SUN CITY COMPUTER CLUB
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
June 5, 2008, 9:00
aM
Activities Center, Meeting Rooms #3 & 4
The Meeting was called to order at 9:00 A.M. by Gael
Miller, President.
Present:
Gael Miller, President
Doug Steinke, Vice-President
Linda Walke, Secretary
Linda Shanhouse, Treasurer
Dick Smith, Communications
Director
Webmaster Meredith Mitchell
Peggy Uselton, Membership
Director
Rex Davenport, Program
Director
Nelda McQuary, Special
Interest Groups Director
Jodi Salyers, Training
Director
Dick Doane, Past President
Peter Roll, Founder
Absent
Don Snapp CyberCenter -
Director
Approval of Minutes
Minutes taken by Linda Walke
of the May 1, 2008 Executive Board Meeting were approved by e-vote on May 14,
2008 and published on May 14, 2008.
Financial Report
Linda Shanhouse had sent a
March 2008 revised financial report to the board. A motion was made to accept the revised
report by Nelda McQuary and seconded by Peggy Uselton. The motion passed. Linda next presented the May 2008 Financial
Report. A motion to accept the report was made by Doug Steinke and seconded by Peter
Roll. The motion passed. The Financial Report will be filed for audit.
Highlights:
- "Computer
and Related Items" Expense of $614.85 for 4 Meraki Mini-Pro
Edition (US Plug).
- "Software
Purchases" expense of $495.00 for Vector Vest Subscription
- Junior
Camp expenses will be shown under the Special Projects category
DISCUSSION
OF DIRECTORS REPORTS RECEIVED BY E-MAIL
Communications, Dick Smith
Monthly Computer Club Article for the Sun Rays - The CC article for the July Sun Rays was submitted during the last week of May.
CyberCenter,
Don Snapp
In an effort to resolve
continuous problems with our wireless system throughout the Activity center, I
formed a work team to assist me to get a handle around the issue. The
team includes myself, John Baumann, Bill Buppert and Dick Smith. Gael
Miller is ex officio to the team.
The team met and formulated
'a plan' which was implemented on Saturday, May 24.
A new Linksys Router was
installed and 4 repeaters were placed around the facility. The first
repeater is located in the Lab close to the Modem and Router located on the
table behind Siggie.
We are currently running with
the new router and the old wireless access points. We could easily switch back
to the old router if there is a problem. It would only take a couple of minutes.
Presently the wireless system
is in and working. The Activities Center
building is covered.
Membership, Peggy Uselton
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Total at
End of Month
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Joined This
Month
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Joined This
Year
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Percentage of
Previous Year
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2006
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2,353
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724
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116.5% of 2005
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May, 07
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2,216
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38
|
392
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94%
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June, 07
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2,265
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37
|
429
|
96%
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|
July, 07
|
2,318
|
48
|
478
|
98.5%
|
|
August, 07
|
2,389
|
70
|
548
|
101.5%
|
|
September, 07
|
2,434
|
45
|
591
|
103.4%
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|
October, 07
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2,467
|
28
|
619
|
104.8%
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|
November, 07
|
|
103
|
722
|
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December, 07
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2,660
|
65
|
787
|
113.0%
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January, 08
|
2136
|
174
|
174
|
80.3%
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February, 08
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2273
|
52
|
226
|
85.6%
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March, 2008
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2351
|
61
|
278
|
88.4%
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April, 2008
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2426
|
55
|
342
|
91.2%
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May, 2008
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2485
|
47
|
389
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93.4%
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The next New Member
Receptions are scheduled for July 29 and Sept. 30.
Listed below are the dates
for New Member Receptions, please mark your calendars.
2008 2009 2010
Jan. 29
Jan 27
Apr. 29 Mar. 30 Mar.
30
July 29 June 30 June
29
Sept. 30 Sept. 29 Aug.
