We will be meeting at the Madelyn Helling Library located at 980 Helling Way, Nevada City 95959
again, in Nevada City for the February 1st meeting.
from 7 – 9pm (there is nothing from 6 – 7: this saves us some money)
We had a great Meeting last night. We elected the officers again President is Gerry Davenport, VP is still Rick Hartmann and Secretary is still John Murray.
Rich Webster will be missed as President but has an open invitation to attend and be welcomed as one of our top demonstrators when ever he wishes.
This was the largest member turn out in 6 months almost everyone paid there membership dues. And we now have cash but not enough for the whole year at the Library which is $360/year.
The members wanted a one time trial at the three other places. The February meeting on the first will be @ Moule’s Paint and Glass in GV (700 Main St)(Wi-Fi? & restroom).
If you take a look at some of the cool items and the way the computer world is heading, the internet and media are dictating how we use, or will use, our computers now and in the near future. Might be time to upgrade to an Intel Mac?
There will be a meeting Monday, January 4th, 7pm. There will be a demo on iPhoto by Keith Tomassen, and Rick Hartmann will also have some great technical material for us…
We did not have a meeting in December, due to weather.
There has been some discussion of changing date/time/location to save money, and grow membership. Bring your ideas!
Because the library is closed today, due to snow, we won’t be having our meeting tonight. We’ll see you all January 4th, 7pm, as usual.
Other news: Our member and friend Joe Krenovsky died Nov. 12th, of a brain aneurysm. He received care early and passed peacefully within 40 hours, I’m told. We’ll miss him.
Due to the lack of a meeting tonight, we’ll plan on discussing who will be able to take charge of the group, and how things will go in the coming year, at the January meeting. For those who missed it: I’m stepping down as president, after a very long time. John Murray is willing to stay on as Secretary. Rick Hartmann (VP) has been busy with school, which will continue, so he can’t run most meetings. Gerald Davenport is willing to step up and do “whatever’s necessary”, but he’ll need help. I’d also suggest we check with the library to see if another meeting night is consistently available… it seems the switch to Mondays was inconvenient for many members. Another meeting room option has come up, suggested by Gerald… that might really help boost membership… but the main thing is missing is PR.
If you can help, please come to the Monday meeting with your suggestions and what you can commit to every month.
Thanks!
-Rich
Madelyn Helling Library Community Room. Everyone is welcome!
Discussion of upcoming Snow Leopard features plus the usual mutual support discussions and exploring whatever people need to know.
Video adapter for new MacBook Pros to go out to large screens equipped with DVI (most large monitors, these days). Make offer. ($29 new). Contact Fred Crowder: fotofred@sbcglobal.net
Rick and I will both present latest developments and I will take a look at Twitter and a quick overview of chat applications, so you can talk to PC users without phone bills. I might also show FreshBooks, if anyone is interested.
Fred suggested we also discuss video adapters for laptops (miniDVI) and all the variants. While we’re discussing such things, we can do power adapters, too.
Bring your issues, we’ll try to solve them. Bring your experiences, and we’ll commiserate or celebrate, as the case calls for.
-Rich
El Semihemidemi Presidenté
Sierra Mousetrap Mac User Group
