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

SCPD Let’s Compute Computer Club
Palm Desert, California
www.scpd-computerclub.org/

From the Let’s Compute Prez Sez (Lyn Morse) column for September. For those of you who have taken Shirley Allen’s AppleWorks classes, the following will be affirmation of what you already know: she is a great source of information and shares it with you in her classes. In the October issue of AppleWorks Journal, there will be two articles that Shirley has written, one as a solo writer – “How to Create Your Works,” and another that she has co-authored – “How to Create Return Address Labels with Different Graphics.” You might want to look for those showing up as classes this year.

As a Community Service project, Let’s Compute is collecting DVD for the troops overseas. They have a collection box in their computer lab; the DVDs can be new or used.

She also let the members know that Comic Life is now available for the PC (their club is for both PC and Mac users and more and more are changing over to Macs). Lyn told me at SW2007 that this is one of her favorite programs, and that she had asked the vendor if they would offer one for PC users – and now they have. On her recommendation about the program, I contacted the vendor and they generously donated full-version copies for the strictly Mac users who attended the conference. Way to go, Lyn – who says that users can’t make a difference!

Los Angeles Computer Society
Los Angeles, CA
www.lacspc.org
LACS Audio Archive

You can now listen to the audio portion of the LACS 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 a mp3 player. If you do not have these programs, you can download them by left clicking your mouse on the text to the right of the program you wish to download (on their website). There is no charge for these programs. Some of the podcasts are on Tech Republic, Useful Free Utilities, Product Reviews, Open Source Software, Shopping Online for Travel and Other Items, Media Conversion Made Easy, Is Your Computer Safe?, Vista, IOGear, and more.

North Orange County Computer Club
Orange, California
www.noccc.org

The NOCCC had planned to have collections of electronic waste by eWaste quarterly - in January, March, June and September. Response was so good in June that they brought them back early! Members were encouraged to bring their old, unused computers and electronic equipment to be collected, refurbished and used or recycled, without causing a danger to the environment. The NOCCC Consignment Table was also set up, so if members thought their Pentium 1 PC or other equipment, software or books are not quite ready for the recycle pile, they can try to sell it first.

What a great benefit of membership. In my area (Santa Clarita Valley), we only have eWaste pickup once a year unless some organization is doing a fundraiser - and I always have a ton ready to go.

Glendora Senior Computer Club
Glendora, CA
www.gscclub.org
By Lucy Brejcha

The GSCC recently participated in the La Fetra Center open house where they hold their meetings and classes.

History of the La Fetra Center – Mission: The City of Glendora, Community Services Department, through the efforts of the Human Services Division at the La Fetra Center, strives to maximize the quality of life for older adults by providing programs that (1) promote dignity and self-esteem; (2) foster independence; (3) facilitate social interaction; and, (4) dispel negative stereotypes about aging.

Bill Belcher, one of our tech guys, made a beautiful three-panel posterboard depicting some of the activities the computer club does. These posterboards depicted the “life” of the computer club: hands-on meetings, professional speakers, pictures of members learning and having fun (we meet on the 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of the month), and in addition to our regular meetings, our tech guys assisting seniors every 2nd Thursday of the month with their hardware problems. Seniors are encouraged to bring in their towers for free help on these Thursdays. The room was manned by tech guys Bill Belcher and Ell Fullmer, and Lucy Brejcha, Newsletter Editor.

The Center stated that over 120 persons attended the open house – I think most of them came over to see us. Each visitor was given a brochure of what our Computer Club does, which included a listing of the classes and programs held, where to see us on the web, and just general information.

Some of the visitors that came on Saturday signed up for classes that day, and some came to the general meeting to see what it’s all about.