Meeting Agenda

The SSCC meets on the first Thursday of the month at the Greenwood Community Center located on Surina Way in Craig Park; Greenwood, Indiana.

August 7, 2008.. CDM Computers
Robin Johnson from CDM Computers in Indianapolis talked about the various PC components currently available on the market today and how to make a wise choice when purchasing one. 

July 3, 2008.. Cyber Defender Protection
Harold Kimmel demonstrated Cyber Defender, the Internets First Line of Defense.

June 5, 2008.. Microsoft Corporation
Jason Oldham form Microsoft talked about PC virus protection and answered general questions from the group.  He discussed some of the advantages of Windows Live OneCare

May 1, 2008.. Windows Live OneCare
John Lester will present OneCare, a software product that helps keep your PC safe and secure while making your life easier. From virus scanning, file backups, to automatic printing sharing of all the PCs in your household, OneCare helps manage it all for you. And it's delivered to you in a smooth, hassle-free package.

April 3, 2008.. Google Search Engine
Jim Shireman showed various ways to use Google that you probably were not aware of .... useful and very cool stuff including the Google online calendar that will sync with MS Outlook.

March 6, 2008.. Tax Preparation for 2007
Eloise Erickson from the IRS talked about e-Filing and the new tax laws for filing your 2007 tax returns. She will discussed some of the various options for filing your taxes electronically using software or online.  Eloise talked about the Economic Stimulus package that the government will mail to tax payers this year.

February 7, 2008.. Questions & Answers

January 3, 2008.. ProShow Producer
Wondering what to do with all those digital photos you have and how to best share them with your friends?  Terry Kerby showed you how to create professional presentations with ProShow Producer. You can blend your photography with music and videos to produce impressive multimedia slide shows.  There are over forty different output methods for displaying your results including DVD, CD, Flash, HD Video, Email, iPod, Blackberry, YouTube, and many more.  Best of all, you can create basic slide shows quickly and easily with this software. Discounts available through our computer club.

December 6, 2007.. Annual Christmas Party
The club provided the food, drink, and table service.  The variety and quality of two full tables of dessert dishes provided by the members topped off the excellent dinner.  A table full of software and door prizes were given away to lucky ticket holders. Hope you did not miss out on the activity. Thanks to all that make this year party a success and special thanks to Allen and Irene for their hard work.

November 1, 2007..  Hewlett Packard
Fred Whatley from Hewlett Packard showed us the latest products from HP.  He showed products from computing to printing.  One product is a new printer with and industry first, 6-color scanning capability.  The printer also has the capabilities to scan slides and 35mm negatives, so you can convert all those old photos into digital images.  Also demonstrations on the latest in digital cameras, and portable photo printers.  Fred also highlighted the new HP Home Media server, how it integrates into your home, and with other products in the new "converged" home, how it will make our lives easier and more enjoyable. This was a great evening to see the latest in technology from HP.

October 4, 2007..  Microsoft Corporation
Jason Oldham from Microsoft presentation MS Office 2007 to our club.  He demonstrated the changes for previous office products and talked about the advantages of their new product.

Also, the floor was open for nomination of the SSCC's 2008 officers.

September 6, 2007..  Buying & Selling on E-Bay
The Southside Computer club hosted Hope Hatfield from E-Bay;  teaching the ins & outs of selling & buying on E-bay. Got something to sell or have something in mind to buy? Linda gave informative hints on doing business on the net.  Hope, a Certified eBay trainer, is with Hatfield Consulting, Inc. 

August 2, 2007..  Better Business Bureau
The Southside Computer club featured LINDA CARMODY  from the better business bureau . She spoke on computer scams & finish off with a session on Crazy Products . This was a very interesting, fun and informative evening.

July 5, 2007..  ABC's of Computer Firewall Protection
Terry Kerby discussed firewalls and revealed some of the top firewalls available including some free versions. Here are just a few of the questions he answered;  What is a firewall?,  What are the different types of firewalls?,  Do I need a firewall?  Doesn't Windows OS already have a firewall?,  How do I use a firewall?, What can and can't a firewall protect?,  How does a firewall work?, Show me a working firewall. 

