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Computer Booter
The
May 2017 Computer Booters of Sun Lakes
Newsletter Highlights
I N S I D E
The May General Meeting:
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Presenter: Jenny Young, Manager
Ed Robson Branch Library
6:00 pm Social
6:30 pm Meeting
Navajo Room, Sun Lakes Country Club
C l u b N e w s
From the President 2
Another Great Year! 2
Volunteer Thanks 5
Calendar 10
F e a t u r e s
Scam Alert 3
Interesting Predic-
tions (Part 2)
4
Virtual Technology
Conference
6
Blossoming Booters 8
Jenny Young
T his is the last newsletter until our September issue and it is JAM-
PACKED!! Be sure to read Janet’s article on Page 2 which summarizes
our season. On Pages 2-3 Darrel Kreglo comments on another great year
and alerts us to a new, nasty credit scam. Part 2 of Interesting Predictions
can be found on Page 4.
Our volunteers were honored with an EXCELLENT luncheon at the Palo
Verde Country Club Restaurant; see the picture on Page 5. The Club is so
grateful to Linda Caton, Recreation Director and Jim Miller, Building Facili-
ties Manager for their unequaled assistance this year!
Patricia Hill has listed the upcoming Virtual Technology Conference tracks
which are available to YOU, free of charge! See the offerings on Pages 6-7.
Kc Coller reports on our last general meeting and the great presenter, Mike
Long, on Page 8. Hope you didn’t miss it!!
Check out Membership Benefits on Page 10 and spread the word to your
friends and neighbors about Computer Booters! Our website:
www.computerbooters.org is always updated by our Communications Di-
rector, Rich Davis, with pertinent information and help for your computing
needs!
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W e are looking forward to our May 2017 general meeting of Computer Booters in the Navajo room in the
Sun Lakes Country Club Clubhouse on Tuesday, May 2. There is always something new to learn in
the technology arena.
The information about the meeting is presented later in this Newsletter. The speaker will be from the Sun
Lakes Robson Library. Yes, the Library has a whole list of resources that members can access on their com-
puters, smartphone, Kindle or IPad, namely, movies, magazines, adult and children books. Help with the
process of Downloading from the Maricopa County Library system is provided at the Robson Library on
Wednesdays. Come to the meeting to hear all about this great system available to anyone who lives in Mar-
icopa County.
As we take a hiatus for three months of June, July and August, I would like to take this opportunity to show
our appreciation for all of the Board members who contribute their time, energy and expertise to make this a
very viable Club. I know that they would appreciate a “Thank you” word from each of you. You can find
their names and positions listed on the last page of this Newsletter.
Also our Workshops rely on members who have an expertise in a given area and are willing to share with
the members. I have been attending these meetings for years and always find that I go home with some-
thing new that I can use, as well as, renewing so many things that I had forgotten from previous sessions.
If you have a program that works well on a computer, let Bill Phillips, Workshop Coordinator, know. He will
assist you in presenting the material to the members. We try to limit the workshop to 9 or 10 people and
never more than 16.
By the way, if you know of anyone who has a program that would be appropriate for our members and that
they would be willing to share with interested people, please let one of the Board members know. We want
to hear from you.
We will see you in September. Have a relaxed and computer-filled summer.
Janet E. Quade, Computer Booters President
C l u b N e w s
From the President
by Janet Quade, PRESIDENT
Another Great Year! by Darrel Kreglo, VICE PRESIDENT/PROGRAM DIRECTOR
A s the summer approaches and we look to the
“snowbirds” heading back home, we have
completed a most successful season for sharing in-
formation, conducting classes and enjoying the
wonderful benefits of the Booter Club.
Our thanks were provided to the many volunteers
who assist and provide the support for our Monthly
Meetings and Training programs just this last week
at the Volunteer Luncheon which was arranged by
Patricia Hill. Thank you so much for your contribu-
tions during the year and especially to Patricia for
the great celebration Lunch.
Over the past several years, we have been blessed
with more than 20 professionals, providing infor-
mation, training and assistance for
our continued use and abuse in the
magic world of the “COMPUTERAMAZEMENT”,
working on our machines. Yes and this past year
we have had “THREE” great techs help us with our
“does” and “don'ts”, with those magnificent ma-
chines. Thanks to those many experts who have
shared their hints, advice, and suggestions at our
Monthly Membership Meetings. I wanted to thank
you once again for sharing with all the members of
the club and making our efforts easier and more
worthwhile for all.
