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October 2007 © 2007 The Dayton Microcomputer Association, Inc. TM Volume 32 Issue 8 www.DMA.org October 2007 Association of PC User Groups (APCUG) Member September 25th General Meeting Topic The State of the Club Annual Membership Meeting of the Dayton Microcomputer Association, Inc. Huber Heights Athletic Foundation Center The opinions expressed in this article are the personal opinions of the Databus editor In an effort to expedite the general meet- Featured in this and should not be interpreted as club pol- ing, I have included information and reports icy. so that the membership can be informed of Issue issues to be addressed. ts September. The September general Worse Data Breaches Ever5 Imeeting approaches. Why is this impor- In 2004, John Hargreaves, Martin Arbagi tant? September is the only meeting of the and Jim Ullom were elected to the DMA Spotlight on SIGS— full membership of the Dayton Microcom- board of trustees. They were the only indi- Digital Photography ....... 5 puter Association, Inc. It is at this meeting viduals running. I was appointed to fill the that we elect our trustees for the year and remainder of a term where the previous OTAP .............................. 6 learn what the state of the club is. It is also trustee resigned. At that time, we were your opportunity to ask questions about the leaching money at a rapid pace and the Microsoft Silverlight .......... 7 business decisions that have been made. financial status of the club was in jeopardy. Tough decisions had to be made. According to the DMA by-laws the General Microsoft Home Server ..... 8 meeting is required to follow this format: Since then we have seen the demise of Computerfest and GemAIR. OTAP has This Month in 1. Call to order by the President been restructured and is on the way to be Computer History .......... 9 2. Reading of the communications and cor- self supporting. Our business agreement respondence with Hara Arena regarding internet service Sudoku ............................ 9 3. Reading of the annual reports of: has terminated. Several new SIGs have a. the President and Vice Presi- The Deals Guy ..............10 dent been formed with the purpose of attracting b. the Secretary new and younger members. Some very MVCS Joint Fall Meeting . 11 c. the Treasurer tough decisions have been made in order d. the chairs of standing commit- to preserve the club and the flood of losses Cytog’s Road Trip to tees has been reduced. However, we are still Quakecon ..................12 e. the chairs of special commit- losing money without a major fundraiser. tees 4. Unfinished business Gaming 4 Tristin .............15 a. Election of Trustees b. Other unfinished business 5. Presentation hour (Continued on page 4) 6. Adjournment Next Month: TBD, October 30th at 7:00 pm Page 2 October 2007 CONTENTS CONTACT INFORMATION Continued from front cover BUSINESS GENERAL DMA® Officers & Trustee .......................................2 Map to DMA® Meetings .........................................2 Info Line 937-222-4DMA Board Minutes—July .............................................17 Website www.dma.org Board Minutes—August ........................................18 E-mail info @ dma.org Calendar ...................................................................20 Mailing Address P.O. Box 4005, Dayton, OH 45401-4005 Resource Center 119 Valley Street, Dayton, OH 45404-1712 DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES DMA® SIG Meeting List ............................3 OFFICERS & TRUSTEES About to Expire Memberships President OPEN president @ dma.org and New Members.....................16 Vice President Gary Turner vice-president @ dma.org Membership App & Renewal Form ...........19 Treasurer Chuck Gelm treasurer @ dma.org Friends of DMA ......................................19 Secretary Martin Arbagi secretary @ dma.org Trustee - A Jim Bellan jimbellan @ earthlink.net Trustee - A Ron Williamitis rwilliamitis @ yahoo.com Trustee - A Todd Collins toddc @ woh.rr.com Trustee - B Chuck Gelm chuck @ gelm.net Trustee - B Dan Tasch taschda @ dma.org Trustee - B Glady Campion campiong @ dma.org Trustee - C Martin Arbagi martin.arbagi @ sbcglobal.net ® Trustee - C John Hargreaves jrhprinter @ earthlink.net DMA MEETINGS Trustee - C Jim Ullom jullom @ woh.rr.com GUESTS ARE ALWAYS A=Trustee 3 yrs from 9/06 B=Trustee 3 yrs from 9/05 C=Trustee 3 yrs from 9/04 WELCOME COMMITTEE CHAIRS Meetings start at 7:00 p.m. Visit us on OTAP Glady Campion otap @ dma.org the web at www.dma.org or email to Membership Glady Campion membership @ dma.org info @ dma.org for information or directions. Dave Lundy membership @ dma.org Our monthly General Meeting consists of a Programs Jim Ullom programs @ dma.org brief opening, SIG and committee reports, Fundraising OPEN announcements, and a 60-90 minute pro- The DataBus Nancy Christolear editor @ dma.org gram by a guest speaker, followed by door DMA® Website Dave Lundy webmaster @ dma.org prizes for members. After the meeting, the DaytonLANfest David Neely nherzhul @ hotmail.com group adjourns to a local eating