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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).

General Meeting Information
 
Location 
         Costa Mesa Senior Center, 695 West 19th Street, Costa Mesa, CA 92627 (Map)
 
Schedule

         The next General Meeting will be held on: Saturday, May 24, 2008  [Yes, that's Memorial Day weekend.  Members - please read my apology in the cover message to the May ReadMe.Doc newsletter; others - Sorry!]

        Featured Presentation: “Microsoft Windows Live OneCare 2.0” (to be presented by Dave Wintle)

        Featured SIG Presentation (presented by): "How to create fancy fonts in Photoshop Elements 5 and 6" (Digital Content, Scanning, and Printing SIG)

        Capsule SIG Presentations:  

                Internet & Networking SIG - TBD 

                Hardware SIG - "Highlights of the May Hardware SIG Featured Presentation – The Balance of Computer Components: 2007-08 Update"

                Windows SIG - none (the SIG leader will be out of town)

 

Meeting Agenda

          08:30  - 09:00          Random Access

        09:00  - 09:15          Administration and Announcements

        09:15  - 10:15          Featured Presentation

        10:15  - 10:30          Break

        10:30  - 11:10          Featured SIG Presentation

         11:10  - 11:55          Capsule SIG Presentations (3)

         11:55  -  noon          Raffle (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.  The monthly raffle prize is a $50 Fry's Electronics gift card).

 

SIG Meeting Information

 

Location 

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

 

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

        Hardware SIG                                            Second Tuesday, May 13, 2008

                Featured Topic:  The Balance of Computer Components: 2007-08 Update

                NOTE:  Hardware SIG meetings may run to as late as 10:00 P.M.  

        Windows SIG                                             Third Tuesday, May 20, 2008

                Focus:  Window’s built-in firewall compared with typical router firewalls 

        Digital Content, Scanning & Printing SIG       Fourth Tuesday, May 27, 2008  

                Focus:  How "Organize" in PSE 6 differs from PSE5 and how to use it"

        Internet and Networking                             First Tuesday, June 3, 2008

                Focus:  TBD

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

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