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We will be working on the next season and select-
ing as many excellent presenters for the coming
sessions. Your assistance with our Speakers Fo-
rum Worksheets has greatly helped with our choic-
es and programs. In May, We will see Jenny Young
who is the manager of the Robson Library just
across Riggs Road. She and her team will give us
the latest inputs on the services of the Library, get-
ting your card upgraded and downloading books.
It’s a great time to update your card and check out
the many neat programs they will offer this sum-
mer.
As you know, we have moved the Training Pro-
grams just next door (Cottonwood) and classes are
held in the “Ceramics Room”. This new plan is a
great improvement on the size and facility for our
classes and has, in fact, saved us money in the long
run. So many thanks to Al Hill for the complete in-
stallation.
Please Note: We are still looking for a few more
Volunteers. Have a great summer.
Submitted by Darrel Kreglo, VICE PRESIDENT/PROGRAM
DIRECTOR Via Email
Very Clever Credit Card Scam!
The following is a recounting of an
incident from the victim: Wednesday
a week ago, I had a phone call from
someone saying that he was from
some outfit called: "Express Couri-
ers,"(The name could be any courier
company) He asked if I was going to
be home because there was a pack-
age for me that required a signature.
The caller said that the delivery
would arrive at my home in roughly
an hour. Sure enough, about an hour
later, a uniformed delivery man
turned up with a beautiful basket of
flowers and a bottle of wine. I
was very surprised since there was
no special occasion or holiday, and I
certainly didn't expect anything like it.
Intrigued, I inquired as to who the
sender was.
The courier replied, "I don't know, I'm
only delivering the package." Appar-
ently, a card was being sent sepa-
rately... (the card has never arrived!).
There was also a consignment note
with the gift. He then went on to ex-
plain that because the gift contained
alcohol, there was a $3.50 "delivery/
verification charge," providing proof
that he had actually delivered the
package to an adult (of legal drinking
age), and not just left it on the door-
step where it could be stolen or taken
by anyone, especially a minor.
This sounded logical and I offered to
pay him cash. He then said that the
delivery company required payment
to be by credit or debit card only, so
that everything is properly accounted
for, and this would help in keeping a
legal record of the transaction. He
added couriers don't carry cash to
avoid loss or likely targets for robbery.
My husband, who by this time was
standing beside me, pulled out his
credit card, and 'John,' the "delivery
man," asked him to swipe the card on
a small mobile card machine with a
small screen and keypad. Frank, my
husband, was asked to enter his PIN
number and a receipt was printed
out. He was given a copy of the trans-
action. The guy said everything was
in order, and wished us good day. To
our horrible surprise, between Thurs-
day and the following Mon-
day, $4,000 had been charged/
withdrawn from our credit/debit ac-
count at various ATM machines.
Apparently the "mobile credit card
machine," which the deliveryman
carried now had all the info necessary
to create a "dummy" card with all our
card details including the PIN num-
ber.
Upon finding out about the illegal
transactions on our card, we immedi-
ately notified the bank which issued
us a new card, and our credit/
debit account was closed. We also
personally went to the Police, where
it was confirmed that it is definitely a
scam because several households
had been similarly hit.
WARNING: Be wary of accepting any
"surprise gift or package," which you
neither expected nor personally or-
dered, especially if it involves
any kind of payment as a condition of
receiving the gift or package. Also,
never accept anything if you do not
personally know or there is no proper
identification of who the sender is.
Above all, the only time you should
give out any personal credit/
debit card information is when you
yourself initiated the purchase or
transaction!
“...the only time you should
give out any personal credit/
debit card information is
when you yourself initiated
the purchase or transaction!”
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F UTURE PREDICTIONS: In 1998, Kodak had 170,000 employees and sold 85% of all photo paper world-
wide. Within just a few years, their business model disappeared and they went bankrupt. What hap-
pened to Kodak will happen in a lot of industries in the next 10 years - and most people don't see it coming.
Did you think in 1998 that 3 years later you would never take pictures on paper film again? Yet digital camer-
as were invented in 1975. The first ones only had 10,000 pixels, but followed Moore's law. So as with all ex-
ponential technologies, it was a disappointment for a long time, before it became way superior and got
mainstream in only a few short years. It will now happen with Artificial Intelligence, health, autonomous
and electric cars, education, 3D printing, agriculture and jobs. Welcome to the 4th Industrial Revolution.
