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SeniorNet GlenfieldNewsletter May 2018

Phone:444 2231; Email:seniornet_glenfield@xtra.co.nzWebsite: www.seniornet-glenfield.org.nz

Full contact details and office hours are on page 4.

Great excitementtoday - thiskingfisher was inone of our trees.Only about thethird one we haveseen here in ourseven years in thishome.Taken hand heldfrom the openwindow. It’s attimes like this Iwish that I had abigger lens.

This is a very exciting time for Glenfield SeniorNet. We have justreplaced all eight of our desktop computers in Room 14 with brandnew ones. Some of our existing ones were 10 years old, so we areroaring up to date. For those with some knowledge of thistechnology - the new ones have an Intel i5 processor with 8 Gigsof RAM so will cope with the most demanding tasks. They alsohave solid state drives. Together with our recently acquired fibrefor the internet, you should see big changes in speed.

Room 15 also sees changes, with the best remaining machines beingconcentrated there. No doubt, Doug Turner, our Tuition Manager,will ensure that apps (programs) that are the most demanding, suchas Excel, will be hosted in Room 14.

From the ChairWhat is theRVP?Page 2

MayGeneral MeetingDetails Page 5

SN FederationFacts & Figures

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Jim Air

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There is a new energy in the Committeewith three of our members, Anne Simpson,Barbara Heath and Frances Carrucaninitiating a reach out to Retirement Centres(“The Retirement Village Project”). Thisrequired a lot of setting up and theinvaluable input of Doug Turner, and alsoPeter Ashley as our inside man. The firstRetirement Centre to benefit was the BertSutcliffe Village in Birkdale. We had agreat reaction and it went very well withover 40 at the initial meeting and over 25involved in the ensuing weekly classes.Next off the block is The Orchards. Manythanks to Allan Rouse and Barbara Heathfor their tutoring in this challenging newenvironment.

With each village we anticipate leaving anucleus of existing talented residents tocarry on the work. This has happened atthe Bert Sutcliffe.

Committee:Chairperson: Jim Air Secretary/Office Mgr: Anne Simpson Treasurer: Judy Air

Tuition Mgr:Doug Turner Membership Mgr/Newsletter: Richard PalmerCommunication Mgr. Christine Bibby

Committee: Frances Carrucan Dando Francis Barbara Heath Bob OldnallOutside committee; Property: Manager John Watts

Christine Bibby, our CommunicationsManager, has created a new leaflet fordistributing to the public, through librariesand the like, to tell people what we do.She has been updating our website, liaisingwith the media and has other tasks in hand.

We were glad to welcome Bob Oldnallback on to the Committee. Bob in aprevious year was our Deputy Chairmanbut had to leave the Committee to handleprivate matters. It is great to have himback.

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Retirement Village Project.

Committee News

Communications

Jim AirChairman

I thought thatgrowing old

would take longer.

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From the Tuition Manager.

Jim Air 418 1378 Judy Air 418 1378 Peter Ashley 482 2645Christine Bibby 0210637128 Dando Francis 444 3674 Liz Godfrey 480 5773

Rob Gordon 473 2 2 4 6 Barbara Heath 419 0026 David Helas 483 7569Les Howe 479 9773 Jim O’Hara 444 7102 Linda Pinder 478 5201

Dick Richards 09 426 7923 Allan Rouse 486 0477 Doug Turner 418 0700

Tutors

If you are unable to attend a class please advise the office.

The SeniorNet Federation held its AGM andSymposium on the second week in May andI represented our Learning Centre.

The Federation Chairman from the Eden-Roskill Learning Centre spoke of the statusof the Federation. There are 71 Centres; thelatest Centre opened last year on Waihekeand four closed during the year. Themembership is just under 14,000. There isa significant increase in new members of ayounger age and women far outnumber men.

The payment to Centres will continue at$1.25 an hour for skills-based learning. Atrial is underway until 30th June 2018 ofpayment to non-skill based learning such asSpecial Interest Groups.

In the days of Government assistance, eachCentre reported on its learning sessions tiedto 15 categories of learning. Reporting on

Greetingsthese categories is maintained in order togive an indication of where members’interest lies. Last year the most popularcategory was introduction to portabledevices – iPads, tablets and phones. Nextcame Maintenance, including organizingfiles and folders on the PC and in the clouds,and How-do-I. Exploring Operating systemsfollowed and then Social Media andGenealogy. The fifth most popular sessionscovered graphics and image enhancing.

The report from Grant Sideway the CEO,indicated that the Federation’s involvementwith the Census has given him inspirationfor suggesting a role for SeniorNets inoffering general help to the community.Almost 2000 people received help withcompleting the Census forms.

