APCUG Director Dave’s first computer was a 386 DX something or other with a 40 Mb hard drive. The local computer store where he bought it had not received delivery of the monitor so they arranged it so he could make the trip from Sarasota to the distributor in Tampa (70 miles) and get it…
Orv Beach, Training Chair, Southern California Linux Expo; Technical Specialist, American Radio Relay League Orv Beach is an avid ham radio operator. First licensed in 1967, he’s always been a digital guy, starting with Morse code, then working his way up through radioteletype, then packet radio and PACTOR. He’s currently involved in pushing out a…
Bowling Green Area Microcomputer User Group Jeri has been involved with genealogy for 20+ years and is a past president of the Dallas Genealogy Society and a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists. She is also a professional speaker and Trainer for classes in digital editing, historical and family history research, digital cameras, document…
Author, Is This Thing On? A Friendly Guide to Everything Digital for Newbies, Technophobes and the Kicking & Screaming Abby has single-handedly helped a quarter million Digitally Challenged people cross the Digital Divide and get online. Over the past 20 years, she’s visited more than 22 states, 120 public libraries, over 100 senior centers/computer clubs and…
IT Security Expert and Avast Evangelist Bob Gostischa, after a successful career in banking, enjoys his retirement as an enthusiastic IT security expert, most notably for Avast; the creator of Avast Antivirus software. The Avast website has a discussion and help forum where Bob has been helping with security-related and general computer issues since 2004….
User Group Relations Gene Barlow has worked with computer systems for over 50 years and has specialized in backup technology and hard drive utilities for the past 20 years. He can make a complex topic easy for everyone to understand, yet still provide lots of details that you need to know. He is one of…
Ira is a member of the Golden Triangle PC Club, an Associate Professor at Lamar Institute of Technology, and writes a weekly technology column for the Examiner newspaper <www.theexaminer.com>. Ira is also a deputy sheriff who specializes in cybercrime, and has lectured internationally in computer crime and security.
Jim has served APCUG since May of 1997 when he was appointed to the Board of Advisors. In addition to his APCUG duties as Secretary and Director, he has served as both Vice President and Program Chair and Associate Editor for his own User Group, the Greater Cleveland PC Users Group. His history with UG’s…