JÁVEA COMPUTER CLUB RAISES MORE MONEY FOR CANCER CARE, JÁVEA

Monday 19th November saw members of the Jávea Computer Club generously support the Charity Cancer Care, raising 700 euros by way of an Auction of donated desktop PCs which had been refurbished and tested by the club’s Hardware Special Interest Group, together with second hand computer bits and pieces.

The Hardware Group continues to refurbish old(ish) PCs for future auctions in the new year, with the proceeds going to Cancer Care, Jávea, which is the club’s nominated charity from June this year (June to June)

Our photograph shows a delighted Club Vice President and Auctioneer for the day Reg Cutts with the 700 euros collected. Reg on behalf of the JCC committee would like to thank all members of the club for their generous support. For further information about the club please see our web page www.javeacomputerclub.org.

Summer time Video Clips - The Climber

Dave Parton made a nice short video clip which was by presented the Video Editing group at the Club recently.

We have stuck it up on Youtube
Here it is - "The Climber" with music by Pink Floyd
If you can't guess who the climber is...you are not a member of the Javea Computer Club!

ADVANCED WORD PROCESSING

As you may know, due to flooding of the Clubhouse, we were closed for two weeks. Consequently Advanced Word Processing will now take place on Tuesday 27 November and Tuesday 4 December.

If you have yet to sign up please do so as soon as possible as there are a restricted number of places.

Club House Flooding - images for the archives!

The Floods of October 2007 caused havoc in Jávea and in our Clubhouse
Here are some of the images to remind us all of that day!

1. First, take a look at a You Tube Video of the boats in the Canal de la Fontana being washed out to sea.

Here are some pictures and videos of the Club House :

2. The Club house is turned into a Water Feature (50 cents a visit!) :
The Arenal Clubhouse becomes a circulating Water Feature

3. More pictures of the Clubhouse floods

4. Our illustrious President appears on the front page of a regional newspaper

5. We have also posted some pictures of the second cleanup

6. Videos by Vic Tattersall -

Javea Flood Damage - a tour of the empty club house

Javea Computer Club - Chris wading in the Club

Javea Water dancers - Committee members larking about

She's a Star - Front page of "Las Provincias" Oct 19th 2007

Photo Caption: Una mujer camina con el agua hasta las rodillas por la Calle Tamarits del Xàbia
(A woman walks with water up to her knees in the Tamarits Road of Javea)

The disastrous floods in the Marina Alta have made headline news, and catapaulted JCC President, Chris Betterton-Jones to instant fame (albeit anonymously) as front page "girl" on the October 19th edition of "Las Provincias".
Says Chris:

"I was checking out the Club House to see how bad the flooding was when two reporters turned up. I knew one of them, Guiomar from "Xàbia al Día" magazine, but didn't know who the other one was. Guiomar speaks very good English and translated my comments for the other reporter, who must have been from "Las Provincias". This picture was taken when I took them around to the garages at the side of the Club building (Edificio Arenal) where much of the water came in. I was demonstrating how deep it was.

The reporter has employed a bit of journalistic license in her caption since the water in Avenida Tamarits was only calf-deep. It was a good deal deeper next to the garages....Well, the press needs to sensationalise things a bit !

However, I am rather disappointed that I haven't yet had an invitation to pose for the front page of Vogue, or indeed the centrefold of Playboy"

BEGINNERS INTERNET COURSE

We had over 20cm of flood water in the Clubhouse. The Club is closed to members tomorrow, Tuesday, and there will be no Beginners Course. We hope to open on Thursday.

You will not miss out as we will pick up, where we left off, next Tuesday. In the meantime, you could practice at home and go through some of the exercises on the Welcome Disk!

See you next week.

ADVANCED WORD PROCESSING

Hi all users of MS Word 2003 and MS Word 2007

We have been approached by a number of members asking if we could offer some tuition for those who are familiar with MS Word but who want to expand their knowledge of more adventurous techniques which are available.

To this end, Evelyn Adams has kindly offered to run a "Workshop" on Tuesday 20th and Tuesday 27th November.

Vacancies are limited (12 + 3 reserves), to ensure everyone can hear Evelyn and see the screen, so get down to the Club and sign up.

The Beginners should not fret, we will be running a course for word processing for beginners in the new year.

CHANGE OF EMAIL ADDRESS

Hi all JCC Members

When you change your email address would you please let me know so that I can update the Club's database.

You can either:
email me by going to the foot of the Club's Website Home page and click on the icon for "Membership Enquires", or
fill in the form "EMail Address Update" which is at the Cash Desk.

Those who have advised Chris, or other Committee Members, there is no need to repeat the info as it has already been passed on to me.

NEW BEGINNERS COURSE

Please note that the Beginners Course is now fully subscribed including a number of reserves, in case some people don't turn up at the start of the course.

Those who have not advised us what operating system they use, please let us know the next time you come to the Club or refer to the Club's Home Page and send an email to "Membership Enquiries" - the envelope at the foot of the page.

