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Contents 1 Windows XP Expires - Sandy Berger 2 About k-Byte 3 Using CrossLoop to Troubleshoot and Control Remote Machines - Vinny LaBash 4 Let Me Count the Ways I Like Linux - Kerry Miller 5 Tip of the Month - Outline Numbering Made Easy - The Office Experts 6 Calendar of Events 7 The Two Month Activities Calendar 8 Moving on to Vista-Part 9 - Neil Stahfest 9 Internet Traffic Is Growing Fast-But Capacity Is Keeping Pace - TeleGeography Research 9 Photo Gallery 10 About Trading Post 12 Directions and Map to Meeting Place 12 FRPCUG Contacts Meeting Previews on Page 6:
 Quote of the Month Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men. T. H. Huxley [1874] Windows XP Expires by Sandy Berger, CompuKISS, http://www.compukiss.com, sandy(at)compukiss.com On June 30th, 2008, Microsoft started the death march for Windows XP. As of that date, Microsoft stopped shipments of Windows XP as a stand-alone shrink-wrapped product. So after supplies are exhausted, you won't be able to go into a store and purchase Windows XP. Microsoft also stopped most sales to PC manufacturers. So Dell, Lenovo, HP and others will not get any new copies of Windows XP to install on their mainstream computers. However, Windows XP, Microsoft's longest-lived and best-loved operating system, isn't going to vanish overnight. You will still see copies of the XP software and/or computers with Windows XP in stores until inventories and depleted. Microsoft has made four important concessions that will also keep XP alive: 1. Microsoft will support Windows XP until April 2014. They will offer updates, security patches, and technical support until that time. 2. Smaller local PC makers can continue to sell PCs with Windows XP until January 2009. 3. Computers with limited hardware capabilities which are sometimes called ultra-low cost PCs (ULCPC) can sell with Windows XP Home until June 2010. 4. With the purchase of Windows Vista Business or Windows Vista Ultimate, the two most expensive versions of Vista, a customer will be able to move back to Windows XP Professional via what Microsoft is calling "downgrade rights." Details on how this will be handled have not be clearly defined to the public at this time. It is even possible that different manufacturers will handle this in different ways. To the home users, this all means very little, unless you need a new computer and are violently opposed to Windows Vista. To business users, these new policies and extensions mean that they will be able to keep their fleets of Windows XP computers running for several more years. Microsoft has announced that Windows 7, the next version of Windows, will be available in 2010 so many businesses will be able to skip Vista entirely instead to Windows 7. Intel has already announced that they will do just that. What this means for everyone is that Microsoft, while not writing off Vista, has made it an "interim" operating system. Microsoft is still pushing Windows Vista. They recently announced that Vista now supports 77,000 printers, cameras, speakers and other devices and components. They also brag that more than 140 million copies of Windows Vista have already been sold, making it the fastest selling operating system in Microsoft history. So Windows Vista is not a flash-in-the-pan like Windows ME which was quickly replaced by Windows XP. In my opinion, Vista is both better and safer than Windows XP and if you are already using Vista or plan to make the move, it is not a bad choice. Yet Vista has become a lame duck. Microsoft definitely has a dilemma on their hands. The only way they will come out of this is if they can get Windows 7 out quickly while making it faster, safer, and easier to use. They also need to give it a good name and get the members of the press behind it. I'm not sure if the lumbering giant can pull that off-especially if Apple and/or Linux find a way to take advantage of this Microsoft predicament! Obtained from APCUG with the author's permission for publication by APCUG member groups. This article has been provided to APCUG by the author solely for publication by APCUG member groups. All other uses require the permission of the author (see e-mail address above).  Published monthly, k-Byte is the official newsletter of the Front Range Personal Computer Users Group (FRPCUG): our mailing address is PMB 152, 305 W. Magnolia, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521. Opinions expressed in k-Byte are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the group or its members. Publication of information in k-Byte constitutes no guarantee of accuracy. Use of any information found in this publication is at the sole risk of the user. Neither k-Byte, nor its officers, nor its editors or contributors assume any liability for damages resulting from use of information in this publication. Submissions Articles, letters and short items of interest on computer-related topics are welcome and encouraged. All items submitted for publication are subject to editing. Send your contribution to the editor via e-mail attachment or submit on disk. If you have questions about a submission, please contact the editor for information. Copyright and Trademark Information k-Byte is copyrighted ©2008 by the Front Range Personal Computer Users Group. The k-Byte logo and the Front Range