2007 MEETING MINUTES


March 15, 2007

Bank balance is $1329.79

Brian does not have the time to prepare the Newsletter and asked if anyone would like to do it.

Dues for 2007 are due.

Andy purchased a projector for $693.54 with sales tax

The presentation for April 19th is the GraphicConverter program by Bob Poland and the May 17th presentation is audio and video conversion by Brian.

Pam gave a presentation about Adobe Photoshop and covered the following topics: Removing blemishes from pictures, adding color to a black and white picture, removing a truck from in front of a building, fixing up a poor quality picture due to a leak in the camera, showing different filters.

Addition information: Cheap pricing for Photoshop etc.

http://www.allsoftwaredownload.com/productdetail/Adobe/Creative_Suite_Premium___Macintosh/34


Also here is a site with some free movies:
http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modListing.asp#titleListing

Jean Poland, Substitute

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April 18, 2007

BUSINESS:
Paul Carlstadt opened the meeting 7:10 pm. This was Brian's final class for his degree!! YEA

Treasurers report:
			Opening Balance 3/16/07        1,327.79
	Additions / Subtractions:
			Membership dues (Feb. & Mar.)   +216.00
			Projector Purchase              -693.54
			Allnutt Room Rental(March)       -15.00
			Closing Balance 4/13/07         $835.25

Paul was selling two items and donating sales to the club. Iomega CD-RW (usb 2.0 external drive pc/mac)
FriendlyNet==network home computers

PROGRAM FOR MAY: AUDIO AND VIDEO CONVERSIONS to be presented by Brian Lackey.

PRESENTATION:
GRAPHIC CONVERTER
http:// www.lemkesoft.com presented by Bob Poland.
Bob went through the menu demonstrating the features and answering questions from the audience. PICTURE where the tools are located allows you to size a picture, to rotate a picture. EFFECT unskew (set proportion), Red eye, WINDOW detail (precision locate the cursor) and HELP where to find user guides.
You can find the entire program on the fortmac.org website in presentations. http://www.fortmac.org. Quite a program for $29.00.
Meeting was adjourned at 8:50 pm.
Thanks for coming and hope to see you at the May 17th meeting.
Pat Davis, Secretary

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May 17, 2007

BUSINESS:

Treasurers Report:
			Opening Balance 4/14/07          $820.25*
	Additions / Subtractions:
			Hardware sale-memory              +10.00
			Web service charge               -129.35
			Allnutt Room Rental (March)       -15.00
			Closing Balance 5/17/07          $685.90
* Corrected for room fee

I'll be in Prague on the 17th.
Paul

DISCUSSIONS:
Changing meeting room:
Andy Hinds asked to check banks (S. College, Timberline) capacity, charges, wifi, AC. and Church
Publicity for FortMUG in the future.
PROGRAM FOR JUNE:

PERSONAL INVENTORY, to be presented by Jean Poland and Andy Hinds.

PRESENTATION:
7:45 pm AUDIO AND VIDEO CONVERSIONS Program for May presented by Brian Lackey.
Brian's discussed and demonstrated converting Movie files, Sound files, Video Extraction, Sound Extraction, Muxing, and Demuxing. (Brian's entire program is on the fortmac website. Just click on presentations when you are at the website, http://www.fortmac.org.)
Download tips at "The DV Show" for Audio & video editing at http://www.Thedvshow.com.
"WIKIPEDIA" Have you used it?
Meeting was adjourned at 8:55 pm.
Pat Davis, Secretary

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July 19, 2007

July 19, 2007
Brian Lackey called the meeting to order at 7:05 PM.
Meeting was attended by eight members.
Paul Carlstedt gave the treasurers report
Opening Balance 6/16/07.....   670.90
Allnutt Room Rental June    -   15.00
Closing Balance 7/19/07........655.90
Talked about FC wireless system, a new meeting place, auctioned off 
some books, etc from Peachtree Press and got out earlier than usual, 
since there wasn’t any particular program. The list of names show 
who was there. 
Not much else new.
I would like to thank Myrna Miller for taking notes.

Following is a report from Andy Hinds on the new meeting place for August 16 and Recycling old computers and monitors:Rocky Mountain Recycling DOES take computer monitors AND TVs, but there is a small charge ($5 for monitors, same or more for TVs, depending on screen size). Meeting Place: I've reserved the meeting room at Home State Bank, 303 E. Mountain Ave. from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. on August 16. Home State Bank is in a large building on the corner of East Mountain Ave. and Mathews Street (two blocks east of College, one block east of the Remington Street parking garage). There is a meeting scheduled to end at 6:30 pm the same day, so we may not be able to get in right at 6:30. Re our discussion about recycling computer equipment: Rocky Mountain Recycling at 1475 N. College will accept CPUs and other computer stuff, but will NOT accept computer monitors (or TVs). However, the County Landfill has started accepting computers & monitors, TVs, stereos, and other electronics (details at www.co.larimer.co.us/solidwaste/Comp.htm) There is a fee for most items (cash only; fee schedule at www.co.larimer.co.us/solidwaste/CompFees.htm). The following was a correction from Andy.... There was an error in the message above. Rocky Mountain Recycling DOES take computer monitors AND TVs, but there is a small charge ($5 for monitors, same or more for TVs, depending on screen size). This mistake happened because when I took a friend's old Apple computer to them one or two months ago, they would not accept the monitor, even for a fee. However, today when I took the old FCMUG computers, they took everything (charging $5 for the monitor). Who knows why the inconsistency. But I did want everyone (esp. Jacqueline) to know that I was mistaken earlier.
Thanks to Andy Hinds for the information.