Welcome to the Exponential Age.
Very Interesting Predictions To
Be Mindful Of (Part 2 of 2) Excerpt Submitted by Darrel Kreglo, VICE PRESIDENT/PROGRAM DIRECTOR
BY Joseph Buccherii, Managing Director-IMPEX Lawyers & Advisers
F e a t u r e
3D printing: The price of the cheapest
3D printer came down from $18,000 to
$400 within 10 years. In the same time,
it became 100 times faster. All major
shoe companies started 3D printing
shoes. Spare airplane parts are already
3D printed in remote airports. The
space station now has a printer that
eliminates the need for the large num-
ber of spare parts they used to have in
the past.
At the end of this year, new smart
phones will have 3D scanning possibil-
ities. You can then 3D scan your feet
and print your perfect shoe at home. In
China, they already 3D printed a com-
plete 6-storey office building. By 2027,
10% of everything that's being pro-
duced will be 3D printed.
Business Opportunities: If you
think of a niche you want to
go in, ask yourself: "in the fu-
ture, do you think we will
have that?" and if the answer
is yes, how can you make that
happen sooner? If it doesn't
work with your phone, forget
the idea. And any idea de-
signed for success in the 20th
century is doomed in to failure
in the 21st century.
Work: 70-80% of jobs will dis-
appear in the next 20 years. There will
be a lot of new jobs, but it is not clear if
there will be enough new jobs in such
a small time.
Agriculture: There will be a $100 agri-
cultural robot in the future. Farmers in
3rd world countries can then become
managers of their field instead of work-
ing all days on their fields. Agroponics
will need much less water. The first
Petri dish produced veal is now availa-
ble and will be cheaper than cow-
produced veal in 2018. Right now, 30%
of all agricultural surfaces is used for
cows. Imagine if we don't need that
space anymore. There are several
startups that will bring insect protein
to the market shortly. It contains more
protein than meat. It will be labeled as
"alternative protein source" (because
most people still reject the idea of eat-
ing insects).
There is an app called "moodies" which
can already tell in which mood you are.
Around 2020 there will be apps that
can tell by your facial expressions if you
are lying. Imagine a political debate
where it's being displayed when they
are telling the truth and when not.
Bitcoin will become mainstream this
year and might even become the de-
fault reserve currency.
Longevity: Right now, the average life
span increases by 3 months per year.
Four years ago, the life span used to be
79 years, now it's 80 years. The in-
crease itself is increasing and by 2036,
there will be more than one year in-
crease per year. So we all might live for
a long, long time, probably way more
than 100.
Education: The cheapest smart phones
are already at $10 in Africa and Asia.
Until 2020, 70% of all humans will own
a smart phone. That means, everyone
has the same access to world class
education.
A 3D printer constructs a building.
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Board Members missing from this picture: Patricia Hill, Allan Levy, & Ed Nowe.
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Upcoming: Virtual
Technology Conference Submitted by Patricia Hill,
APCUG REPRESENTATIVE
F e a t u r e
(Continued on page 7)
I t’s that time again!
One of the most valued benefits of club membership is signing up and participating in one of the Association of
Personal Computer User Groups’ Virtual Technology Conferences. The next conference is scheduled for Satur-
day, May 6 at 10:00 a.m. AZ time. Simply register at https://apcug-spring-2017-vtc.eventbrite.com and you’re
ready to go.
There are two tracks this time. Titles and descriptions are right here. If you’re interested in the checking out
the presenter bios, go to https://apcug2.org/ and click on Spring 2017 VTC.
Register at: https://apcug-spring-2017-vtc.eventbrite.com
TRACK 1
1:00 pm ET
Picking the Best Backup Approach (Includes info on New Generation)
Gene Barlow, User Group Relations
Backing up your hard drive on a regular basis is the most important process that all
end-users must do on a regular basis to protect their computer from a crash or virus at-
tack. Anti-virus utilities are not always completely reliable for this protection. Only a good backup can protect
you 100% from a total loss of your computer system. Unfortunately, there are many different backup approaches
that are promoted as being all you need to do. Most of these approaches provide only a partial protection of your
system. However, there is one backup approach that is the best and the one you should be using.
