Hello to old Members - - we will have a Zoom meeting hopefully this summer (2022).

Hi, all!

I am sharing this info. from our BGAMUG Remembrance Page.

We hope to have a ZOOM meeting later on this year. This info. is from the BGAMUG Remembrance Page here:  The BGAMUG Remembrance Page on Facebook.

Feel free to post there, or here as a comment. 

Let us know how you are doing! Hope you all are well and happy.

<Pic by a young member of the Franklin Presby. Church>

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In the meantime, check out these fun pages and articles:

(Joined today) Computer Help Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/Computerr.Helpp

FixMeStick - I may try this. The price is right.

https://www.facebook.com/FixMeStick

Learn Computer Troubleshooting

https://transcosmos.co.uk/blog/best-websites-to-learn-computer-troubleshooting-and-tech-support/

Ask Leo! by Leo Notenboom

https://askleo.com/

Email me! Or I can message this to you. 

All for now,

Betsyanne

A new BGAMUG page on FB - the BGAMUG Remembrance Page. Join us!

Well, BGAMUG is no longer an official Computer Club. 

It has been that way for awhile. I am catching up with blogging, so hopefully this message will get out to more people today.

The Club voted last year to discontinue this awesome Club. We now have a BGAMUG Remembrance Page on Facebook, though!

Come join us there if you like. We would love to have you, especially if you were a Member there.

Here is that link: The BGAMUG Remembrance Page on Facebook. I will try to share these postings there too. 

Let us know how you have been doing, but commenting below here as a comment, or by going to the FB page to comment or share.

All for now! 

Betsy S., Past President and past Member of The BGAMUG

And we have kept one of our websites, too! I hope to post more there too, this year. Right now it's a "Placeholder page".

Here is that link too: http://www.bgamug.com/

B

Happy New Year! New Officers - 2018 will be a good year.

We have a new slate of great Officers on our Board.
I think 2018 will be a great year for our Club.

Here are our new Board of Directors:
http://bgamug.org/2018-board-directors/

Remember to join our Facebook group this year, and check out our Website for info. too. We have two linked groups now:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/238044399188/

and

https://www.facebook.com/Bowling-Green-Computer-Users-Group-529161727434030/

Have a very great 2018 - and have a very Happy New Year!

Betsy S.
Past President
The BGAMUG Computer Club
BG. KY

Shareable Creative Commons pix by Geralt on Pixabay.

Updates! Two Facebook pages for two titles, Nov. is voting month, more.

Hello out there! 

This the one of the BGAMUG Computer Club's social media options. Now we also have TWO Facebook pages. AND the website has been updated too.

Here is the original Facebook page (join if you are not there yet): The BGAMUG Computer Club - and here is the second page: The Bowling Green Microcomputer User Group page. We voted to change our name, but it is not official yet on our paperwork. So mostly, I try to share what I see on ONE page to the other lately. They are "linked" pages. I have not figured what this can mean for each group - yet.

Off to another subject: Have you considered an Officer position for next year? NOW is the time to let me or another Officer know if you want to submit a name for consideration. We have had people already say they want to step up. ALL of the positions are open until the election. The more people we can get to do this, the better the Club can be and the more FUN events, etc. we can do.

I will still be helping, MAYBE as somebody helping with new members.

AND I will be sharing with the group my TIPS for creating a Take Action group on Facebook. I hope you will really like this Presentation.

We'll see if Jerry will also be presenting about his Alexa (?) machine.

I hope everyone is doing well! I will try much harder to post here, at least once a month or so. Yes, I know, if wishes were horses...

Elizabeth "Betsy" Sheppard
President
The BGAMUG Computer Club
Our Website
lizann447@yahoo.com

BGAMUG blog for April 2 2017. Much is happening. An update.

Hi, fellow BGAMUG Computer Club members.

I am hoping to set a new blog up via Google so I send a copy to our new Google Apps blog soon.

Be looking for an email from John Walker soon about that, this month or next probably.

Some BGAMUG Meeting Notes

These are very condensed! :-)

We had a GREAT meeting... with 4 guests from the local AARP group. I promised to come visit them soon.

