Here we are in month two of the DACS transition. This may seem like a sudden change, but the board has been working on this for well over a year. Please don’t look on this as the end of DACS. On the DACS side, we are shedding a heavy organizational structure to become more manageable. The corporate … [Read more...]
President’s File, April 2018
Hello again, or maybe I should say “I’m back…”. Back in March, 2002, I was elected DACS president for the first time. That was a vastly different time for the club. We had a membership of about 470 and just over $20,000 in the bank. We had ten special interest groups (SIGs - what we now call … [Read more...]
DACS President’s Letter, July 2016
The June General Meeting was a big success, thanks to Rick Van Akin’s great presentation about the computer challenges faced by small business. Thank you, Bert, for introducing the speaker and for all your hard work, making preparations and arrangements for the event. Also to Richard Corzo who … [Read more...]
DACS President’s Letter, June 2016
John Patrick’s presentation at the May General Meeting was a great success! A big thank you to Andy Woodruff for all his hard work, making arrangements and preparations for the event, and then recording it. Also to Lisa Leifels, who helped video the meeting, and to Bert Goff who brought the food. … [Read more...]
President’s Letter
Volunteers are the roots of strong communities. As I read that in the email from Judy Taylour, of the Association of Personal Computer User Groups (APCUG), I realized that it’s true! And volunteers live happier and healthier lives. In the United States, National Volunteer Week was April 10-16, … [Read more...]
DACS President’s Letter, April 2016
The DACS 25th Anniversary Banquet was a resounding success, thanks to Jim Scheef, who did most of the work organizing the event. He not only publicized the dinner and printed name tags for all attendees, he gave an oral history of DACS from his perspective. Then he invited all members to speak about … [Read more...]
DACS President’s Column, November 2015
The Mad Hackers Technology & Innovation Fair on October 17th was a great success for DACS. A special thanks to Cathy Quaranta for organizing and executing this event. It took a lot of hard work on her part putting it all together. We had an impressive set of posters that caught the eyes of … [Read more...]
DACS President’s Column October 2015
Our Resource Center is going through a facelift on Friday, September 25th. Thanks to Cathy Quaranta and Tom Zarecki, some WestConn students will be volunteering their time with a few of our members to help clean and repaint the walls and brighten things up. It won’t be long before we can proudly … [Read more...]
DACS President’s Column September 2015
Things don’t just happen by themselves. It takes people like you to make it happen. There are many activities on the back-burner just waiting for someone like you to take ownership. We need you to add value and help shape the future of DACS. Here are just a few areas where we need your … [Read more...]
DACS President’s Column August 2015
August 2015 APCUG is again having 3 contests. Both our newsletter and our website have been submitted. The third contest involves you. If you have any photographs that you are particularly proud of, please submit them to APCUG before August 26th. See the article for details about the types of … [Read more...]