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.
- Paul Van Bloem
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.