In the absence of President Norm Knox, Vice President Bill Goebel called the meeting to order in room 204. The minutes of the January business meeting were read and approved. After the reading and approval of the previous minutes, the club members discussed the issues of privacy and the need for information about fellow club members. The secretary moved to reconsider the second motion of the December meeting which called for no general distribution within the club of information about the club members. This motion to reconsider did not receive a second. Mildred Hottman Roesch moved to have the membership list, with names and e-mail addresses only, distributed at club meetings on paper. This motion was carried on a show of hands. (Please see the question for members at the bottom of these minutes.)
Before moving to the computer classroom, the club discussed some computer questions in room 204. Mildred Hottman Roesch asked about the meaning of "webinar". Mary Myklebust, having been in one, explained it as a class with discussion among participants conducted via the Web. Sanford Hospital's Web site has a page that will accept a patient's list of medications for a medical professional to look at later. Such a list can also be prepared on paper on a PC. In the classroom, Bill Goebel introduced the free genealogical Website http://www.tribalpages.com/. Club members with experience in genealogy also mentioned other genealogical PC software and Web resources. Joran Olson reported that she was able to copy data from Family Tree Maker into http://www.tribalpages.com/ by making a GED (GEDCOM) file using the Save As command in Family Tree Maker. Cathy Walker warned that information stored at http://www.ancestry.com/ becomes their property and they can sell it. The Sioux Falls Seniors Computer Club welcomes new member Cathy Walker.
Respectfully submitted by Garth Peterson, Secretary
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Here is a question for club members.
The complete Rules and Procedures of the club are quoted with the minutes of the January meeting, but rule number 14 states: "A club member designated by the President shall maintain a list of e-mail addresses for sending announcements to Computer Club members. Any member may ask to opt out of this list if they so choose. "Do you prefer that your name and e-mail address *not* appear in the printed list that will be given to attendees at the March meeting?Please let me know if you wish to opt out of this list. If there are any members who prefer to be omitted from the printed list but do want to get e-mails of the minutes and meeting announcements, I will make a note of their preference on the membership spreadsheet. This is easy to do on a spreadsheet. Garth Peterson
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FURNISHED LATER
The Sioux Falls Seniors Computer Club will meet in room 204 on Friday, March 6, at 10 o'clock. Our speaker will be Charlotte Jaeschke, Tax Aide Coordinator for Sioux Falls for IRS and AARP. Her topic will be Income Taxes and the Computer. If you have computer questions, you can e-mail them to Bill Goebel or bring them to the meeting.
AN UNPLEASANT DISCOVERY: Last week I used Yahoo webmail to send out the minutes and to ask whether any members wanted to be left off the printed list of member names and e-mail addresses that will be distributed at the next meeting. This morning I discovered that the e-mail message went out with a useless reply address. If any members used the Reply button in e-mail to answer the message, I did not get their responses. Why Yahoo does this to us is a puzzle, but the account is free, so what can we do. For newer members, I should explain that at one time I tried to send out club notices from my own e-mail address and got rejected byMidco, which treated them as spam. If you do *not* want to be on the the list of members and e-mail addresses that will be handed out on paper at the next meeting, please let me know by e-mail, or call me to make sure I get the word.
The Sioux Falls Seniors Computer Club will meet in room 204 on Friday, March 6, at 10 o'clock. Our speaker will be Charlotte Jaeschke, Tax Aide Coordinator for Sioux Falls for IRS and AARP. Her topic will be Income Taxes and the Computer. If you have computer questions, you can e-mail them to Bill Goebel or bring them to the meeting.
AN UNPLEASANT DISCOVERY: Last week I used Yahoo webmail to send out the minutes and to ask whether any members wanted to be left off the printed list of member names and e-mail addresses that will be distributed at the next meeting. This morning I discovered that the e-mail message went out with a useless reply address. If any members used the Reply button in e-mail to answer the message, I did not get their responses. Why Yahoo does this to us is a puzzle, but the account is free, so what can we do. For newer members, I should explain that at one time I tried to send out club notices from my own e-mail address and got rejected byMidco, which treated them as spam. If you do *not* want to be on the the list of members and e-mail addresses that will be handed out on paper at the next meeting, please let me know by e-mail, or call me to make sure I get the word.
Garth Peterson
