At the recent committee meeting it was agreed to re-equip the training
room at the Holder Centre with new computers to enable us to offer
adequate training, particularly the Microsoft Unlimited Potential
material that has been donated to the group. The equipment at the
Centre is connected via an ethernet lan to a server running Windows
2003 while the workstation computers run dual boot systems with Windows
XP Pro and Linux.
All our systems are maintained by volunteers but we can always use
more. If you have skills, particularly in Windows 2003 server
administration and XP administration including imaging and cloning, we
would love to hear from you. Contact either myself at president@pcug.org.au or the network team at lan@pcug.org.au if you can help.
The committee also agreed to a proposal to increase the bandwidth of
the TIP connection to the Internet. This should result in better
browsing speed at peak times.
Once again a reminder that the PCUG Office is just that - the office
processing membership renewals, TIP subscriptions and other
administrative tasks. It is NOT a help desk for computer
problems. If you need help, please use one of the helpers listed on the
Help Page in Sixteen Bits. Better still, if you have skills, get
yourself added to the Help List.
Also remember that the PCUG office has one main phone line. If it is in
use while serving another member, then phone calls go to message bank.
This does not mean the office is not staffed. Staffers make all
possible efforts to check the message and return calls, but this may
happen the next day if the office is busy.
Finally, remember that there is an email address feedback@pcug.org.au
where you can let us know what we are doing that you particularly like
or dislike, and let us know of any other things you think we should be
doing.
Allan Mikkelsen