June 7, 2007..  Chris Munoz
Want to learn about online banking?  Chris Munoz of National City Bank explained the benefits of banking online plus other transactions that can also be done online.

May 3, 2007..  Whittle's Picks for the Digital Home
Dave Whittle introduced some of his favorite technologies, products, and services that solve real problems for real people and can help make life a little bit or a lot better for each of us.   "Whittle's Picks" are hidden gems from companies large and small, old and new, with outstanding, innovative offerings -- including muvee™ Technologies (www.muvee.com), Lenovo (formerly IBM) Thinkpad (www.thinkpad.com), Zip*Linq (www.ziplinq.com), and the Invisus PC Security Solution (myinvisusdirect.com/usergroups).

April 5, 2007..  Mindshare
Carl Magna demonstrated Microsoft's new total pc protection software, Windows Live One Care, and Windows Defender.

March 1, 2007..  Windows Tips, Tricks and Free Software
Terry Kerby presented some useful tools to aid in the usage of Microsoft's Windows operating system.  He demonstrated some of the Best Free Software for 2007 and how to get it. He talked about upgrading to Microsoft's Windows VISTA and how to save some money in the process.
              Click here to see Terry's presentation reference material

February 1, 2007.. 2006 Tax Preparation
Elloise Erickson from the IRS gave a very informative talk about e-Filing and the new tax laws for filing your 2006 tax returns. She discussed some of the various options for filing your taxes electronically using software or online.

January 4, 2007.. Linux Demo
Paul Hagedorn demonstrated some of the 3D features in Linux based OS.

December 7, 2006.. Annual Christmas Party
The club provided the food, drink, and table service.  The variety and quality of two full tables of dessert dishes provided by the members topped off the excellent dinner.  A table full of software and door prizes were given away to lucky ticket holders. Hope you did not miss out on the activity. Thanks to all that make this year party a success and special thanks to Allen and Irene for their hard work.

November 2, 2006.. How the Internet Works & Election of Officers
Ryan Konecky will discuss the workings of the internet.

2008 Board of Directors
President:  Harold Kimmel
Vice President Programming:  Harold Kimmel
Treasurer:  Allen Baker
Membership Chairman:  Irene Baker
Newsletter Chairman:  Robert Sanders
Recording Secretary:  Paul Hagedorn
Corporate Liaison & Web Master:  Terry Kerby

October 5, 2006.. Microsoft Corporation
Jason Oldham from Microsoft will gave us a look at their new upcoming Windows operating system, Vista.
The new computer OS will have several improvements, including better security features, more comprehensive search capabilities and a friendlier user interface.

September 7, 2006.. Novice Web Site Creation
Terry Kerby demonstrated a web creation program that allows novice to create a web site without knowing any coding.  This is a cool program and everyone in attendance got a free full version of the program for their own personal use.

August 3, 2006.. Web Uses & Important Features
Robin Johnson from CDM Computers talked about different uses for web sites and appropriate features for each of them.

July 6, 2006.. Microsoft Outlook Management
Jim Shireman presented "Managing and removing those pesky Duplicate emails, contacts, journals, tasks, etc.  in Microsoft Outlook – and Software Add-ins to make it easier. Also, some extra tips for using Microsoft Outlook"

June 1, 2006.. MP3 Players
George Harding gave a very informative talk and demonstration about MP3 players and the Rio Carbon, as well as iTunes software. 
Click here to see George's presentation.

May 4, 2006.. PC Performance Tips
Terry Kerby showed how to put the pizzazz and life back into your computer.  He has compiled over 130 Windows XP Performance Programs and talked about how to applied them to your computer.  He also references ten FREE programs to help aid in the process.

