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Special Bulletin!!!

Library cutbacks have led to earlier library closing times, which means that we may have to find a new time and place for our general meetings.  Check back later for more details.

Next General Meeting

Date: Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
Time: 5:00 – 6:45 p.m.
Place: West Charleston Library
6301 W Charleston Blvd (East of Torrey Pines)

President Wendy Jaroslawski will open the meeting at 5:00PM, then Larry Burgher will conduct a general Question/Answer session, supplemented if time allows by demonstrations of assorted useful utilities and web sites.

Club business will be discussed if needed, then the main presenter will begin. Finally, door prizes will be awarded shortly after 6:30 pm, followed by adjournment in time to vacate the auditorium well before 7:00PM.

If you're interested in helping to promote your club, please consider purchasing one of these mugs by placing your order at the check-in table before the meeting, or email your request to mug@lvpcug.org.  The cost will be $10 per mug to be paid when you receive it.

Results of the June 2nd General Meeting

The meeting was opened at 6:15PM by President Wendy Jaroslawski.  Larry Burgher was scheduled to do a Q & A, but he was bit late so Wendy gave her presentation on Social Networking first.  She showed a couple of videos on Facebook and other social networking sites, but was unable to do the live demonstration she planned due to being unable to successfully connect to the internet.  She spoke about Twitter, Plaxo, LinkedIn, and added that MySpace has fallen out of favor lately.  She identified which services she uses and why, took several questions from the audience.  A short discussion ensued about RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds, and where to find them.

After a short intermission, Wendy gave an update about club business, announcing that Don Sabatine had resigned his positions as Program Chair and SIG Coordinator due to health reasons, and wished him a safe recovery from his impending surgery.  She asked for volunteers to help fill these and other positions, and to help out any way they can to ensure the survival of the club.  She also explained that cutbacks to Library funding have led to the earlier closing times, so the club will be seeking a new general meeting place for September and beyond.  Richard Rosenheim, leader of the Windows Developer SIG, pointed out that his SIG is also affected by early library closures, and that he, too, must seek a new meeting place.  Wendy reminded members that there will be no general meetings in July and August, due to high summer temperatures, but emphasized that SIG meetings will continue to occur as scheduled, unless otherwise noted.

Larry conducted a Question / Answer session, fielding questions about how to control whether your emails are sent in Plain Text or Rich Text Format, and RootKits and how they can be found using products such as RootkitRevealer.  Then he spoke about RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks), covering RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 0 and briefly touching on RAID 6 and RAID 1+0, before time ran out.

Finally, door prizes were awarded, with a copy of Acronis True Image Home 2010 and a copy of Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 for Marilyn Mills. The meeting adjourned around 8:30.

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. 

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. 

Special Interest Group Meetings & Discussion Forum

Join us for our SIG Meetings; check the SIG page for meeting places and schedules.
Check out our Calendar for all upcoming meetings and events.
Members can catch the latest buzz on our new Forum.  Members should have received an email with your user name and password, but if you didn't, email the Forum Admin and ask for one.

Announcements

• New!  The  August 2010 edition of Bytes of Las Vegas is available for viewing.

• New!  The August 30th  edition of Little Bytes is available for viewing.

• Due to earlier library closures, there will be no more meetings of the Windows Developers SIG hosted by Richard Rosenheim until further notice.

• LINUX SIG meeting scheduled for Sunday, August 15th has been cancelled.

• Don Sabatine is recovering from surgery and we wish him a speedy and full recovery.  In the mean time we're looking for volunteers to help fill in as the LINUX SIG leader.

• The Genealogy SIG has been discontinued.  If you are interested in reviving this SIG, please volunteer to serve as SIG leader.

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:

Dave Whittle
Cool, Hot, or Not,
and
Making Slide Shows & Videos

User Group Relations
Gene Barlow
"Security and Backup Solutions"

Burgher Vision, Inc.
Larry  Burgher
"Analysis of a Phishing EMail"

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

National Weather Service
The Technology Behind It

Computer Pros
Duane Dickhut

LAS VEGAS PC USERS GROUP

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