Author Archives: George Bowden

Annual Potluck Picnic at Government House, Wednesday, August 16, from 11:00 – 2:00pm

Posted on 2017-07-13 by George Bowden

Our Annual Potluck Picnic at Government House is restricted to the first 25 members. Please register  by email to BigBlueSocial@gmail.com, saying what you expect to bring.  Non-registered visitors to the gardens will not be refused… When: Wednesday, August 16, from 11:00 – … Continue reading →

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Get Your Grandchild Enrolled In PI Camp 2017 July 24-28 or Aug 8-11 $475

Posted on 2017-06-17 by George Bowden

Do you want your grandchild to learn: Logical reasoning Algorithmic thinking Pattern recognition Debugging Problem-solving The goal of Pi Camp, taught by instructors from Victoria PiMakers, is to help teens learn about computers, to help them participate in shaping a digital … Continue reading →

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Using Gmail

Posted on 2017-06-12 by George Bowden

Materials for this class Click for the slides A mess of links

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Computer Checklist

Posted on 2017-05-29 by George Bowden

Click the picture on the left to open Rick’s updated presentation on Computer Maintenance

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How membership extensions were calculated, and Drop-In fees

Posted on 2017-05-21 by George Bowden

The Victoria Computer Club moved to Silver Threads, 286 Hampton Rd, on May 15th 2017.  Because of the new lower club membership fees ($25 per year), regular memberships have been extended based on the remaining equity in the membership.  New membership expiry … Continue reading →

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Club has moved to Silver Threads

Posted on 2017-05-16 by George Bowden

The Victoria Computer Club has moved to Silver Threads, 286 Hampton Road.  Activities are: – Seniors SIG Monday 10am to noon – Tutorials Tuesday 10am to 2pm – All other SIGs Thursdays, 10am to noon, starting in June – Tutorials … Continue reading →

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FREE May 6 Spring Virtual Tech Conference

Posted on 2017-04-29 by George Bowden

Your membership in the Association of PC Users Groups lets you attend the Virtual Technology Conference May 6th 10am to 2pm.   A few members can get together and watch the sessions together. Or, members can ‘attend’ different presentations at … Continue reading →

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File & Document Management  –  Quick Primer  

Posted on 2017-04-24 by George Bowden

Rick summarizes file management in Windows at the Seniors SIG The Mouse

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End-of-Lease Pot Luck Tuesday April 25th noon to 4pm

Posted on 2017-04-18 by George Bowden

The April monthly meeting is at the clubhouse, NOT at Silver Threads, and will be an end-of-lease potluck, on Tuesday, April 25th, noon to 4. This is an opportunity to see what is available for sale and for free before the lease … Continue reading →

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Security 2017 for the Seniors Group

Posted on 2017-04-12 by George Bowden

The first half was presented to the Seniors Group on April 10th, up to the middle of slide 5. See http://tinyurl.com/mj2rx54 April 17th we will finish the second half

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