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MINUTES OF
THE GENERAL MEETING
November
21, 2011
President
Larry DuSavage called the meeting to order at 10:00 AM at the
Silverdale Community Center. There were 58 members and guests
present. Larry welcomed all members and guests to the meeting and
read the names of 3 new members who joined since the last
meeting. Those present joined Lenore Stanfel in the Pledge of
Allegiance to the Flag of the United States.
Larry D announced that some positions on the Board of Directors will
need new volunteers in March, and a volunteer for the position of
Treasurer is needed now. He also said that the New Horizons
committee was able to donate a brand new laptop and printer to a young
girl who qualified, and reminded us that if we are planning to buy a
new computer, to think about donating the old one to the KCS New
Horizons program.
Larry also reminded us that in March KCS will have its 20th
anniversary, and that it is unusual for a volunteer organization such
as ours to have survived that long. He asked for suggestions from
the members for a way to acknowledge and celebrate this special
occasion.
Larry introduced our speaker, Loren Kelley, from Microsoft, who
informed us that Windows 8 will be the next operating system, but it
was too early for him to be able to talk about it. He said that Windows
7 will continue to be supported for 13 more years. Loren explained
Microsoft's latest acquisitions, Skype and Nvidia, and said that
anyone can have 25 free gigs, available on the Cloud. He demonstrated
the voice activation of the phone by speaking orders into it.
Loren explained many of the Microsoft programs, such as "Peek" which
will hide what you are working on when someone else comes into the
room, Windows Live Essentials, Windows Movie Maker, Photo
Essentials, and Sky Drive, among others. He answered many
questions that were asked by an enthusiastic audience, and was given a
big round of applause at the end.
The meeting adjourned at 11:35 AM for the Potluck Lunch, Raffle drawing
and Door Prize drawing.
Janthina
DuSavage-Acting
Secretary
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Loren
Kelley, Microsoft's representative for the South Side, answered many
questions.
An
enthusiastic audience asked many questions of
the Microsoft Representative.
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Getting a new computer
For Christmas?
Consider donating your
old one to
KCS's New Horizons
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MINUTES OF THE BOARD
MEETING
November
21, 2011
President Larry DuSavage called the meeting to order at 12:00 PM.
Trustees present were: Kim Leach, Faye Henden, Carol McLaren, Barbara
Maines, Nick Tomassi, Pat Reese, Jane Hinrichs, Ward Hinrichs, Lenore
Stanfel and Larry DuSavage. Guests present were: Don Brown, Doug
Stauner; Jack Roudebush and Karen and Warren Beauchene.
Secretary's
Report — There were no corrections to the October minutes as
printed in the November Newsletter.
Treasurer's
Report — The Treasurer's report was presented
by Barbara Maines and will be placed on file for audit.
Correspondence —
Larry DuSavage sent out a thank you letter to October's speaker, Robert
Parker.
Committee
Reports
Operations
— Lenore Stanfel reported that we don't have to worry about losing our
meeting time as
the YMCA does not need the room.
Membership
— Carol McLaren reported that we have 233 members. Two new
members today.
Hardware
— Kim Leach asked if we needed
another microphone to pass around at the meetings. I was decided that
we need to ask the speaker to repeat the questions from the
audience.
Education
— Jack Roudebush reported that the classes have good attendance, but
not the labs. Possibly there are timing problems. The
school will be closed during the last 2 weeks of December so there will
be no Bremerton Lab then. Jack will hold a class on Voice
Recognition on November 22 at the Bremerton Lab. There will be no
Sylvan Way Library Lab on November 25th as the Library will be closed.
SIGs
— Don Brown reported that the Investors Group is still meeting on the
2nd Tuesday each month.
Programs
— Kitsap County Commissioner Josh Brown is scheduled as our December
speaker, Don Lawrence will again teach us about the latest rules for
filing Federal Income Tax forms, and in February we'll have a
representative from a Gig Harbor financial group.
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New
Horizons — Chris Barnett placed a computer with a senior, as
well as the laptop placed with a student this month. Chris will
leave a supply of the new application forms in Room 13 for New Horizons
requests.
Public
Relations and Sunshine Committee — There were no cards sent out
to members this month. Lori Colby will get back to calling new
members.
Newsletter
Deadline — 22nd of this month.
New
Business —
- Won't have to move general meeting time.
- The Puget Sound Genealogy Society is planning a
big meeting in August 2012. KCS will have a booth there.