PC Users Group logo are Trademarked by the Front Range PC Users Group. Unless otherwise noted, other nonprofit users groups may reprint or quote from any articles appearing in k-Byte without prior permission, provided that: a) proper author and publication credits are given; b) that a copy of the publication in which the article appears is sent at no cost to k-Byte at the above mailing address, or emailed to contact(at)frpcug.org; and c) any additional instructions/restrictions contained in the article are followed. User groups wishing to exchange newsletters with FRPCUG are invited to send a copy of their newsletter together with an exchange request. Disclaimer IBM PC, OS/2, Compaq, HP, Dell, UNIX, Windows and other trademarks occasionally mentioned in k-Byte are registered trademarks of International Business Machines, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Corporation, Microsoft, Dell Inc., or their owners respectively. Neither FRPCUG nor its newsletter k-Byte are connected in any way with any manufacturer or seller. Acceptance by FRPCUG of donated products or services from suppliers, or inclusion of a supplier in the FRPCUG Partner list does not imply that any continuing financial support is received or expected by FRPCUG. Nor do such activities imply an endorsement of either the supplier or product or service. Such information is made available to members as a service. Use of any product or supplier found in this publication, or any FRPCUG publication, is at the sole risk of the user. Advertising Classified advertising is free to members for non-business ads. See "About Trading Post" for pricing for camera-ready display ads. Charges for ad makeup from sketches, etc., are available on request. Deadline for camera-ready and classified ads is 45 days prior to the month of publication. For example, ads for the March newsletter must be submitted by January 15th. For pricing and schedules for ad design, connect to contact(at)frpcug.org or kbyte(at)frpcug.org. About FRPCUG FRPCUG is an independent nonprofit computer society, so incorporated with the State of Colorado and open to anyone interested in Windows, or UNIX/LINUX microcomputers. Its purpose is to provide an educational and scientific forum of mutual benefit for members of the micro-computer community. FRPCUG holds a monthly meeting and conducts various special interest groups (SIGs) and seminars. Members have voting privileges, subscription to k-Byte newsletter, and access to SIGs and selected seminars. Annual dues are $25 for individual/family membership ($20 for students) and $50 for corporate/group membership. by Vinny LaBash, Member and Contributing Columnist, Sarasota PCUG, Florida, http://www.spcug.org, vlabash(at)comcast.net Third party Windows applications are rarely examined in this column, but CrossLoop is too good a utility to ignore. Trying to walk someone through a computer problem over the telephone is often an exercise in frustration. There is no substitute for seeing what is actually on a user's screen to find out the root cause of a problem. Vista has a built-in support tool known as Remote Desktop, but far from making the process easy, it has a tendency to confuse those with no technical background. Remote Desktop makes it rough on those who don't know how to handle the added complications of firewalls and routers. CrossLoop, which is a free remote support utility, could be an excellent solution. CrossLoop shields users from tricky situations involving communicating through routers, firewalls, and other potential obstacles. Setting up a communications session between two computers physically separated, but connected through the internet, is reduced to a process hardly more complex than turning on your TV. Those concerned about security can relax. CrossLoop uses something called TightVNC which safeguards data with 128 bit encryption. CrossLoop is useful for people who want to train or support others remotely. If you're an experienced web surfer, for example, and need to show someone how to access a disk drive or retrieve a lost document, CrossLoop allows you to take control of their computer screen, and show them exactly how to do it. Hard core geeks may not be satisfied with CrossLoop. It's not complicated enough. It works better than most similar commercial utilities, and your technically challenged friends and relatives will find it aggravation free. You can download the program without charge from http://www.crossloop.com. The site has a video that demonstrates how to install and use the program which is very helpful for technophobes. Once you're up and running, the interface presenting itself is a model of simplicity which effectively masks the complexity behind the scenes. As mentioned earlier, security and remote control is handled by TightVNC. VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing, and is a very well designed software tool that easily allows remote access to Operating Systems with a graphical interface. The technical specifications say you need Windows 98 or higher. A broadband internet connection is also a requirement. Dialup connections won't work. Drive space, processor speed, and memory requirements are negligible given the general power of today's computers. Another benefit of TightVNC is the built-in 128 bit encrypted security. When you begin a communications session, the program generates a new 12 digit access code. The access code then generates the encryption codes giving you an additional layer of security. Not bad for a free utility.  