There will be no meeting in June.

Thursday, May 20, 2010
P.U.D. Building, 9610 Sandridge Road

HARDWARE pick-up/return: Karl Johnson
KEY and password pick-up/Meeting facilitation: Jan Bono

7:00 p.m. SHARP! Call to order Any quick announcements.

7:02 Minutes: Nancy Meyrick, last month’s secretary volunteer, will read the minutes. We need a volunteer for this meeting to take notes tonight, type them up, and email them to Karl by Monday for posting.

7:07 Treasurer’s Report: Richard will give the treasurer’s report.

Dues were due in January, and are $12 per year.

7:10 Program: Back-ups! Everything you always wanted to know about keeping your files backed-up in a safe, yet accessible, place. Karl Johnson will again dazzle us with his expertise concerning external flash drives, zip drives, external hard drives, thumb drives, saving to a CD, online storage systems and other alternatives.

7:50 Q&A or Cheers and Jeers! Please bring your questions! Everyone is an “expert” on something; let’s tap the collective intelligence!

8:15 Keynote Workshop Update: Coming soon! A separate 90-minute Keynote workshop taught by John Sporseen! Here’s your chance to have input on where and when.

8:20 *HELP!* We need topic(s) and presenter(s) for future meetings. Still on our list from January: short-cut tricks, emailing photo attachments, opening all types of downloads, windows media viewer, help menus, operating systems, navigating in the address book, and “time machines.” (?) Please come with ideas and suggestions! This is YOUR club!

8:28 Announce next meeting date & tentative program

8:30 Adjourn

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Thursday, April 15, 2010

P.U.D. Building, 9610 Sandridge Road

HARDWARE pick-up/return will be done by Jim Patterson

KEY pick-up/Meeting facilitation will be done by Jan Bono

7:00 p.m. SHARP! Call to order

Quick announcements concerning dues and membership

7:02 Minutes: Sharon VanHeuit, last month’s secretary volunteer, will read the minutes. We need a volunteer for this meeting to take notes tonight, type them up, and email them to Karl by Monday for posting on website.

7:07 Treasurer’s Report: Richard will give the treasurer’s report. Bill Jensen rejoined us in March. Dues were due in January, and are $12 per year.

7:10 Program

At January’s meeting, those present brainstormed a list of topics we wanted to see addressed. Karl volunteered to cover several of these at the April 15 meeting. Karl will have a full hour to tell us about:

• laptop models/options/features
• WiFi basics – really basic—what, how, who, etc.
• networking home computers
• traveling with/using Macs away from home

8:10 John Sporseen

Update about a separate 90-minute Keynote workshop in May.

8:15 ***HELP!*** We need topic(s)/presenter(s) for the May 20th meeting. Also June, July, etc. Please come with ideas and suggestions!

8:20 Q&A or “Cheers and Jeers”

8:28 Announce next meeting date & tentative program

8:30 Adjourn

Thursday, March 18, 2010

P.U.D. Building, 9610 Sandridge Road

HARDWARE pick-up/return will be done by Jim Patterson

KEY pick-up/Meeting facilitation will be done by Jan Bono

7:00 p.m. SHARP! Call to order

Quick announcements concerning dues and membership

7:02 Minutes: Carolyn Argo, last month’s secretary volunteer, will read the minutes. We need a volunteer for this meeting to take notes tonight, type them up, and email them to Karl by Monday for posting on website.

7:07 Treasurer’s Report:

Richard will give the treasurer’s report. Dues were due in January, and are $12 per year.

7:10 Program I: Carolyn Argo demos “iWorks”

How does it work/any special bells and whistles/why does she use it?

7:30 Program II: Jan Bono demos “Word”

How does it work/any special bells and whistles/why does she use it?

7:50 Program III: John Sporseen demos “Keynote”

Like PowerPoint, only new, improved, and lots better!

8:20 Q&A or “Cheers and Jeers”

From any member, to the general membership

8:25 Announce next meeting date & tentative program

Karl will be presenting several topics in April, so that’s covered, but we always need suggestions and volunteers for future meetings!

8:30 Adjourn

BeachMUG Agenda
Thursday, Febraury 18, 2010
P.U.D. Building, 9610 Sandridge Road

HARDWARE pick-up/return will be done by Jim Patterson
KEY pick-up/Meeting facilitation will be done by Jan Bono

Please sign attendance sheet and pay dues prior to start of meeting! Thanks.

7:00 p.m. SHARP! Call to order

7:02 Minutes: Carolyn Argo, last month’s secretary volunteer, will read the minutes. We need a volunteer for this meeting to take notes tonight, type them up, and email them to Karl by Monday for posting on website.

