In this edition of NOOZ:
1. POSSIBLE Advertising in Your Newsletter
2. APCUG Member Groups Appreciate Their Volunteers
3. 2017 Q2 Reports
4. Spring VTC Reminder – May 6
1. POSSIBLE Advertising for Your Newsletter
APCUG does not endorse this product but is just passing the information on to member groups. We don’t have any more information than what is below.
Paul Bordenkircher, OPe Technologies, is interested in finding out whether there are opportunities to advertise in your newsletters or emails.
According to him, it’s a cloud storage solution, more secure version of Dropbox, with on-device encryption and higher security standards than the big guys. It’s planned for release in late-August. He thinks APCUG groups would “get” the need for this product before most other users.
Company Name: OPe Technologies
Contact Name: Paul Bordenkircher
Office: 251 299 2199
Contact form also on website: OPeTechnologies.com
2. APCUG Member Groups Appreciate Their Volunteers
The last NOOZ asked member groups to send an e-mail to Judy Taylour letting her know how they celebrate their volunteers. She heard from very few groups, visited each group’s website to see if she could find anything regarding honoring volunteers, and read various newsletters; she picked up another couple of ways groups honor their volunteers and the document is attached. It will also be uploaded to APCUG’s website just below the Speaker Bureau Presenter Kudos.
3. 2017 Q2 Reports
In this issue, you will find meeting ideas, what is happening in other groups, and a list of the latest updates uploaded to Jere’s Tech Tips column on APCUG’s website. It is updated a minimum of once a week or more often as he and others find tips they think you would be interested in knowing about. Also in this issue is information about the 2016 Don Singleton Volunteer of the Year Recipients and Nominees (info is also on the website), plus Gabe’s Tips for User Groups. I think you will find interesting information on each page.
4. Reminder – FREE May 6 Spring VTC
A few members can get together and watch the sessions together. Or, members can ‘attend’ different presentations at home in their bathrobes and fuzzy slippers and give reports at their next general meeting. Or, if your group meets on May 6, you might watch live one or more of the presentations for your meeting. The ICON group in Missouri did this for the Winter VTC. The Quad-Cites Computer Society has had Tailgate parties in their meeting room with attendees bringing the refreshments. Of course, groups also use the VTC videos for meeting presentations. Please register at:
Descriptions and Bios at:
Track 1
Acronis, New Generation – Gene Barlow, UGR Relations
Home Automation – Bill James, Computer Club of Oklahoma City
Tune Up Your Windows PC – Jere Minich, Lake-Sumter Computer Society
Track 2
The GIMP – Dennis Rex, SCALE
Crypto Viruses – Toby Scott, Channel Islands PCUG
Alternative to Closing a Computer Club – Ray Baxter, Payson Area Computer Society