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Meeting Schedule for
Sunday, October 7, 2007

by Herbert Wong, Jr., caleditor@noccc.org - October 01, 2007 at 10:01:07

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Sunday, October 7, 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 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)
Top 10 Ways to Protect your Computer
We use our computers today to do a wide variety of important tasks from communicating with family and friends to keeping track of our finances and many other purposes. If our computers stopped working today, most of us would miss their use in doing all of these things in our daily lives. There are certain things that all of us should be doing with our computers to protect them from damage and crashes. This preventive medicine is needed in order to keep our computers running smoothly without problems. We will identify in this presentation the 10 most important things that each of us needs to do to keep our computer healthy and running well. Knowing what these items are can help you to better maintain your computer in a good working condition. Take a few precautions ahead of time and avoid the pain of a major problem later. Don't miss this important presentation.

Gene Barlow is one of the most widely recognized presenter at user group meetings. He has presented to user groups regularly for over 25 years. He provides important technical information about your computer in a way that all can understand. He is a skilled presenter, is interesting, and easy to understand and listen to. Everyone will learn by attending his presentations.

Presented by Gene Barlow, ).
Presentation coordinator: (programs@noccc.org).


Raffle
This month's raffle includes Canon Pixma iP1600 Photo Printer (hardware), The Official Ubuntu Book (book/DVD), and more.

The Member-only prize (requires member to wear badge to get a free ticket) will be Upgrading Your PC (book) and Virtual Honeypots (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 stock picking, when to buy, and portfolio building.
SIG leader: Bob Krishfield (bobkrish@socal.rr.com)
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.
Hopefully, the new industry group setups for Quotes Plus will be available to demonstrate. We will cover related topics for managing industry groups and creating sectors averages.
SIG leader: Bob Krishfield (bobkrish@socal.rr.com)
Computer Security (Science 203)

Also, now meeting on the World Wide Web.
SIG leader: David Keays (davekeays@yahoo.com)
Digital Photography (Irvine Hall)
We will visit an educational web site & one that has educational photographic projects. We will also discuss some surprising things about the Aquarium of the Pacific.
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)
Hard Disk Drive Technology
We'll take a look at different interfaces and external drive 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)
Considerations for buy-ing DDR2 RAM is our topic.
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, 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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