April is Volunteer Appreciation Month and it is our pleasure to announce the 2016 Volunteer of the Year recipients as well as the other nominees. Volunteers are the back bone of our clubs as well as APCUG. The below volunteers have made a difference in their groups and we thank them for that. Thank you…
Gabe Goldberg, Advisor, Region 2 DC, DE, MD, NC, NJ, VA, WVA Gabe evangelizes for user groups, believing they are an antidote to feeling alone with technical activities, challenges, problems, and triumphs. He’s enjoyed being APCUG’s Region 2 Advisor for many years. Gabe served as Director of (Meeting) Programs for the Washington, DC-area CPCUG (Capitol…
Cheryl Wester, Advisor, Region 10 CA Cheryl is a retired high school computer and math teacher (Corona, California). But, she can’t stay way — she’s subbing and has decided elementary and junior high isn’t for her so she’s sticking to high school. She’s a people-oriented person and has done numerous presentations to groups in SoCal…
By Don Arrowsmith, Advisor, Region 3. Working as an electronic engineer, I was very familiar with Murphy’s Law: Anything that can go wrong, will. That seems to be especially true when dealing with program presentations. Like having a backup of your hard drive helps rescue you from a computer problem, it helps to plan for…
Thank you to all of the presenters, VTC staff, and attendees. VTC Staff: David Williams & John Kennedy, moderators; Francis Chao and Jim Evans, behind-the-scenes and to John, David & Francis who record the videos and Jim Evans who gets them ready for the YouTube channel. Judy monitors the late registration e-mails and answers questions via…
MONITOR AND PROTECT YOUR HARD DRIVE – Computer hard drives are your systems complex workhorse — spinning rapidly non-stop, reliably and rapidly fetching and storing data, year after year. Until — uh oh, something’s wrong and where’s my data?! Wouldn’t you like a window into your hard drive operation, performance, quality, stability, and reliability? A lot goes…
Ray Baxter, Coordinator, Payson Computer Meet-Up Club; APCUG President and Treasurer Ray’s first introduction to personal computers came with a Radio Shack purchase in 1986, and it has been a constant learning experience since then looking to stay current with the changes in technology. He first joined APCUG as the Region 9 Advisor in 2013….
Diane has been a software trainer for over 25 years and has taught over 100,000 students in the United States and Europe. Every day she earns her title of “Certified Patient Person” by teaching some of the most complex material in a fun, easy to understand way. She currently teaches about different 14 software programs,…