Jo Ann, Lauren & John: After receiving your input and that of our CIG members, I have our list of topics for 2004 and locations ready for distribution. Please review these and send me your comments/suggestions. I would like to publish this at our meeting on 1/17/03. There are ten (10) topics listed which will cover our ten (10) meetings for 2004. These are not set in concrete and we can modify as needed. Based on the consensus at the meetings, we will continue to have our meetings at both Villa Marin and MCF (Hamilton) on Sat. & Thurs. (switch every other month). I've updated the topics and who will make the presentation so please review them carefully and let me know if there is an error or if you want to change something. I'm flexible and we can make adjustments as needed. There was no specific rationale for setting topics on specific dates other than trying to meet your requests and to imagine which topics would be better presented at MCF vs. Villa Marin. Thank you. Gene Pennington MCGS CIG http://www.maringensoc.org/sigs.html ================================= Meeting Dates/Times & Locations & Topics for 2004 Saturday, 1/17/04 - 10 am - 12 noon - Location: Villa Marin, 100 Thorndale Drive, San Rafael Topic: Tips/tricks to capture/store genealogy data (Excel spreadsheets, MS Word, scanning, digital cameras) by Gene Pennington ================================= Thursday, 2/19/04 - 1 pm - 3 pm - Location: Marin Community Foundation, Hanger 5, 2nd Floor Suite 200, Hamilton Field, Novato (Hanger Row is at end of main road into Hamilton Field). For map and directions, go to --> http://www.marincf.org/contact/map.html. Topic: File Management including download tips (where to download to/how to find it), software, storage, viruses, folders (store/copy/move/name) and file association questions by Gene Pennington & Jo Ann Rowley-Minhoto ================================= Saturday, 3/20/04 - 10 am - 12 noon - Location: Villa Marin, 100 Thorndale Drive, San Rafael Topic: Genealogy education online by Jo Ann Rowley-Minhoto - Part III (Note: This may have to be rescheduled due to Jo Ann being out of town). ================================= Thursday, 4/15/04 - 1 pm - 3 pm - Location: Marin Community Foundation, Hanger 5, 2nd Floor Suite 200, Hamilton Field, Novato (Hanger Row is at end of main road into Hamilton Field). For map and directions, go to --> http://www.marincf.org/contact/map.html. Topic: Rootsweb mailing lists - Part III by Lauren Boyd ================================= Saturday, 5/15/04 - 10 am - 12 noon - Location: Villa Marin, 100 Thorndale Drive, San Rafael Topic: Adobe Reader Software & PDFs by Jo Ann Rowley-Minhoto ================================= Thursday, 6/17/04 - 1 pm - 3 pm - Location: Marin Community Foundation, Hanger 5, 2nd Floor Suite 200, Hamilton Field, Novato (Hanger Row is at end of main road into Hamilton Field). For map and directions, go to --> http://www.marincf.org/contact/map.html. Topic: Genealogy research on the Internet (basics) by Lauren Boyd ================================= No Meeting in July 2004 ================================= Thursday, 8/19/04 - 1 pm - 3 pm - Location: Marin Community Foundation, Hanger 5, 2nd Floor Suite 200, Hamilton Field, Novato (Hanger Row is at end of main road into Hamilton Field). For map and directions, go to --> http://www.marincf.org/contact/map.html. Topic: Rootsweb mailing lists - Part IV by Lauren Boyd ================================= Saturday, 9/18/04 - 10 am - 12 noon - Location: Villa Marin, 100 Thorndale Drive, San Rafael Topic: Digital Photo Restoration by Gene Pennington OR Genealogy education online by Jo Ann Rowley-Minhoto - Part IV ================================= Thursday, 10/21/04 - 1 pm - 3 pm - Location: Marin Community Foundation, Hanger 5, 2nd Floor Suite 200, Hamilton Field, Novato (Hanger Row is at end of main road into Hamilton Field). For map and directions, go to --> http://www.marincf.org/contact/map.html. Topic: Genealogy software - examples and explanations of different reports by Gene Pennington OR using "Chat" software to share genealogy information by Lauren Boyd ================================= Saturday, 11/20/04 - 10 am - 12 noon - Location: Villa Marin, 100 Thorndale Drive, San Rafael Topic: Using maps in your genealogy research (GPS, historical, Internet) by ??? OR Genealogy education online by Jo Ann Rowley-Minhoto - Part IV ================================= No Meeting in December 2004 ================================= End