We learned more about Computer Security from my favorite APCUG online video presenter, Judy Taylour, President of the SCV Computer club.

Sharon agreed to take Meeting Notes as Secretary (thanks so much, Sharon!) and we had pizza.

Next meeting we will have Finger Food snacks - and bring a friend again, won't you?

The meeting is at 6, and if you want to eat before the meeting, come at 5:30, please.

The club will furnish drinks, plates, and napkins. (Different kinds of soda and water...)

We also will have ice.

See you then!

Betsy S.
President
The BGAMUG Computer Club
Bowling Green, KY

PS Our next E-Board meeting is Tuesday, April 4th at 6:00. Come at 5:30 if you want to join us for early dinner. We will meet at Steamer Seafood. Every interested Member is invited to come.

Just saying hi!

Hi - - from your President.

Are you on the new website yet? Our VP of Technology, John Walker, is getting that all set up for all the Officers, and soon for all the Members.

John is here: john.walker@bgamug.org and here:
john@johnawalker.us.

I plan to email him again, to make sure I go to check this out.

The website is here: http://www.bgamug.org. He has some new things on here. Later, there will be another Calendar, a Members Only section, a blog, and more.

We had an EBoard meeting recently at Steamer Seafood, and discussed some interesting ideas. Our next regular BGAMUG meeting is: Tuesday, Feb. 28th, at Hillview Heights, 6:00 p.m., Room 300. Be there!!

I MAY be doing the BGAMUG blog on the website later. Stay tuned for news about that. There also will be another blog on the website too.

Bring some finger food to the meeting too. This should be fun.

ALSO: If you want an ad in the BGAMUG Newsletter, it is HALF OFF for now. The due date is tomorrow for copy for those or anything you would like in the Newsletter.  Send stories and input to Sharon at

• sharonlyrae@aol.com

Thursday the 16th there are half-price corn dogs at Sonic. Just a heads up!

BGAMUG-ly Yours,
Betsy

Elizabeth (Betsy) Sheppard
President
The BGAMUG Computer Club
BG, KY
lizann447@yahoo.com

BGAMUG Meeting tonight!

Come to our meeting, and bring a friend.

When: Tuesday, Jan. 24
Where: Hillview Heights Church, Room 300
Why: To have fun!
Also: Bring a friend.

We have PIZZA and pop furnished.

See you there!

GREAT E-Board meeting, have news to share, PIZZA meeting coming up.

Hi, all!

I hope you had a GREAT New Year and Holiday. 

 







I hope to post regularly here (some weeks more regularly than others!) about learning how to be a President and run meetings in proper fashion, news, ideas, and more.

Last night the EBoard, plus 3 other Members from the club, met and had dinner at Steamer Seafood. I hope they liked their meal! I had Fish Tacos. I have only been there for lunch a couple of times with Rickey, and he had a noodle dish he really liked.

Anyway, Jerry Gillette and Paula were there, as well as Karen Wickliff. (Members...) Officers there were me (Betsy), Jeri, John, and Aiko. C.G. is working as an Officer from home.

Much was discussed. I have the long version of notes to type up, and an EBoard Meeting Report too.

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Google Apps! I got an email today (again) that our VP of Technology and Webmaster, John, sent out. I will hopefully be able to sign up for this soon, using his instructions. Included at this link will be new Google Apps.

All members will be able to access these FREE apps soon. Look for your password in your email. It is another benefit to being a Member of the BGAMUG Computer Club. John will be able to explain more about it at our next meeting.

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Learning at the E-Board Meeting

I learned how to keep saying "Do I hear a motion to...?" as President at our E-Board Meeting yesterday. I will be able to use this new skill at meetings too. It is a Learning Curve for me. Jeri Steele is doing a great job with advice and help I will keep doing my best, and writing notes too.

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 Our NEW Website update and more
Check out our NEW website here: http://www.bgamug.org/ 
John Walker is updating the site and will have more there this week - including this blog.
He also has articles at the Latest Update link at the right side, at the website.

Our Next Meeting

OUR NEXT BGAMUG MEETING is Tuesday, January 24th at 6:30 at Hillview Heights. It is another "Eatin' Meetin'."

