A.G.M.
Future
Meetings
Below is a list of dates the for 2008, these dates have been confirmed.
January 16th
February 13th
March 12th
April 9th
May 7th
June 4th
July 2nd
August 20th
September 17th
October 15th
November 12th
December 10th
Last Month….
As
another year drew to a close, last month saw our annual Digital
Photo Competition. Once again the standards were very high and
gave our competition judge, Arthur Payne plenty to consider during
his deliberations.
As
usual there were six categories and a good selection of photographs
entered in each. As is Arthur’s way he gave each photograph
some excellent constructive criticism, pointing out the good features
and how each picture maybe improved for competition purposes.
The
category winners were :-
Image
manipulation
Aircraft vapour trails …Geoff Walsh
Sunrise/Sunset
Evening panorama …Mike Taylor
Black
& White Portrait Young man …Geoff Walsh
Nature
Horse Chestnuts …Dave Robb
Pub/Business
Sign
Air Hostess …Geoff Walsh
People
at work
Portable Grinding …Mike Taylor
The overall winner was me for my picture of the Horse Chestnuts
and I am now the proud holder of the Ivor Ruddle Trophy for the
next year. Geoff tells me I have to keep it polished – do
I have any willing volunteers?
There
were fewer entries than normal which was probably due to many
reasons, but to make the competition successful we do need your
pictures. We know that many of you enjoy and take excellent photographs,
so why not share them with us. You may even win. If I can, anyone
can. We will be selecting the categories for the next competition
early this year to give you plenty of time to get out there snapping.
Any feedback you may have regarding the competition and its format
would be very welcome.
Our
thanks once again to Arthur for giving up his time to judge the
competition.
We
also had our annual Christmas dinner earlier in the month. 25
members and guests enjoyed a very good meal at the Bowls Club
restaurant. Our thanks go to Ben Barretto for organizing the event
even though he was unable to make it himself. You missed a good
one Ben!
All
that remains is to wish you all a happy and prosperous New Year.
Dave
Robb
Melton Computer Club
Minutes
of Annual General Meeting 24th January 2007
1. Meeting started at 7.40pm.
2.
Apologies received from Derek Kerr, Barry Gilchrist, Chris Fox-Mapletoft
and Ben Barretto
3.
Minutes of 11th January 2006 were approved as a true record of
the meeting.
4.
Matters Arising
No
Matters arising from above minutes.
5.
Chair’s Report
Another
good year with some excellent feedback from the members. The presentations
were varied and well presented. To keep up the high standards
of presentation and an interesting varied programme the committee
needed ideas from the members. Larry had enjoyed his first year
as club chairman and was looking forward to his next.
6.
Secretary’s Report
The
committee managed to put on a varied programme that hopefully
the membership has enjoyed. Topics ranged through a whole spectrum
of computer related themes from how the Internet functioned, printing
software and spreadsheets through to photograph judging. Attendances
were good with much contribution from the members. The Christmas
Dinner was well attended and I am sure all those present had an
excellent evening. The programme for 2007 is currently being formulated
with about half the year planned. New ideas are welcome as are
members willing to share their knowledge with the rest of us.
Please contact the committee members with your ideas.
7.
Treasurer’s Report
The
finance statement shows a small loss on the previous year and
this can be explained by renewal of the club Internet domain name
and prizes for the photographic competition. It was felt that
there was no need to increase subs at the present time. The room
rental currently remains the same as last year. A general discussion
regarding finances suggested that a few new members would not
only invigorate the club but also help with the finances. Geoff
Walsh told the members that he had negotiated with local newsagents
to put some club meeting date cards in the shop’s computer
magazines in an attempt to raise interest in the club. The members
agreed that the photographic competion should be more self-funding
and the committee agreed to look into ways of doing this.
8.
Elections
The
following members were elected:
Treasurer
– Derek Taylor
Proposed:
Keith Allen
Seconded: Barry Beeken
Cttee
Members – Geoff Walsh
Derek Kerr
Re-elected
unanimously
9.
Newsletter & Club Website
Unfortunately the club website has not been kept up to date due
to the illness of Chris Fox-Mapletoft, the site manager. We have
no idea how long Chris will be unable to maintain the site. In
the short term, Barry Beeken agreed to look into keeping the site
in order and hopefully it will not be too long before everything
is back to normal.
The
newsletter continues to be well received and members are happy
with the format. Comments like “you always learn something”
and “it’s a timely reminder for the next meeting”
are gratifying. However we do need articles from members, so please
share with us your knowledge and experiences. Mike Taylor has
agreed to start compiling a monthly crossword puzzle.
10.
Feedback from 2006 topics and ideas for future topics
2006
had been well received by members present and they felt that the
presentations went well.
Topics for 2006 included
Internet Workings
Problem Solving
Dive Computers
SatNav
Home Networking
Custom Software
An extra board for each function
Ideas for 2007 include
Linux
Free Software Evening
Multi Media Centre
Video Editing
11.
Any Other Business
None.
Meeting closed at 8.35 pm.
Novembers Meeting
A little late but I have finally got round to writing up Novembers
meeting. The evening saw Alan giving us a very interesting presentation
on Hardware.
It had been some time since we looked at what was new but Alan
went back in time a little to about 1990 to show us how things
had moved on. He started with a 286 motherboard which had the
processor soldered to the board almost needed an extra card for
each function.
We then moved to a modern motherboard that comes with a socket
for the processor and almost every other function built onto it.
You still have the ability to added extra cards if you want, so
you could upgrade almost anything.
Alan then talked about future trends which included USB 3.0 ,
SATA HDD which give much higher data throughput rates than current
interfaces. When this is coupled with a RAID interface you can
get fast access to your data and the security of a mirrored disk.
Melton
Computer Club
AGM
Agenda January 16th 2008
1.
Meeting commences at 7:30 pm
2.
Apologies For Absence
3.
Minutes Of Previous Meeting (January 2007)
4.
Matters Arising
5.
Secretary’s Report
6.
Treasurer’s Report
7.
Elections Of Committee Members
Chair (Larry Larson)
Secretary (Dave Robb)
Committee Members (Alan Danbury)
(Peter Simpson)
(Mike Taylor)
8.
Newsletter & Club Website
9.
Feedback On the Previous Year’s Meetings And Future Topics
10.
Any Other Business
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