Month: April 2017

7 Everyday Technology Skills Every Boomer (And Zoomer) Should Have

This is a blog post by Pam Holland, President, Tech-Moxie, that provides a lot of information for a presentation at your meeting. I used the info for one of my meetings and it provoked quite a lot of discussion on each ‘skill’; even from people who usually don’t participate. I added Zoomers to the title: Sandy…

APCUG Member Groups Celebrate Their Volunteers

GVR Computer Club, Arizona by Art Rotman On January 10th Mike Kearns (GVR VP) held his 9th annual Volunteer Luncheon. The crowd enjoyed a delicious catered lunch followed by Moonstruck Coyotes, an entertaining cowboy/western 3-piece band. We all know that signing up new volunteers can be problematic at times but Mike sees that, somehow, we always wind…

Kudos for Speakers Bureau Presenters

“HELPING MEMBER GROUPS HELP THEIR MEMBERS“ The Speakers Bureau is one the benefits many member groups take advantage of. They appreciate not having the same members having to give presentations to their group and the member-presenters like taking a break from giving them and not burning out. Here are some kudos for a few of the presentations: Central Florida Computer Society…

Toby Scott

Toby served as CIPCUG’s president from 1997 – 1999 and is now a Lifetime Member. He is the user group’s Technical Advisor, designed their website and is co-Webmaster. Their pre-meeting SIG has become a general Q&A session; generally, Toby answers the questions and Michael Shalkey handles the computer duties. The questions and answers are published…

Dennis Rex

Representing the Southern California Linux Expo is Dennis Rex, a member of the SCALE public relations committee for more than a decade and an Open Source Software supporter for even longer. Always happy to share his Linux experience with others, he has often presented to user groups and conferences on the merits of Open Source…