Running the program is so easy it's almost boring. As you can see from the illustration, the interface is simple and straightforward. Assuming you started the session, the next step is to communicate the access code to the person you are communicating with. You can do this by email, telephone, screaming into the next room, etc. After starting the session, your friend types the access code into the box and clicks Connect. When the Connect button is clicked on both sides the two PCs are linked. This method of troubleshooting a remote PC eliminates all the hassles of trying to interpret what an inexperienced user is attempting to explain. It's difficult to imagine anything less complex than a one button interface. With 128 bit encryption built in, it's tough to beat. Other applications that make such connections possible have been available for years, but nothing I've seen makes it as simple as CrossLoop. Obtained from APCUG with the author's permission for publication by APCUG member groups. This article has been provided to APCUG by the author solely for publication by APCUG member groups. All other uses require the permission of the author (see e-mail address above). by Kerry Miller, http://www.frpcug.org I used to use Microsoft Windows up to Windows 97. I then switched to Windows NT in a dual boot system with Linux. However, when I went to boot NT one more time and NT gave me a message to the effect "I'm sick, fix me," I said good by to Windows and Linux has been my main operating system since. I found Linux applications to match all my user data. I was able to move all that data from the NT file system (NTFS) to the earlier Windows file system (FAT). From there I copied all the data into the ext2 file system, which was used by Linux at the time. Now let me count the ways I like Linux: 1. Linux resembled the HP-UX operating system (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP-UX) I was using at work. This made going between work and home easier. 2. The roots of the Linux operating system go back to the late 1980's. By the time I decided to switch to Linux, it was a viable (if little known) multi-user, multi-tasking operating system for Personal Computers. That meant I could establish more than one user for my PC and run multiple programs simultaneously-I was not restricted to either the Windows or MAC operating systems for those PC capabilities. And, of course, Linux was (and still is) free. 3. Linux comes with a distribution of the X windows protocol produced by an international consortium. To understand this capability, think of it as "...providing the basic framework for building Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs), and moving windows on the screen and interacting with a mouse and/or keyboard." (extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_windows). Because this capability was (and is) not built in to the operating system, it provides greatly enhanced flexibility for anyone creating Linux applications. 4. For those familiar with the Windows and MAC operating systems, it is surprising to realize that the software that creates what you see as the "desktop" can actually be a separate application program. I use the GNOME desktop together with X windows. This desktop (one of several that can be used with Linux) allows me to use a number of different screens and switch between them as I wish. This allows me to open an application on one screen and switch to a different screen to open another application. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME: "The GNOME project puts heavy emphasis on simplicity, usability, and making things 'just work....'" 5. There are a wide range of user applications available, as well as tools to write your own applications. 6. Linux has (and has had for some time) a reputation for stability. The operating system doesn't crash unless the user does something to make it crash. Around 1997 (about the time I decided to change to the Linux operating system) I read an article (in a Linux magazine) professing to use two computers as near identical as production processes allow. They loaded one computer with Microsoft Windows and the loaded the second computer with Linux. They ran similar bench mark programs on both computers. The machine loaded with Microsoft operating system crashed in a short time. The machine loaded with Linux continued to run for as long as the comparison experiment was set to run. 7. Many distributions of Linux are as easy or easier to install than Microsoft Windows. 8. A person can customize and/or build a Linux operating system to meet individual needs. 9. Many distributions of Linux include such primary applications such as the Firefox web browser, OpenOffice, an office suite similar to Microsoft Office (word processor, spreadsheet, presentations, etc.), and a number of other "name brand" applications. 10. Linux can be cost free. There are hundreds (or more) of applications written for Linux and there is a growing library of applications. Microsoft windows was the new kid on the block at the time I switched to Linux from my point of view and it did NOT do many ordinary things well. by The Office Experts, http://www.theofficeexperts.com. Copyright © 2004 by The Oice Experts. