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Meeting Schedule for
Sunday, February 05, 2006

by Herbert Wong, Jr., caleditor@noccc.org - January 22, 2006 at 01:22:06

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New!
Club Fund Raising Raffle

Featuring:

  • Sonic My DVD Studio Deluxe Suite 6 (CD)
  • Sonic RecordNow Deluxe Suite 7.3 (CD)
  • Symantec Norton Internet Security 2006 (software)
  • Symantec Norton SystemWorks 2006 Premier (software)
  • Symantec pcAnywhere 11.5 (software)
  • Broderbund Print Master Gold 15 (software)
  • Addison-Wesley The Art of Computer Programming, Vol. 4 (book)
  • O'Reilly Adobe Photoshop CS2 One-on-One (book)
  • O'Reilly eBay Hacks, 2nd. Edition (book)
  • O'Reilly Google Hacks, 2nd Edition (book)
  • O’Reilly Windows XP Cookbook Book (book)
  • Symantec The Symantec Guide to Home Internet Security (book)

To help bolster the club’s treasury, we are going to have auctions in February, March, and April. We are starting with the above list of products. The list for March will be larger, and April yet larger. The premier item for March 5, 2006 will be Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium for Windows with an MSRP of $1200.

Most items will have a starting minimum bid of one-half the MSRP. Each item will have its own bid sheet with an item description, starting bid, and minmum bid increment. This will be followed by multiple lines for your signature and bid.

The bidding will close at 1:00 p.m. The last and highest bid on the list claims the item. The bidding is open to the public.  The winner will be announced at the beginning of the Main Meeting.  Major items must be claimed before 1:30 p.m.  Payment We will accept cash, check, or credit card (MasterCard or Visa).

You can help your club by spreading the word to your friends, co-workers, favorite chat room, anyone you meet anywhere!.

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Important Scheduling Changes

9:30 a.m.
 Computer Essentials SIG New SIG leader. Elise Edgell has volunteered to bring clarity to the uninitiated. Her tremendous experience and understanding of educational needs will help her show beginners the basics.

Computer Essentials SIG

The Computer Essentials SIG (special interest group) will introduce you to the world of computing. You’ll learn to sit, crawl, stand, walk, and run a computer with confidence. You’ll start at the beginning, continue until you reach the end, and, then, stop.

Each monthly session will introduce the essentials of using a computer. Over the course of our meetings, you’ll learn the correct way to use a mouse and keyboard, text editing, word processing, file management, anti-virus scanners, spreadsheets, taking care of you computer, fonts, web browsing, newsgroups (UseNet), printing, scanning, file formats, and much more.

Please e-mail computeressentialssig@noccc.org if you plan to attend. Please include a little information about yourself, such as your computer experience, what kind of computer you use, what operating system you use, and any other information that might be of interest to you. Tell your friends, too!

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General Meetings
Main Meeting (1:00 p.m. in Irvine Auditorium)

Corel Corporation demonstrates the brand new Corel WordPerfect Office X3

Ottawa, Canada – January 17, 2006
Corel Corporation today announced the availability of the new Corel WordPerfect® Office X3 family of desktop productivity software – the newest version of the world's leading alternative to Microsoft® Office. Providing enhanced compatibility with Microsoft Office, as well as industry-leading feature richness, ease-of-use and value, Corel WordPerfect Office X3 sets a new standard for content re-use as the world's first and only office suite to natively import and export word processing documents, plus export spreadsheets and presentations, to PDF, one of the world's most widely deployed open formats.

In addition to PDF Import, Corel WordPerfect Office X3 offers a wide variety of new and enhanced features, including a new email client, a fresh new user interface, new online resources, enhanced multilingual character support and the powerful ability to easily eliminate hidden metadata. These new capabilities are complemented by the suite's beloved classic features – such as RealTime Preview, context-sensitive toolbars and task-oriented wizards, making Corel WordPerfect Office X3 the easiest-to-use version of WordPerfect Office ever.

The Corel WordPerfect Office X3 family features a selection of distinct products for distinct users, led by the flagship Corel WordPerfect Office X3 – Standard Edition and the outstanding value of Corel WordPerfect Office X3 – Home Edition. Corel's liberal upgrade policy allows users of many Microsoft Office, Corel WordPerfect Office and Corel graphics products to purchase Corel WordPerfect Office X3 for the upgrade price. Full upgrade information is available from www.wordperfect.com.