- Larry D described the surprise and shock of the
Jr. High girl who received the donated new laptop and printer from New
Horizons.
- Warren Beauchene discussed the problem of some
of the KMUG group feeling they should not have to be a member of KCS in
order to use our facilities. It was pointed out that they are
covered under our liability insurance, but if they leave they will not
be covered.
- A suggestion was presented that we buy mouse
pads or mugs to commemorate our 20th anniversary in March 2012.
- The Christmas volunteer appreciation luncheon
will be held at Lenore Stanfel's house on December 8th at 11:00 AM.
- It was agreed to delay the Board of
Directors election until April 2012, as we will be too busy with
the anniversary celebration in March to do both.
The meeting adjourned at 1:20 PM.
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Janthina
DuSavage-Acting
Secretary
IMPORTANT!
KCS needs
a TREASURER
Software
and Training will be provided!
This is a very important
position and must be filled for KCS to continue
operating as a functional organization!
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FROM
THE PRESIDENT’S CORNER
Well 'tis the season!
Merry Christmas, Happy New Years
and have a careful La Niņa winter in 2012!
This
has been a wonderful year for Kitsap Computing Seniors. We have
increased our membership, added more teaching time at the Sylvan Way
Library once a month on Tuesdays and every Friday. Thank you Elaine
Graham for teaching computer basic on Tuesdays' and the Friday
volunteers of: Jack Roudebush, Don Brown, Kim Leach, Carol McLaren and
Clint Geiger. Also Jack Roudebush, Don Brown, Kim Leach, Carol McLaren
volunteer at the Mountain View Middle School computer lab every Tuesday
afternoon during the school year.
We
are a truly and extremely lucky organization to have the teacher
extraordinaire Mary Ann Confar and her exemplary helpers Marlene and
Pat Hogan to present wonderful classes every other Sunday to our
members.
Our Board of Trustees has guided our organization to be an elite standout,
one of a kind organization in the entire United States!
Thank
You for your dedication: Ward Hinrichs, Barbara Maines, Clint Geiger,
Lenore Stanfel, Carol McLaren, Kim Leach, Pat Reese, Jane Hinrichs,
Faye Henden and Nick Tomassi for what you have provided our members.
We
are coming up on a very special occasion on March of 2012. We need to
celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Kitsap Computing Seniors. Thank
You to all present and past members of KCS for propelling us into
history.
To
maintain this elite organizational status we need a few good
volunteers! We will have 3 board-of-trustees openings, with one being a
treasure! A treasure is essential; training and programs will be
provided! We always need more computer assistance at our classes and
labs.
It
has been a real pleasure for me to represent such a unique organization
with outstanding members and volunteers as its president.
Getting a new computer for Christmas; consider donating your old
computer to KCS's New Horizons!
HAPPY
COMPUTING - Larry DuSavage
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COOKING SPECIAL EVENT
11-12-2011
Chef
Tom
Rzegocki was true to his word . . . . he said we'd have fun and so we
did! KCS members and guests enjoyed Tom's terrific 3-hour
presentation in the YMCA's beautiful gourmet kitchen. Even though
most of us have been cooking for years, we still came away with several
new ideas and good information to stave off the boredom.
A
Montessori teacher 5 days a week and a chef at other times, Tom
continuously entertained us by demonstrating how to make a basic white
sauce that can be used to prepare various dishes and soups, how to
prepare a one-pan stir fry with ingredients on hand and how to roast
root vegetables as well as other great cooking tips. Chef Tom's
creations were delicious and he answered many questions posed by the
audience. His focus is on simple, economical, healthy and
fresh homemade meals in small quantities for seniors. We were
given 4-page handouts with details and instructions for quick meal
preparation, including a list of "must-haves" for every kitchen.
This
was a
worthwhile way to spend an afternoon and to gain new enthusiasm for
cooking fresh and tasty meals. Thanks, Tom!!
Submitted by Lenore
Stanfel
Chef Tom
Rzegocki entertained KCS members with a three hour presentation in the
YMCA's beautiful gourmet kitchen.
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TIPS
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Choose The Most
Efficient Word Paste Settings For You
Adapted from an
article by Susan Harkins at TechRepublic
November
2, 2011
Word
lets you decide how to most efficiently paste text. There are four
flexible options that let you, not Word, decide how to paste.
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Some users spend a
lot of time moving text within the same document or between documents.
