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September 2012 The Outer Edge Page 1 25th Anniversary Event issue The Outer E Whole No. 304 ISSN 1055-4399 September 2012 Vol. 26, No. 2 d g e The Friendly Computer Club Helping Make Computers Friendly. On the Web at www.cipcug.org COMMAND.COM Attendance at the By Jim Brown, President August general meeting: “Promoting the Harmony of Computer Education, and Camaraderie” 54 members and guests. We welcome two new members. am writing this column with much joy and anticipation as we ap- proach our September meeting date and our 25 (+1) Anniversary Cele- bration. Because of the dedication and hard work of a small group of To Contact CIPCUG individuals and families our computer group has evolved to the largest Icomputer group in this area and has received many awards and recognition The Outer Edge......................805-485-7121 General Information………...805-289-3960 from computer associations — all due to the dedication, focus, and hard work Mailing Address...P.O. Box 51354, Oxnard, CA of our members. We will honor the early members who had the foresight and 93031-1354 dedication to succeed. On the Web: cipcug.org Our September meeting is a time to remember and cele- On Facebook: Facebook.com/groups/cipcug brate our history and success. This is an event that you bring your family members and friends to for the entertainment and ambiance as we remember where the computer club has been and what its future may be. Brown Consider this event as a family event. TOE wins a top Here is what you should know. This is a celebration! This will not be our usual monthly meeting. This will be an event, a very special APCUG honor presentation with audio, film and humorous commentary from our own mas- The Outer Edge won the first-place award ter of the rant and our master of ceremonies, Rick Smith. for medium size groups in the Association of Rumor has it that there may be a mystery guest. There will be a short PC Users Groups (APCUG) newsletter contest photo opportunity with our mystery guest. We request a small donation. for 2012. Newsletters of 2011 were judged. The doors will open at 9 a.m., and the show will begin at 9:30 a.m. Twenty-one groups participated in the There will not be a member sign-in or badges. Ken Church will be available newsletter contest. APCUG also ran photo and for those members who need to renew their membership and for those who website contests. may wish to join our ranks. Second-place winner in our category was Craig Ladd will be at the raffle prize table where you can view the raffle the Monterey Bay User Group-Personal Com- prizes. You can still donate a raffle prize — please give your name and list puters, and third place went to the Brookdale the donation so Craig can keep this record. Our raffle prizes so far are com- Computer User Group. (Continued on page 12) Page 2 The Outer Edge September 2012 Channel Islands Root Directory PC Users Group CIPCUG mailing address: CIPCUG NEWS P.O. Box 51354, Oxnard, CA Benefits ......................................... 19 93031-1354 Bits & Bytes .................................. 12 CIPCUG is a member of APCUG, Board minutes ............................... 11 Executive Committee The Association of PC Users Groups Coming CIPCUG events ................. 3 (Elected members of Board of Directors) Contributors to TOE...................... 11 President……..………………...Jim Brown Command.com ................................ 1 .………….…………[email protected] The Outer Edge Editor’s corner ................................ 3 Vice President/Program Chairman Editor……………………..John Weigle Map, schedule ............................... 20 ………………..………………..Craig Ladd P.O. 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Frank Segesman* Members’ classified ads are free but are limited to Toby Scott 105 characters, including spaces. 2011 APCUG first place in Lois Evans de Violini the newsletter contest (medium Art Lewis Helen Long groups). *Deceased September 2012 The Outer Edge Page 3 CIPCUG news and events Work introduced Coming events 25th Anniversary Event me to computers scheduled Sept. 22 his is an issue to reminisce, so … My first experi- ence with computers was at The Star, when the Programs paper switched from typewriters to computers (a CIPCUG will celebrate its 25 th anniversary at the Sept. 22 mainframe with dumb terminals) at the old plant meeting with entertainment, a look back at our history, a computer Ton Santa Clara Street in Ventura. Most of us were a bit jit- archaeology display and lunch at the picnic area adjacent to the tery, a concern which wasn’t alleviated one Friday after- Boys & Girls Club. noon. We were working on the Saturday morning paper “You really don’t want to miss this one,” Toby Scott said at when all the computers unexpectedly shut the beginning of last month’s Q&A session as he discussed the Editor’s down. We all yelled “Stan!” (Stan Whisen- program. The entertainment is worth paying $50 to attend, he said, corner hunt, our managing editor and the man who but there is no admission charge. was heading the conversion for the editorial The meeting will be in the usual place, the Camarillo Boys & department). As he was heading to the com- Girls Club, 1500 Temple Ave. (Ponderosa Drive and Temple Ave- puter room to find out what had happened, he nue), Camarillo (see the map on the last page.) ran into a representative from the company The doors will open at 9 a.m. and the program will start