You can bring your own drink - OR have a club-provided drink that will be there too, along with plenty of Pizza. Bring an appetite! 

YES, THERE WILL BE PIZZA!

The Program will be Favorite Windows OS Utilities, a neat Learning Video from interesting online speaker, Judy Taylour.

SEE YOU THERE! And bring a friend! Have an idea or even a complaint (we'll try VERY hard to fix whatever it is...) ? That's OK. Let Aiko Gunderson know and she will share with us. She's our Member at Large.

Stay tuned for even more news and Club developments.

More later!

Betsy

BGAMUG Website Updated, more. Dec. 28

Hi, all!

Our webmaster, John Walker, has redone our website! It has currently on there a January Preview of our meeting. We also have the current Newsletter there.

You can see our new website front (landing) page here:

BGAMUG Computer Club - - our Website
http://www.bgamug.org/january-preview-betsy-sheppard-on-windows-os-utilities/

See the right side, there is an announcement about the next BGAMUG E-Board Meeting, and Gneral Meeting date too, along with GPS directions to our meetings.

I like it!

Now to see if we can get our blog (this one) put on the page also...

I will look up a script to use that I have used on some of my other websites and send it over to John next.

Later!

Betsy Sheppard
President
The BGAMUG Computer Club

Updates - Dec. 2016 Newsletter coming out soon, NO MEETING in Dec., more.

Hi, all! Here is a very brief synopsis of What's Happening in BGAMUG right now.

The Christmas Party went really well, missed those of you who could not make it.

We switched over Officer Information on Tuesday.

Sharon is getting information together to put out or Newsletter this month. Thanks, Sharon!

We do NOT have a meeting in December.  A heads up.

So have a WONDERFUL Christmas and Holiday, Yule/Winter Solstice, Hanukah, Kwanzaa, a Happy New Year, and whatever other holiday you celebrate this season.

The temperature is dropping this week, and it is beginning to seem more like Winter to me. I like the change in seasons though, so this will be nice. Will we have a White Christmas? I don't know.

Be looking for my President's Message and other articles in the Newsletter this month for some great plans for the new year, and what you can do to help too! Don't worry, they are pretty easy things.

Here is hoping for a GREAT 2017 also.

Also - don't forget - MARK YOUR CALENDAR: our January Meeting is 6:00 p.m. at Hillview Heights Room 300 (our regular meeting room) on Tuesday, January 24th.  

Bring a drink to go with the PIZZA. Be there or be square!

BGAMUG-ly Yours,

Betsy Sheppard
President, The BGAMUG Computer Club
2017-18
lizann447@yahoo.com - email me anytime with ideas, suggestions, and more.

BGAMUG Computer Club - - The Place for Friendship, Fun, and Learning!

GREAT meeting. Voting went well, Sharon now an Officer, more.

The meeting went great yesterday. It was interesting. 

We learned about Google Photos and heard from GeeksOnTour.com about using it. Geeks On Tour help people learn new things and teach technology.

We missed all who could not make it. But understand there will sometimes be conflicts during this busy time of year.

The election went well - - and we will be looking for new officers next year, plus Assistants, along with new members.

The Christmas Party is coming up - - hope you can make it!

Here is a copy of your invitation, BGAMUG Members!

You may be getting this in the mail soon too. RSVP to Jeri by Nov. 30.

You can also use this as your invitation, Members. Members' family are also invited, per our usual rule. Just bring one side dish or dessert per person or family. More than one is also OK. We want to have lots of good food.

Our new Officers are: 
President: Elizabeth (Betsy) Sheppard
VP Technology: John Walker
VP Membership: Elizabeth (Betsy) Sheppard (temp.)
Asst. VP Membership: C.G. Haley (work from home)
Secretary: Elizabeth (Betsy) Sheppard
Program Director: Elizabeth (Betsy) Sheppard
Treasurer: Jeri Steele
Newsletter Editor: Sharon Taylor Carrillo
Webmaster: John Walker
Sgt at Arms: Elizabeth (Betsy) Sheppard (temp) (Raymond may be helping with this too...)
Officer at Large: Aiko Gunderson

Are you a Registered Member with BGAMUG? Check with Jerry Gillette if you are not sure. He is at

jagky@twc.com and takes excellent care of our Membership Database.