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission. Many people have problems working with Outline numbering in Word. The truth is, it is so simple, that you won't believe it. Outline numbering can include bullets too. Reset One problem is caused by not resetting the numbering schemes. Every time you use Bullets or Numbering, you should go through each scheme and hit the RESET button, if it is available. This resets your bullets and numbering to Word's default and in no way effects your current documents. Formatting Specific Areas Suppose you want to have just several pages of your document outline numbered... If you have not yet typed your text: Go to Format-Bullets and Numbering, choose an outline numbering that does not have headings. Hit the Customize button. Click on each level in the left-hand column and set the indents and space between numbers and text as desired. Hit Ok. To use the first level of that outline numbering, your text must begin on the left margin. To use level 2, hit tab or use the Increase Indent button on the toolbar, and then type your text. To use level 3, hit tab again, and so on. Use Shift-Tab to decrease your indent to the previous level. If you have already typed your text: First select your text, and follow the directions above. Then indent your text as necessary. This works best using the increase indent button. Formatting Headings If you are not using other headings in your document, you can use the outline-numbered Heading styles even if you are not using them all for *true* headings. Some documents-military documents are a good example-have every paragraph numbered. This makes it easy for them to referred to later. You can also bookmark them and cross-reference them. Then, if an item's number changes because you inserted another item, the cross-reference stays linked with the correct paragraph. To format for headings, follow the same instructions as above, except that now you should choose a Heading style outline number scheme. Edit to desired. Warning: Some of these numbering schemes can get quite wide in the amount of space they take up. For instance, an item numbered 10.12.22.4 that is followed by a half-inch indent can take up quite a bit of the body width of your document. Your paragraph of text is now indented considerably and an otherwise short paragraph can take up a lot more page length. Using Outline numbering for your heading styles is not recommended unless it meets requirements of your company or firm, or if your document is limited to perhaps Heading 3 or 4. Formatting Templates Now suppose you've struggled over three or four Heading outline-numbered documents, and now you want to continue with these *better* methods. In a new document, type some sample text for heading levels 1, 2, 3, and 4, or however many levels you used in your document. Format them as outline numbered using the method above. If this is exactly how you wanted it to look the first time around, save this file as a template. Close it. Open one of your badly formatted documents. Hit Format-Style and choose the Organizer button. Your document's styles appear in the left-hand of the window. On the right, you'll see normal.dot. Close normal.dot with the Close button. The Close button turns into an Open button. Choose it and open your new outline numbered template. Copy whatever styles you created in your template over to your existing document. Close the template. Hit OK. All of your previous heading styles should not be replaced with appropriately outline-numbered heading styles. 2008 Graphical Events Calendar September General Forum Meeting We will meet at the Fort Collins Senior Center on Tuesday, October 7th 7:00 PM Meeting Agenda: 7:00 to 7:15 Announcements 7:15 to 8:00 Open Forum 8:00 to 8:15 Break 8:15 to 9:00 October: Innovative Technology - It's Never 2 Late October General Forum Meeting We will meet at the Fort Collins Senior Center on Tuesday, November 4th 7:00 PM Meeting Agenda: 7:00 to 7:15 Announcements 7:15 to 8:00 Open Forum 8:00 to 8:15 Break 8:15 to 9:00 Mailing Label Magic See you at the meetings! Get full membership benefits. If you are not a current member, download an application from http://www.frpcug.org/memberap.htm Future General Forum Meeting Notes The October meeting includes a demonstration by Donna Gruis, Innovative Technology Director at the Good Samaritan Society Fort Collins Village (and a FRPCUG member) of an adaptive (also known as assistive technology) computer system. The system, based on the "It's Never 2 Late" (or IN2L) software, is being used at the Good Samaritan facility. The computer with the IN2L software has many features which help people with disabilities use a computer to stay connected to family, friends and the world. The November meeting topic is Mailing Label Magic. Keep your eye on the website and/or the Graphical Events Calendar for more details. Future SIG's, Seminars, and Other Meetings Digital Imaging SIG The Digital Imaging SIG is a forum for discussion of digital imaging hardware and software. The meetings are held every 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 PM in the Senior Center Lobby. The meeting format is informal, using the Shop Talk sessions as a basis. For more information, contact Mike Morris at twriterext(at)gmail.com. New