establish- WirelessDaytonDays Peter Hess info @ wirelessdaytondays.org ment to socialize. Our meetings are held at the Huber Heights Athletic Foundation (HHAF) Center. For last minute announcements always check www. dma.org Directions: From Downtown Dayton take Route 4 to the Harshman Road Exit. Turn left (north) on Harshman to Brandt Pike (Rt. 201). Turn Right and follow Brandt Pike ap- proximately 2 miles to Fishburg Road and turn left (west). The Huber Heights Athletic Foundation is located at 5367 Fishburg Road, about a quarter mile from the intersec- tion of Fishburg and Brandt Pike DMA®'s Arrow Logo is a trademark, and DMA® & Com- puterfest® are registered trademarks of the DAYTON MI- CROCOMPUTER ASSOCIATION, INC., an Ohio 501c(3) non-profit organization. Volume 32 Issue 8 Page 3 T he DataBus is published monthly by tact our Editor at: The DataBus, P.O. Box the Dayton Microcomputer 4005, Dayton, OH 45401-4005 or email Association, Inc. (DMA®). to: [email protected]. The deadline for submitting material is Permission is granted to non-profit the first of the month of publication. organizations to reprint or quote any Submit files to the editor, editor@dma. material contained herein (except that composed using Microsoft Publisher org, preferably as an email attachment in which is copyrighted elsewhere) provided 2003 DMA®'s Arrow Logo is a trademark, MS Word, Wordperfect, or .TXT (with line credit is given to the author, Dayton and DMA® & Computerfest® are regis- breaks). The editor reserves the right to Microcomputer Association, Inc. & The tered trademarks of the Dayton Micro- edit for clarity, length & style, and to hold DataBus. The Editor requests that when computer Association, Inc., an Ohio 501c or reject any portions of submitted copy. reprinting material from The DataBus you (3) non-profit organization. forward a copy of the reprint to the Editor. Advertisements and want ads are accepted for publication. Non-commercial The opinions expressed in any article or credit-card size ads are free to DMA® column are those of the individual author members. Commercial Credit-card size and do not represent an official position ads are $15.00 per issue for members. of, or endorsement by, The Dayton Our circulation is targeted to computer Microcomputer Assn., Inc. Nameplate users, technicians, & IT Managers, and is and Logo created by Bob Kwater, all currently 300 copies. To receive more rights reserved, The Dayton Microcom- information about advertising, please con- puter Association, Inc. This issue was The DataBus Staff Editor Nancy Christolear [email protected] Calendar Dave Lundy [email protected] ® DMA SIGs MA® sponsors numerous Special Gaming SIG meets the last Saturday of Software Development SIG meets the D each month at 4:00 p.m. for a 24-hour second Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm Interest Groups (SIGs) catering to the individual interests of its members. LAN-party at 119 Valley Street. Contact at 119 Valley Street. Contact Glady Cam- Want to start a new SIG? Contact a David Neely: nherzhul @ h otmail.com pion at campiong @ dma.org for more DMA® Officer or Trustee! www.DaytonLANfest.com details. Amateur Radio SIG meets the 1st Tues- Genealogy/Family History SIG meets Pizza SIG is held immediately after every day of each month, 7:00 p.m. at 119 Valley the 1st Thursday of each month at 7:00 p. General Membership meeting with plenty Street. Contact Todd Collins: 937-545- m. at 119 Valley Street. Contact Jay of casual conversation, friendly debates, 7015 toddc @ woh.rr.com or Shawna Finley: jotaito @ aol.com and of course, Pizza! Collins: sjcollins @ woh.rr.com Hands-On-SIG meets the 2nd Tuesday Come join us! www.dma.org/k8dma and 4th Wednesday of each month, 7:00 More SIG information is available Apple-Dayton SIG meets the 3rd Mon- p.m. at 119 Valley Street. Contact Elliott www.dma.org/sigs.shtml. day of each month, 7:00 p.m. at the Lake: 937-376-4581 online at Huber Heights Athletic Foundation Cen- Linux SIG meets the 3rd Thursday of ter, 5367 Fishburg Road, Huber Heights. Contact Dan Forshaw: AppleDaytonSIG @ each month, 7:00 p.m. in Wright State’s dma.org www.dma.org/appledaytonsig Student Union. Contact Gary Turner: 937- 313-2487, or Tony Snyder: 937-275-7913 Classic Computer SIG meets as needed or DLUG-contact @ dma.org the 1st and 3rd Saturday. of each month, www.dma.org/linuxsig 3:00 p.m. at the Sugar Grove Church, Perl Mongers meets the 2nd Wednesday 7875 Kessler Frederick Road, Tipp City, 45371. Contact Gary Ganger: 937-237- of each month, 7:00 p.m. at 119 Valley 5021 gangerg @ dma.org Street. Contact Paul Ahlquist: pea @ ahlquist.org http://dayton.pm.org Digital Photography SIG meets the 4th Thursday of each month, 7:00 p.m. at Wright State University, Room 240 Allyn Hall.. Contact Nancy Christolear: 937-439- 1735 njc @ dma.org www.dma.org/photosig Page 4 October 2007 (Continued from page 1) Standing Committees - Special Events Membership— In August we had a mem- Dayton LANfest—This event was held in President – For the last year, the DMA has bership of 229 members.
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