                    Click one of the following to view Terry's presentation.
Terry's PowerPoint Presentation                 Adobe Acrobat Reader (Free) required for Presentation.  Click here to download it.
Cleaning Procedures
Tip Reference to Key Operations
Free Software Programs to Aid in Performance
130 Tips with Master Index      or    (130 Tips with Master index in HTML format)
 

April 6, 2006.. Hewlett Packard
Hewlett Packard's regional representative talked about their new and upcoming computer related products.  He brought some cameras and the new printers.

March 2, 2006..  e-Filing
Elloise Erickson from the IRS presented a very informative presentation on using tax software and electronic filing methods.

February 2, 2006.. PC Maintenance & Repair
Patrick Seldge from gave a very informative talk about how to trouble shoot problems with your PC.  He has been a PC repair technician and is very familiar with common problems he see in the repair shop.  The SouthSide Computer club wants to thank Patrick for sharing this wealth of information with us.

January 5, 2006.. How to Buy, Sell, and Trade on eBay
Hope Hatfield presented eBay tips & techniques.  Hope, a Certified eBay trainer, is with Hatfield Consulting, Inc.  She gave a very informative class on how to setup an eBay & Pay Pal account, buy, sell, and trade on ebay.  Thanks Hope for sharing this information with us.
SIG - Jim Shireman talk about Customizing the Microsoft Word Tool Bar

December 1, 2005.. Annual Christmas Party
The club provided the food, drink, and table service.  The variety and quality of two full tables of dessert dishes provided by the members topped off the excellent dinner.  A table full of software and door prizes were given away to lucky ticket holders. Hope you did not miss out on the activity. Thanks to all that make this year party a success and special thanks to Allen and Irene for their hard work.

November 3, 2005.. Microsoft Digital Image Suite
Terry Kerby demonstrated how to Acquire, Edit, Organize, Share, and Archive your digital photos with Microsoft's Digital Image Suite 10.

October 6, 2005.. Kessler Communications
Kessler Communications presented Cellular Phone and Voice over IP Technology.
(also called VoIP, IP Telephony, Internet telephony, ... )

September 1, 2005.. Microsoft Windows Vista
Chris Brown from Microsoft demonstrated Microsoft's next coming operating system, Vista (Longhorn is the corporate version).  He shows some of the cool new features like 3-D stacked windows and a very fast search function. He also addressed some of the new security features like Anti-Spyware.  He said the the new OS with the appropriate hardware will allow the system to boot in 3 (Yes 1,2,3) seconds. 

During the SIG Terry Kerby showed PicoBackup, a data backup program that can automatically locate some of your data like outlook express mail and windows address book. 

August 4, 2005.. Microsoft Streets & Trips
Jim Shireman demonstrated Microsoft's new mapping program

July 7, 2005.. Ektel Computers Machine
Usage of Firefox and Mozilla browsers were discussed.

May 5, 2005.. Digital Photography
Terry Kerby discussed features to look for when purchasing a digital camera and techniques for taking great pictures.

April 7, 2005.. IDSL Broadband - Main Presentation
Douglas Avona from SBC Communications discussed DSL Broadband Internet available through the telephone company and the other internet technologies available today.  He showed how broadband is changing and it's capabilities in the near future.

March 3, 2005.. Internet Security
Joe Rock special agent with the FBI presented internet security issues and how to help protect yourself from identity thief.  He also discussed how the FBI is structured and the different areas within the organization.
Terry Kerby talked about the various areas of "My Computer" properties during the SIG.

February 3, 2005.. Hard Drive Installation and Trouble Shooting
Paul Hagedorn discussed hard drive Trouble Shooting, Installation, Recovery and what to do if your hard drive stops working.
Jim Shireman demonstrated Microsoft's Encarta 2005 Reference Library at the SIG and gave away two copies of the software.

January 6, 2005..  Senior Promise
Senior Promise is an organization for people age 50 or older designed to provide special medical benefits, services and support to its members.  Jim Poole, manager, spokes about the program and its benefits.  Membership is $15/year or a lifetime membership is available.  Here are some of the benefits that Jim discussed: flash admission, free insurance counseling, personal account assistance, free telephone, TV discount, prescription assistance, lending library access, wellness program discounts, free hospital parking, area business discounts,
fall health fair, five news letters per year, brown bag event, cell phone program, in-home personal emergency response system, and others.
Check these web sites:  http://www.accesstobenefits.org  and  http://www.medicare.gov/assistanceprograms .