Technology SIG The New Technology SIG provides advance support for all PC related operating system and telecommunication issues. The meetings are held at 7:00 PM on the third Thursday of each month at Bluebird Manufacturing Inc., 1421 Webster Avenue, in Fort Collins. For more information, contact Chuck McJilton at 970-493-2987. Shop Talk One-on-one assistance. Drop in to the Senior Center lobby on any Saturday (holidays excepted) from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Board Meeting FRPCUG's executive board meets on Wednesday of the week following the General Forum meeting. All members are welcome and are encouraged to attend. These meetings are held at 7:00 PM in the Staff Board Room of the Fort Collins Senior Center. October 2008 4 Shop Talk 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM 7 FRPCUG General Forum Meeting 7:00 PM 11 Shop Talk 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM 14 Digital Imaging SIG Meeting 7:00 PM 15 FRPCUG Board Meeting 7:00 PM 18 Shop Talk 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM 23 New Technology SIG Meeting 7:00 PM 25 Shop Talk 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM November 2008 1 Shop Talk 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM 4 FRPCUG General Forum Meeting 7:00 PM 8 Shop Talk 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM 11 Digital Imaging SIG Meeting 7:00 PM 12 FRPCUG Board Meeting 7:00 PM 15 Shop Talk 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM 20 New Technology SIG Meeting 7:00 PM 22 Shop Talk 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM 29 NO Shop Talk by Neil Stahfest, Librarian, Tacoma Area PC User Group, WA, http://www.tapcug.org, ncstahfest(at)msn.com As I mentioned last month, Vista's Service Pack 1 is out. I didn't see any real changes in my computer after I installed it, most of modifications are supposed to deal with computer security. I have since encountered a problem with my printer. I don't print too often from my "Vista computer" so the problem wasn't immediately obvious. When I did try to print some documents, they "disappeared" without printing. My first thought was that I had changed the firewall on my print server and locked out connections from other computers on my home network (I've done that before). No, that wasn't it. After checking and finding that I could transfer files between my computers, I went to the printer section of my control panel. That's where I discovered that Vista wanted a new printer driver installed. I don't remember any problems with the printer when I started using this computer. As I recall, Vista recognized my printer (a fairly new HP ink jet printer) and it just worked. Anyway, a search of Hewlett Packard's web site didn't reveal a new printer driver. In fact it told me to use the one built into Vista. I turned to the installation CD that came with the printer and reinstalled the printer driver from the CD. It worked and I can print over my home network using a wireless connection again. I have no idea why this happened but at least one other TAPCUG member also discovered a printer driver problem after installing Vista SP1. Speaking of security (see paragraph 1), Windows Vista, like Windows XP, comes with a firewall program pre-installed. As all you computer gurus know, a computer firewall is a hardware or software tool that examines all Internet traffic letting only "safe" traffic into your computer. The firewall for Vista was supposed to scan Internet traffic both entering and leaving your computer. I can hear some of you saying, "If I scan incoming traffic to be safe, why do I care about outbound traffic?" Well, incoming traffic is the bigger threat to you. Using pre-defined rules it determines which programs are allowed to use your network connection or which ports can be used for communications. If some spyware, Trojans or malicious "phone home" software slip past your firewall they may allow someone to take remote control of your computer to attack it other computers through your Internet connection (that's why Microsoft is always sending you those security updates). So a firewall that scans outbound traffic attempts to stop this. To make a longer story short, contrary to plans, the ability to check outbound traffic has not been provided with Vista's firewall. Another shortcoming of Vista's firewall is that it does not create a log of all attempts to contact your computer from a local network or the Internet. This kind of record can be useful if you suspect a hacker has been visiting your computer in the middle of the night. Actually, there is a way that you can modify Vista's firewall to create a log and examine outbound traffic. The process to set this up is probably more complicated than most of us would like to deal with so I offer a much easier solution. Turn off Vista's firewall and install a third party firewall program. Do not try to use two or more firewall programs at the same time. They do not play well together. There are a number of firewall programs that you can purchase as well as some that are free. I've been using the free version of Zone Alarm for many years and I'm satisfied with its protection. It also creates a log that I can use to examine attempts to connect to my computer. You can find it on the Internet at http://www.zonealarm.com. Obtained from APCUG with the author's permission for publication by APCUG member groups. This article has been provided to APCUG by the author solely for publication by APCUG member groups. All other uses require the permission of the author (see e-mail address above). |
