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VERO BEACH COMPUTER GROUP's 40th Year!!
The Vero Beach Computer Group is a thriving community organization attended by enthusiastic computer users, beginners and experts alike. Created in 1979, the group was started by three people who had a burning interest in computers as a hobby and wanted to learn more about them.
The tiny group held their first meetings in a small office with barely enough chairs for six or seven people. Membership gradually grew, largely by world of mouth, and by 2001, when the Mac Users merged with Vero Beach Computer Group (VBCG), membership reached three hundred fifty.
The VBCG is a self-help organization for people who use computers, who want to learn more about computers, and who want to share their knowledge with others. Their mission is "to promote general interest in and information about computers and their use. Emphasis of the VBCG's activities shall be on the use of personal computers." The Group provides assistance and information on both Mac and Windows-based PCs.
"Our meetings provide the opportunity to get together and discuss our problems," stated Bud Greenless, VBCG Historian. "In the early days there were no standard operating systems. Spread sheets, data bases and word processors were almost non-existent for small computer users. If you wanted a program you wrote it yourself or you typed it into your computer from a computer magazine."
Thanks to a core of dedicated people and to the friendly, informative meetings, the VBCG continued to expand. Larger and larger meeting places were required and a monthly bulletin was created when the former monthly phone calls informing members of activities had become too laborious.
Informally organized at the beginning, by 1986 the VBCG became more structured, adopting by-laws, and electing officers. Throughout the years as more and more people attended the meetings and the various classes offered by knowledgeable presenters, larger meeting rooms continued to be made available to the group. VBCG has provided volunteer help for the computer section of the Vero Beach Public Library and donated three IBM compatible computers as well as a Mac.
Today this active organization has a website at www.vbcg.org and members can now print out their own copy of the newsletter and and the calendar of Special Interest Group meetings. The Vero Beach Computer Group welcomes all who are interested in learning about computers and sharing their know-how with others. They extend a warm invitation to visit their website for more details.
Regularly scheduled general meetings are held monthly on the first Monday of the month at 7:00 pm in the large meeting room on the first floor of the Main Library.
At the next general meeting Monday, Nov. 16, VBCG president Eric Price, president and owner of Technology Partners, will introduce the new Windows 7. Also, Door prizes, including subscriptions to "Smart Computing."
Come early...Volunteers will be available after 6 PM for computer troubleshooting hardware and software questions.
The Special Interest Groups for November are:
Using your personal computer--"DidYou Know That", a class on PC Computers. Bring your questions.Bring your computer. Bring a friend. Moderator Jean Grider (772) 569-4289.
TUESDAY, Nov. 17, 12:30 - 3:30 p.m., Media Room, Main Library
Macintosh users helping each other: Leopard and older systems. Moderators Eleanor Ryan (772) 562-2869 and Joe Piazza (772) 567-9004.
SATURDAY, Nov. 21, 10 - 12 noon, History Room, Main Library
No Internet SIG in Nov or Dec.
Visit us at the HUB, special search: Vero Beach news, computer group
or www.vbcg.org
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