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        "Members helping each other and the community 
by building a better understanding of computers and software"

October 2007 General Meeting:

Our General Meeting on Tuesday, October 2nd, featured an exciting Members Night look at ACUG's new "Vista Ultimate Laptop" presented by club president Barbara Kreiss. Member's Nights are a great time to discuss any computer related problems you may have with your fellow members. Everyone has either a question or a tip to share and it is a great way to make new friends and help out your fellow club members at the same time.

Vista Ultimate is Microsoft's newest top of the line consumer and small business operating system. The Dell Inspiron 1520 laptop is state of the art with many features that will be useful to the club. Also installed is MS Virtual PC 2007 software which in turn, has MS Windows 98 SE installed inside a Virtual Machine for demonstration. Virtual PC will be utilized in the near future for the New Users Special Interest Group that meets on the 4th Wednesday to allow the User Group to cover older Microsoft technologies with the Vista laptop.

Members are encouraged to take a close look at at this capable machine which is basically a portable desktop. Also installed is Microsoft's latest Office software: MS Office 2007 Pro and also Adobe's latest version of Acrobat Pro, version 8.

About the presenter:

Barbara Kreiss is President of ACUG, and has been a member and volunteer for ACUG since the formal inception of the club in December 1994. She has served as a Director, Program Director, Editor, Contributing Editor, Columnist Nibbles & Bits and Seen in the News, Library Founder and Chair, Advanced Programming & Hardware SIG Leader, Co-Leader of the Windows SIG, Genealogy SIG Leader, Historian, Webmaster and Site Developer, APCUG Representative, Microsoft Representative and has served on numerous Community Service Projects. (Bet you can't say that all in one breath). She currently volunteers time for the Kennedy Mine Foundation, and the Amador Astronomy Association. She has beta tested for Microsoft, and owns Webcentric Computer Services,  located in Pine Grove, which has been a sponsor of ACUG since 1998. 

 

Raffle Prizes

To add to your enjoyment, we held our usual Mystery Raffle at the end of the meeting to help fund ACUG's community service efforts. Our Mystery Raffle prizes are announced during the meeting. Prize winners are drawn at the end of the meeting, and you must be present to win.

You won't want to miss this exciting opportunity for some great prizes, while enjoying an evening of user friendly presentations aimed at helping you  both use & choose software and hardware. Learn to get more out of your computer! Tickets are $1 each or 10 for $5.

This month's great prizes were: from O'Reilly Press: Digital Photography, the Missing Manual donated by Richard Kennon. Everything you need to know to take great digital photographs, won by Phillip Kreiss. 100 bag box of Lipton Tea, great for the last days of summer, or the first days of fall donated by Barbara Kreiss, won by Yvonne Perdue. A Tech Elastic Closure Notebook, keep your notes neat! won by Hazel Jackson. Donated from Symantec Corporation: Norton Antivirus 2007 software, keep your computer secure and have peace of mind with the latest technology from Symantec! won by Nancy Horst-Jones. 2 tickets for the Blue Mountain Players play "Legends" donated by Dick Johnson, won by Joyce McCoy. 4 Tickets for the Volcano Theatre Company's play "Shadowlands" donated by Graham Paul, won by Yvonne Perdue and Richard Kennon.

A special thanks to our prize donors this month!

Announcing a special Holiday Raffle to be drawn in December: we will be selling tickets for the next three meetings for a Palm m105 Handheld that will be raffled off in December. The winner of this special raffle does not have to be present to win. Don't miss this chance to get your tickets to win a great Palm Handheld, generously donated by Emco High Voltage Corporation of Sutter Creek. Tickets are $5 each.

Wait! There's More!

A special raffle was held for a delicious dinner for two at the Bonanza Bar & Grill in the historic City of Jackson, donated by the Bonanza Bar & Grill and the Amador Computer Users Group. Take someone to a great Southern-style dinner for the cost of a raffle ticket! Two glasses of wine will be included, certificate useable Sunday, and Tuesday through Thursday. Tickets are $5 each. Won by Dave Butow.

Wait! There's More!

We hold a name tag raffle each month. Any member who wears their name tag and signs in will have a chance to win a blank CD-R with deluxe case absolutely FREE. Our Attendance/Badge Winner this month might be you! Won by Joyce McCoy.

Wait! There's More!

Bring a friend and get 2 FREE raffle tickets to the Mystery Raffle: one for you and one for your friend! You can't miss this...


Thank you for supporting ACUG!

The public is always welcome to attend our meetings FREE of charge! Tell your friends, bring your neighbors!

 

Program Schedule and Meeting Notes:

  • The ACUG Library and Membership table will open for business at 6:45 PM

  • The meeting starts at 7 PM

  • The presentations start at 7:15 PM

  • Please hold your questions until a presentation has finished.

  • Single presentation evenings end at approximately 9 PM

  • Double presentation evenings end at approximately 9:30 PM

  • A 10-15 minute break is held mid-point for refreshments, and raffle ticket sales

  • Raffles take place approximately 15-20 minutes before the end of the evening. There are at least 3 prizes offered.

  • You must be present to win.

  • Vendors may sell product at discounted UG prices at the end of the meeting for those members who are interested. It pays to stay!


 

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