If you don’t belong, you should. https://thestug.org/images/app0820-autofill.pdf
Did you get enthused by STUG’s monthly meeting about getting started in genealogy? (Did I spell that right?)? Even if you’re not a beginner, but elbow-deep in ancestors, there’s some great info there (listen to why borthdates might not always be as accurate as they could be LOL)
Here’s the meeting’s recording on the STUG YouTube channel.
This is one monthly meeting you won’t want to miss! On Wednesday September 1 at 7PM Eastern, via Zoom, you’re invited to learn, free, how to get started, free, with researching family history. Just another perk from thestug.org!
You do need to register beforehand so we can save you a seat and remind you via email that it’s coming.
Presenter Susan Mueller is a retired educator and administrator. She leads the monthly Genealogy SIG at Computer Users of Erie PA and has been working seriously on genealogy for more than 25 years. Sue is also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and serves as the local chapter’s registrar. An active participant and presenter for the Erie Society for Genealogical Research, she also teaches at the Erie County Public Library.
The meeting’s free for all, but joining STUG helps us keep you supplied with ways to make the most of your screen time, and for $30 a year, is the cheapest tech education you’ll ever find! Remember to register … and to let friends and family know about this educational opportunity!
As Jack Webb on Dragnet was famous for saying,
Well Jack would be astounded at the feast of facts our Members-Only newsletter has in it each month. In addition to the “coming attraction” of our monthly virtual meeting (this month, learn about Zwave, Zigbee, Wifi hubs and all sorts of stuff for automating your home), the August issue has a Beginner’s Guide to Zoom (Zoom meetings don’t seem to be going away any time soon…),
Bill Crowe explains (with pictures!) how to bypass phone trees on your iPhone
Phil Sorrentino really digs into “the cloud”
and Jim Cerny waxes lyrical, expanding on my short blog topic of right-clicking and the real difference it can make in your life.
Of course, every monthly issue also includes the details on our presentations of Tech for Seniors, our Help Desk, iPad and iPhones, the MAC Forum, MAC classes, and Members Helping Members, and so much more.
Yup, Ron Brown & Hewie Poplock, Bill Crowe, Bob Gostischa, Jim Cerny, Ray Baxter & Dewey Kloos and Phil Sorrentino are just some visible “facts” and benefits of membership in STUG. Between them and the back-stage folks managing all this… won’t you join us?
I don’t know about you, but images of Annie Oakley and her sharpshooting come to mind whenever something goes wrong with my computer. I can almost smell her buckskin fringe. Or is that the smell of dollars leaving my checking account when I have to hire professional help?
Step #1: Attend our virtual monthly meeting on Wednesday, July 7 at 7pm where Judy Taylour will be presenting
Before you make that $99 tech support call, there are many easy
things you can do to troubleshoot problems that you encounter with
your computer. Can’t start your computer? Does your hard drive
make grinding noises? Is it taking forever to start? Does it randomly
turn off and restart? Has your printer stopped working? This
presentation covers problems and solutions that just might help if
and when….
Register to attend this month’s STUG Zoom meeting here.
And step #2: Join STUG to help keep our educational programs alive and well, and to help fund our community outreach project of providing refurbished computers to those who need them.
Image courtesy Allen & Ginter, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Seriously, our member newsletter is worth the price alone. And that’s before you explore our free-to-members class schedule.
If you aren’t a member of the Sarasota Tech Users Group, this is what you’re missing JUST in this month’s monthly email, which is JUST one of the benefits membership brings you:
Our compeers at APCUG are holding a Zoom for World Back Up Day on March 31 and are inviting STUG members to watch. They write:
WE WILL BE TAKING THE PLEDGE 😉
HOW AND WHY TO BACK UP YOUR HARD DRIVE
Don’t lose any or all of your important data: documents, photos, music, or videos.
• Your computer could be hit by a virus.
• Ransomware could hold your files hostage.
• You should be prepared for a natural disaster
• Hard drives sometimes fail.We will look at an overview of backing up your hard drive and your smartphone during this workshop. There will also be demonstrations of various back-up apps: Bob Gostischa will demo Aomei, Bill James will show us how the Windows 10 File History works, plus another (TBD) demos of backup programs. Maybe you will find the one for you!
If you’d like to attend, visit https://forms.gle/5TzUVaPCgyrjK1Fg9
Registration closes at 11:30 pm (your time) on March 30. For your registration to be approved, you must be a member of our Sarasota Technology Users Group.
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…)
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.
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.
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