Grant’s interaction with the Minister forSeniors regarding Government funding has

Report on the SeniorNet Federation AGM and Symposium.

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not been so positive since Christmas and hewas not boosting expectation of a return offunding having been told to wait for theBudget.

Speakers at the Symposium were a mix. Thefirst were from the Census group of NZ Statsand spoke well. A couple of points thatinterested me: data from people not at homeon census night is repatriated to their home.It would have been interesting to know howthey linked the addresses. Once the initialcollection is verified – all names are strippedout, so no one can be identified in the results.When SeniorNet Glenfield Genealogy groupmeet in 2068 they will not be able to findrelatives on Census data as we do now.

The next speaker was a lawyer speaking onactions to be taken regarding you leavingyour digital footprint in the digital world.She spoke at length on Facebook, coveringthe ability to memorialize an account. Shegave some detail on Google’s requirementsto hand over personal data to an executor.Our next General Meeting will cover thistopic. Her colleague spoke on cryptocurrency. He commented that you can buybitcoins in Australia but not here. That doesnot appear to be the situation, however, haveany members brought any crypto currencyyet?Two applications that were new to me weredescribed and demonstrated. Zoom is anapplication for running conferences andseminars on the web. When such an activityis underway, screens can be shared, and awhite board used; videos and images can beshared. The application works on all devicesand we saw a group meeting with a laptop,a tablet and a phone.

The next application was MS SWAY.Another interesting session with Sway beinga PowerPoint on steroids. It is part of Office365 of which we have spare on-line copies,and I will try for a workshop sometime soon.

Talking of workshops, please be aware thatthe sessions highlighted in the schedule arethe sets of workshops that have beendeveloped from courses. The content ofeach session is given so that the specificsessions of interest to you can be chosen andattended.

One workshop that I have been asked to addis to give members an idea of what is onoffer regarding photography and imageediting. We have workshops exploring theuse of digital cameras, various applicationsfor editing the images that you have taken,and the various ways of sharing the images,on paper and in the cloud. If it goes ahead Ithink there will be at least four tutors tocover the options. A date will be publishedasap.

There is a large Windows 10 update goingout to machines at the moment. It is calledthe April Update so it’s late already. Thereis a new button on the tool bar, next toCortana called Timeline. A click displaystasks that you have been working on for thelast four days. The Esc key closes thedisplay window. The most significantimprovements of the update appear to be inthe Edge browser and will be covered in thenext Internet workshop set.

See you at the Mayfield Centre.Doug

Local Stuff

Growing old is when themind says, “Yes”,and the body says,

“You go ahead,I’ll sit here and watch”.

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Welcome to New Members

Loretta Candy

Anne-marie Leslie

Malcolm Heileson

D McLean

Anitta Pettit

Neil Pollock

May General MeetingMonday 21st May 2 pm at the Mayfield Centre.

Our Speaker:Kate Nixon, Design Manager at the Department of Internal Affairs

Kate will be presenting on theGovernment initiatives that provideintegrated services for New Zealanders.She will be focussing on the End of LifeServices  Kate will show members what

the Government has been working on,plans and information available to NewZealanders, how New Zealanders havebeen responding to them and what is tocome in the future.

Members are welcome to bring a friend. The cost is $2per person to cover expenses. Afternoon tea is provided

after the talk.

End of Life Services Provided by the Government

Pat Noton

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We try to ensure that information you are given in our newsletter and/or our classesis correct. However, no responsibility will be taken by any club member if anyproblem ensues.

Likewise, tutors and/or assistants give information to you in good faith and will notbe held responsible should you encounter a problem.

Disclaimer

SeniorNet Glenfield IncP O Box 40056 Glenfield Auckland 0747

Telephone 444-2231Email: seniornet_glenfield@xtra.co.nz

Website: www.seniornet-glenfield.org.nz

Clubrooms 5 Mayfield RoadOffice Hours 10am to Noon Monday to Friday

Full contact details.

Computer Technician - AnthonyHi, my name is Anthony, I’m a qualified computer technician with many years ofexperience helping home users and small businesses. I’m honest, trustworthy and

patient, happy to help out with any computer problems big or small.

Feel free to call me anytime; advice is free! I charge $50 per hour – Free QuotesAnthony Phone 021-0520854 or

anthony@anthonyscomputerservices.co.nz

My services include:

* New PC’s * PC upgrades * Virus & adware/malware removal* Laptop repair specialist * Backup setup and plans * Printers

* Email setup * Diagnosing slow PC problems Etc...

