Mountain View Computer Users Group

Remember: No meeting in August. It is just too hot, so take a short break somewhere cool! Then come on back for our September meeting.

General Meeting - 9.30 - Room 305 Cochise College

09.30-10.00: Meet and Greet, get settled, and ready for the meeting

10.00-12.00:
Annual Topic Nomination and Selection
Club Business
Officer Elections. Nominations, please?

Digital Photography SIG

Linux SIG

Topic to be determined. Any suggestions?

Internet SIG

Topic to be determined. Any suggestions?

Genealogy

Topic to be determined. Any suggestions?

Advanced SIG - When announced

Topic to be determined. Any suggestions?

Meetings will be held in the room(s) as indicated above and as announced on the Sierra Vista campus of Cochise College.

General Information

The MVCUG normally holds its General Meeting on the 2nd Saturday of each month (except August when there is no meeting). However due to circumstances, on occasion we have to meet on the third Saturday. Please check this web site the day before a meeting to see if there has been any changes. We normally meet in Room 314 at Cochise Community College, Sierra Vista Campus from 10.30 AM until 12:00 PM, but this is also subject to change. We will post the meeting location on the web site and the discussion list, so check before you leave. On the day of the meeting, we also post a flyer with the location of the meeting on the door of room 314.

The general meetings are tutorial in nature and include product demonstrations, "how-to" demonstrations, and question-and-answer sessions. Before each general meeting, there is a short socializing session with ample coffee, bagels, and doughnuts for the members.

Besides the general meeting, the MVCUG has a number of Special Interest Groups that meet regularly: These SIG meetings are open to all members, and visitors and guests are welcome.

We encourage member participation. In addition to doing reviews, members are encouraged to demonstrate products they think may be of interest or that they find useful.

Beginners SIG

This group takes it from the very begining covering topics such as: the desktop, email, word processing, data bases, spread sheets.

Digital Photography SIG

Meets monthly and is devoted strictly to Digital Photography and Imaging. Meetings are in the room indicated above and go from 12.30 PM until 2.30 PM.

Digital Photography Frequently Asked Questions.

Internet SIG

Beginning in 2007, this SIG will meet quarterly. Meets in conjunction with the regular meeting, and concentrates on using the internet. Past meetings have covered the World Wide Web, email, searching the web, file transfer.

Genealogy SIG

A new SIG that meets quarterly beginning in June 2007. Meets in conjunction with the Digital Photography meeting, and concentrates on using the internet to discover your family roots.

Donne Puckle has graciously made his slide presentation from the June meeting available. (Warning: The file is larger than 2.5 MB; itmay take a bit to download if you don't have broadband.) They are in Adobe's Portable Document Format, so if you don't already have it, you will have to download and install Adobe's Reader.

Kids SIG

This SIG allows children between the ages of 10 and 13 years old to self-direct their knowledge on computers. Working as an independent group under qualified adult supervision (State certified k-8 teacher), the members discuss and learn how computers can help in them prepare for the rigors of school work.

Linux SIG

New as of December 2003. We are going to see if there is enough interest in Linux to make it worthwhile to have the SIG. Expect topics and meetings soon!

Advanced SIG

Meets after our regular meetings, from 12:30 to 2PM when there is demand for specific topics. The Advanced SIG is geared for the advanced user. Topics vary considerably and have included Java, Javascript, complier design, Hypercard, and Object Oriented Programming. We are working on another few sessions on the HyperTalk Markup Language. Suggestions for topics of discussion are welcome.