Minutes of the April 18, 2001
New Jersey Computer Club Meeting

• Fred Sabin, President, called the business portion of the meeting of the New Jersey Computer Club to order at the North Branch Reformed Church at 8:00 PM. There were approximately 56 members and guests in attendance. Fred welcomed all in attendance.

• The Minutes of the last general meeting and the Treasurer's Report, as posted in the Newsletter on the "njcc.org" website, were approved.

• Fred Sabin announced that the NEW JERSEY COMPUTER CLUB FOUNDERS’ MEMORIAL AWARD SCHOLARSHIP had been implemented. The first grant of $500 from NJCC general funds will be given to a student to be chosen by Raritan Valley Community College. Future awards may go to persons associated with other institutions. An agreement and correspondence has been received from RVCC.

• PCEXPO passes for JUNE 26-28 @ JAVITS CENTER will be available for members only. Send an e-mail to "president@njcc.org" with your name(s), address, telephone number, and e-mail address requesting a ticket(s) to PCEXPO.

• TRENTON COMPUTER FESTIVAL will be held at the NJ CONVENTION CENTER - EDISON - May 5&6.

• Some special offers have been received for Club members:

 

O’REILLY & ASSOCIATES (BOOKS & SOFTWARE CATALOG / 20% NJCC DISCOUNT)

 

- http://www.oreilly.com (Order at 1-800-988-9938 with NJCC UG Code “DSUG”

- "Excel 2000 in a Nutshell" and "Word 2000 in a Nutshell" for UG members: Purchase both  titles direct from O'Reilly for $39.95. Offer good April 13 - June 13, 2001. Regular price for each title is $29.95--you save $19.95 on both. To order, call: 800-998-9938 (M-F, 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. PST) & Ask for customer service. To get the discount, provide customer service representative with the discount code:

 

PEACHPIT PRESS also offers COMPUTER BOOKS at a 20% discount.

 

- http://www.peachpit.com (Order at 1-800-283-9444 as NJCC “User Group” Member)

 

- Bulk UG orders (11 or more titles to same address) receive 40% discount.

• John Beck reviewed the subjects of future NJCC meetings.  John will discuss Microsoft Excel on April 25th. Future presentations will include Prepaid Legal and, possibly, Circuit City.

• John Beck also announced that he had received offers from vendors to let the Club evaluate their software. Interested Club members should see John.

• Fred Sabin announced that the NJCC.ORG domain name was now properly registered as belonging to the Club.

• The presentation of this meeting by Doug Beck extensively reviewed the functions within the Control Panel.

        Respectfully Submitted,

        Tom Kehoe, Secretary