7:10 Treasurer’s Report: Richard will give the treasurer’s report. If Richard is not present, Jansy will handle it. Dues were due in January, and are $12 per year. Ten members are now paid up through 2010. (You know who you are)

7:15 Program I: SLIGHT CHANGE OF PLAN

John Sporseen attended the PMUG (Portland) on February 8 and is eager to give us a report on 1) How their meetings are run, and 1) address the “rumors” from January’s MacWorld. I told John he could have 15-20 minutes, and “bumped” two of the four word processing demos previously scheduled for tonight.

7:35 Program II: Jim Patterson demos “Pages”

How does it work/any special bells and whistles/why does he use it?

7:55 Program III: Dean Mean demos “NeoOffice”

How does it work/any special bells and whistles/why does he use it?

8:15 Q&A or “Cheers and Jeers”

From any member, to the general membership

8:20 Announce next meeting date & tentative program

Need Suggestions/Volunteers for March 18 meeting!

8:30 Adjourn

BeachMUG Agenda

Thursday, January 21, 2010

P.U.D. Building, 9610 Sandridge Road

• 7:00 p.m. SHARP! Call to order.
  • Meeting agenda quickly reviewed. Announcements/reminders.
• 7:05 Minutes: No minutes taken from previous meeting.
  • Will need volunteer to take notes tonight, type them up, and email them to Karl by Monday for posting on website.
• 7:10 Treasurer’s Report: Richard.
  • Dues are now due in January, and are $12 per year. Those three who paid in October are paid up through 2010.
• 7:15 Program I:
  • DEMONSTRATION: How to set up our meeting hardware.
  • What’s included in a mini-Mac? Where do all those cords go? Other questions.
• 7:30 Program II:
  • WHERE ARE WE GOING, and HOW ARE WE GETTING THERE? Group Leadership. Getting the key, leading the meetings, secretarial pool, treasury, posting on website, storing hardware, BeachMUG library, keeping meetings on track, group needs, agenda template, etc.
• 7:50 Program III:
  • VERY IMPORTANT: Brainstorming for topics and presenters for future meetings. Come with lots of ideas! What do you want to learn? What do you have to share/teach? Consensus reached for next meeting topic(s), presenter(s).
• 8:15 Q&A or “Cheers and Jeers”:
  • From any member, to the general membership
• 8:25 Announce next meeting date, tentative program
• 8:30 Adjourn

Here are a list of some blogs and sites that you may find beneficial when looking for more information about whats going on in the world of Mac.

Mac.AppStorm – I discovered this site in mid-December.  Everyday this blog includes a review of an application(s) or tool(s) that can help with your Macintosh.  I have found their reviews to be quite accurate and helpful.

App Donkey – is repository of downloadable Mac Freeware.  I recently bought a demo 24″ iMac on ebay and I went to App Donkey and was able to find most of the Freeware that I always want to have on my computer (Text Wrangler, Onyx, Mind Node and others – reviews of Freeware will be another post.)

MacUpdate – a database of software updates for the Mac.  It includes Freeware, Shareware, Demos and updates.

MacWorld News – I’ve been going to this site ever since it was called maccentral.com  They have timely updates about new items important to the Mac community.

MacNN – One of the best sources for Macintosh News.  Often the same new as listed on MacWorld.

Mac Rumors – If you’re interested in information that may be true.  Apple doesn’t let much information slip out but this site does occasionally get a scoop on new products.

cNet News – Latest Apple news page.  cNet has been a respected news and review site within the technology arena for years.

If you need more…. check out the other Macintosh magazines like MacAddict, MacTech, MacLife.  I’m sure I’ve missed a number of sites as well but this should give everyone a good start.

We had been meeting at the Super 8 in Long Beach but we were having trouble scheduling the space around other guest activities.  So it was decided to try and find a place where we could have a consistent schedule.  Enter Jan Bono, after a number of missed messages, Jan finally was able to procure us a location and time.

Keep the Third Thursday of each month open.  Beginning on January 21st. we will be meeting from 7 – 8:30 pm at the PUD Building Meeting Room.  One stipulation that we need to observe is that ONLY the “instructional” mac mini be attached to their WiFi.  So by all means bring you laptops but please do not connect to the WiFi.

We are looking for topics for the January meeting.  If you have a question or idea for the topic please fill out the form below.

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When using snow leopard, how do you turn OFF spring loading? I have turned off the spring loaded folders in the preferences panel, but if I hover over a document, link or composed email too long — it goes there anyway — it SENDS the email, it OPENS the link or file — this is annoying! thanks

If anyone has the answer please leave it in the comments section or email me

Thanks.  Karl

Attendance at Meetings has been problematic lately.  With the Holidays and the departure of our venerable leader (John is relocating to the big city), we will be regrouping and moving forward in January.  Stay tuned for more news.  If you are willing to be part of our restructuring process please email Jan Bono.  She will be coordinating the meeting.

As with every volunteer organization, we need volunteers to share, plan, lead, attend, suggest.  The more participation we can get the less likely anyone is to get burnt out.  If you have any other questions please contact me (Karl)

Thank you,

Karl Johnson