Google Maps And Google Earth Workshop, Tuesday 24 November 2009 10.00 am - 12.00 noon

When:  Tuesday 24 November 2009 10.00 am -12.00 noon

Where:  Anvil House, Level 1, Meeting Room 2, 138 - 140 Wakefield Street, Wellington.

What:  Come along and learn, with Tony Doogue, how to take advantage of and enjoy these two free packages, accessible through Google,. As they inter-relate it’s simplest to look at them together. They can be useful or fun, depending on your interests, for travelling by land, sea or air or simply exploring the world in which we live or the planetary system of which the world forms part.

 

If you’ve got something you particularly want to know about these programmes, or are having difficulties with them why not come along and see if there is an answer.

  

Please register your interest with Tony Doogue at tonydoogue@xtra.co.nz at the same time mentioning anything you would like covered if its possible.

All of the content of the Workshop is readily accessible through Google once you know where to look.  If you want to start looking in advance of the Workshop, go to the SeniorNet web site, http://seniornetwgtn.blogspot.com, and look under Workshop Notes and the title of this workshop.

Numbers are limited to the first 25 applicants.

Cost: $5 each, payable on arrival.  Please have correct change.

Computer Owners Group (COG) SIG, Wednesday 11 November 10 am - 11.45 am

When: COG SIG Wednesday 11 November  10 am - 11.45 am

Where: Anvil House, Level 1, Meeting Room 2

What: Trevor King and the team will answer your questions

The meeting will include an exposition on upgrading to Windows 7, the new Microsoft operating system.

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Writing and Publishing SIG, Wednesday 11 November 12.30 pm to 2.30 pm

When: Wednesday 11 November
  
Where: Anvil House, Level 1, Meeting Room 2,,, 138-140 Wakefield St.

What: This meeting is the opportunity to share your own writing experience with the Group e.g. what you're writing about; progress on your current project; any difficulties or problems you've encountered, and how you solved them and to ask questions and seek answers from the Group.

To introduce the discussion, John Nimmo will outline a few tips and ideas he has used to add interesting stories to enhance bare genealogical information about his Scottish and Irish great grandparents - stories about what they did 'Back Home', how they lived,  their personalities, their problems, a little bit of history -all leading to why they came out to Otago in the 1860s.

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UPDATE Term 4 Timetable, weeks 5-8 2009

The updated timetable for Term 4 2009 - weeks 5-8 is located here.

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How to install and use Skype – Tuesday 10 November - 9.45 am to 11.45 am

How to install and use Skype, Tuesday 10 November  - 9.45 am to 11.45 am

When: Tuesday 10 November 9.45am to 11.45am

Where: Anvil House, Level 1, Meeting room 2

What: The workshop will look at the Skype program which can be used to make calls (both voice and video) over the internet for free.   How to download the software, install it and get the program up and running so that you can talk to family and friends, as well as see them if you have a web camera, will be demonstrated. 

Please note the changed start time.

Notes will be provided.

The cost of the workshop is $5 payable at the door.

Please register promptly with Keith Kenderdine at kenderkb@xtra.co.nz as numbers are limited.

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Questions & Answers SIG, Wednesday 4 November 10.00 am - 12.00 pm

When: Wednesday 4 November 10.00m - 12.00 pm.

Where: Anvil House, Level 1, Meeting Room 2.

What: Bring your questions and Alan Royal and the group will try and provide answers. It could help if you emailed questions to Alan at a.royal@paraduise.net.nz prior to the meeting.

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UPDATE Term 4 Timetable, weeks 5-8 2009

The updated timetable for Term 4 2009 - weeks 5-8 is located here.

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National Library Society's winter lecture series, 'The Changing Face of Modern Publishing'.

When: 19 Nov 2009, 05:30 PM to 07:00 PM

Where: Spectrum Theatre (corner Customhouse Quay and Johnson Street),Wellington :

What: Historian and author, John MacGibbon, will share some of his expertise on discovering and writing social and family history. John is the founder and owner of the Ngaio Press, a boutique publisher specialising in books about New Zealand and New Zealanders.

This event is part of the National Library Society's winter lecture series, 'The Changing Face of Modern Publishing'.See http://fwd4.me/0sR.

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Vacancies - Power Point Introduction, commencing 13 November 9.45 am

There are two vacancies in the four week Power Point Introduction class to commence on Friday 13 November at 9.45 am.

Manuals for Power Point 2003 and Power Point 2007 will be available.  Anyone interested please contact David Dobson Ph: 3896590 or email: djdobson@xtra.co.nz. .

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Maintenance of your PC Workshop, Tuesday 27 October 10 am - 12 pm

When: Tuesday 27 October 10 am - 12 pm

Where: Anvil House, Level 1, Meeting room 2

What: The workshop will take you through e.g. a sequence of creating a restore point, backing up, updating, cleaning, optimising and defragmenting your machine.

A disc is available containing the free programmes necessary to manage the above processes.

The cost of the workshop is $5 payable at the workshop. The disc, if required, will be available for an extra $5.

Please register with Alan Royal at a.royal@paradise.net.nz as numbers will be limited.

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