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Located in historic New Bern, North Carolina
The New Bern Computer Users Group (NBCUG) was started in 1994 and is an informal, unstructured group of people having a common interest in personal computers. It is an unusual group in that it has no charter, officers, dues or formal membership. Signing in at a meeting constitutes membership and if an e-mail address is provided the member will receive announcements of meetings, minutes, member list, chat from members and be able to send mail to all members.
Whatever happens at NBCUG meetings happens because of volunteers. The group is always open to suggestions, including how to organize better. Ideas, however, always seem to require volunteer doers.
NBCUG meets at the Knights of Columbus hall at 1125 Pinetree Drive, New Bern, NC
NBCUG meets bi-monthly on the third Saturday of the month unless a cancellation occurs due to bad weather or by member vote.
Social hour is from 8-9 a.m. This is the time to find out who the gurus are to get help with your PC problems.
The program starts promptly at 9 a.m.
To help pay for the $150 rental of the meeting room, attendees are charged $3.00
admission.
Meetings end at 10:30 a.m.
Upcoming NBCUG Meetings:
March 20 2010
Topic: Using Microsoft Access by Jim Miller,
followed by an open forum Q/A session
May 15 2010
Topic: TBD
Fresh coffee is free and members may bring PC items to sell in the PC Flea Market or donate to NBCUG. Meetings are held bi-monthly year round unless a cancellation occurs due to bad weather or member vote. Members are encouraged to bring their own coffeee mugs from home in order to lower our carbon footprint and the K of C's refuse collection obligations.
Programs are presented by both members and outside speakers Being a speaker at a meeting is fun and makes one feel more as a part of the group. In absence of a program speaker, meetings default to an open forum where the floor is open for any topics or questions brought up by members. Some of the best meetings are open forums. The club has a PC projector and access to wireless Internet that any member can use for online demonstrations at meetings.
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Since the NBCUG started in 1994 with 18 attendees, meetings have grown in size. Now in 2006 we are up to an average of more than 60 attendees. Starting in 2006 there were 396 members with 337 on the NBCUG e-mail list. Being able to send a message to all members using the club's broadcast e-mail address is an invaluable way for members to get help with a PC problem.
NBCUG has rarely had a meeting without a new member showing up. Come and join us.
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Special Interest Groups (SIGS) - Currently no active groups
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NOTE: NBCUG is a member of User Group Relations, a national support organization for user groups. Membership is at no cost and there are some benefits to the user group and to group members, among which is the opportunity to purchase some software products (although the selection is limited) at very good prices. Go to their Web site at www.ugr.com/ for more information. The access code to use on the site starts with UG followed by the current month's date as MMMYY. For example, the code to use in January, 2005, would be UGJAN05. Although the code is changed each month, any past code will work.
(Nils Hokansson - 2/22/05)
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Thanks to A Clean PC for hosting the NBCUG Web Site.
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Last Updated on Friday, 19 March 2010 10:06 |
