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NEWS
AND EVENTS
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MAIN MONTHLY MEETING
The next
meeting is scheduled
for
Tuesday 14 July 2009 7pm for a 7.30pm start.
David Nicholls and Linda Rathgeber
will present
"Playing with
Fire".
Details of current or prior meetings may
be viewed via the:
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Meetings through 2009 are held
on the second Tuesday of the month commencing at 7 pm for a
7:30 presentation start, at the Grant Cameron Community Centre
Conference Room.
Please
check the mmm info page and PCUG Calendar for confirmation of each
scheduled presentation.
Where
permission is given by
presenters, the presentation information is displayed in our MMM area.
PDF files on recent topcis include Research, Audacity, Digital Imaging,
Apollo
& the
ACT; Microsoft
Vista, and Linux Open SUSE 10.2. and OpenOffice.org Full details here.
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PCUG TRAINING COURSES
All
courses are advsertised on the PCUG Calendar Please
check there for more detail. If you find a course you are interested in
is already full, lodging your interest in the topic will let us know
that further demand for topics exists.
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MAKING MILESTONES .....
We
recently celebrated PCUG's 25th Anniversary and TIP's
milestone of over 5,000 days.
Information about our achievements
was published in the Australian Seniors Computing Clubs Association
newsletter. Check the December 2008 issue at http://www.ascca.org.au/newsletters.html
for more details.
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The PCUG Centre and Office
operate
from 10am-2pm (7days) ~ depending on available volunteer staff ~ except
Public Holiday long-week-ends.
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PCUG is no longer
able to offer the AUSTRALIA WIDE
DIAL-UP INTERNET ACCESS.
This service was discontinued on the 1st January 2009.
The local
access number (02) 6162 6500 for dialing-in continues as per usual.
Login using <user>@pcug.org.au
Visit the tip
website for additional tip information.
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COMMUNICATION
WITH MEMBERS
Details
of the latest news and events is delivered via a regular concise
plain-text email newsletter **. Archives of the PCUG journal
SIXTEEN BITS
(ISSN 8017-0991), discontinued in January 2008, may be viewed here.
** All PCUG members are entitled to
a free local access email address.
This also allows access to 'member-only' communications and pages on
the website. Please
contact the PCUG office to arrange a login if you do not have one.
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The PCUG Activities and Events Calendar
via
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Australian Seniors Computer Clubs
Association (ASCCA)
The
ASCCA is the national
peak body for seniors and technology.
Membership is open to any organisation promoting access to information
technology by older people. ASCCA is represented in every state and
territory of Australia. Newsletters and info at http://www.ascca.org.au
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INSTRUCTIONS for
CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET
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SECURITY
CERTIFICATE
Some members
have expressed reservations about
proceeding to our secure server pages on the basis that their browser
gives dire warnings.
Be assured that the certificate is perfectly valid, and it can be
incorporated into your browser by following the instructions at this
link Certificate Installation
Instructions
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PCUG
BROCHURE
Download the PCUG Information Brochure
(pdf)
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Exclusive
offer
to PCUG members: 12 issues for $45.
Full details available via 'YOUR USER SERVICES'
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PCUG
EMAIL POLICY
Just a
reminder
that the PCUG do not send email attachments. If
any such emails are received, it is recmmended they be deleted.
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