The D-OGS Computer Interest Group Meeting will meet on Saturday morning, 13 December 2008 at 9 a.m. at the Chapel Hill Library downstairs in the small conference room. Chapel Hill Public Library, 100 Library Drive, Chapel Hill, NC Topic: "It Was a Great Year - Positively Electrifying - and Digitizing" The economy has undergone some upheaval in recent months that may have an effect on genealogy in general and on individual researchers. Maybe that big trip to visit all the cemeteries in the region of your ancestors' homes is not as realistic as it appeared to be when you first planned it, but perhaps technology can step in and lend a hand. Did you put that fancy new digital camera on hold for a bit and now you're looking for a way to work with images that you acquire from other sources? Where are they, and what are the copyright issues involved in using them? On the other hand, is now the time for you to stay home like a bear in hibernation and put the whole pile of material into print? What do you need to accomplish this now that it's not as simple as merely sharpening your pencil? What about those POD sites? Changes happen in genealogy almost as fast as in technology and sometimes we need a hand in keeping track of them and sorting out the things that will help us the most. Tell us what you have found most useful in 2008 and how you used it to advance your genealogy. Let's nominate the most useful innovation for the year. Think websites, mega-subscription sites, cruises, camera equipment, file storage facilities, software, what have you. Because new websites pop up every day, we can't possibly each know about all of them, so send me some URLs for sites that have caught your attention recently and we will visit them and discuss them. (This goes for distant D-OGS as well, we need your input for the CIG to be a success, and you always benefit from what others bring to the CIG each time you read the summary of the meetings on the members-only page.) As usual there will be an article to share, and several new sites I've come across. If you have made a CD to share as a result of our discussing the topic please bring it along and let us take a look at it. Please bear in mind , what makes the CIG worthwhile is your participation! Let's keep the show on the road. See you in December! Carol Please send in interesting new web sites, and other items you'd like to share with the group well ahead of time so they can be included on the agenda. **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010)