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A. Call to Order 7:15 pm Monday, May18th
Present: George Bowden, president; Martin Brooks, treasurer-secretary; Iain Fletcher, membership; Dorothy Cushway, clubhouse;
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This SIG begins this Friday, May 29th, 9:30am, led by Murray Strome.
Scribus is a desktop publishing (DTP) application, released under the GNU General Public License as free software, with native versions available for Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows and many others. It is designed for layout, typesetting and to prepare files for professional quality image setting equipment. It can also create animated and interactive PDF presentations and forms. Example uses include writing small newspapers, brochures, newsletters, posters and books.
Meets the 1st, 3rd, and 4th Friday of each month at 9:30 am. You will learn how to install and use the free, open source, multi-platform desktop publishing (DTP) application, Scribus. All members welcome. No charge, but donations for the Club appreciated.
A. Call to Order 7:15 pm Monday, May 18th
Present: George Bowden, president; Martin Brooks, treasurer-secretary; Iain Fletcher, membership; Dorothy Cushway, clubhouse;
Agenda: Additions – none
B. Last month’s minutes: available online
C. Old Business
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1) Seniors show. Contacts received need to be followed up.
2) Name change status. See agenda for May 20th meeting.
3) Signage: TV in the window added timer, a bit awkward to operate.
4) No publicity director: but Dorothy renewed the ads in Used Victoria, Craigslist. Membership: 153 views, 10,039 have browsed it. Speakers 1533 browsed. Volunteer teaching 7,085 have browsed.
5) Website and payment forms , Moneris is finished, confirmation letter received. Paypal accepts Visa payments, 4 processed so far, costs about $2.70 per membership
6) Logo: owl wearing mortar board hat. Martin moved, Iain seconded that the owl with mortar board be the new logo for the club.
D. Directors reports
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D1. President –
– Gallery on website. Tabled.
– Silver Threads cooperation. George joined Silver Threads, but needs to follow up for fall classes.
D2. Vice President – Absent
D3. Treasurer/Secretary – Monthly report. As of April 30th Bank balance was $9,739.45
D4. Membership: 155 members, 26 renews coming in June, July, August
D5. Clubhouse: New lab desk will be tried for a month before making more. Cost is about $120 total for the long and short desk across the isle. Cupboards re-arranged. Oodette donated some DVI cables. Printer cartridge needs refilling. Dorothy away July 15th to Aug. 7th.
E. New Business
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Picnic. July 15th. If available. George to book with Saanich CRD by phone.
Courseware. Table till later meeting
Meetup. George moves to have the club rejoin meetup. 2nd by Dorothy unanimous.
Communications. George demonstrated membership management as users in club wordpress site
F. Next exec meeting will be August 17th. No meeting in July.
Club member Claudia Parfitt built her artist’s website with what she learned at the WordPress group. Now she can promote her shows, such as this weekend’s Scattered Artists Open Studio Tour: May 16th 2015 and May 17th. A half acre of gardens with six artists displaying their work over the weekend.
If you have similar needs, join us at the next WordPress group meeting, Monday May 18th at 2pm, 3 days earlier than usual.
The clubhouse becomes congested with more than 25 attendees, so we must cut off registration now. At 23 registered, the RSVP form said “FULL” .
Just in case the BC Registry Services rejects the motion passed at our AGM for being vague, we need to re-vote the change of our society’s name: Continue reading
| We started talking about May 4th, but later thought May 18th is better. If you have items to add to the agenda, please reply to me. I am not putting these in the forums any more, but on the website as private postsA. Call to Order 7pm Monday, May18th Present: Agenda: Additions – noneB. Last month’s minutes:C. Old Business ———————————————— 1) Seniors show 2) Name change status 3) Signage: TV in the window added timer, a bit awkward to operate. 4) No publicity director: 5) Website and payment forms , Moneris 6) Logo: owl wearing mortar board hatD. Directors reports ————————- D2. Vice President – Publicity : no report E. New Business F. Next exec meeting will be ?? |
Tuesday mornings with Martin & Faith 10am – 12pm except for the 2nd Tuesday of each month (Genealogy SIG). Watch the calendar for details.
Carries on where John Carruthers seniors SIG ends. Windows based. All members welcome. No charge.
Note Changes
It has been decided that the Windows 8.1 Classes will be discontinued at this time. Because of imminent release of Windows 10 we will be offering Windows 10 classes when this operating system becomes available.
