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The June Windows SIG meeting is this Tuesday, June 23. The topic will be "Win 7: a closer look."
    Questions? Email Mike Hayes at .
    Come to the Florence Bain Center on Tuesday, June 23 at 7:00 pm.

 

The June Meeting was on June 17. It saw the election of new officers, and an informative discussion of Windows 7 by Dave Methvin.
    As of July 1, the following officers will be running CMUG:

• President: John Weske
• Vice President: Larry Medoff
• Treasurer: Sumi Kinoshita
• Secretary: Phil Krug

    As part of the changes brought in by our new President, there will be no CMUG meetings in July or August. We expect to have the September general meeting at the East Columbia library, hopefully on September 16th (the third Wednesday).
    Until then, please check back to this website (www.myCMUG.org) for updates.

 

At the March meeting, Rob Pegoraro from the Washington Post spoke about some of his experiences at CES, among other things. Rob blogs regularly at Faster Forward on the Washington Post website.

 

At the February meeting, our old friend Dave Methvin spoke about several topics, most notably the plans for a Microsoft retail store. Dave also mentioned that he is blogging at Information Week. There doesn't seem to be a page there that lists Dave's posts, but this is the main blog page. The most recent post from Dave's pen seems to be this one on a Microsoft "hardware patch" for hot laptops.

 

The CMUG Board met on Monday, October 6. Among other decisions, the board voted to disband CMUG in June of next year. I don't think this will come as a surprise to anyone, as we've talked about our need for a program coordinator for over a year, and for a newsletter editor these past few months.
    When CMUG disbands, it must follow the rules in its Corporate Charter. Funds and other assets of CMUG have to be donated to an organization that is similar to or analogous with CMUG. Several people have talked to me about continuing the user group as a low- or no-cost organization. If such a group is organized by the middle of next year, CMUG's charter (as I read it) would allow us to transfer assets like the laptop and projector to this group.
    If you have any questions or suggestions, please talk to me or any CMUG officer or board member.

 

Monitor Survey Results from September:
    15" LCD........1024 x 768 x 32 bit color (laptop)
    17" CRT........ 800 x 600 x 32 bits
    17" LCD........1024 x 768
    19" CRT........ 800 x 600 x 16 bits
    19" CRT........1024 x 768 x 32 bits
    19" LCD........1024 x 768 x 32 bits
    19" LCD........1024 x 768 x 32 bits
    19" LCD........1080? with 32 bit color
    22" LCD........1440 x 900 x 32 bits
    22" LCD........1680 x 1050
I added in my own data, so the list is from nine members, mentioning ten PCs. Several people also mentioned other monitors that they are not currently using, so I didn't count them. Also, I forgot to ask about dual-monitor setups; one person mentioned his plans along those lines.

 

The last few issues of the CMUG Megaphone are available here in PDF form: June, May, April, March, February, January 2008, December 2007, November, October, September, August, July, June, May, April, March, February, and January 2007.
   Since we have the space, I've also put the PDF files for the 2006 issues of The Megaphone online: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, and Dec.

 

Would you like to receive Email Reminders about upcoming CMUG meetings? Email Mary Guarnieri at

 

Interested in Linux? Check out the Columbia Area Linux User Group at www.calug.org.