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.

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! :-)

How to Get Computer Help on the Web at the August Meeting

This Month's Program:

How to Get Computer Help on the Web 

The August meeting will be held Tuesday, 26th at 6:30 PM. The location is at the Home Instead Training Center near the entrance of Greenwood Mall from Campbell Road.

Also at the meeting, it's the month that we have to have to start the process of finding officers for the next year. Please consider serving on the nominating committee.

Christmas Party

December 13th at 

Christ Episcopal Church

Hi, all!

This is Betsy, your friendly Webmaster again.

The Newsletter is posted. It has details about the Christmas party on it, plus lots more. Click here to download it.

Our October meeting room is Building G, Room 119 on KCTCS's (SKYTCC's) Main Campus today, Tuesday, October 22nd.

November's meeting place will be back at Building F's Conference Room (again at the Main Campus).

Jerry has sent over a map which shows the way, and also states that Signs and parking assistance will be available. Thanks, Jerry! See you there.

The Genealogy Sig is meeting again that day at 5:45. We will learn more about entering information into FamilySearch.org from census records.

The presentation has been changed this month. Via Jerry, we will be talking about several interesting topics:

One will be about the future of Windows XP, and the other on a new meeting concept called MEETUPS.

 

Attached is a copy of the APCUG Reports of which these topics were taken.

AND we will NOT be voting yet! That is next month (thanks for that info., Jerry!)

But nominations will be taken.

If you would like to volunteer to help the club as an Officer, contact Jerry G. He will be glad to hear from you.

His web address is on the Newsletter, which you can download here.

Here are the Officer positions that are open:

President
Vice President of Protocol
Secretary
Vice President of Membership
Treasurer
Vice President of Technology
Historian
Newsletter Editor
Webmaster
Program Director
Sergeant at Arms
and Officer at Large (2)

Later, gators!

Betsy S.
Webmaster 2013
The BGAMUG Computer Club
Bowling Green, Kentucky 

Join us on Facebook!

Download our Latest Newsletter here.

And you can check out our BGAMUG Computer Blog here.

An FYI Update: BGAMUG Computer Club news for July.

Here is an update for BGAMUG Computer Club members and friends.

Well, that was interesting last month! We had a meeting scheduled, but there was no place to park, as the school was re-doing the parking lot.
So we are waiting to hear about where we will meet next month. I have gotten a few emails and have put some information here.

Right now, we have some meeting ideas which have probably moved a bit.

July, Jeri Steele (Photo Editing in Office 10)

August - Jerry G - Keyboarding 1001

September - Auction (This event is really fun!)

The BGAMUG Board meeting is now July 9th.

I hope everyone's computer is doing fine. :-) 
  
Happy Computing!

E. Sheppard
Webmaster, 2013
The BGAMUG Computer Club
Bowling Green, KY

PS FYI: The BGAMUG Computer Club has a website AND a page on Facebook.  Also, you can download many issues of our fun newsletter here: BGAMUG Newsletters and Forms.

Like the BGAMUG Computer Club Facebook page

You are invited to join the BGAMUG Computer Club on Facebook. 

Like The BGAMUG Computer Club Facebook Page. to receive fun computer cartoons, notices of club meetings, reviews, neat computer links and tips, information about new gadgets for your computer, and more.

Just go here and Like this Facebook page: The BGAMUG Computer Club Facebook Page. There are 43 members right now. Become #44.


And while you are at it, become a member of this blog by clicking the  "Join this site" button right under the BGAMUG logo here on the left side. 

See you here - and there!

Betsyanne

BGAMUG Webmaster, 2012
Our web page

BGAMUG Newsletters - fun and educational, easy to download too.

Have you tried reading an issue of BGAMUG News?

The newsletters have fun articles in them, plus some great computer tips too.

Clipart from the MS Clipart pages.

The older BGAMUG Newsletters have good information in them, and BGAMUG has a Newsletter Archive page where people can download the newsletters, print them out, read them online, or use the PDF in an E-book reader.

Anyone can download them with no problems.