Also Robin with CDM Computers talked about the many technology services her company at 5703 US Highway 31 South offers.  They build custom computers, upgrade and fix computers, networking, data communication services, supply office furniture, build web sites, sponsor LAN parties plus participates in food drives for the homeless, HIP, program.
Visit the store or website at   http://www.cdmcomputerstore.com

December 2, 2004..  Annual Club Christmas Party
The club provided the food, drink, and table service.  The variety and quality of two full tables of dessert dishes provided by the members topped off the excellent dinner.  A table full of software and door prizes were given away to lucky ticket holders. Hope you did not miss out on the activity. Thanks to all that make this year party a success and special thanks to Allen and Irene for their hard work.

November 4, 2004.. Making a Photo Web Page
Terry Kerby discussed how to put your family photos on the web for anyone to view from their web browser.  He showed how to use a free program to create a slide show or display static photos to place on the web.  No need to send big photo files attachments with your email.  You can simply create your own web site.  Most of the internet service providers provide free web space with your account for this purpose and there are many free ones.
Link to Terry's presentation.

October 7, 2004.. Office Depot & Hewlett Packard
Al Rodriguez, manager of the new Office Depot on U.S. 31 South, and a representative from Hewlett Packard discussed the new line of HP Photo printers.  They talked about the current technology and how to match the photo paper to the printer for best results and longevity.  They demonstrated two of their printers by printing photos.  Wow ... the photos looked better than a professional prints and have over one hundred years life.

September 2, 2004.. Genealogy
Jean Leonard presented Genealogy Tracking.

August 5, 2004..  Intel Pentium 4 Hyper Threading
Bob Sanders talked about Intel  Pentium 4  hyper threading. What is it?  What are the differences in the Pentium 4 and the other processors? These questions and more were answered at the August meeting.

June 3, 2004.. Tips and Shortcuts in Windows and MS Office
George Harding gave a very informative presentation to a well attended meeting.  George shared about thirty different tips and tricks in using Windows, MS Word and Excel. If you missed this meeting, you will want to view his presentation and clicking on the following link.  You will learn some very useful shortcuts.
Link to view George's presentation.

May 6, 2004.. Insight Communication - Broadband Internet Access.
Tom Boscher, Community Representative, from Insight Communications gave a very informative talk about how broadband internet access using cable modems work compared to other broadband solutions.  Up to 100 times faster than dialup access.  If you live within Insight's coverage area and you want the fastest possible internet access, call insight for details.

April 1, 2004.. Better Digital Pictures
Carl Magna discussed Setting up your digital camera, Learning the limitations of your digital camera, Comparing a digital camera to a 35mm camera, Learning how to use the different settings on your digital camera, Taking great pictures within your camera's limitations, Transferring pictures to the computer, Cropping and sizing pictures, Adjusting the brightness, contrast and colors of your pictures, Adjusting the resolution for different uses of your pictures, Saving your pictures for future use, Different paper for different uses, Setting up your printer for best picture printing, Pictures were taken, adjusted and printed at the meeting.  Link to Carl's Presentation

SIG - Terry Kerby discussed Securing Your Digital Data and Demonstrated Second Copy 2000 Backup Program.
Link to Terry's Presentation

March 4, 2004.. Banking Online
Bank One talked about the advantages of banking from your pc at home. It is quick, easy and usually free for this service. They demonstrated their software and talked about all the online options you have from the comfort of your home.  No more trips to the bank.

SIG - Jim Shireman talk about firewalls and demonstrated Zone Alarm Pro software.
Link to Jim's Presentation

February 5, 2004.. Building a Supercomputer
Tom Blackburn talked about how to build a Hi-Tech, State-of-the-Art computer, complete with bells and whistles. He demoed one that he built just last month.  With the multitude of color lights incorporated inside his machine, it appeared to be something you might find in one of Tom Clancy's Sci-Fi novels. He pointed out the reasons you need a pc like his particularly for the ultimate gaming experience.  Did you know that some pc's actually have a tank of water inside with fish swimming around all lit up?
Link to Tom's Presentation - Not yet available.

