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Meeting Agenda For January 2012

January 3 - New Year’s Resolutions for Your Computer

Have you made one or more resolutions for 2012? Did you think about resolutions for your computer? Maybe your computer is asking you to do something for it:

1 - Make the first back-up of the year?
2 - Load those programs sitting behind the desk?
3 - Organize your data files?
4 - Update the drivers?
5 - Clean out the registry?
6 - Get rid of programs not being used?

Maybe you are one of the millions of people who make New Year's resolutions every year, and if so you know how hard it can be to stick to them.

Judy Taylour is going to take us through a few things we can do to make our computers run faster, be safer, and just make our computing experience less stressful in 2012. Every one of our members should attend to be sure you are doing everything you can to keep your computer happy!

January 10 - Financial Solutions with Linux (or Open Source)

This is the very best time to get your finances set up, keeping records on a regular basis. That will make decisions, not to mention taxes, far easier to manage as the year goes by.

Come see the solutions John Willauer has to offer which he will contrast with the familiar programs that require purchase.

January 17 - Annual Meeting / Pot Luck

Here is the meeting you have been waiting for: Our annual winter pot luck. The usual routine for the pot luck is to bring a dish which will serve 8-10. If you feel unable to do so, a donation of $10 is appreciated so the committee can fill the blank areas of the table and you get a delicious and complete meal with your friends.

Following the pot luck we will have the very important annual meeting. This is the only meeting when we bring all the business which is discussed at our monthly board meetings before the members in attendance. We want and need your input on important decisions facing TUGNET.

Since many feel business is “boring,” we’ll try to have some interesting items so you’ll feel your time was well spent.

January 24 - Tech Talk with Jay Ross

There are new things on the horizon for 2012. Jay may talk about these and other developments and he is always willing to answer questions during his very interesting discussions.

January 31 - Organizing Media Files

Most of us have more files on our computers that are not data than are. Keeping these organized, not to mention knowing just what they are, can be a challenge. See if Brian’s demonstration gives you some new ideas.

Brian Orem will be here to show you how he keeps his very sizable music collection organized and arranged in the way he most enjoys for listening. Being able to automatically look up album art and other data on what you already have can be a pleasure. I’m sure you’ll enjoy learning how easy it is to manage your collection easily, whether they be music, videos, podcasts, etc., and even sync them to your mobile devices. You will have control using this Swiss Army knife of music management software whether you have a few favorites or thousands of copied and downloaded files.

If you haven’t mastered transferring your music from those wonderful old vinyl's, etc., Brian can help you with that as well.

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