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Meeting Schedule for
Sunday, August 05, 2007

by Herbert Wong, Jr., caleditor@noccc.org - July 17, 2007 at 07:17:07

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Sunday, August 05, 2007
NOCCC
Electronic Waste Collection Day

The use and abuse of personal computers has created a tremendous problem. How is computer equipment to be properly disposed so that the hazardous substances (such as lead, nickel, mercury, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, and zinc) do not contaminate the environment?

NOCCC has the solution!
For one day, we will give members an opportunity to safely recycle their useless equipment.
Products may include televisions, monitors (CRT, LCD, and plasma), laptop computers, PDAs, VCRs, printers, cell phones, desktop computers, calculators, and audio-video equipment. Each item must be in a safe to handle condition (no broken glass, no foreign toxic chemicals, no dangerous condition).

Bring these items to the Sunday, August 05, 2007 meeting (from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.). Go to the Chapman University Hashinger Science Center parking lot.
Not all items are acceptable. Talk to the NOCCC volunteers about what items will be taken. Do not leave any items in the parking lot unless instructed to do so.
NOCCC reserves the right to refuse any and all items.



Recycling courtesy of:

Omni Technics, Inc.

www.ca-recycle.com
3401 Cerritos Avenue
Los Alamitos, California 90720
(562)627-1910

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Important Schedule Changes!

New Meeting Hours

NOCCC has a simplified SIG (special interest group) schedule. The new schedule will allow everyone to go to three SIGs before the Main Meeting and the Main Meeting can last as long as needed.  Please check time and room changes for each SIG.

Each SIG will last almost 90 minutes. The time slots are:
9:00 a.m. to 10:20 a.m.,
10:30 a.m. to 11:50 a.m.,
12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. (lunch break),
and 12:30 p.m. to 1:50 p.m.

The Main Meeting will be from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.





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General Meeting
Main Meeting (2:00 p.m. in Irvine Auditorium)
CMS Products.
Daniel Reilly of CMS Products (www.cmsproducts.com) will demonstrate their products. CMS is a local (Costa Mesa, CA) manufacturer of hard drive data backup systems for notebook and desktop personal computers as well as for server systems. They have won numerous awards for their products and have been in business for over 20 years.

Their backup systems come with a three-year warranty and they offer systems with data transfer rates up to 3GB/sec. Their ABS backup systems back up your data in its native format. It is the only system that offers a 20-minute disaster recovery from a hard drive failure by being able to install the backup hard drive into your notebook or desktop computer. With other backup systems, you will need rescue software, a new hard drive and about 2 to 6 hours of your valuable time for data transfer to the new hard drive.
Presented by Daniel Reilly, CMS Products (www.cmsproducts.com).
Presentation coordinator: (programs@noccc.org).


Raffle
This month's raffle includes Microsoft Zoo Tycoon 2 Zookeeper Collection (software) and O'Reilly Windows XP Annoyances for Geeks (book).

The Member-only prize (requires member to wear badge to get a free ticket) will be O'Reilly Word 2007 for Starters - The Missing Manual (book) and O'Reilly XP Hacks - 100 Industrial Strength Tips & Tools (book).

9:00 a.m. SIGs
AutoCAD (Science 203)
AutoCAD computer aided design (CAD).
SIG leader: Joe Mizer (joescrouge@earthlink.net)
Computer Aided Investing (Wilkinson 221)
Investment strategies, techniques, and software.
We will discuss more techniques for stock picking and get into the subject of portfolios – how to design one to meet your needs, backtesting performance, and various strategies for managing them.
SIG leader: Bob Krishfield (bobkrish@socal.rr.com)
Computer Essentials ()
Looking for a new SIG leader .
SIG leader: (n/a).
Consignment Table (Science Courtyard)
Consignment Table is only during months with eWaste collection (about once per quarter year). Look for a message at the top of the monthly calendar page for the eWaste announcement.
NOCCC members take the opportunity to sell their computer wares for a small commission.
Consignment Table: Cathy Shimozono (chatty.cathy@charter.net)
Consignment Table: Richard Miller (rrrmil@yahoo.com)
Home Automation (n/a)
The Home Automation SIG will not be meeting until further notice .
SIG leader: n/a
Linux (Wilkinson 117)
Linux operating system.
SIG leader: Bob Ray (bobcray@pacbell.net)
Visual Programming (Science 111)
Visual C++ and Visual J++ for beginners.
SIG leader: Anson Chapman (aecrc@hotmail.com)
10:30 a.m. SIGs
AmiBroker (Wilkinson 221)
New SIG!  For beginners and experienced users, learn how to use and apply AmiBroker for investing and trading, share ideas and software.
We should have the new Hemscot sector/industry groups for QuotesPlus data subscribers, and we’ll get into how to set them up and various uses of ranking by sector and industry group performance. The ranking program will allow rapid determination of how a stock ranks among its peers within its industry group. We will review the programs at the meeting and see if we can use them for making fixes and improvements on the spot.
SIG leader: Bob Krishfield (bobkrish@socal.rr.com)
Computer Security (Science 203)
Unless something else comes-up we will revisit the Cross-Site-Scripting issue. I’m planning a little demonstration of how it works and what it can do.
Also, now meeting on the World Wide Web.
SIG leader: David Keays (davekeays@yahoo.com)
Digital Photography (Irvine Hall)
We will talk about creating better outdoor portraits and reviewing your pictures of fireworks. If properly exposed to show colors, they look way too dark. Bring some of them in and see how to touch them up. Attend the SIG and help pick future program topics.
Attend the SIG and help pick future program topics.
SIG leader: Larry Klees (lklees@dslextreme.com)
Linux (Wilkinson 117)
Linux operating system for programmers and system administrators.
SIG leader: Bob Ray (bobcray@pacbell.net)
Understanding Operating Systems (Science 111)
Get help with DOS, Windows 3.1/9x/ME, OS/2, etc.
SIG leader: Charlie Moore (mooreca@aol.com)
12:00 p.m. SIGs
PIG SIG (Argyros Hall Cafeteria)
Socialize and dine in Chapman University's fine dining hall (closed during summer months).
Try some NOCCC hot dogs during the summer.
12:30 p.m. SIGs
Hardware Essentials (Science 109)
Laptop Computer Technology
We'll take a look at different display formats, options, and other technology.
SIG leader: Herbert Wong, Jr. (NOCCCHWSIG@SingularityTechnology.com)
OS/2 (Science 203)
OS/2 news and installation.
SIG leader: Steve Schiffman (schiffman@attglobal.net)
PC Question and Answer (Irvine Hall)
Jim Sanders will demonstrate, answer questions, and solve problems.
SIG leader: Jim Sanders (jsanders@ligasmicro.com)
2:00 p.m. Main Meeting
Main Meeting (Irvine Hall)
See Main Meetings at top of page.
Presentation coordinator: (programs@noccc.org)
Future Confirmed NOCCC Meeting Dates
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Sunday, September 9, 2007
Sunday, October 7, 2007 (2 p.m. Gene Barlow )
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Sunday, May 4, 2008

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