Terry will demonstrated three of Lavasoft's Ad and Spyware removal programs:
Ad-aware Standard, Ad-aware Plus, and Ad-aware Professional.
He showed why you want to use one of these programs and how to use them.
Link to Terry's SIG - Ad-aware

January 8, 2004..  Portable Document Format aka “PDF”
Most of us are familiar with file formats which end in the .pdf file extension and use the ever popular Adobe® Acrobat® Reader to read those files. For several years the only software available to convert documents to those .pdf files was a product from Adobe®. Now because patents have expired, anyone can  produce software which can convert many types of files into .pdf format. At this meeting Jim and Terry discussed some of the different new programs out there and saw demonstrations of three of the software packages. Two copies of Click2PDF software was given away at the meeting.
Link to Terry's presentation, Win2PDF & Go2PDF               Link to Jim's presentation, Click2PDF

December 4, 2003..  Annual Club Christmas Party
Hope you did not miss this one. The club again provided the food, drink, and table service.  The variety and quality of two full tables of dessert dishes provided by the members topped off the excellent dinner. Questions submitted by the group were answered during a Q&A session.  Did I mention about $2000 dollars worth of software and door prizes given away including multiple copies of Microsoft Office Professional 2003. Hope you did not miss out on the activity.

November 6, 2003.. Microsoft Office 2003
Chris Brown from Microsoft presented Microsoft's newest office suite.  Chris demoed the various programs while noting the new features in the suite. Microsoft was very generous in giving away 25 door prizes including copies of Office 2003.  Thanks Microsoft !!!!!

October 2, 2003.. Microsoft Word Tips and Satellite Radio
Back by popular demand Janet Prether returned to discussed additional features in Microsoft Word. She talk about some of the common usages plus many hidden useful tricks.
Also, George Harding demonstrated the new technology in satellite radio. Your favorite radio station without commercials, or program promos wherever you go.  This was a very interesting demo.

May 1, 2003.. Games, Puzzles
Lean all about computer games, from Microsoft solitaire to today’s most advanced 3-D accelerated computer games and everything in between. We covered card and board games, puzzles, sport games, strategy and first person shooters. Remember, all work and no play makes Johnny a dull boy; so put away the word processors and spreadsheets for awhile and lets have a little fun!
Link to Tom's presentation - Not yet available

April 3, 2003..     Scanners – Documents, Photos, and Software
Do you blow the dust off the scanner once in a while to scan a photo you want to email? Would you like to get more use out of that scanner which you paid good money for? At our April meeting Jim Shireman showed you scanning tips and tricks including uses for your scanner you might not have known about.
Click here for Jim's presentation on scanning in Black & White. (will load faster)
Click here for Jim's presentation on scanning in Color.  (loads slower)
Click here for Jim's article on the Paper Port Pro 9 Office Software

November 7, 2002..
- Board of Directors Elections
- Visual Communicator - Jim Shireman presentated Visual Communicator a new kind of software application that gives you the ability to create videos that has the “look” of network professional TV without the pain of video editing. The web site for more information is www.seriousmagic.com.
- Midwest Internet – Our friends from Midwest Internet returned with more interesting information on Internet Security.  Mike talked about how to protect yourself from outside intruders on the internet.

August 1, 2002.. Leo, Mike, and Mitch our guest speakers from Midwest Internet (mw.net) gave a great panel discussion on security.  They discussed common security areas on home computers including home network security, and how you can fix them.  Morris Plummer also talked about a $20 Mail Station that is a great alternative to E-Mailing for people who, either travel a lot or for people who are not interested in Computers but, still want to e-mail friends and relatives.

July 11, 2002.. Jim Shireman and Terry Kerby presented a two part series about hard drives.  Jim discussed the basics of "Understanding your Hard Drive" and Terry talked about "Hard drive analysis including use of Drive Image, Partition Magic, and Multiple Operating Systems”.
Click here for Terry's presentation.