That can lead to additional formatting work if the destination
document's formatting differs from the source. When this is the case,
the Paste Special command can save you a bit of time. For instance, if
you want the pasted text to adapt the destination document's
formatting, you'd choose Keep Text Only from the Paste option's
dropdown.
Choosing
a special paste option is certainly more efficient than fixing the
formatting after the fact, but if you have to choose a special option a
lot, you might consider changing the default settings. Yes, you can do
that!
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To
change the
default paste settings, do the following:
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- Click the File tab
and choose Options (under Help). In Word 2007, click the Office button
and then click Word Options.
- Choose Advanced in
the left pane.
- In the Cut, Copy, and
Paste section, choose the appro-priate option from the four pasting
options.
- Click OK.
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There are four
options, so Word's very flexible. For instance, if you usually choose
Keep Text Only from the Paste option when copying text from a web page
into a Word document, consider changing the Paste From Other Programs
option to Keep Text Only. Word will then paste the text using the
default paragraph formatting in the destination document. Most of the
time, this setting will save you the extra step of reformatting the
pasted text.
Most
users won't search for these options because they won't realize they
have this much control over the paste operations. The choices are
self-explanatory for the most part; you just need to point the way.
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Destini! What did KCS do for Destini?
Two anonymous KCS members decided they would purchase a brand new
Toshiba Satellite Laptop Computer for her. Also a laptop carrying case
and a wireless mouse were included in the purchase. Why a laptop was
chosen: because Destini does not have an internet connection at home
and she could take the laptop to the library or to school and get an
internet connection!
Another anonymous KCS member donated a brand new HP LaserJet Printer!
We just had an invited speaker who said the best value of a printed
black and white page would be with a Laser printer.
My wife Janthina and I were chosen to present the new computer system
to Destini! On November 14th 2011 we invited Laura Shafer, Destini and
her mother to our house for the presentation. Destini was told the
reason she was coming was to help some seniors! We guided them into the
computer room and showed them the computers and pointed out that this
laptop had Destini's name on the login. At that point we informed her
that KCS New Horizons was presenting that computer system to her
because of her hard work in school and her volunteering to help others.
There was an absolutely memorable reaction from Destini to be cherished
for the rest of our lives. She kept saying that she "could not believe
this was happening to me". A very poignant observation that she made was
that "my mother could also use this in her search for employment." She
kept saying "Thank You Thank You! Thank You!"
The mission statement of the New Horizons subcommittee of KCS is to
provide refurbished or new donated computer systems to members of
Kitsap County in need. This includes seniors, vets, students, disasters
losses and any others who qualify.
The New Horizons committee consists of co-presidents Chris Barnett and
Dennis Osborn. Other members are Clint Geiger, Kim Leach, Lenore
Stanfel, Quay Nary and Larry DuSavage. If interested in volunteering
please contact a member of the committee above. It is a very personally
rewarding committee.
If you are interested in donating a computer, monitor, keyboard and/or
mouse contact an above member of the committee. We accept computer with
operating systems of Microsoft XP, Vista or Windows 7. We can provide a
tax deduction form for any working computer with Microsoft Vista or
Windows 7. (NOTE: It helps if the operating system reinstall disk or
partition is included. All personal information on a used computer
will be totally deleted and the operating system reinstalled!)
Cable companies to offer $9.95 broadband
for qualifying homes!
Cable companies said that they will offer Internet service for $9.95
per month to homes with children that are eligible for free school
lunches.
The offer will start next summer and is part of an initiative the FCC
cobbled together to get more U.S. homes connected to broadband. One
third, or about 35 million homes, do not have broadband. That affects
people's ability to educate themselves and find and apply for jobs.
The initiative, called Connect-to-Compete, also includes Microsoft
Corp., which pledges to sell PCs with its Office software suite for
$250 to low-income families. A firm called Redemtech is offering to
sell refurbished computers for $150, including shipping.
All major cable companies are standing behind the $9.95 offer, which
will be valid for two years. The price doesn't include taxes, but the
companies are pledging to charge nothing for installation or modem
rental.
The minimum download speed will be 1 megabit per second, but it will be
up to the individual cable companies to decide what speeds they
provide. There are estimates that about 5.5 million homes that don't
have broadband will be eligible for the offer. NOTE: only 45 percent of
people older than 64 presently have broadband.
Comcast Corp., the largest cable company and the country's largest
Internet service provider, is already offering broadband to $9.95 to
low-income families, with a 1.5 megabit per second download speed.
Submitted
by Larry
DuSavage
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