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.
Wednesday, April 15th, 2pm
Managing your passwords becomes critical, as you collect more and more of them over time. Whether using just one device, or smart phones, tablets and cloud storage, understanding good security practices is essential to protecting your credit cards, bank accounts and other assets.
Chris Gillen, co-founder of Dial-a-Geek, explains Password Managers, and continues our review of cloud services by covering Apple’s cloud for mobile devices.
Lunch is at 1 pm at the Gorge Vale Golf Course, $14 for soup, sandwiches, coffee, including tax and tip.
Presentation is at 2pm
Please click and RSVP now. Attendee count is sent to the venue Monday. The club pays for that count whether or not all show up.
APCUG’s FREE 2015 Spring Virtual Technology Conference (VTC) will be held on Saturday, May 2, from 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Eastern Time. The sessions are 50 minutes in length and offer attendees the opportunity to ask questions via a chat window. Continue reading
First, I would like to welcome all new members who have joined The Victoria Computer Club (BB&C)in the last few months. We hope you will make new friends, learn a great deal and volunteer if you can. Our motto is ” Users helping users”.
We have made a few changes around the premises. Continue reading
Talking to a senior today about her next computer purchase made me think about the options facing any senior. And by computer, I mean phone, tablet and laptops of all sizes.
Can the choice be made through answers to a series of questions? e.g.:
Are you already a computer or smart-phone user? Will you resist replacing mice and keyboards with touch screens and voice input? Or are you starting fresh?
In deriving a choice, weights should be applied to the importance of the answers. For instance, do you have an absolute limit to the cost, or is it a guideline.
Get your three free workshop passes by joining as a new member before the end of March. Workshops in photo-editing, WordPress website construction, and Windows 10 starting soon. And if you like to lead or facilitate groups, we have lots of video training to make leading a class a snap.
