MAC SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP

You should have been contacted about the Holiday party. Enjoy!

For more information about the Mac Special Interest Group, call Lynn Conley at 3906.

GENEALOGY SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP

The Genealogy Group will not meet during the month of December 2003. Our next scheduled meeting will be Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004, at 7pm in the Computer Room. Members are requested to send ideas for future meetings and guest speakers to Gail Boggs by phone or e-mail: kaila5@davtv.com.

For more information about the Genealogy Group, please contact Gail Boggs at 7932 .

MUSIC SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP

There will be no music SIG meeting in December. See you at the Holiday party!

For information, call Diane Hutchings (7805) or e﷓mail to dianeh@alum.bu.edu.

JOIN US AT THE SUN CITY COMPUTER CLUB HOLIDAY PARTY ON DEC. 8.

Join us at the Sun City Computer Club Holiday Party on Dec. 8.

On Monday, Dec. 8, 2003, the Computer Club will have its annual Holiday Party beginning at 7pm in Pinckney Hall. All members and spouses are invited to this great time of food and camaraderie. Please bring either an appetizer or dessert that will serve 8 people. We will have a short business meeting and then it's Party Time.

Music will be furnished by Mike Riegel and the Syncopaters.

JANUARY PROGRAM

Our program will be presented by Corporal Mike Jennings of the Beaufort County Sheriff's Department.

Cpl. Jenning's presentation will cover the BSCO web site, how it started, how it is used, and future plans. It will also cover Computer Security and Internet Fraud.

Our capable volunteer instructors are taking a well-deserved break during the Holidays. Computer classes will begin again the week of Jan. 19. Along with many of our regular offerings we will have a few new classes including Beyond the Basics of E-mail and an Introduction to Photoshop Elements. We will notify you by e-mail when the class schedules are posted on www.suncitycc.org and on the Computer Room bulletin board.

Classes are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis, and there are a limited number of registrations available in each class. First registration for January and February classes will be Monday January 5 from 1 - 3 pm in the Computer Room. Second registration will be Monday, Jan. 12 from 6:15 - 7:45pm in Pinckney Hall prior to the January monthly meeting. After that, all remaining classes will be available through the Class Sales Black Box in the Computer Room. For a detailed description of most classes along with their skill level assumptions, check the Class Description book in the Computer Room during any open time.

If you’ve finished the OpenCourseware at http://ocw.mit.edu mentioned last month (Yeah, right!), you might want to give http://learningcenter.

netscape.com a look. Some of their online courses are for Free, others for a modest Fee. Robin is currently enrolled in Focus on Taking Great Digital Pictures while Diane just finished Mastering Buying and Selling on eBay.

If you have comments, questions or suggestions for the Education Chair, please contact Robin Seaver (searobin@islc.net) or Diane Hutchings (dianeh@alum.bu.edu).

Membership

All 2003 memberships will expire on Dec. 31 and may be renewed using this link.

Don't forget to wear your nametag to meetings and classes - especially to the Holiday Party in December.

Any questions regarding Membership, e-mail Diane Frazier-Ciravolo at disfc@aol.com or call 3841.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOVEMBER MEETING

Tips and Tricks - Lynn Conley instructed the group on how to get a second free business e-mail address to use at times that you do not want to give out your personal e-mail address.  She used Yahoo as an example.

President's Report - The VHS tape "What to Do until the Doctor Comes" is available in the Computer Room for checkout.  It is a good idea to view this tape before you have a problem.  It lasts about ¾ of an hour and is a tape of a program that Bob Rasmussen gave last spring.

The minutes of the last meeting were approved as published in the November KeyStrokes.  On Dec. 2, there will be a challenge among the Woodworkers, Veteran's, and Computer Clubs to see who can decorate the best holiday tree.  More information will be e-mailed to the membership.

The Holiday party will be Dec. 8 with John Longo as chairperson.  There will be a demonstration that night of the new web site.

The KeyStrokes newsletter will no longer be delivered to your mailbox starting January 2004.  You will be getting an e-mail letting you know when the newsletter is available on line.  This will eliminate the need to have volunteers deliver the newsletter to homes.