General Meetings
Presentations
are given at the meetings on a variety of topics from
speakers within the group as well as from outside
sources.
An open forum portion of the meeting allows members to
find solutions to problems. Visitors are always welcome
to attend the general meetings and meet our members.
Our
meeting schedule:
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Our
general meetings are usually held on the second
Wednesday of each month.
NOTE: There are no meetings in the
months of July and August.
We
encourage our members to submit suggestions for future topics or speakers and to
consider making presentations to the Group. Please send
your suggestions or offers by email to our .
The following topics have been suggested:
•
computer animation
• Web Blogging
• computer recycling
• GIS and mapping (NRCan)
• Adobe (According to Morris, no chance for someone
from Ottawa)
• Retro computing – collector
• 3D scanning and movies (http://www.xyzgrb.com)
• Skype
• Using data bases (eg address lists) (Mark or Bob
G?)
• Virtualization (Microsoft?)
• City of Ottawa’s e-services
• Microsoft Office 2010
• Google - how they are doing data centres
• Corel
• Backups
• How to Use your ISP`s webspace
• Xbox 360
• IBM’s big iron and lines
• Software development and tools (eclipse, git,
make, build…)
• Photography
Check out our
list of past presenters with links to their WEB
sites.
GENERAL MEETINGS
(details if
available)
Wednesday,
February 1st, 2012 (FIRST
Wednesday in February)
The Annual
General Meeting (AGM) will be held. Our president, Chris
Taylor, and Treasurer, Alan German, will briefly discuss
the general state and financial status of the club. After
the AGM, a speaker will follow.
Speaker:
Alan German, Treasurer, OPCUG
Topic: Linux 101 – An Introduction
to the “Other” Operating System
In this session we will explore some of the reasons why
one might consider running Linux rather than or, more
likely, in addition to Windows. We will see that a
typical Linux distribution contains everything one might
need -
the complete operating system and many useful
appplications - and that installation of all of this
software is a snap. We will also find that, as with all
computer-related items, Linux has its own share of
annoyances, but is also capable of extensively tweaked,
with detailed instructions readily available from
web-based sources. And, did we mention that all of this
comes at zero cost - apart from the expenditure of a
little time?
February
Raffle
Courtesy of Wondershare, we have 4 – count
'em – four copies of LiveBoot 2012
for the February raffle. This recovery program is
designed to allow you to recover from just about any
disaster Windows can throw at you – difficult to
remove malware, corrupted registry, forgotten passwords,
deleted files, formatted drives, and more!
You can see more details about this program (value: $50)
at http://www.wondershare.com/boot-cd/ and read the
review published in the October issue of Ottawa PC News
at http://opcug.ca/public/Reviews/LiveBoot2012.htm. Because of the way
Wondershare does its promotional copies, winners will
have to supply a valid email address which will be passed
to Wondershare. Winners will then receive an email from
Wondershare with a download link and a license key.
Tickets are, as always, a good deal at $1 for one, a
great deal at $2 for three or the unbelievable bargain of
$5 for ten! And since we will be drawing 4 – count
'em – four tickets, your chances of winning are
pretty good!
SPECIAL
INTEREST GROUPS (SIGs) AND FORUMS
Some SIGs meet
on the night of the regular meeting, with rooms assigned
during the general meeting, as well as holding additional
meetings on other dates. Please visit each of the SIGs'
Web sites to find out details on
their guest speaker and meeting locations.
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Meeting Location:
General
meetings are held at the Canada
Science and Technology Museum located at 1867 St. Laurent
Blvd., Ottawa, Ontario. The museum is located about 10
minutes to the east and south of downtown Ottawa. Exit
the Queensway at "St. Laurent South" and drive
2.6 km to Lancaster Road.
Typical
meeting schedule:
- Auditorium
opens at 7:00 p.m.
- Vendor/member
presentation - 7:30 to 9:00 p.m.
- Special
Interest Groups (SIGs) - 9:00 to 10:00 p.m.
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