From the editor's
desk
There are a few noteworthy items
for this month's paragraphs. The most noticeable is the change to
the PCUG Centre in Holder. Volunteers under the capable
command of John Saxon most of the time have transformed the layout
to be far more functional as a training room, office, and meeting
place. Carpets have been replaced and new projector screens
installed. Worth a visit if you can find the time. Our Coffee and
Chat group will christen the training room on Tuesday 21st February
for its Digital Sig meeting.
Andrew Miles from Microsoft gave
us an excellent presentation about PC security, with particular
relevance to XP, for our February monthly meeting. Questions flew
thick and fast and were capably and fully answered. Andrew has made
his entire PowerPoint presentation available with text and images
as a 904 KB PDF file, and it is available on our site
at http://www.pcug.org.au/files/PCUG_06-02_Home_PC_Security.pdf.
It has something for everyone, from novice to expert user, and if
you missed the meeting you will benefit from reading
this.
The new members night finally got
off the ground on the first Monday of February and will be repeated
on the first Monday of May - three months time and quarterly
thereafter. It is open also to established members who wish to
refresh themselves on the basics of computing and what the PCUG has
to offer.
Formal training courses will get
under way with two workshops.
- John Saxon will demonstrate "Installing a Router to Share a
Broadband Connection" on Thurs 23rd February at 10.00 A.M.
- Allan Mikkelsen will present "Using Freeware to Publish
Photographs on the Web" on Thursday 2nd March at 2.00 P.M.
Please book your attendance
by phoning the Office Manager on 02 6287 2922, or e-mailing
to office.manager@pcug.org.au.
Courses are initially for members
only and will cost $5 for a 2 hour workshop, $15 for a half-day course,
and $25 for a full day course. Payment can be made on attendance at the
centre, but is considered as due once a booking is made and not
cancelled.
Expect to see more courses
advertised soon, BUT bear in mind that the survey asking what
courses you wanted and when was not very enthusiastically responded
to. The most popular courses from the limited response were for
"Transferring LPs to CD", "Transferring home movies from tape to DVD",
"Building and maintaining a system", "Making web pages" and "Installing
a router to share a broadband connection".
We would like you all to complete the survey at
http://hosting.pcug.org.au/phpESP/public/survey.php?name=PCUGTraining06
to enable meaningful courses to
be planned. Don't like filling in surveys? Use it as a practice for the census survey coming shortly.
A note of appreciation to close.
Barry Wilson was voted Volunteer of the Month at the February
meeting for his unstinting contribution of time and talents for
over a decade. Thanks Barry, and thanks too to all those unnamed
volunteers who contribute so much to the PCUG.
Terry
Bibo
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