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August 16, 2007

August 16, 2007
Meeting held at Home State Bank, 303 E. Mountain Ave. Presentation of PERSONAL INVENTORY by Jean Poland and Andy Hinds
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September 20, 2007

September 20, 2007
Meeting held at Allnutt Funeral Home
Meeting was called to order at 7:05 by Pam Stevens, Vice President
Nine members were in attendance
Two guests were introduced, Julie Manyak and Johnny Laine
Treasurers report:
Closing Balance September 20, 2007 $653.90
Business:
It was decided Home State Bank was a good meeting room but having to have a door attendant would be too burdensome. (The meeting room was in the basement and the entrance to reach the meeting room was at street level. It would be our responsibility to open and close the door for all to come in.)
Pam demonstrated her "shuffle stamp" for the iPod. Amazing so much in small area.
October Meeting will be at Allnutt Funeral Home
Program will be NOTEBOOK.
Door Prize was won by Pam Stevens; A MACPRO TUTORIAL
PROGRAM.....................................................
Bob Poland presented PHOTOSHOP EXTREME MAKEOVER
Batch processing
Blending
Repairing and much much more....
More information is available on our website www.fortmac.org
Thank you for an interesting and enlightening program Bob.
Meeting Adjourned 8:45 pm
Submitted by
Pat Davis, Secretary
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October 18, 2007

October 18, 2007
Meeting held at Allnutt Funeral Home
Meeting was called to order at 7:10 pm by Pam Stevens, Vice President
Nine members were at the meeting.
Treasurers Report Sept. 20, 2007 Balance 653.90
Business:
Next meeting November 15, 2007 (NEW MEETING PLACE)
Meeting room will be at 4926 Northern Lights Drive (Jean Poland suggested meeting room) directions will be in the November meeting announcements.
Brian Lackey will demonstrate the "new iphone"
Also the new OS system, "Leopard" will be discussed.
Also News from Apple inc.
Door Prize was won by Johnny Laine, A MACPRO TUTORIAL CD
PROGRAM..........................7:45
Pam Stevens did a presentation on NOTEBOOK by Circus Ponies V 2.1 the following notes about the presentation are by Kali@smalldog.com
Notebook has substance to back up its good looks. (Personally, form always has to have an element of functionality in it to be worthwhile!) So, read on to see what I find so great about it:
1) Simple formats: When you go to open a new notebook, a dialogue box pops up with several formatting options. For example, if you'd like to keep a journal, select that page, and you have a page formatted for paragraphs along with the date at the top (I'm writing this in NoteBook now). Every notebook has a table of contents, indices, and a divider page.
2) Outlining is key: NoteBook uses cells that you can set to perform different functions. If you are in a List mode (ideal for to-dos), the cell is closed once you hit the Return key, and a new cell is created. If you're in Paragraph mode, hitting the Return key just takes you to the next line without creating a new cell. One of the things I like most is that you are able to expand and collapse the tree easily (say, if your list is just too long to look at).
3) The Inspector (gadget): This function is what really gives NoteBook a superior interface. The Inspector is the window that pops up when you hit the small "i" in the lower lefthand corner of the notebook, and it follows the same look and feel that many OS X applications have (Dashboard, Pages, etc.) From there, you can change Fonts, add Keywords or Dates, Colors, Page Backgrounds, Add HTML links... the list goes on. Pretty much every aspect of the notebook can be controlled from here to suit your preferences.
4) The Tabs!: There's something about having a digital notebook look just like my old spiral bound notebooks from school. You can choose to add a tab or delete one easily, change the fonts and colors, and it works fantastically to keep everything looking organized. I've barely scratched the surface of NoteBook's functionality and features (including the ways you can use it to organize digital photo albums and add other digital content), but if I had to sum it up, I would describe it as "elegantly simple". Sure, I could always think of more things I'd like it to do (adding a Customized Template option would be great), but it is simply the best program I've found to track all of the different things I have going on in my personal and professional life.
To download a free 30-day trial, go to http://www.circusponies.com and click on "downloads".
Thank you for the presentation Pam.
Meeting was adjourned at 8:50 pm
Submitted by
Pat Davis, Secretary

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