General Meetings
We are holding our General Meetings in the larger Auditorium again this year. We welcome visitors and invite them to participate and join in discussions, ask questions during presentations, and share their knowledge and experiences. Members of COMP (Computer Operators of Marysville & Port Huron) are welcome to any/all our meetings. Remember, you're only a stranger the first time!Meetings are 7:15pm - 9:00pm. You are invited to come at 6:45 and meet informally with fellow members to discuss computer problems, share experiences, and ask questions.
November's Agenda
This month's presentation features experts from RBC Financial. They will tell us what can be done online for financial transaction, how to do it, and how to do it safely.
Topics covered are:
-online banking
-buying online using credit cards
-online investing
You may have additional questions RBC would be glad to answer
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This October's Presentation
The theme for the eveining was "Genealogy". Elizabeth McDonald did an excellent job of giving the audience tips and hints to use, when searching for your family tree, or looking for past relatives. Elizabeth spoke from a two page printed hand-out. We ran into some minor technical problems just as Elizabeth was about to start. Another laptop was put in place, and the evening continued.
The hand-out from the meeting has been reproduced as a web page, and can be accessed by clicking on "Genealogy". For use as an ongoing guide, try printing off a copy.
September's Agenda
Feature Presentation
We have a guest speaker, J. D. Booth of Lambton
Shield. Lambton
Shield
is a new on-line publication with news from around Lambton County. To
quote from Lambton Shield's web site, "J.D. Booth, Publisher/Editor,
has more than three decades' experience in journalism and
communications. Booth moved to the Sarnia area in 1985 and has worked
in industry and media. He was the founding editor and principal writer
for a business oriented magazine between 2002 and 2006". Visit their
web site, then come and listen to what Booth has in store for us. Put Lambton Shield on your
list of daily sites to visit, and keep up with area news!Curious about the inner workings of Lambton Shield?
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Dave Bartlett will also give a brief demonstration of a computer running on Linux Mint operating system. If you like what you see, come out to the Linux Explorers to learn more.
Disk of the Month
This month features a program called "Paint.NET 3.5.8" for Windows. What used to be a student project is now perhaps the best available free Photoshop-esque tool. Paint.NET is fast, too, something Photoshop can seldom claim. Paint.NET, which requires the .NET framework in Windows, can also take plug-ins of its own, including one that lets it read Photoshop's own native PSD files.Compu Prize
At each General Meeting we hold a Compu Prize draw. Tickets are $2 each, or 3 for $5. Prizes vary each month and can include Printers, External Hard Drives, Cameras, and Thumb DrivesSeptember's Compu Prizes are: --a Seagate 2 TB external hard drive, and a Kingston 8 GB Thumb Drive.
Hope to see you there.