June 6, 2002.. Auri Rahimzadeh a Senior Consultant at Haverstick Consulting and President of the Indianapolis Computer Society presented "Home Networking".  He discussed the reasons to use networking in the home and talked about the different networking methods available today and in the near future.  Hope you did not miss this one .... it was very informative.

May 2, 2002.. Rob Glass Vice President of Technology with Port-To-Port Consulting presented WINDOWS XP.     
He discussed new features in Windows XP and reasons why you may want to upgrade to Microsoft's newest and possibly their best operating system to date.

April 4, 2002... Jim Shireman talked about the Compaq IPAQ PDA.  He discussed the benefits and reasons for owning a PDA and gave a demonstration of some of the available programs.  Click here for his presentation.

March 7, 2002... Terry Kerby discussed Outlook Express e-mail configurations, group mailing, spam blocking and message rules.  Tom Blackburn talked about newsgroups:  what are they, why use them, how to use them .....        Click here for Outlook Express notes.

February 7, 2002... Terry Kerby showed a program called RegCleaner that allows you to safely clean your Registry which can make your system boot faster and sometimes fix problems when you're trying to install a program. Marc Snell showed some Windows basic tips and took questions from the audience.

January 3, 2002... Jim Shireman talked about the process of setting up a DSL line and how you could share a DSL or Cable connection among different computers.

December 6, 2001... Our annual Christmas party and Q&A session. Many questions were answered and many door prizes were won.

November 1, 2001... Dan Nielsen from the FBI discussed Cybercrime and how to prevent becoming a victim. It was a very interesting discussion.

September 6, 2001... Chris Bailey from Hewlett-Packard discussed the different types of scanners on the market and what you should look for when purchasing a scanner.

August 2, 2001... Microsoft had an interesting presentation on Office XP and showed some of their other products like the Pocket PC and their new Train Simulator game. 

July 5, 2001...       Bob Sanborn talked to the group about home networking. He discussed the different networking options and the pros and cons of each option.

April 5, 2001...       Bob Carpenter showed Syntrillium Software's CoolEdit 2000. This program allows you to edit your music to get rid of annoying pops and clicks or just create your own music mixes.

March 1, 2001...        Terry Kerby showed us how to create a simple photo web site so you can share photos with far-away family members or just people that you don't see in person that often.

February 1, 2001...    Roberts Pro Photographic discussed digital cameras and what to look for when buying a digital camera. Sample pictures were printed out to show how sharp digital camera output could be.

January 4, 2001... Carl Magna demoed Pagemaker 6.5 and Marc Snell showed the current state of Linux.

December 7, 2000... Our annual Christmas party and Q&A session. Many questions were answered and many door prizes were won.

November 2, 2000... Lance from Interconnect continued his discussion of DSL and how it differs from cable modem access. Steve Riddle had a short discussion about Windows Me and why it isn't the upgrade for most people.

August 3, 2000...  Steve McCoy from Anthem discussed how to keep your home PC safe and secure. This was one we hope you did not miss.

July 6, 2000...    Terry Kerby finished his PC Maintenance by explaining how to backup your critical data that you've created. The program he used was Second Copy 2000.

June 1, 2000... Terry Kerby talked about PC Maintenance as it related to software.

May 4, 2000... Terry Kerby and Steve Riddle held a question and answer session to answer member questions. 

April 6, 2000... Terry Kerby and Steve Riddle discussed how to keep your PC in tip-top shape and what to look for when problems happen.

March 2, 2000... Steve Riddle showed Microsoft's Windows2000. He showed how Microsoft's new operating system is geared towards businesses. He also answered general Windows questions from the membership.

February 3, 2000... George Harding showed the GoBack and Second Chance products. Both of these products allow you to go back to previous versions of your files. George showed how you could retrieve a file that was mistakenly deleted or copied over.

Your questions to : Terry  if you would like to know more about these meetings.

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