Betsy

BGAMUG Meeting tomorrow night. An FYI, Election Night.

Hi all!

Just a quick note from Betsy.

Tomorrow night is Election Night. Come vote for officers. If you want to run, you are also welcome.

Come also find out more about our Christmas Party, which is Dec. 3, 4 p.m., at the Moose Lodge #356 in Bowling Green on Lain Avenue. (off of 31-W, turn at Riley's Bakery.)

The newsletter is out, and you should have it in your email from Jerry G.

This month's talk is about Google Photos.

AND have a GREAT Thanksgiving, everyone!

B

A Message from Jerry G. - - try to log on this Saturday to these great and FREE class videos from APCUG!

Dear BGAMUG Members,

 

As we announced in the meeting, another great opportunity from APCUG is this Saturday.

 

Note at 1 PM (track 1) will be lead by our own, Jeri Steele.

 

Let’s all, please make an effort to participate in this.

 

Jerry Gillette

 

FREE

2016 FALL

VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE (VTC)

Saturday, November 5

12:00 noon - 3:00 pm CT

 

Attend the FREE conference from the convenience of your own home! All you need is your computer, tablet, etc. and Internet access. The sessions are 50 minutes in length and offer attendees the opportunity to ask questions via Q&A; the questions are answered by the presenter at the end of the presentation or via e-mail if there isn't enough time after the presentation.

 

APCUG uses ZOOM for the VTC webinar presentations (www.zoom.us). If you have not participated in a VTC, go to https://zoom.us/download  to download the app for the device you will be using to 'attend' the conference.

 

Videos from earlier conferences can be found on APCUG's YouTube channel  www.youtube.com/apcugvideos. 

"    To register for this VTC, please click on the below link:

https://apcug-fall-2016-vtc.eventbrite.com

 

Spread the word by forwarding this e-mail to your members.VTCs are a great way for them to expand their technology experience and be introduced to new skills. Below are the sessions that are currently scheduled.

 

The Virtual Technology Committee

Judy Taylour, Chair

Francis Chao, Jim Evans, John Kennedy, Jere Minich, Marie Vesta, David Williams

 

Track 1

12 NOON CT - What to Do When Your Computer Will Not Boot

Francis Chao, Member, WINdows usERS User Group, CA

 www.windowsusers.org

If your computer will not boot up, Francis has some basic, logical troubleshooting tips for your computer. The tips are from the simple and obvious to more complex procedures.

 

1 PM CT - Windows 10 Features and Annoyances

Jeri Steele, President, Bowling Green Area Microcomputer User Group, KY

 www.bgamug.org

Come see some features of Windows 10 that you may not have discovered yet. Some of these features are just in a different location. Others are buried very deep within menus and right clicks. Along with the usable features there are some annoyances that Jeri has experienced. She will show you how to tame those unruly annoyances.

 

2 PM CT - 25 Awesome iDevice Tips

Diane McKeever, Author, 101 Amazing Computer Tips

 www.dianemckeever.com

Want to get more out of your iDevices (iPhone/iPad)? This presentation will include some basic productivity tips as well as advanced time saving tips. Get ready to take notes!

 

 

TRACK 2

12 NOON CT - Staying Safe Online

Pam Holland, President and Instructor, TechMoxie

 www.tech-moxie.com

As we conduct more of our personal lives online, from e-mail to s hopping to even banking, it is so important to understand the best practices for staying safe online. Join us for an informative discussion lead by Pam Holland of TechMoxie.com on how to recognize phishing (fraudulent) e-mails, avoid computer viruses and scams, and how to find trustworthy information online. The presentation will include a review of actual fraudulent e-mails and scam "pop u" computer virus warnings.

