Get the most out of membership

What can you buy for $30 that’ll last you, and indeed your whole family, for a year? A (smallish) tank of gas in the family car? That won’t last a year.

A 2 pack of cheese balls? (Actually, that would last my family a year, but imagine how stale they’ll get, sitting unopened in the garage…)

Well, for $30 membership in the Sarasota Technology Users Group, you get:

• Monthly meetings on a wide variety of topics. These are being held by Zoom right now, but soon we’ll be back, hopefully, to the in-real-life gatherings, with great convos, giveaways, a help desk, raffles and free drawings for stuff (I scored a cute mouse one month!) and more.
• Our monthly e-newsletter, the Monitor, with amazing tips, excellent articles, and ideas to make your e-life more interesting, more fun, and safer.
• Our Help Desk has now gone virtual for the time being, but it’s still up close and personal: Ask an expert and you’ll get a personalized answer… none of this searching Google for 2 hours nonsense.
• Members Helping Members: You get the phone numbers of volunteers who will help you with a topic they’re conversant with, from digital imaging to phones to spreadsheets.
• iPhone/ iPad workshops, Windows 10 Forum, Microsoft Office Forums (on Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Mac classes on Contacts, Calendar, Tips, and Mail and Maps
• Using PAINT for Windows (it does things you’ve never dreamed of!)
• And more. Classes have been held, in the past, on just about any tech topic you can think of, from organizing your photos to how to set up a blog for family or business.

All that and MORE, for $30.

Plus you get the joy of helping support the Refurb Group.  These dedicated volunteers accept donated computer equipment for the purpose of refurbishing and updating the equipment. These items are donated to community-based non-profits and individuals who otherwise would be denied the technology due to economic limitations.

Not sure if we’re a good fit for your talents and experience?

Skill levels of our members range from “I don’t know how to turn the ‘thing’ on”  to “let me show you how to disassemble and reassemble this device blindfolded, in a closet, in 27 seconds”.  The truth is we’re all still learning and none of us know everything.

So join us, won’t you?