We hope that you find the Course useful.

Jávea Computer Club raises more money for Cancer care, Jávea

On June 7th 2007 Christine Betterton-Jones (right) presented 100 Euros on behalf of the Jávea Computer Club to Jean Booth of Cancer Care, Jávea (left). This money was raised through the auction of a donated desktop PC which had been refurbished and tested by the Club's Hardware Special Interest Group.

Since then we have raised another 205 Euros from the sale of second hand bits and pieces which had been donated to the Club .

Over the summer the Hardware group has been refurbishing more old(ish) PCs for auction to members. All proceeds of the auctions will go to "Cancer Care, Jávea" which is the Club's nominated charity for this year (June to June).

Members of the Club will also help Cancer Care to set up a website to inform the public about the charity's valuable support for cancer sufferers in this region. Members who wish to lend their time and expertise to this project are asked to contact the Club.

NEW BEGINNERS COURSE

The List is almost full so if you are still interested in joining the next Beginners Course, then please get down to the Club and put your name on the list. Don't forget to let us know which operating system you have on your computer.

Ubuntu / Kubuntu talk - July 26th

A message from Keith Scott...

"Just an update on the Kubuntu Linux operating system.

It is now installed on one of my laptops as a dual-boot with Vista.

Works fine and sets up a menu to boot Vista and Kubuntu.

I now have a dedicated Linux laptop set up including Kubuntu 3-D which will be shown on Thursday 26th July at the JCC.

Undoubtedly the best Linux yet with thousands of free programs installable via a graphic Add/Remove Programs utility similar to Windows."

Come and see this free alternative to Windows at work at the Club at 11.00 am on Thursday July 26th

NEXT BEGINNERS COURSE

The next Beginners Course starts on the Tuesday 18 September and runs, every Tuesday morning, until 6 November. It will be a similar format as the last Course ie as a separate SIGs Group. We will cover the operating system and the Internet. Only sign up for the course if you are able to attend the majority of the sessions.

Numbers are limited so come to the Club and sign up as soon as possible. Some members may have new computers with Vista operating system installed, so when you sign up, please advise which operating system you have.

Mike Easter, Membership Secretary

Grand Charity PC Auction !

On Thursday May 31st the Club will be auctioning a Pentium IV desktop PC complete with monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers etc. and an OEM version of Windows XP Home.

The PC has been refurbished and checked out by the Club's Hardware group (special thanks to Vic Tattersal)

The proceeds will go to Charity. The reserve price will be 100 Euros (The cost of Windows XP Home + 10 Euro donation to charity)

Note: Auction open to Members only. Absolutely NO warranty on the PC beyond the fact that it will be working at the time of auction. (around 11.00 am - come early to check out this wonderful PC!)

NEW BEGINNERS COURSE

Attention New Members.

We have yet to confirm the date of the next Beginners Course, but it will be sometime after the summer. It will be necessary to register so keep an eye on the Costa Blanca News, or our Website "javeacomputerclub.org" or listen out for an announcement in Parish Notes during our normal meetings.

Forum on Windows Vista

On Thursday March 22nd, Fredrik Wengelin and Victor Tattersal led a forum on Windows Vista:

Here's a link to Fredrik's Power point presentation. It includes links to some useful web resources.
http://www.wengelin.net/VistaUpdate.mht
(Note: You may need to use IE to view this)

The Club currently has 5 PCs with Windows Vista set up as Dual boot machines with XP. Most of the installations are Windows Vista Business, but we have one with Windows Vista Home Premium, which includes Windows Media Centre - a great tool for managing on and off-line multi-media. All the Vista PCs are installed with Microsoft Office 2007 - which is a big departure from previous versions and arguably the easiest version of Office to use.

English OEM versions of Vista are available locally, so there is no need to buy it from the UK. Details at the Club!

MOVING ON - THE INTERNET

Those who are registered on the current Beginners Course will have priority to enrol on the Internet Course starting on Tuesday 10 April. The course will cover the Internet and the World Wide Web. By the end of the course you should be able to send and receive emails and surf the Web to book your flights, and many other skills. THIS COURSE IS NOW FULL.

Club to build Vista Home Premium PC

The Club's "Computer Building" Special Interest Group has bought the components for a spanking new Dual Core PC.

They will be building this machine as one of their projects and will have a dual boot installation of Windows XP and Vista, Home Premium. We have chosen this version of Vista because it has the Mediacentre features built in.

We hope that Vic Tattersall will be able to show off this PC and Vista on March 22nd when he and Chris ill be leading a forum on Vista

NEW MEMBERS

Those of you ,who have recenly joined the JCC can now collect your badges from the cash desk.

It is possible that others, who have been members for some time, have yet to collect their badges and these will also be available for you at the cash desk.

Please wear your badge, when you come to the Club, it helps us to get to know you.