Correction to my last meeting notice. Sorry about the confusion. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - The Marin County Genealogical Society's Computer Interest Group (CIG) will meet Thursday, September 18, 2003 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm at Hamilton Field. Our topic will be: How to Make the Best Use of Rootsweb Resources, Session Two - Follow up to the overview of the resources available "for free" by Lauren Boyd In this session we will review your "home work" since last time. The session will be 98% attendee driven. You will have the opportunity to have your questions answered. We will perform online activities as individuals and as a group with the "Mentor" present to assist you through the processes. Hands on exercise and discussion of: -- Mailing list subscription, unsubscription and posting -- Bulletin board posting, finding, posting, flubbing and fixing -- Gateways & Archives and how to use them more effectively As time permits: -A brief behind the scenes look at Administration and Volunteering -A sure fire way to eliminate the ad pop-ups from displaying while viewing the bulletin boards - Prior lecture outline and notes will be available for download and review or printout prior to meeting. Prerequisites for this session: None. If you were not present for session one, you will still benefit from attending session two. Materials needed: Please note that this class will be a "hands on" session so bring your notebook computers. The facility has network connections available for us to use - both wired and wireless - and a broadband connection to the Internet! If you have a network card, bring a cable to connect to their switch. If you have a wireless network card, bring it so we can use their network. If you need a network card for your notebook, MCF has some for us to use. Prepare some queries, in advance, that can be posted to Surname and Locality lists and boards. If you do not have a laptop, bring them as plain text files on floppy disk. 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 Contact John Deadman ([email protected]) or Gene Pennington ([email protected]) if you need directions to meeting location or need more information. These meetings are free to the public. Visit the MCGS website at http://www.maringensoc.org/sigs.html Gene Pennington MCGS CIG http://www.maringensoc.org/sigs.html End