Learning Computer and IT Skills Together,

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One Session Workshops June 20181 A look at Internet Banking This workshop is appropriate to all banks.2 Bring in your Lap Top We can check the settings and advise on

software.3 Camera 2 computer Save the pictures on your camera to your

computer4 Download from the Internet Download, install and uninstall Apps and files5 Follow on Facebook Check up on aspects of Facebook6 How do I... A computer problem? we might be able to help.7 Install library ebooks on a

device.If you have a library card you can borrowelectronic library books.

8 Keyboard Short Cuts The shortcuts in Microsoft and Open Sourcesoftware

9 Mirroring your phone to yourTV

Linking devices with a TV

10 Professional image printing Make A4 prints at a good price.11 Purchase a computer Discuss the important features to look for.12 Purchase a Smart Phone Discuss the important features to look for.13 Put music on an iPad Take music from a CD and install on an iPad14 Q&A on Android phones &

tabletsSpecific "problems" please

15 Scan Documents A session on what is involved when documentsare scanned.

16 Scan slides into computer Scan slides and negatives to a jpg for editing17 Share photos on the web Use Google photos to share with just family and

friends18 Skype Set-up and communicate with audio and video.19 Start Facebook The beginnings of getting onto Facebook20 Taking on a Smart TV Set up and install a Smart TV. .21 Trademe Use Trade Me to buy and sell via the internet22 Use a flash/pen drive Store, rename, delete files on a Flash Drive23 Use Cloud storage Back up and share files in the clouds24 Vinyl to CD Convert your old LP's to CD's25 What else can Google do? Google Earth, Google Translate, Google Photos

etc. You choose.26 Windows 10 Odds and Ends Exploring Photos, Mail, Edge and any other

strange new App.27 Work with PDF format Make documents that are regarded as legal

documents.28 Working in the Cloud Work with documents & spread sheets in the

Cloud.29 Burn a disk in Media centre Burn a music CD from your own collection.30 Zip and UN-Zip Archive, or form one folder from a collection of

folders

Schedule for June-2018Every Monday 10-12 Meet and greet new and prospective members

Course name Day Time No. of Startdays date

Finishdate

Room Tutor CommentCodeWelcome

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Using Picasa Tue 10am 1 5-Jun 5-Jun 14 Dick $5.0 Manage, enhance and sharephotographs.0

PCW

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AndroidSmartphones L2

5-JunTue 1.30pm 1 5-Jun 15 Allan $5.0The more complicatedstuffwith Smartphones0

P2W

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Email Options Tue 1.30pm 1 5-Jun 5-Jun 14 Doug $5.0 A comprehensive look atemail systems.0

EMW

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Exploring Windows10

6-JunWed 10am 1 6-Jun 15 Les $5.0The finer points OfyourOperating System0

EXW

Digital Camera L2 Wed 1.30pm 4 6-Jun 27-Jun 15 Robert $20. Extra skills with your camera00

DG2

Getting StartedWindows 10

6-JunWed 1.30pm 4 27-Jun 14 Jim $20. The course for members new00 to Windows 10.

GTX

Genealogy L1 Thu 10am 4 7-Jun 28-Jun 15 Linda $20. Start research and00 docmentation of your family

GN1

Word Processing L1 Thu 10am 4 7-Jun 28-Jun 14 Peter $20. Explore designing, editing and00 printing documents

WP1

Affinity Photo level 2 Thu 1.30pm 4 7-Jun 28-Jun 14 David $20. Move up to the professional00 level with Affinity

AF2

Introduction to iPads Fri 10am 4 8-Jun 29-Jun 15 Barbara $20. Hands on experience with00 Apple tablet computers

IPD

Files & FoldersWindows 10

8-JunFri 1.30pm 4 29-Jun 15 Liz $20. Manage, store and retrieve00 data files with Windows 10

FAX

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Image EditingWorkshop

8-JunFri 1.30pm 1 8-Jun 14 David $5.0A workshop for imageeditingwith any application0

AIW

The shaded lines above indicate Workshop Sets. These workshops have developed out ofcourses, and cover several topics in one session. An outline of the topics is given over the page.

A booking can be made by phone - 444 2231 between 10am and noon or by using the bookingform in the Courses and Workshops section of our website - password snetg.

If you wish to join us for a course and/or workshop, please book in beforehand. We cannotalways cater for members who just turn up.Please try to send in payment before the session - drop it in/post it - to the office or useinternet banking. For a payment to our bank account, include you name and (a) the word "sub" ifyou are paying a subscription and/or (b) the code given in the corresponding line in the tableabove or the number of the workshop. SeniorNet Glenfield Inc Account 12-3072-0486111-000Please Note: Only Financial members are eligible to attend our courses and workshops.

Course Schedule for June 2018

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