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Thanks to Stephan Beckert of TeleGeography Research for granting permission to reprint the Internet Trafiic article beginning on the next page. Thanks to FRPCUG member and President Rick Mattingly for bringing the article to this editor's attention. |
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by TeleGeography Research, http://telegeography.com. Copyright © 2008 by PriMetrica, Inc. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.  For the second consecutive year, total international Internet capacity grew faster than total Internet traffic, leading to lower utilisation levels on many internet backbones. Between 2007 and 2008 average traffic utilisation levels decreased from 31% to 29%, while peak utilisation fell from 44% to 43%. The aggregate trend toward lower utilisation of capacity belies significant regional differences. While utilisation on international links to Europe and Asia fell in 2008, they rose in the US & Canada and Latin American where traffic growth outpaced the deployment of new internet bandwidth. Traffic growth has remained strong, even though the pace of broadband subscriber growth has declined. 'Broadband subscriber growth has been slowing since 2001, but the volume of traffic generated by each user grown,' said TeleGeography Director of Research Alan Mauldin. 'Traffic growth is fueled by consumer demand for video, delivered via web browsers, peer-to-peer services, or streaming protocols.' TeleGeography's Global Internet Geography provides in-depth analysis of international and US domestic Internet backbone capacity, traffic and pricing. To download the executive summary of TeleGeography's Global Internet Geography study, please visit:. For more information please contact us at: +1 (202) 741-0042 or press@telegeography.com Source: TeleGeography's Global Internet Geography Washington DC, USA TeleGeography Research, a division of PriMetrica, Inc. 1909 K St., NW Suite 380 Washington, DC 20006 United States Tel.: +1 202 741 0020 Fax: +1 202 741 0021 TeleGeography is a division of PriMetrica, Inc. The company offers individual and enterprise subscriptions to online databases and reports on subjects ranging from wireless carrier competition to global Internet backbone traffic. In addition, the company's team of experienced consultants can supply customized market analysis, strategic advice, and support services to clients anywhere in the world. |
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Photo Gallery This month's featured photographer: Mike Morris, using the FRPCUG GE A730 Mode = Auto F number = 4.92 Exposure Time = 1/23 seconds ISO = 100 Focal Length = 18.30 mm. September Sunrise Over Lake Loveland. Copyright © 2008 by Mike Morris. All rights reserved. Send requests for copies/reprint permissions to kbyte(at)frpcug.org |
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Noncommercial Advertising k-Byte runs classified ads in Trading Post for three consecutive issues. $ - Trading Post ads up to 10 lines (or 70 words) long are free to FRPCUG members and only $10 for non-members. - $ To place an ad in Trading Post contact Rick Mattingly at 970-613-8968 or e-mail to rickmatt(at)q.com. Commercial Advertising Specifications (Per Issue) Full Page (8.5" x 11")*$50.00 Half Page (5.5" x 8.5")*$30.00 Quarter Page (4.25" x 5.5")*$20.00 Business Card (2" x 3.5")*$10.00 We ofer a substantial discount for repeat ads and continuing contracts. For an additional charge we will design your ad for you. Contact Rick Matingly for more information on this service at 970-613-8968 or email to rickmat(at)q.com. *Allow for 0.5 inch margins  The Fort Collins Senior Center The Fort Collins Senior Center is located at 1200 Raintree Drive. This site is situated at the northwest corner of the Shields and Raintree Drive intersection, on the north side of the Raintree Shopping Center, and just west of the bank building on the corner of Shields and Raintree (see map at right). Check the marquee at the main entrance for directions to the specific meeting room. |
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| FRPCUG CONTACTS | ||||
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| FRPCUG Officers | Name | Work | Home | |
| President | Rick Mattingly | 613-8968 | rickmatt(at)q.com | |
| Vice President | Don Anderson | 498-3534 | 482-0943 | doande(at)gmail.com |
| Treasurer | Virginia Febinger | 498-2127 | gingercln(at)comcast.net | |
| Secretary | Jim Bragonier | 484-9061 | james.bragonier(at)comcast.net | |
| k-Byte Staff | ||||
| Editor-in-Chief | Mike Morris | 461-2002 | twriterext(at)gmail.com | |
| Features Editor | Mike Morris | |||
| Other Contacts | ||||
| Membership Coordinator | Jack Linder | 663-2151 | jack(at)frpcug.org | |
| New Technology SIG Leader | Chuck McJilton | 493-2987 | cdmcjs(at)gmail.com | |
| Digital Imaging SIG Leader | Mike Morris | |||
| Publicity | Mike Morris | 461-2002 | twriterext(at)gmail.com | |
| Door Prize Coordinator | John Goldey | 221-0877 | johngoldey(at)juno.com | |
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