 

1 PM CT - Find a Grave

Ken & Sue Bixler, Members, East-Central Ohio Technology Users Club

Ken is co-chair of the Linux SIG

 www.ecotu.club

FindaGrave.com is a web site resource for genealogical research. Its mission is to find, record and present final disposition information from around the world. Jim Tipton is the founder of Find a Grave…"Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour. Every day, contributors from around the world enter new records, thousands use the site as an educational reference tool, long-lost loved ones are located and millions of lives are fondly remembered."

Ken and Sue will describe how they use it, what benefits they derive and the services the site provides.

 

2 PM CT - Must-have Android Apps

Bill James, Vice President, Computer Club of Oklahoma City; APCUG Advisor, Region 8

Life is made easier with apps. Bill will share some of his must-have apps during this presentation. You will be able to share the apps you can't live without with others who attend this session by typing the name of your favorite app(s) in the Chat Box and we'll add them to Bill's presentation and upload the updated presentation to APCUG's website.

 

Sharing from the FB page.

A little about our BGAMUG Computer Club Meeting Tonight:

I gave a brief synopsis of the BGAMUG Meeting just now at our Facebook page, which is here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/238044399188/ and has 56 members right now.

I will have to check to see how many readers we have here!

(Will put on my To do List, which is too long...)

It was fun to see some new faces at the meeting. There is much to type up about this meeting, which I will do later.

We have gotten the Moose Lodge for our party, which is scheduled for December 3rd (a Saturday) and I will be calling the Moose Administrator to see if we can start our Christmas Party at 2 p.m. or 4 p.m. (a little earlier than other years.)

I will be letting Jerry know asap what he says. Hopefully we will have these as choices.

The APCUG Conference was fun.... I got the feeling that Las Vegas was also fun. I told Paula (or somebody) that next time, whoever was going should tack on a couple of extra days so they could do more there. Because there is a LOT to do there, it sounded like.

I will be typing up more notes from the meeting soon. The pizza was good! It has been a long time since I had Godfather's Pizza. We got a good deal on it too.

More info. to come. I thought it was a good meeting. The early meeting time, and pizza, both went over well.

B

PS It looks like we have 4 Followers for this blog, so I will maybe be inviting others here soon. :-)

Come to the Tuesday BGAMUG Meeting - - This Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 5:30.

Yes, yummy PIZZA is on the agenda for Tuesday's BGAMUG Meeting.

From the FB page:

Attn: Our next meeting of the BGAMUG Computer Club is in two days. It is TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25TH starting at 5:30.

BGAMUG MEETING:

WHEN: TUESDAY, OCT. 25

WHERE: HILLVIEW HEIGHTS CHURCH, Nashville Road, Room 300

WHY: TO HAVE FUN! AND PIZZA!

We also will be hearing about the APCUG Conference! AND starting to plan our fun Christmas Party.

And this is from our Newsletter, which Members got via email:

Jerry G. says, "As Paula and I will be returning from the APCUG International Conference, we hope to have some goodies for everyone".

I have my fingers crossed! :-) Because there might not have been very much in the form of giveaways there. Jerry's explained that it's not like before at many of these conferences, but you never know!

BGAMUG-LY YOURS,

B

Our meeting yesterday, Sep. 2016 - - Unofficial news and updates from Betsy.

Hi, all!

I have some updates from the meeting yesterday. I will post this on our FB page too.

Invitations to the blog...

I am inviting all Members of the BGAMUG Computer Club to this blog today soon. If you are a former member, you may also want to join up. We may put this on the website so it shows up automatically later on.

At the meeting, we voted to NOT vote again on disbanding our group. Why? Because there is a LOT of momentum right now to keep it going. Plus, we love getting together and helping others.

I made a flyer and mini-flyer too. Here is a copy of the mini-flyer:

We will be putting these around town and hopefully getting more members soon. We have some Officer Positions open too. If you want to work on Program, the Newsletter, (John Walker was the Editor for our Sept. Newsletter), be Sgt. at Arms, VP of Protocol, Secretary, help with Membership, be an Officer at Large (#2), or help with any job, just let an Officer know. Or comment below, or send an email to me at lizann 447 at yahoo.com. (no spaces).

Our election is IN NOVEMBER.

