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General Meeting Information

 

Location - FOR ALL MEETINGS

        Costa Mesa Senior Center, 695 West 19th Street, Costa Mesa, CA 92627 (Map)

Schedule:

         The next General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 17, 2012

        Featured Presentation (presented by): How to Search Google Like a Pro (Bob Walker)

     
        Capsule SIG Presentation(s): 

                    Digital Content, Scanning & Printing SIG - Whats New in Photoshop CS6 Beta,  Turning an image into a Sketch
                    Internet and Networking SIG - Network Q&A

Meeting Agenda (typical)

        7:00 PM - 7:10 PM         Administration and Announcements

        7:10 PM - 8:10 PM         Featured Presentation (from "outside" or provide by one of the OCIPUG SIGs - see above)

        8:10 PM - 8:55 PM         Capsule SIG Presentation(s) (see above)

        8:55 PM - 9:00 PM         Raffle (possibly a book or other "training/educational" item donated by Peachpit Press, Pearson Education)
[Tickets are FREE - five (5) to each member attendee and one (1) to each adult, non-member attendee.
Please pick them up when you sign in.]

 

SIG Meeting Information

 

Location - FOR ALL MEETINGS 

        Costa Mesa Senior Center, 695 West 19th Street, Costa Mesa, CA 92627 (Map)

Schedules (unless otherwise noted, meetings start at 7:00 PM and end by 9:00 PM):

        Internet and Networking SIG                        First Tuesday, May 1, 2012

                Focus: Another segment on How the Internet Works, with special guest Steve Gibson via Security Now Netcast

        Hardware SIG                                                     Second Tuesday, April 10, 2012  

                Focus: The latest in computer hardware direct from TWIT.TV Netcast "This Week in Computer Hardware".

                [We are looking for a SIG Leader for the Hardware SIG]

        Digital Content, Scanning & Printing SIG    Fourth Tuesday, April 24, 2012

                Focus: Using Photoshop Elements - 

         Using Layers in Photoshop elements, Using Fill Layers, Adjustments Layers, Blending Moced and Layer Masks.

Meeting Agenda:  Varies by SIG - members, please see the applicable SIG web page, the latest README.DOC (newsletter), or info e-mail.


OCIPUG

 

The Orange Coast IBM PC User Group (OCIPUG) was founded in 1985 as a resource to current and prospective IBM PC-compatible computer users in California’s  Orange County and surrounding areas (south of LA).  OCIPUG is an independent, California, non-profit (501.c.3) corporation not affiliated with any vendor or supplier.  This user group is a member of the “Association of Personal Computer User Groups” (APCUG).  All the meetings noted below are open to the general public, without fee.

 

OCIPUG Membership

 

Members receive a meeting reminder and the monthly newsletter (README.DOC) via e-mail (the online newsletter archive is on a three month delay).  Member dues help the group pay its bills (liability insurance, APCUG membership fee, equipment maintenance, web site domain name registration and hosting fees, and raffle prizes).  Memberships run from September through August and are prorated for those joining after September.  The membership form, including dues schedule, is available at (link).

 

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