This presentation will describe the four most popular backup approaches used today and tell you the strengths
and weakness of each approach. After attending this presentation, you will be able to determine what is the
best backup approach you should be using. We will then describe this approach in detail, so that you under-
stand the best way to use this best backup approach. We represent Acronis and their True Image backup utility
to the user group community. This product will provide you all of the popular backup approaches, but their in-
cremental backup image approach is the best way to go. Again, how to setup and use this best approach will be
covered in this presentation.
To help you get started doing excellent backups, we offer those that attend this webinar this Acronis True Im-
age product at half the normal retail price. We also provide our customers with our exclusive True Image Starter
Guide, which makes installing and setting up this product easy to do the best backups possible. In addition, we
will help you with question or problems as you use this product for months to come. You do not want to miss
this excellent presentation on Picking the Best Backup Approach.
2:00 pm ET
Home Automation
Bill James, APCUG Advisor, Region 8; Vice President, Computer Club of Oklahoma City
This presentation will show how Home Automation technology allows us to control your connected devices and
appliances from a central hub using our Smartphone or Tablet. The presentation will explain how we can setup
a system using widely available Google Home, Amazon Alexa and Samsung Smarthings Hubs.
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3:00 pm ET
Tune up Your Windows PC
Jere Minich, APCUG Advisor, Region 5; Program Chair, Lake-Sumter Computer Society
Clean off the junk files & improve your Windows PC performance. How to perform maintenance tasks,
updating apps and security tools, disable program that slow down your operating system.
TRACK 2
1:00 pm ET
Photo Editing with The Gimp
Dennis Rex, Member, PR Committee, SoCal Linux Expo
Like taking digital photos? Looking for a cost-effective way to restore, en-
hance or fix images? The GNU Image Manipulation Program might be an op-
tion. Cross-platform and Open Source, this powerful application contains fea-
tures that both beginners and advanced users will appreciate.
SoCal Linux Expo’s Dennis Rex will offer tips on using the GIMP to tame your most stubborn image chal-
lenges. Topics include file conversion, RAW editing, filters and plug-ins as well as basic photo manipula-
tion. All are welcome, whether looking for a new tool or hoping to compare notes with others.
2:00 pm ET
Crypto-Viruses
Toby Scott, Tech Guru, Channel Islands PCUG
Crypto-viruses, usually categorized as Ransomware, are proliferating across the Internet at a rapid rate.
If hackers can find an insecure computer or trick you into opening an attachment, they will crypto-lock all
your data files they can find, including docs, pictures, financial, database and, yes, all your backup files
they can reach. This means that many of the tried-and-true backup strategies don’t work. Toby will
show you what encrypted files look like, what messages you get when they are finished encrypting eve-
rything, what data is vulnerable and how to protect yourself.”
3:00 pm ET
Alternative to Closing Your Computer Club
Ray Baxter, APCUG Treasurer; Payson Area Computer Society
Is your club facing the prospect of closing down? Do you have members that, for a variety of reasons, are
not willing to participate in any of the club activities other than attending and letting someone else do
all the work? Is this burning out your
existing club officers?
Consider changing your club struc-
ture to one where there are no offic-
ers, no assigned duties, no dues to
collect. Instead, members agree on a
meeting time and place and just
show up. Ray Baxter, Payson Area
Computer Association in Arizona,
will explain how, in a small commu-
nity, this would work and the bene-
fits of what today are being called
Meet-Ups. Ray will bring us up-to-
date how Payson is doing with its
new format.
Home Automation
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C l u b N e w s
COMPUTER BOOTERS KEEP BLOSSOMING
by KC Coller, PUBLICITY DIRECTOR
S eriously if you are anyone that us-
es a computer and overlooked the
April 4th general meeting you really
missed hearing about useful comput-
er information. Repeating the state-
ment “this club has fantastic guest
speakers” isn’t bragging – it’s a fact.
Listening to what Mike Long had to say about “the
‘Media Mix” was magic. He enlightened us about pro-
tection from harmful software and ugly viruses. He ex-
plained how organized crime has bought into using
our computers to their advantage of getting rich. How
the criminals want us to think that our computers are
just “dumb machines”. Not true! We just need to real-
ize that we need a degree of comfort against their virus
software’s by insulating against it. He brought and
shared his understanding concerning facts that we
probably wouldn’t learn in our everyday lives.
Mike is one of those special speakers that share
knowledge for the benefit of others. Even his Q & A
session offered answers about many of our computer
concerns. Congrats to all who attended the meeting.
