Agenda PCCC Board Meeting Monday, August 22nd 2011, McAlister’s Park Rd
MEETING: 5:30PM, Monday, August 22nd, McAlister’s Park Road.
Welcome & Call to order - Jack LaPointe
• Additions, deletions, comments to today’s agenda - Jack
• Secretary’s Report and approval of previous minutes - Paul
• Treasurer’s Report - Richard
OLD BUSINESS:
Program Topics: Scheduled programs:
September 8th -
Prospective Programs from Members, One Question Survey and Various Other Sources:
Using our Facebook site to Market the PC3 – Dewey, Others
Gmail: Email on the Web – Jack, Nikki, Others
General and Browser Security: Browser Security Settings for Safer Surfing – Bill & others
Smart Phones: Convergence in the Mobile Computer Market – Verizon, Apple, ATT
Notebooks, Netbooks, Tablets and More Computers
Cloud Computing: Pro’s & Con’s – Panel
General Q&A Roundtable – Response to Questions and More – Board
What’s New with Apple – Local User Group or the Apple Store SouthPark
Genealogy on the Internet - Barbara DeMase, JGL
Present Results of PC3 Planning Meeting to Membership – JGL, Board
The Future of Computing 25 years - Watson, Quantum Computing, etc - JGL?
Rebuilding & Updating Your Computer Workshop – Cliff & Panel
Fine Tuning Your Pictures with Photo Shop - Richard
Website Design: Implementation on a Personal Site – Panel
Organizing and Storing Your Photographs on your HD and on the Web. - ?
Apple iPod Touch, 4th Generation – Joe Clark [when ready]
Password Utilities – Ted
Departmental Reports:
Membership Development - Joe
Newsletter – Rob
Web Master – Dewey
Communications / Publicity - Cliff
Programs – Volunteer needed
Meeting Place/Holiday Party – Galen
Community Service – Jerry, Paul
NEW BUSINESS:
• General Meeting Format - Critique of present approach, recommendations for improvements - Board
• Community Service - Giving back to the community, Love Inc - follow up – Jerry, Galen, Paul
• Membership Strategies – How can we strengthen our response to new member attendance at meetings?
OTHER BUSINESS:
Upcoming meetings –
Eating before the Meeting – September 8th: Shomar’s East Blvd General Meeting - September 8th
Board Meeting – September 26th – where?
Adjourn
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Eating before the meeting ideas:
Order out and bring meal into the meeting room.
Ask the church to prepare a meal for us.
Eating Before the Meeting Restaurants – courtesy of Bill Barnes
Restaurant Comment Location (nearby)
Shomar’s Good seating but noisy E. Blvd & Cumberland
Midnight Diner See review in 10/22 Observer 3 blocks from church – Tryon & Carson Blvd.
Fuel Pizza Small seating restricted S & E Blvd
Chipolte Mex Grill 7 tables, short menu S.Blvd & Cleveland
Mr K’s Old fashioned hamburger stand S.Blvd & Cleveland
5 Guys New fashioned hamburger stand S.Blvd & Magnolia
Pike’s Soda Shop May not be open at night Camden & Tremont
Price’s Chicken Coop National reputation. Carry out only. Camden & Park Ave
Bojangles Tryon & W. Blvd
Phat Burrito Tiny dining room Camden & Tryon
SubStation II S. Blvd – couple blocks down
Lebowski’s sports bar – may be busy at night E. Blvd & Cumberland
Mac’s BBQ S. Blvd & Ideal Way
Open Kitchen Good Italian good seating, trek W. Morehead & Summit
Savor Cafe Fair trek from PMBC W. Morehead & Summit
Graystone Good food, slow service 3090 S. Blvd
Burger Co Great Burgers, far trek 1500 W. Morehead Ave.
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PC3 Membership Programs Survey
Please check the presentation areas you would like to hear more about & circle any topics that interest you.
If you would like to speak on a topic, know someone or know of a resource, please let us know that as well.
[ ] Entertainment:
Games, Online Music, You-Tube, Computer Humor, UFO’s & SETI “Is Anyone Out There?” Others ________
[ ] Small Business Computing:
Small Business Networking, Doing Business On the Web, Privacy Issues – Medical – Legal – Financial Mandated by New Laws, PC Servers in Small Business, SMB Accounting – Quick Books, MS Great Plains, etc Others ___________________________________________________________________________________
[ ] Hardware:
Apple Computers, New Concepts in Printing, Setting up a WIFI Network – Home, Public, Business, Home Server, WIFI Signal Science, Communications Convergence – Smart Phones TVs & Computers, Gadgets, Others__________________________________________________________________________
[ ] Dealing with the Web:
Basics of Web Design, Hosting Services, Dealing on E-Bay, ISPs - Road Runner, etc, Search Engines, Peer to Peer Internet & local Networks Wikis, Others __________________________________________________
[ ] Digital Photography: Software – Hardware – Technique, Others __________________________________
[ ] PC Security:
The Security Baseline Cont., White Hat Security, Firewalls, Spam, Remote Computing, Passwords, WIFI, Online Remote Storage & Backup, Root Kits and much more, Others _________________________________
[ ] The Individual User in the Corporate Environment:
Using a PC in a Corporate Environment, Computer Forensics (CSI–PC), The Legal Ramifications of PC Usage, Privacy & ID Theft, the Help Desk, Others ______________________________________________________
[ ] Software Applications:
Microsoft Vista & Office 2007, Microsoft One Step Security, MS Office Online, Google Gmail, Alternative Software – Firefox, Open Office, etc, Others ____________________________________________________
[ ] The Future of Computing:
Linux, Web 2.0, WiMAX, Tablets, Netbooks & SmartPhones, Net Neutrality, Quantum Computing, Others ________________________________________________________________________________________
[ ] Using the Web for Special Purposes:
Using the Web to Track Stocks & Bonds, Using the Web to Diet, Using the Web for Remote Access, Chat Rooms, VOIP, Social Networking, Politics, Hacking Tools, Others ________________________________
[ ] Buying PC Merchandise What’s Hot, What’s Not: Web, E-Bay, Amazon, Other_____________________
[ ] PC Maintenance:
Defrag, Check Disk, Process Monitor, CCleaner, Registry Mechanic, Sysinternals Apps - Process Explorer, etc, Others_______________________________________________________________________________
Suggestions for Other New Programs: Topics, Speakers, and/or Service Projects… Volunteers: _______________________________________________________________________________________
