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Meetings
and What is On
Meetings are held at 2.00pm
on the first Monday of each month with the exception of January and Public
Holidays.
No meeting is held in January and if a Monday is a Public Holiday then our meeting is held on the following
Monday.
Our Computer Pals Club meets at the East Lindfield Community Centre
at 9 Wellington St, East Lindfield on the first Monday of each month (except
for Jan. and public holidays) from 2.00 pm until approximately 3.30 pm.
- We start with a
short Welcome, any Club news and often a short Questions & Answers
Session.
- This is followed by
a speaker and demonstration on a variety of computer related subjects. A
discussions on this talk follows.
- We conclude with a
cup of tea or coffee, a biscuit and a chat.
Prior speakers and discussions have included:
- One guest speaker explained how a computer is made
up, taking the back off and removing the components. He passed them
around to show us what the hard drive, C.D. Rom and floppy disk look
like.
- On other occasions he gave us demonstrations of
digital cameras, printers and scanners and spoke about Internet cafes.
- Another regular guest is a local teacher with some of
her year 5 and 6 students. The students have demonstrated their use of
PowerPoint and how they set up web pages.
- Other talks have included a demonstration on using
Internet Banking, how to use Excel to simplify our tax returns, how to
have fun with photographs, the basics of setting up personal websites
and a demonstration of a genealogy software programme.
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Our monthly meetings are relaxed and friendly.
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