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WEEKLY SIG MEETING UPDATE 1
- 7 AUG 2010
1st Floor
Sydney Mechanics'
School of Arts
280 Pitt Street, Sydney
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Hi Brent,
Last Tuesday evening at our 2009-10 AGM, President Warren
Wyllie gave a comprehensive report on the club's healthy financial
position and general operational well being. He also paid tribute to the
generous contributions made by a number of retiring officers and
volunteers.
Not only has John Kessler audited the club's
financial records for the last ten years, he provided
infinite professional advice and support in the onerous task
of changing our club's constitution from a company structure to
an incorporated association in 2004. John deserves a well earned rest and
should now have much more time to spend with his family.
After almost three years as our dedicated weekly newsletter
editor, Elaine Rush has decided to move on. During
that time, Elaine quickly learned the intricacies of bulk emailing,
introduced a new modern format and raised the newsy content to lofty
heights. All will join in thanking Elaine for her generous
contribution and to wish her the very best as she moves on
to new challenges.
As one of our clubs greatest supporters, it seems Bill
Parry has lead one of the senior's special interest groups or
ever, imparting his endless computer knowledge, helping solve members
problems and writing very informative monthly reports. Bill has also
served on our committee but has advised that he will be
otherwise occupied and often away during the next twelve
months.
Our club's globetrotting guru Alex
Zaharov-Reutt, having also stepped down from committee
duties, has offered to continue sourcing the top IT industry presenters
for our Main meetings. When in town, he will still be available
to expertly advise on the most complex of member's
computer ailments or magically produce the latest array of mobile
phones from hidden pockets.
Alex was warmly thanked and then unanimously elected as
only our second Life Member for his many years of
exceptional service to our club.
After the official reports and formalities, a warm
welcome was extended to the following members who were elected to
Committee for 2010-11: Dennis Campanelli, Roger
Foulds, John Lucke, Bryan Mac Donald, John Matthews, John Symonds and
Warren Wyllie. The new Committee will meet next Saturday where they
will be elected to the various Officer positions. We wish them
well.
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Following the AGM, Anthony and Emmanuele presented the
very latest in Samsung notebooks, netbooks and portable
computers. The full report on their presentation will appear
shortly on our website's Main Meeting page. Meanwhile, the happy
prize winners of the meeting appear at left and below.
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The next Smartphone SIG is on Friday 20 August at 5:30 pm.
However our expert smartphoner and SIG Leader John Shiel is looking for
more member participation to ensure the group's continuation.
Please support John with your attendance and learn how much computing will
be done in the near future!
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Saturday 1 August - Penrith
- Frank Bowman - 2 pm - 5 pm
St Clair High School, Endeavour Avenue, St Clair
St Clair High School, Endeavour Avenue, St Clair
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We'll have our usual Penrith SIG meeting on Saturday 7th
August, at the usual venue, St Clair High School, Endeavour
Avenue, St Clair, from 2 pm to 5 pm. As well as our
usual Q and A session around the table, where we share problems,
advice and tips, we will try to make a short video with Movie
Maker, test an apparatus that converts old fashioned slides into
JPGs, study some notes from Choice Computer on the N standard in
wireless communication and see if we can install a DOS BOX in Vista
or Windows 7. |
(Frank
Bowman)
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