; Audacity; Digital Imaging;
Apollo
& the
ACT; Microsoft
Vista; and Linux Open SUSE 10.2; and OpenOffice.org Full details here.
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EMAIL
- PCUG do NOT send emails which ask
for supply of account details or password. Such emails
are not genuine.
- PCUG do not send email
attachments. If
any such emails are received, it is recommended they be deleted.
(Item Revised 19 February 2010)
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PCUG TRAINING COURSES
All
courses are advertised on the PCUG Calendar Please
check there for more detail. If you find a course you are interested in
is already full, lodging your interest in the topic will let us know
that further demand for topics exists.
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MAKING MILESTONES .....
Celebration
of PCUG's
25th Anniversary and TIP's
milestone of over 5,000 days.
Information about our achievements
was published in the Australian Seniors Computing Clubs Association
newsletter. Check the December 2008 issue at http://www.ascca.org.au/newsletters.html
for more details.
(Item Revised 27 May 2010)
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The PCUG Centre and Office
operates from 10am-2pm (7days) ~ depending on available volunteer staff ~
except Public Holiday long-week-ends.
Telephone: (02) 6287 2922
PCUG Fax Facility Ended 30 April 2010
Just a reminder that the FAX facility has been cancelled. The web site
pages where the number appears are being updated as time permits. If
you come across one still showing the fax number, please advise the
Office so it can be updated.
(Item Revised 27 May 2010)
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PCUG is no longer
able to offer the AUSTRALIA WIDE
DIAL-UP INTERNET ACCESS.
This service was discontinued on the 1st January 2009.
The local
access number (02) 6162 6500 for dialing-in continues as per usual.
Login using <user>@pcug.org.au
Visit the tip
website for additional tip information.
(Item Revised 19 February 2010)
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COMMUNICATION
WITH
MEMBERS
Details
of the latest news and events is delivered via a regular concise
plain-text email newsletter **. Archives of the PCUG journal
SIXTEEN BITS
(ISSN 8017-0991), discontinued in January 2008, may be viewed here.
** All PCUG members are entitled to
a free local access email address.
This also allows access to 'member-only' communications and pages on
the website. Please
contact the PCUG office to arrange a login if you do not have one.
(Item Revised 09 December 2009)
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The PCUG Activities and Events Calendar
via
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Australian Seniors Computer Clubs
Association (ASCCA)
The
ASCCA is the national
peak body for seniors and technology.
Membership is open to any organisation promoting access to information
technology by older people. ASCCA is represented in every state and
territory of Australia. Newsletters and info at http://www.ascca.org.au
(Item Revised 27 May 2010)
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INSTRUCTIONS for
CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET
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SECURITY
CERTIFICATE
Some members
have expressed reservations about
proceeding to our secure server pages on the basis that their browser
gives dire warnings.
Be assured that the problem is in the browser and the certificate is
perfectly valid, and it can be
incorporated into your browser by following the instructions in our
wiki at Security Certificates
(Item Revised 14 December 2009)
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PCUG
BROCHURE
Download the PCUG Information Brochure
(pdf)
(Item Revised 19 February 2010)
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