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WEEKLY SIG MEETING UPDATE 18 - 23 June 2012
1st Floor Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts 280 Pitt Street, Sydney http://www.sydneypc.com Sydney PCUG's Blog UPCOMING MEETINGS 25 - 30 June 2012 The Main Meeting A Special General Meeting of members A Flat Touchscreen with Pop-Up Buttons? Tactus Technology is developing one and you can see it here. Emsisoft Free Emergency Kit Download... Our website's Weather Forecast link provides hourly forecasts?	Hello and Welcome, There are three meetings of the Sydney PC Users Group next week. *Tuesday 19 June - Seniors - G. Grant - 9:30am - 12:30pm* Graham Grant has a range of programs and a utility called "Windows on Top" to demonstrate and discuss at this meeting. There will also be a question and answer session to resolve any computer problems members have experienced recently. *Tuesday 19 June - Genealogy - T. Eakin - 12:30pm - 3:30pm* At this meeting Terry Eakin will discuss how to use the Internet to research family history. He will also show some sites which have just come online and are regarded as real gems. Terry will have a paper to distribute and a question and answer session will provide members with the opportunity to explore family history issues. *Friday 22 June - Digital Photography - 9:30am - 12:30pm* John Lucke will start this meeting with a question and answer session and engage the group in a constructive appraisal of photographs taken by members. Particular attention will be given to the composition, colour, lighting, focus, depth of field and sharpness of the photographs being appraised. In the second half of the meeting the group will continue to explore some of the tools in the latest version of GIMP. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For the photographers ABC TV has started a new "Photo Finish" series in which three amateur photographers are tested with a photographic challenge. The programme is shown at 8PM on Thursdays. You can view the first episode here. Cheers, John Mathews Please remember if your e-mail address is changed for any reason at all, unless you tell me your new address you will not receive these weekly updates! Any change of address should be notified to changedetails@sydneypc.com
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Graham Grant has a range of programs and a utility called "Windows on Top" to demonstrate and discuss at this meeting.

There will also be a question and answer session to resolve any computer problems members have experienced recently.

Tuesday 19 June - Genealogy - T. Eakin - 12:30pm - 3:30pm

At this meeting Terry Eakin will discuss how to use the Internet to research family history. He will also show some sites which have just come online and are regarded as real gems.

Terry will have a paper to distribute and a question and answer session will provide members with the opportunity to explore family history issues.

Friday 22 June - Digital Photography - 9:30am - 12:30pm

John Lucke will start this meeting with a question and answer session and engage the group in a constructive appraisal of photographs taken by members. Particular attention will be given to the composition, colour, lighting, focus, depth of field and sharpness of the photographs being appraised.

In the second half of the meeting the group will continue to explore some of the tools in the latest version of GIMP.

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For the photographers

ABC TV has started a new "Photo Finish" series in which three amateur photographers are tested with a photographic challenge. The programme is shown at 8PM on Thursdays. You can view the first episode here.

Cheers,

John Mathews

Please remember if your e-mail address is changed for any reason at all, unless you tell me your new address you will not receive these weekly updates! Any change of address should be notified to changedetails@sydneypc.com

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