31
Nov. 30
Programs, Rex Davenport
The Program Committee will
meet June 10, 4 PM to complete August programs
Jun 2: What You Can Do With Spreadsheets (Rick Rowder)
Jun 9: Hardware &
Technology SIG
Linux
-- The Other Operating System presenter Doug Willoughby
Jun 16: Computer Games for
your Grandkids (coordinator Peter Roll)
Jun 23: Memory/Flash
Drives (John Bosch)
Jun 30: Cyber Social at
Pavillion (Rsv 12 2:30) w/ice
cream (Do
Survey - Doug Steinke)
Jul 7: Pro Sho Gold SIG
(Ray Wright)
Jul 14: Open Office (J
Crutcher, D Willoughby)
Jul 21: GT
Web Master (E. McDonald) - tentative
Jul 28: You Tube (Meredith Mitchell)
Aug 4: Whats New with AOL
SIG (Bruce Cottrill
Training, Jodi Salyers
Class Enrollment for May 2008:
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Category
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Class
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Status
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# Students
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Vista
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Windows Vista 1
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7
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Vista for XP Users
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8
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XP
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Computer Intro XP
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5
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Windows XP 1
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4
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Windows XP 2
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4
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Mac
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Mac-Maintenance Basics
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8
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Mac-MS Word 2004
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3
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Mac-Spreadsheet/Numbers
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4
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Photo
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Digital Cameras
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Closed
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5
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Greeting Cards
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6
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Picasa
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4
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Photoshop 1
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Full
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8
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|
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Photoshop 2
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|
5
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Photoshop Organizer
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5
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|
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TOTALS
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14 Classes
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76 Students
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Some
of the basic classes are mediocre in attendance; but we only canceled one class
due to the small number of students.
Betty Fowler resurrected the Vista for
XP Users Class, and it was well attended; so it appears there is still a need
for that class. We have scheduled a full
complement of classes in June; but we have reduced the number of basic classes
offered in July and August, in hopes of building up some demand. We will resume our full schedule in September
(usually around 20 classes per month).
We
will be having an MS PowerPoint Intro class in July and an MS Excel Intro class
in August. I am also searching for
someone to teach Quicken classes. Jim
Chapman has declined to teach any longer and prefers to have those interested
in Quicken attend the SIG meetings; however, I still have quite a list of
members interested in taking the Quicken classes.
The
photo classes are still our best performers.
Unfortunately even though several instructors have tried it, we still
dont have extra instructors to teach the Picasa and Digital Camera classes in
the Resnicks absence this summer.
Because
Monitors are not always available the instructors must verify and know how to
set the class on the sign-in computer.
This is especially necessary when the class starts at the same time the
lab opens or when the class starts after the lab closes.
Special Interest Groups, Nelda McQuary
Beginners and Beyond SIG
Will definitely discontinue after the
June 12th meeting. Leaders,
Yvonne Davenport & Bev Edwards will not lead the SIG, and they feel there
is no one else qualified to carry on. I
have talked to Shirley Polich, and she will send an invitation to the B & B
roster, asking them to meet with Kaffee Klatch.
Digital Camera SIG Chuck Fletcher has
done an outstanding job of getting Digital Camera up and running again. Their May 28th meeting had 21
attending, then 4 more turned up on Thursday, as the Weekly Newsletter posted
the wrong date and time in the announcement sent out on May 22nd.
Picasa SIG Successfully began on May 14th with 27
members attending. They will meet this
month, then Barbara Resnick will be gone July & August, resuming in
September.
Both Digital Camera and
Picasa would like use Meeting Rooms 3 & 4 at the times previously used by
Beginners and Beyond. The room
assignment will be determined when the meeting room schedule is approved.
Any SIGs not meeting during
the summer must notify Nelda so the website and weekly newsletter can reflect
those changes.
Total May Attendance 399 record for year
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2008
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SIG
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DATE/TIME
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Leader
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Jan
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Feb
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Mar
|
Apr
|
May
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AOL
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4th Wed 9:30
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B Cottrill
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14
|
10
|
7
|
10
|
6
|
|
Beginners & Beyond
|
2nd&4th
Thurs 9:30
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Edwards/Davenport
|
57
|
52
|
32
|
36
|
43
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Digital Camera
|
4th Wed10:30
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Chuck
Fletcher
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No
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No
|
No
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No
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21
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E Bay
|
1st Wed 10:00
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N Strayer
|
14
|
17
|
15
|
13
|
30
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Genealogy
|
3rd Thurs 10:00
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B J
Steinke&S Christiansen
|
57
|
66
|
60
|
36
|
68
|
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Hardware/Tech
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3rd Tues 10:00
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G Boley/D
Smith
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31
|
31
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26
|
40
|
27
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|
Kaffee Klatch
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2nd&4th Tues
10:00
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J & S
Polich
|
115
|
82
|
94
|
76
|
78
|
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Mac High Tea
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1st Wed 3:00
|
P Roll
|
18
|
32
|
31
|
30
|
22
|
|
Mac Users Group (MUG)
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