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Region 11
(Southern California)
by Judy Taylour, Advisor
jtaylour@apcug.net

The Big Bear Computer Club (BBCC) has both a new webmaster and editor and you can check out their new Website and newsletter at www.big bearcc.org. Most groups have fundraisers to bring in added funds but how many have a Fundraiser Contest. The BBCC is having one. Spring is almost here and it’s time to start making plans for their summer fundraiser, but what kind of fundraiser? The Board needs help in coming up with a fundraiser idea and that’s where their members come in. They know their members have wonderful ideas and the Board would like them to share those ideas. Members are asked to submit their ideas via e-mail with Fundraiser Idea in the subject line. Whoever comes up with the best fundraising idea wins $25.00. The winner will be announced at their April meeting.

The Glendora Seniors Computer Club features a Q&A at their meetings (they meet twice a month) but some members are still reluctant to ask questions in front of the entire world. Jim Glass, Program Chair, offers to step outside the room with a computer under his arm and do “one on one” Q&A. This illustrates the users helping users motto and proves that the GSCC is really a friendly seniors group serving all computer skill levels. www.gscclub.org/

The Claremont Senior Computer Club has a new feature on their Website: Quick Tips. You can check out the tips at www.cscclub.org. 3/13 – how to create a Captain’s Log with Notepad; 3/3 – Too many icons? Clean up your desktop; 2/27 – Logon Password Protection; 2/20 – Customize the toolbar; 2/12 – Common tasks view on the left side of the window; and 2/6 – Daylight Saving Time.

The March meeting of the Long Beach Computer Club featured CyberDefender. The meeting was videotaped by a professional crew and will soon be available from CyberDefender for those groups that requested the Presentation-in-a-Box. www.lbibmug.org/

The Los Angeles Computer Society has an LACS Audio Archive on its Website. You can now listen to the audio portion of their general meetings in streaming format or as a podcast. To listen as a stream you need to have either RealPlayer or Windows Media Player. To listen to a podcast you need a program like iPodder and an MP3 player. If you do not have these programs you can download them by clicking on the link for the program you wish to download. There is no charge for these programs. www.lacspc.org

One of the recent presentations of the Tri-City Computer Club consisted of two members who attended APCUG’s annual conference reporting on the Roundtables they attended. Between them they attended 13 RTs and the information they shared will benefit both their club and members. http://tricitycomputerclub.com/

b in Palm Desert loves its computer lab monitors. Monitors are people who want to help others in whatever capacity they can. Why else would they volunteer their time? Let’s give the monitors a high-five of thanks. www.scpd-computerclub.org/ The club offers a gazillion classes each month and serving as a monitor has very subtle perks. Learning by helping, learning by observing and sometimes learning from others in the lab. The bits and pieces of information accumulate and soon you are surprised at what you have learned.

The San Diego PC Club offers Friday workshops twice a month and they are a great way for members to get informal answers to their computer questions or advice about their broken computer. Members who attend get help from some of the most computer literate people in San Diego. http://sdpcug.org/

The Seniors Computer Group in San Diego has almost 15 volunteers who are available to help members with close to 40 different hardware and software problems from tracking stocks on the web and downloading prices to WordPerfect, creating a webpage, SnagIt, Time Warner’s Road Runner, Photoshop, Kai Photo tools and much more. http://home.san.rr.com/scg/

Starting in January 2007, the Computer Connection Club in San Jacinto, has a page on their website devoted to what APCUG has to offer. To date it has links to NOOZ and PUSH articles. www.computer-connection-club.org /

The Temecula Valley Computer User Group has a link to other computer clubs (let’s mingle) on its Website. When you click on it, you see the home pages for six clubs. Click on one of those links and you are visiting one of those clubs: Colony Computer – Murrieta, Computer Club of Menifee Valley, Computer Connection Club of San Jacinto, Fallbrook PC Users Group, Hemet Senior Computer Club and the Tri-City Computer Club of Oceanside. http://member.apcug.org/tvcug/

The Computer Club of Menifee Valley, “Friends Helping Friends,” has a Bulletin Board on their Website. It was activated on 1-25-2007. Postings and registration information from the club's prior board were not brought forward to this board. While everyone is welcome to read messages, posting requires a quick and easy registration. www.ccmv.net/

TUGNET, Granada Hills, recently had another successful meet and eat fundraiser at El Torito restaurant. This gives members, relatives, neighbors, et al a chance to get together and eat, plus it benefits the user group. www.tugnet.org