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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).  All the meetings noted below are open to the general public, without fee.  

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, July 26, 2008  

        Featured Presentation: TBD

        Featured SIG Presentation (presented by): “An In Depth Tour of the Hardware SIG Web Site” (Hardware SIG)

        Capsule SIG Presentations:  

                Internet and Networking SIG - TBD

                Windows SIG - Firefox 3.0

                Digital Content, Scanning & Printing SIG - Video of Making a Glamour Print”

 

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, July 8, 2008 [NOTE:  Hardware SIG meetings may run to as late as 10:00 P.M.]  

                Featured Topic:  Building Your Own System (2008 Series) - Sourcing Your Components (the second session in a five part series)

 

        Windows SIG                                               Third Tuesday, July 15, 2008

                Focus:  Windows XP SP3, things to do before you install it, plus Tips and Tricks.

 

        Digital Content, Scanning & Printing SIG       Fourth Tuesday, July 22, 2008  

                Focus:  How to do “special” printing.  

 

        Internet and Networking SIG                        First Tuesday, August 5, 2008

                Focus:  TBD

Meeting Agenda:  Varies by SIG - members, please see 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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