The Standard Edition is made up of WordPerfect® X3 for word processing, spreadsheet application Quattro Pro® X3 and Presentations™ X3 for multimedia presentations. The Standard Edition also includes the new WordPerfect® MAIL™* email application and the graphics and image editing program Presentations™ Graphics X3.
The Home Edition, developed to deliver all the capabilities today's busy households desire in one value-packed box, includes WordPerfect X3 – Home Edition, Quattro Pro X3 – Home Edition, Corel® Photo Album 6 – Standard Edition, Pinnacle Studio™ SE, Pinnacle Instant CD/DVD LE v8, Norton Internet Security™ 2006**, plus two WordPerfect OfficeReady™ Template Packs, Personal Finance and Home and School Essentials.

Presented by Corel Corporation, (http://www.corel.com).
SIG leader: George Margolin (inventor@pobox.com)

This month's raffle includes Corel WordPerfect Office Suite X3, Cool IT Systems USB Beverage Cooler, and some cool games (redeemable vouchers).

The Member-only prize (requires wearing badge to get a free ticket) will be a Linksys 802.11b Wireless Notebook Adapter.

8:30 a.m. SIGs
Visual Programming I (Science 109)
Visual Basic and Visual Basic Script for Beginners.
SIG leader: Anson Chapman (aecrc@hotmail.com)
9:00 a.m. SIGs
AutoCAD (Science 203)
AutoCAD computer aided design (CAD).
SIG leader: Joe Mizer (jmmizer@juno.com)
Linux for Desktop Users (Wilkinson 111)
Desktop applications under Linux.
SIG leader: Bob C Ray (bobcray@pacbell.net)
Visual Programming II (Science 109)
Visual C++ and Visual J++ for beginners.
SIG leader: Anson Chapman (aecrc@hotmail.com)
9:30 a.m. SIGs
Computer Aided Investing (Wilkinson 221)
Investment strategies, techniques, and software.
SIG leader: Bob Krishfield (bobkrish@socal.rr.com)
Computer Essentials (Science 111)
New topics with the new SIG leader.
SIG leader: Elise Edgell (EliseME@aol.com)
Consignment Table (Science Courtyard)
NOCCC members take the opportunity to sell their computer wares for a small commission.
Consignment Table Coordinator: Cathy Shimozono (shimca@charter.net)
Digital Photography (Irvine Hall)
Show And Tell
Bring your latest creations and show them off.
The “Show & Tell” will be followed by a discussion (per a request at the last meeting) of the different digital image file formats and their respective uses.
Attend the SIG and help pick future program topics.
SIG leader: Larry Klees (lklees@dslextreme.com)
Linux (intermediate) (Wilkinson 111)
Linux operating system for programmers and system administrators.
SIG leader: Bob C Ray (bobcray@pacbell.net)
10:00 a.m. SIGs
Linux for Server Administrators (Wilkinson 111)
Linux operating system for programmers and system administrators.
SIG leader: Bob C Ray (bobcray@pacbell.net)
Visual Programming III (Science 109)
Intermediate and advanced Visual Basic
SIG leader: Anson Chapman (aecrc@hotmail.com)
11:15 a.m. SIGs
Computer Security (Science 203)
Also, now meeting on the World Wide Web.
SIG leader: David Keays (rdksoft@sbcglobal.net)
Linux Programming Concepts (Wilkinson 111)
Linux operating system for programmers.
SIG leader: Bob C Ray (bobcray@pacbell.net)
Macintosh (Wilkinson 221)
Apple software.
SIG leader: Claire Lemire (clemire@ucdavis-alumni.com)
PC Question and Answer (Irvine Hall)
Jim Sanders will demonstrate, answer questions, and solve problems.
SIG leader: Jim Sanders (jsanders@ligasmicro.com)
Understanding Operating Systems (Science 306)
Get help with DOS, Windows 3.1/9x/ME, OS/2, etc.
SIG leader: Charlie Moore (mooreca@aol.com)
Visual Programming IV (Science 109)
Office 97 program development using Visual Basic
SIG leader: Anson Chapman (aecrc@hotmail.com)
12:00 p.m. SIGs
PIG SIG (Argyros Hall Cafeteria)
Socialize and dine in Chapman University's fine dining hall.
1:00 p.m. SIGs
Main Meeting (Irvine Hall)
See Main Meetings at top of page.
Presentation coordinator: George Margolin (inventor@pobox.com)
2:30 p.m. SIGs
Genealogy (Science 111)
Discover your family history with modern tools.
SIG leader: John Johnson (jrosjohnson@juno.com)
Hardware Essentials (Science 109)
Configuring A Router/Switch/Firewall.
SIG leader: Herbert Wong, Jr. (NOCCCHWSIG@SingularityTechnology.com)
OS/2 (Science 203)
OS/2 news and installation.
SIG leader: ()
Future Confirmed NOCCC Meeting Dates
Sunday, February 5, 2006
Sunday, March 5, 2006
Sunday, April 2, 2006
Sunday, May 7, 2006

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