Tellico Village Computer Users Club

Non-Profit Community Computer Interest Group

Financials

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With TAP expenses being about 85% of our budget, making the decision to not include a printer with every system allowed us to stay under budget. The lowest price we purchased printers for last year was $19, most being much higher. For the 862 systems we gave away, printers costs were $16,378 of our TAP expenditures. We were only able to purchase 150 printers for $19. Printers are the single largest part of TAP’s expense. And with over 925 systems given away so far this year, we had to start limiting the number of systems that contained a printer because the current printer cost is over $50.

Most importantly, changes were made to reduce our costs and not impact the TAP product and we did not exceed the 2020 Budget. We are currently $9,000 below projections for grants and donations, which is offset largely by TAP reducing printer costs by $12,000. Our 2021 Budget accounts for these expected changes and is $11,000 lower.

Current and 2021 budgets are available at:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NCpRjW6oh5bT6eO2nlVl7fyzrcl0Ty7F/view?usp=sharing

Newsletter – November 2019

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So, Hello!

While the Elections for the 2020 Board were held this month, please remember that we still need to have someone step up to be Secretary.  Ginnie has agreed to stay on while we get someone, but this cannot be open ended.  It only takes about 6-8 hours a month to attend and record the minutes for the Board Meeting and the General meeting.  There are some additional things like getting cards out to members who are ill, or going through loss, and some lists that need updating from time to time.  All of these just require basic office skills.

We are in the process of lining up Tours and General Meeting Programs for 2020 and would like to hear from you on what YOU would like, so that we can best serve.

November is a time for thanks.

I would like to thank all our volunteers in TAP, FLS, Grant Writing, Tours, Picnic, Communications, Membership, Welcoming Tables, Mac S.I.G., TellicoLife Admins and the other members of the Board.  It is only through your efforts that we can be the Organization we are and provide service for our Members and the gift of a chance at a better life for over 10,000 youths with a computer from TAP.

Thank you all.

We wish our Members a Happy Thanksgiving and hope you all have time to reflect on how fortunate you are to live here among friends as you enjoy time being with them.

Read more: Here

Newsletter – October 2019

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So, Hello!

I have to apologize for not having a Program together for the last General Meeting.  We had scheduled Scott Inmann from BB&T, but, unfortunately, an emergency arose for him and he could not make it.  His subject matter of “Online Banking” is a topic, I think, would have been of interest to all and from which we all could have learned.  We will try to have him come out at a time in the not too distant future.

I would like to thank all the Members who are using TellicoLife to sign up for our Tours.  Doing so makes it so much easier for us to keep everything organized.  As more tours are added, please remember to go to the Calendar in TellicoLife to get the details and the link to sign up for a tour.

We will have our Board Election at our next Meeting, November 5th.  We will also make a presentation on the “State of the Club,” as well as give members the opportunity to ask questions about the Club.  Membership Renewal for 2020 began October 1st.  Anyone signing up now for the first time will be a Club Member for the rest of 2019 as well as all of 2020.

Thanks for your continuing support of our Club.

KVS

See the entire newsletter Here.

2020 Tours

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See the schedule below for confirmed tours. The tour schedule will be updated during the year as new tours are added. Only current TVCUC members are eligible to participate in the tours. To sign up for any of the scheduled tours, find tour at the TVCUC Calendar on-line at TellicoLife and follow the instructions to complete and submit the sign-up form. Do not forget to add additional participants in your party after completing your own enrollment information, if applicable.

Scheduled Tours

Date Tour Venue
Sat – Oct 10Knoxville Proton Therapy Center
Tue – Oct 13911 Emergency Call Center
PendingSea Ray Boat Manufacturer (suspended)
Scheduled tours: Members only sign up at TellicoLife, TVCUC Calendar

 

Future Tours in the Works

Sea Ray Boats (all tours currently suspended due to Covid-19))
Coordination in progress to set date and time.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (on hold pending transportation issue)
This promises to be a special tour with the new supercomputer included.  This is our first tour at ORNL since tours there were suspended last year.

ORNL Everest Upgrade (on hold pending transportation issue)
For nearly ten years, researchers have seen their large datasets as images on the screens in the EVEREST room. With the new upgrade, scientists will be better able to visualize their data to make discoveries.  The renovations include a 37 mega pixel stereoscopic wall made up of 18 individual display monitors.  Stereoscopy creates depth in an image for a 3D effect. While the old system could show movies, high-resolution images, and some live applications, the new system’s 3D capabilities will allow for greater detail in data visualization.  Read more…Here.
(Also…Please visit the ORNL Museum.  Find out more…Here.

Climate Institute (TBD)
Standby for more information on this one.

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Meetings

Meetings are cancelled because of the pandemic Based on member survey results, the TVCUC Board … READ MORE