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"Holiday Electronics Expo" with all of its new equipment on display and three presenters is one that you really want to see, hear and experience!

Don't wonder any longer about the Holidays and what Electronic Gifts to get for those on your list. Come to the "Holiday Electronics Expo" and find out what's Hot and avoid what's not. The experts from CompUSA and the HP factory representative will have an enlightening presentation on the latest in computers, accessories, game boxes, games, digital cameras, for the youngest to the oldest on your gift list.

The presenters are: Charles (Charlie) Kaltenthaler - Technology Instructor at CompUSA and KIPCUG member.

Christopher Egbert - New Assistant Sales Manager at CompUSA and full of good information.

Also the HP - representative to the retail stores, Wendy Kilgore, a KIPCUG member, with the low-down on what is hot and what's not.

Like the guy on the radio says, they won't let me tell you everything, but I can tell you that you do not want to miss this meeting, WOW!

Don't forget that the cash drawing for members in attendance is up to $80.00 dollars this month and this could be your time! Come visit with your KIPCUG friends and make your Holidays all that they can be.

KIPCUG Meeting Features:

Back-to-Basics with David Brooks

The KIPCUG October 7, 2003 General Meeting starts with the ever-helpful Back-to-Basics session with host David Brooks. The Back to Basics session will look at "Creating Useful Desktop Shortcuts". This is one Back-to-Basics that can help you every time you use your computer, so don't miss it!

Each month David chooses a subject to improve everyone's basic knowledge. His sessions are intended to help the entry level user.

User-to-User with Bill Cull

The User to User session with host Bill Cull is just before the Main Presentation, giving your KIPCUG friends a chance to answer YOUR questions submitted on paper. If YOU are having a problem with your PC, this is the time to get a good solution, so remember to bring your questions.

Door Prizes

KIPCUG members qualify for great door prizes.
 

This Month's Presenter

by Charley May

I want to give you a little bit of information about each of the three December Meeting Presenters.

I first met Charles (Charlie) Kaltenthaler back in the early/mid nineties when he walked up to me in a KIPCUG general meeting and introduced himself. I found him to have a retiring personality, as he had retired from the printing industry (after 20 years service) in 1973, but then he bought a Publishing Company from the CJ Lithographing Company. Twenty years later, he sold the company and Charlie retired again. Then in 1984 he retired from the United States Army Reserve with over 33 years service. Charlie is now working on his next retirement with CompUSA where he serves as one of their Technology Instructors. He first joined KIPCUG back in 1994 in order to further his knowledge of computers, and he is still working on it every day. Louisville born and educated, Charlie attended University of Louisville. Nowadays at CompUSA, he may be found, days, nights or weekends training people in the home or in their classroom on any of the 5,000 items carried by CompUSA (hardware or software; Mac or PC). I am proud to count Charlie Kaltenthaler and his wife Barbara as friends, especially since he has done so much for KIPCUG in the past and continues to step up to the plate for KIPCUG and CompUSA. I think you will find his part of the presentation interesting, inspiring and educational. I would be surprised if there was not some humor mixed in.

Christopher Egbert and I met on the phone when we were putting together the CompUSA ad for the KIPCUG magazine and found out that he is a "can do" kind of guy. Christopher is the Assistant Sales Manager at CompUSA. He is a 23 year old young professional and as many of us know, Christopher has frequently been a guest on Bob Secolar's Dot Com cable TV program. He is a big fan of Apple Computers and not long ago used one to make a feature length documentary that recently premiered at Baxter Avenue Theatres. I feel that Christopher has many great things ahead of him and hope that we at KIPCUG see a lot more of him.

Wendy Kilgore and I first met at a KIPCUG General meeting some months back when she joined KIPCUG. Wendy is the Territory Sales Manager for MarketSource LLC under contract to Hewlett-Packard. Her company represents HP to the retailer's in the United States and Canada, making her an excellent source of information on HP. Wendy is a graduate of Georgia College with a Bachelor's Degree in Management and Marketing. She has been in sales for 20 years representing such companies as Nestle, McCormick, Nabisco, Energizer and now her passion, HP. Wendy has been into computers as a hobby since 1987 and truly loves her job. As an amateur photographer who loves to photographing animals, I expect Wendy will have some tremendous insights into Digital Cameras for us. She calls on CompUSA and the other big name Electronics outlets in our area. Wendy is looking forward to seeing all of us again at the meeting.

Again, I invite you to be sure that you do not miss this comprehensive triple-header presentation team, what they have to show as well as tell you about Holiday Electronics and of course, all those special things that will happen at this meeting.