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September 2008 - Vol 4 Issue 9
Newsletter
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Dear Victor,
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The Tellico Village Computer Uses Club's monthly
meeting will be held on September 2nd at 7pm on
the top floor of the Yacht Club. Registration
is on the Mezzanine level - 4th floor.
This month's meeting will
be a presentation by Carl Beck, Best Buy's Apple
Computer representative who will give us
insights into the Apple computer. If you have
ever considered the purchase of an Apple
Computer or are just interested in how it
differs from your PC, be sure to attend.
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Board Meeting
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The next
board meeting will be held Tuesday, September
9th, at 3 pm at the Rec. Center. All interested
members are invited to attend. Visitors are also
welcome.
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Quick Links
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Be sure to visit our web site at www.tvcuc.org
. Notes, handouts from previous presentation
and other valuable information is available to
you there - free of charge.
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Membership
by Bob Kutschera
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If
you haven't paid your 2008 dues, please do
so by sending a check to Bob Kutschera, 203
Ootsima Way, Loudon, TN 37774-2820 made out
to TVCUC in the amount of
$15.00.
It
is preferred that you send a check so that
congestion at the monthly meeting
registration table can be reduced if not
eliminated. Also, your check will serve as
your receipt.
If you
are not certain that you have paid the 2008
dues, please email Bob at
bkkutch@yahoo.com.
Thank
you for your cooperation in this matter and for
your participation and support of the Tellico
Village Computer Users Club.
We
continue to grow! In August we had six new
members. Please look for them and make them
welcome.
Ruppert Cooke
Gary and Helen Koranda
Joyce and Jim Louttit
David and Sharon Miller
Robert and Elaine Tomkins
Penny and Dr. Gerald Visconti
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A call for
officers and board members
by Warren
Sanders
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The last official function of the Past President
is to chair the nominating committee for next
year. You can make this activity easier for us
if you will volunteer for an office or to be on
the Board of Directors. There is no requirement
for longevity in the Club or for past
experience. Most of the positions require very
little time commitment; a monthly meeting
(afternoon on the 2nd Tuesday of each month) and
a little time to prepare for the meeting. Some
of the positions require a report for each
meeting, but the reports do not need to be
lengthy.
If you have any interest in serving our Club
in this way, please call me @408-0304 or
email me at
wsanders@chartertn.net. Contacting me
does not mean that you have volunteered. I
am very willing to explain duties and
responsibilities to anyone who contacts me.
We will also have some openings on various
committees, and will welcome inquiries about
those positions also.
I know you are aware that our club exists
due to the fact that people like you have
volunteered their time and efforts to it.
Please consider taking an active part in
what we do!
Thank you for giving this your
consideration.
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Special Interest
Groups (SIG's)
by Don
Stieghan
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Three SIGs are now meeting each month. The
meetings last for about an hour and half.
Genealogy- First Thursday
at 3:00 PM at Chota Rec Center.
(contact Don Stieghan at 458-2142)
Digital Photography- Second Thursday at
3:00 PM at Chota Rec Center
(contact Jim Noonan at 458-9940)
Computer Hardware- Third, For
information and details -
(contact Vince Alline at 824-3380)
Do you want to be a part of these exciting
programs or just ask questions about SIGs?
You can receive meeting announcements and
organization information. Just send your
e-mail address to me at
tvdon@chartertn.net, or call at 458-2142
or see me at the TVCUC general meeting.
Also, help is available to start additional
SIGs by expressing your special interest.
You do not have to be the expert to lead a
SIG to propose the organization of one, just
have an interest in the subject matter.
In the future, new SIGs will probably result
from the classes being planned.
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TAP (Technology
Access Program)
by Warren
Sanders
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For more than a year members of our Club have
been cleaning and fixing donated computers in
order to give them to deserving and qualified
families in East Tennessee. The program is
referred to as the Technology Access Program or
TAP for short. Since June 2007, more than 100
systems have gone to families touching more than
200 children.
Since TAP's inception, the Tellico Village
Community Church has allowed the use of one of
the model homes donated to the church by the
Cooper family for this project. With the planned
expansion of the church, that space will no
longer be available. Therefore, the TVCUC is
working to raise funds to acquire a new space.
Anyone interested in donating to TVCUC, a
non-profit 501(c)3 agency, is asked to contact
Warren Sanders who is the co-chairman for the
drive. Warren can be reached at his home at
(865) 408-0304 or wsanders@chartertn.net.
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Learning Center
by Bob Muggie
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Following my class in How Computers Work, Ken
Ray has completed a class series in Microsoft
Works. We had hoped to get more classes
scheduled this month, but summer absences for
some of our most qualified instructors have held
things up.
I hope to have some additional offerings for you
at the next meeting, but as of today (Friday,
August 29) there are none. I also plan other
ways to inform you about upcoming classes. If
possible, these ideas include the Connection,
Channel 3, the new Volunteer Press newspaper,
the club website, and even general e-mails to
club membership. Hopefully these ideas will
give you more advance notice. We will also
allow class sign-up and fee payment at the first
session of a scheduled class if you were unable
to sign up at a general meeting.
From experiences gained by Ken Ray in his
classes, we are also considering an additional
approach; having open house style labs, where
several of us would staff the learning center
for three hour periods. Members can come and
get help on various topics or subjects at these
labs. Obviously there can be no guarantee that
a specific question could be answered at a given
session, but it might be a good alternative for
some of you. Give me your comments on this at
the next general meeting.
Bob Mugge
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Free Stuff
by Frank Fritchman
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Due to the crash of my computer late this
month I will have nothing to share this
month. As you can see I am back up and
running but lost many of my email files.
I did not back up as well as I thought I
had, so be warned - "Learn how to backup
your data files and do it regularly, (I
did). And your emails (I did not)! It will
be time well invested!"
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It has been a long month for the Fritchmans
for many reasons, not the least of which was
the crash of my PC during the last half
(newsletter time) of the month. I
am blessed to have two systems in our home
so, as limited as this letter is, I could
still get it published.
See you at the next meeting.
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Frank Fritchman
Tellico Village Computer Users Club |
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