Jerry G. and Paula hope to go to Las Vegas for the APCUG Conference next month, October 21023. If you also would like to attend this, go here to check it out: http://apcug2.org/apcug-2016-conference/
 There may be special values and deals for people in the club who want to attend. Let Jerry Gillette know if you would like to go. He may share with you about the Heart Attack Grill and the Bellagio.

The Board meeting for the BGAMUG Computer club is next Tuesday, October 4th at 6:30 at Jerry's Restaurant, which is near the Corvette Museum.  All BGAMUG members are invited to attend. If you wish to have something to eat, come at 6:00.

OUR DOOR DOLLARS drawing did not have a winner, so come to next month's meeting and maybe WIN 50 DOLLARS!!

Betsy

Come to the BGAMUG Computer Club meeting tonight.

Hi, Fellow BGAMUG Computer Club Members!

OUR BGAMUG MEETING IS TONIGHT, Tuesday, Sept. 27th at Hillvue Heights Church, Room 300.

Enter at the back.

Smart Phones will be our topic by Best Buy/Mobile.

See you there! Bring a friend if you like!

-Betsy Sheppard

Are YOU wanting to be an Officer for the BGAMUG Computer Club?

Hi, all!

You can be a super-hero!

Because.... WE HAVE OFFICER OPENINGS!

We have two openings right now for Officer for the BGAMUG Computer Club.

One opening is Secretary, the other is Newsletter Editor.

Betsy can do both of these for awhile.... and let the other officers who have served a LONG time have a break.

If you are interested in either of these positions, let Betsy or C.G. know.

Thanks!

lizann447@yahoo.com (Elizabeth Sheppard), and
cgoilwell@aol.com (C.G. Haley)

ES

See you at our Regular Meeting Tonight, Aug. 23 2016. It should be fun!

Our regular monthly Member Meeting is tonight.

We will learn about Windows 10! 

This presentation is by Jeri Steele.

We meet (as usual) at Hillview Heights Church on 31-W, just a little ways from Lost River Cave, heading out of town. We meet in the back.

I may get a Windows 10 computer someday. There are some programs I like that are not available on a Mac.


--> Here is the posting from our Blogger blog:

"Excited - - our BGAMUG meeting is tonight, Tuesday, August 23rd. 6:30, Hillview Heights Church. 
Topic: Windows 10 by Jeri Steele. 

Some of you already received invitations to this meeting. 

You may get another invitation, OR a phone call from me today. We hope to see you there!

Check out our website here: http://www.bgamug.org/

And our blog here: http://bgamugbg.blogspot.com/

And Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/238044399188/"

I got this from our website - I like it!

-Betsy 

PS See you there!

Board Meeting at Jerry's Restaurant is tonight, 6:30 p.m. Interested Members can attend. More about it...

Dear my fellow BGAMUG Members,

As you probably know, the motion to DISBAND the BGAMUG Computer Club lost by only 2 votes two meetings ago.

I and C.G. Haley are calling the BGAMUG membership to find out who can step up to be Officers for the coming year. We have some neat ideas for the Club, and would like to see it continue.

We already have some Members stepping up to be Officers. We need more, plus people who can be on other Committees later on.

The Board Meeting for BGAMUG is tonight at Jerry's Restaurant near the Corvette Museum. Those who want to eat dinner there will meet at 6 there, and others will join us for the Board Meeting at 6:30.

All Members of BGAMUG are invited. In fact, you may want to attend if you want the Club to continue. Why? Because some of the Board members may be discussing others ways of disbanding the Club. Jerry Gillette sent out a memo with four kinds of decisions we could make about the BGAMUG Club.

One is keeping the club, and going on. There are 3 other choices listed. To be clear, C.G. and I want to continue the club. Everyone except one person we have called this and last week ALSO wants BGAMUG to continue.

If you can make this meeting tonight, I think it would be helpful. Please let C.G. and I know your thoughts and if you can attend. Or leave a comment! :-)
 
- E. Sheppard (Betsy)
Fellow BGAMUG Member
BGAMUG Nomination Committee for 2016-2017

PS I will be posting this at the BGAMUG Facebook Page today too. It is here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/238044399188/. Come join us! :-)