Pamela at the meeting, doing what she does best.

There was a huge turnout for this meeting probably because our members knew that Pamela Tabak would be presenting the program.

After a few introductory words , the meeting was turned over to Pamela and it was all uphill from there. Her program was called “troubleshooting your computer” and as expected, she “came to teach”, well prepared with her laptop and projector in a ready mode.

The thrust of her presentation was to teach our members enough about the basic operation of their computers so that if they were having problems they could recognize them and probably avoid the need for professional service calls for minor things. By showing slides of the power cords, printer leads, USB cables and ports and generally all the little details of operation, we could see enough to know that switches must be turned on, cables must be connected , etc. These little things gave our members a sense of not being in the dark when they turned their computers on and they failed to work.

She discussed completely the safety steps one should take to keep his/her computer trouble free, including, but not limited to: daily use of Ad-aware, updating anti-virus programs, disc defragmenting, etc.

Pamela loves to teach, and that was evident in the way she responded and answered questions from the floor. There was no question too small or too big for her to answer, and she made every questioner feel that their problem was unique and worthy of and explicit response. When the meeting was formally over, our members were still flocking to her to discuss their problems, and also to compliment her on a job well done.

   Written by Lou Strumlauf - President - Huntington Lakes Computer Club

Full House at Huntington Lakes for Pamela's Presentation
 

Our Club was fortunate to have Pamela Tabak with us as our guest speaker. As a representative of the BRCS, she was a shining example of the quality of people involved with that organization.

Pamela’s subject was the comparison of Windows XP as compared to
Windows 98. Her presentation was so convincing and enlightening, she could have convinced Steven Jobs (of Apple) to pack in his operating system in favor of XP.

To the delight of our members, she remained after the completion of her program to handle a Q&A session, not restricted just to questions on XP. We gave her an open invitation for a return visit - with new material of course. As usual we concluded our meeting with a raffle of computer related items- a popular treat for our members who are willing to chance the purchase of a ticket. Our next meeting will be on April 14th, and will be preceded by a little party of sorts; coffee, cake, etc , which will be chaired and put together by our very able Flo Greenberg.

   Written by Lou Strumlauf - President - Huntington Lakes Computer Club