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Next General Meeting

Date: Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Time: 6:15 – 8:15 p.m.
Place: West Charleston Library
6301 W Charleston Blvd (East of Torrey Pines)

No topic has been set yet for the March meeting.  Details will be posted when available, so check back later.  If you're interested in giving a presentation at this or any future meeting, please contact one of the board members, or send an email to president@lvpcug.org

The president will open the meeting at 6:15PM, when Larry Burgher will show how to analyze a phishing email to determine it's country of origin among other things (this topic was scheduled for February but was displaced by a lengthy Q & A session).  The main presentation will begin at 7:00PM.

Discussion of club business, such as the upcoming March election will begin around 8PM.  Finally, door prizes will be awarded at approximately 8:15, followed by adjournment in time to vacate the auditorium prior to 8:30PM.

Results of the February 3rd General Meeting

The meeting was opened at 6:15PM by President Wendy Jaroslawski.  She introduced Larry Burgher who began with a Q/A session dealing mostly with a couple of techniques for successfully sending attachments via email which would normally be blocked by Outlook Express and Microsoft Mail.  Larry had planned on showing how to dissect a phishing email, but the Q & A session lasted longer than expected, so he will save this topic for next month.

Wendy took over for the main presentation and demonstrated some of the new features of Microsoft Office 2010, which is expected to be released in June of this year.  Using the currently available Beta version, she demoed the Ribbon, the Quick Access Toolbar and how to customize it, and gave us a peek at the new versions of Word, Excel, Publisher, Power Point, and Access.

Finally, two Smart Computing one-year subscriptions  and a gift card were awarded as door prizes to lucky winners Howard Mark, Morrie Cutler, and Leland Beel, followed by adjournment.

March Is Election Time

Special thanks to Evelyn Schiff, Charles Frederick and Linda DiGiovanni for taking on the Election Committee duties.  Stay tuned for more info about election procedures for making nominations and casting your vote.

Speakers / Presenters Needed

In these tough economic times, it has become more difficult to find vendors and knowledgeable individuals willing to come present their products and information to our group.  If you are willing to make a presentation, please email our president, Wendy Jaroslawski at president@lvpcug.org, or our program director, Don Sabatine at program@lvpcug.org 

Member Assistance Volunteers Needed

If you have time and expertise in any area, and would like the satisfaction of helping fellow members with solve their computer problems, please consider becoming a Member Assistance Volunteer (formerly called Helping Hands).  Contact the president@lvpcug.org, webmaster@lvpcug.org, or any board member to volunteer, or get more information. 

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Announcements

• New!  Check out our new General Meeting History page.

• The January 27th edition of Little Bytes is now available for viewing.

• The January 2010 edition of Bytes of Las Vegas is now available for viewing.

• Day and Time change for Novice & Internet SIG:  The Novice (New Users) & Internet SIG which formerly met at 4:00-6:00 pm on the third Sunday of each month will commence meeting at 1:00-3:00 pm on the 2nd Saturday of each month.  The location for meeting remains at the Wengert Room of NV Energy at 6226 W Sahara.

• Discontinuance of Genealogy SIG:  “Sam” Espino-Giordano is retiring from her position as SIG leader.  She'll conduct the meetings currently scheduled for January and February, but that will be it.  If you would like to keep this valuable SIG going, please consider taking over the job of SIG leader!

• Plans for second general meeting delayed:  It was previously announced that a second general meeting was planned for the 4th Saturday of each month at the Paseo Verde library, with the first such meeting to have been on January 23, 2010.  However, due to difficulties in scheduling presenter, no such meeting will occur in January.  Board members are still working diligently to make the second meeting a reality.

• Discontinuance of Phone Line:  Due to an exceeding low call volume, and as a cost-saving measure, the Board has unanimously decided to discontinue the club's information telephone line.

• The First Quarter 2010 edition of APCUG Reports has been release, and LVPCUG gets honorable mention on page 17!

• Check out Don Sabatine's software review of ZoomText Express 1, a software product to help us see the fine print on our screens.

• Also take a look at Richard Rosenheim's book review of Marach's JavaScript and DOM Scripting.

• The Office Applications SIG conducted by Wendy Jaroslawski has been discontinued.  The December meeting is cancelled, and no further meetings are planned during 2010.

• If you're interested in finding out about Microsoft Windows 7, watch this 44 minute presentation Windows 7 for Consumers by Jay Ferron, Microsoft MVP and President of APCUG (Association of Personal Computer User Groups)

Recycle Program
Help our Club earn extra money and to keep the environment green.  Bring us your empty printer ink cartridges and old cell phones.  We have started a team once again to collect and recycle cartridges and cell phones and would ask the members to bring your items to the General Meeting each month.  The Club will be sent a rebate for these items.  If you have any questions about the program, please contact Charles Finnila.

Update Your Email Address
Please make sure your email address is up-to-date with our membership chair , Judy Ruf.  Email her at judygengenie@embarqmail.com

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Some of the presenters at past General Meetings include:

PC Laptops of Henderson
Custom-Built Laptops & Computers

 Smart Computing Magazine
"Smart Computing in Plain English"

Gregory Smith, Chief of Investigations
Nevada Office of Attorney General

Al Gibes, the "Online Guy"
Las Vegas Review Journal

Duane Dickhut
ComputerPros, LLC
phone: 702-304-0671

Extensoft
"The unofficial Windows Upgrade"

Las Vegas Metro Police Department
"Identity Theft is a threat to all of us"

Acoustica
"Software should be easy to use"

Trend Micro
Dave Perry on Internet Security

User Group Relations
Gene Barlow with Security and Backup Solutions

National Weather Service
The Technology Behind It

"Whittle's Picks"
Dave Whittle and his Picks for the Digital Home

Computer Pros
Duane Dickhut

LAS VEGAS PC USERS GROUP

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