We’re hopeful he’ll accept our next request for a return
engagement. Mike Long is owner and operator of Me-
sa based Advanced IT Solutions.
Reports from club members that have used the ser-
vices offered by any of our guest speakers have been
“over the top” satisfied with services rendered. I for
one can and do attest to that statement.
Rich Davis our Communications Director and “Website
Guy” gave short helpful thoughts about computer us-
age. Follow the news for activities, meetings, work-
shops, membership and pictures of the best club in
Sun Lakes by clicking on to the website:
www.computerbooters.org. Check out the Calendar
and the Speaker Links. You might have gathered our
club is geared into sharing computer facts of all forms.
Should any member wish to share a thought they are
“Oh-so-Welcome”!
An “Appreciation” luncheon was held April 5th for the
club’s volunteers of this past year. Without volunteers
there wouldn’t be a club.
Our May 2nd speaker will be Jenny Young the new
manager at the Ed Robson Branch Library. She is pas-
sionate about education and sharing data. She even
feels as if she’s watching science fiction in action with
all the computing advancements there are now. We’ll
learn of the libraries many attributes making it be even
more indispensable to our community’s needs. We’re
anticipating you coming and learning more about this
great resource.
May is the last general meeting until September 5th.
Workshops will resume in October with information
published in the September and October Sun Lakes
Splash and the SunBird News.
We want to keep your computer interest piqued by
offering new things to learn. Perhaps stretch your im-
agination! This could happen by attending a work-
shop or two to learn a new skill with your computer.
Remember Mac users are “Welcome”. We have infor-
mation that both methods of computer users should
find helpful.
So everyone have a safe and fun summer and we wel-
come your fall return.
L-R: Mike Long, Pete Boyko and Bill Phillips.
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C l u b I n f o r m a t i o n
Member of
YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT
VICE PRES. - PROGRAM DIRETOR
SECRETARY
TREASURER
APCUG REPRESENTATIVE
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
EVENT DIRECTOR
EQUIPMENT DIRECTOR
MEMBER-AT-LARGE
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR
NEWSLETTER EDITOR
PUBLICITY DIRECTOR
TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR
WORKSHOP DIRECTOR
Janet Quade
Darrel Kreglo
Ed Nowe
Howard Winkle
Patricia Hill
Rich Davis
Patricia Hill
Open
Al Hill
Alan Behr
Teri Bitler
Kc Coller
Allan Levy
Bill Phillips
The COMPUTER BOOTERS OF SUN LAKES is an organization established to aid
personal computer users in achieving maximum results from their home or
small business computer. This newsletter is published monthly from Sep-
tember through May by the COMPUTER BOOTERS. It is not connected with
any commercial or private business. The information contained in this
newsletter is believed to be correct and accurate. However, the COMPUTER
BOOTERS assume no responsibility for inaccuracies or omissions. Any infor-
mation used from these articles is at the user’s risk.
The COMPUTER BOOTERS meet the first Tuesday of each month, except in
June, July and August. We meet at 6:00 PM in the Navajo Room of Sun
Lakes One Country Club, south of Riggs Road on Sun Lakes Blvd. Board
meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month at 1:30 PM at
Sun Lakes One.
If you have any questions about membership, please contact Alan Behr,
Membership Director, at [email protected].
Other computer user groups have our permission to use the articles writ-
ten by our members as long as credit is given to the author and source,
and notice is sent to:
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THIS MONTH’S MEETING
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
6:00 PM Social Time
6:30 PM Regular Meeting Start Time
Navajo Room, Sun Lakes Country Club
CALENDAR CORNER
Guest presenter:
Jenny Young, Manager
Ed Robson Branch Library
2017 GENERAL MEETING DATES
Navajo Room, Sun Lakes Country Club
September 5 November 7
October 3 December 5
Monthly meetings from September through May with presen-
tations by club members and computer professionals on top-
ics of interest. Each member and guest receives a free ticket
for the door prize drawing at the end of the meeting.
Workshops; these are separate from the general meeting.
Newsletter with club news, articles, and product re-
views
Website with club information, monthly program sched-
ule, recommended programs to download, and various
member services
Help from other members with your computer questions
Vendor discounts
Clean Up Your PC
Computer Components
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Word
PC Basics
Photoshop Elements
ProShow Gold
Quicken
Skype
Turbo Tax
Welcome to Tablets
Windows 10
