Welcome to the OCIPUG Web Site

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.

Featured Presentation (presented by): Topic under Development (Steve Schiffman)

News from the Consumer Electronics Show. We will search out the latest and greatest announcements from CES 2012.
What are the new trends, what can we look forward to later in the year, what will never pan out. How will the hype affect

your life during the next year. All that and more! will be the topic under discussion at our January General meeting.

Capsule SIG Presentation(s):

Digital Content, Scanning & Printing SIG - TBD
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, Feburary 7, 2012

Focus: How the Internet Works Part 6, TCP continued, with special guest Steve Gibson via Security Now Netcast

Hardware SIG Second Tuesday, Feburary 14, 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, January 24, 2012

Focus: Scanning and Restoring Photos -

Old pictures fade and degrade with time which is why it is important to fix your old and damaged photos before it is too late. We will look
at the quickest, easiest and most affordable way to scan your photos, slides and negatives.

Use the tools in Photoshop Elements to achieve the optimum color and density clean up, and fix flaws, adjust the contrast, and
remove the yellow cast and replace missing areas of your photos to end up with the best possible restoration of your photos.

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

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).

OCIPUG Bylaws (link)

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