Membership Info
You are invited to attend the meetings at no cost. If you should decide to become
a member the dues are $15.00 per year. Membership entitles you access to the monthly
newsletter “Drive Light” 30 days in advance to being posted on the site for the general
public, a free email address and members only raffle tickets for prizes at our annual
Christmas party and raffle.
Please make checks payable to UCHUG. Checks may be brought to the meeting, or mailed
to:
UCHUG Treasurer
4027 S. Hempstead Circle
San Diego, CA 92116
If you have questions concerning your membership, renewal date, address info or other
questions, please contact the membership board member at the meeting or by email
at uchug.membership@cox.net
Upcoming Meetings
September 1st - Resizing Photos, Locating Your Stuff - Summary: Find out how easy
it can be to resize batches of photos to make them small enough to email or use on
a web page. See how a Zoombak GPS locator can help you keep track of cars, children,
pets or other items that matter to you. We will also provide a five minute trick
/ tip on Word character helps.
October 6th - TBD - possible presentation on Identity Theft - learn what the bad
guys are trying these days to get your personal information and how to safeguard
it.
Highlights from Previous Meetings
08-04-10 - The UCHUG meeting was hosted by Microsoft at their new store in Fashion
Valley. A Microsoft software and hardware technician gave a presentation on some
of the Microsoft software and upcoming hardware offerings for the Xbox. After the
presentation a tour of the store was conducted.
07-07-10 - At this evenings meeting there was an open discussion of computer hardware
and software problems. There was also a recap of this years Southwest Computer Conference.
06-02-10 - UCHUG hosted their annual summer picnic at Crown Point on Mission Bay.
Pizza, drinks and plates were provided by the club. Members also brought other
picnic related food items. The pizza was excellent and the conversation was lively.
05-05-10 - Learn the basics of digital photography (everything you were afraid to
ask). See how to take those point and shoot photos and crop them and prepare them
for printing. Also see how easy it is to share your photos or other files too large
to email on a free drop.io file drop site. We will also have a discussion on the
latest high-tech techniques and tools your dentist may be using.
04-07-10 - Simple Video Clip Editing, Introduction to Facebook, Graphing with Excel
. See a demonstration of vReveal and Muveereveal, two very simple programs to clean,
edit and create videos. These can be used by those with little more experience than
taking a video clip with a digital camera. Get an introduction to Facebook, the
popular social networking site. Creating a graph in Excel will also be demonstrated.
03-03-10 - Using Online Resources - Members discussed and demonstrated how your
computer can get you answers and show you how. From how-to-do-it videos on You Tube
to a computer that seems to have all the answers we saw how to get the information
and solutions you need. Also demonstrated was how to "rent" auto service manuals
online, and find the best sites for explaining how stuff works.
02-03-10 - A discussion and demo was conducted on the technicalities for “Text to
Voice, and Getting Things Done With Your Handheld”. Demonstrated was how your computer
can convert text to spoken word audio. From convenience with ebooks to help for the
disabled, this is more than just for bedtime stories. We also discussed some principles
from a whole-life-organizing system and how a handheld can turn you into a productivity
machine and can help turn your disorganized to-do's into an efficient way to get
things done.
01-06-10 - UCHUG main presentation was “Of Browsers, Add-ons, Extensions, Accelerators,
And Plugins”. Discussion included how these additions to your browser can add functionality
and improve your normal web browsing. There was also a demonstration of GoToMyPC
which allows secure access to your computer from anywhere.
12-02-09 – The December 2nd meeting was our Holiday party and auction. Members brought
in their no longer needed Software and Hardware for the Auction and a favorite finger
food or dish for the Pot Luck. The Group provided utensils, plates and soft drinks
plus gift cards to Fry’s and local restaurants.
11-4-09 - The main program was a discussion of the upcoming USB 3.0 standard and
a roundtable discussion of online shopping sources and issues. This was followed
by a random access question and answer period.
10-7-09 - Elections of the Board of Directors for the UCHUG Corporation for 2010
was conducted. Elections were followed by a presentation from Lapworks on notebook
computer cooling, ergonomics and product information on lap desks and desk stands
for notebook computers. A Random Access computer question and answer session followed
the presentation.
9-2-09 - UCHUG held a Webinar (on line seminar) on Acronis True Imaging disk imaging
and backup software. The nominees for our Board of Directors election to be held
in October were also presented.
8-5-09 - UCHUG held a discussion and demo of using Skype to conduct a Webinar seminar
for conducting on line seminars or other presentations. Features of the Amazon Kindle
electronic book were also demonstrated.
8-15-09 - UCHUG members attended a meeting hosted by the Senior Users Group for a
presentation by Microsoft guest speakers. Future Microsoft application and OS offerings
were discussed.
7-1-09 - UCHUG held a round table discussion and show and tell of 
search capabilities
and its many other features.
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