If they will not open on your computer, simply go to the free download page at the Microsoft site here:  http://get.adobe.com/reader/

Here is the Archives link with many past issues of the Newsletter on it:

The BGAMUG Club Newsletter Archive Page




Just saying!

E. (Betsy) Sheppard
Webmaster
The BGAMUG Computer Club
Our BGAMUG Website
BGAMUG on Facebook

Computer related events to attend this week

 

Computer Events to attend this week

Monday, February 21st: A free computer class, Microsoft Excel Advanced,  is offered at the Main Branch library from 6-7:30 tonight. You must pre-register by calling 781-4882.


Tuesday, February 22nd: Tonight is the BGAMUG sponsored talk by Charley Prince about Computer Security. You can find out more here: The BGAMUG website, and here: The BGAMUG Blog notice. A reminder: this event takes place on Tuesday, Feb. 22nd at 6:30 p.m. at the BG Technical College, Building F. There is FREE admission to this event. You can find a map at the BGAMUG site.
Bring a friend. This talk is free to the public.

Wednesday, February 23rd: A free computer class, Introduction to Genealogy Resources, is offered at the Main Branch Library from 6-7 tonight. You must pre-register by calling 781-4882.

Thursday, February 24th: A free computer class, Computing for Seniors,  is offered at the Main Branch library from 9-10 a.m. today. You must pre-register by calling 781-4882.

To find out more about the BGAMUG club in Bowling Green, Kentucky, check out their website at http://www.bgamug.com.


-Betsyanne
BGAMUG member and blogger

The neat computer button at the top of this blog entry is from the Microsoft Clip art image pages.


Thanks to the SoKy Happenings magazine for all the library class offerings information. Please check all events before attending just in case.

Want to be a published author?

Image via Wikipedia - a partial map of the internet.

BGAMUG club members, YOU can write an article and have it published in our monthly newsletter, the BGAMUG News. You can have your own by-line too.

Just send your article or idea to our editor via email.

Any computer-related story is great. You can also write about what YOU like about computers, sites you enjoy, hints and tips for other members, and more. You can send computer related jokes, games, cartoons, etc.

Want to know what other people have written about? Just visit the BGAMUG News Archive here:
http://www.bgamug.com/newsarchive.html

So... get that inner writer going and submit a story or filler for the BGAMUG News today. You will be glad you did!

Just send your story here:

 (This is inside a colored block to prevent automated bots from putting our newsletter editor on their spam lists.)

All for now,
E. Sheppard
Webmaster



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The BGAMUG next meeting will feature Wheel of Fortune and a presentation on Facebook.

A reminder: tomorrow at 6:30 is the next meeting for BGAMUG (The Bowling Green Microcomputer User's Group).

We will have a short presentation on Facebook.
 I thought the Wheel of Fortune Game was today too, but it won't be until April 27th, our next meeting.

So come one come all. Visitors are most welcome and we won't charge anything either.

BGAMUG meeting is tonight

Everyone in the BG area is invited to this January meeting of the BGAMUG Computer Club, also known as the Bowling Green Microcomputer User's Group.

We will have a special "Bringing up the Rear" award presentation, plus a presentation on Printing Better by Jerry Gillette.

Other highlights will include a Door Dollars drawing and a Smart Computing magazine door prize too.

Come one, come all! Visitors are very welcome.

Betsy Sheppard
Moderator
The BGAMUG Computer Club Blog

Other BGAMUG sites:

The BGAMUG website
BGAMUG on Facebook
The BGAMUG Members Only site

Video about FREE computer classes (Word, Excel, The Internet on a Mac)

Hi BGAMUG group!

I had a video link here that told about some upcoming computer classes that are FREE at the Bob Kirby branch, but it got taken off by the TV station at the source.

Tina Brewster will be giving classes in Word, Excel, and going on the internet for Mac users. I would think that all computer users could benefit by the class, if just to see how a Mac works.

Sign up before going to each class. This Thursday's class is already full, and so might the other class. Class attendees will bring their own USB mouse.

Thanks for stopping by!

Betsyanne
Webmaster
The BGAMUG Computer Club site