• General Meeting
• Summary of August 7th Meeting
• SIG News
• Article: "The New, The Best and The Worst"
• Cartoon from an APCUG member
• About KIPCUG

September 4th General Meeting:

Corel DVD MovieFactory 6 Plus is easy-to-use disc authoring and burning software that lets you do more with your standard or High-Definition digital media.

Come to this presentation and learn how to create HD or standard discs with studio-quality personalized menus to impress your friends and family. Use the new Edit Room to add polish to your videos, with titles, music and effects. Learn how to archive, share and play your music, data, photos and videos on CD, DVD, HD DVD or Blu-ray Disc. You'll be amazed at how easy and affordable it is!

Evelyn Watts of Corel Corporation will provide software door prizes, special user group discounts and a very special bonus software demo.  Learn more about MovieFactory 6 Plus before the meeting at Ulead’s webpage, http://www.ulead.com/dmf/runme.htm.  Come prepared to get your questions answered by Evelyn at the end of the presentation.

Reviews of MovieFactory 6 Plus can be seen at the following sites:

• Videomaker’s review by Edward B. Driscoll, posted July 2007, http://www.videomaker.com/article/13283/

• Event DV.Net’s review by Jan Ozer, posted March 25, 2007, http://www.eventdv.net/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=12538

In December 2006, Corel Corporation acquired both the Ulead and InterVideo companies, incorporating an extensive product line of digital media software.  These product lines compliment Corel’s existing digital imaging and video products. 

Meeting Location:  CCUM Assembly Hall, 4614 Brownsboro Rd, Louisville, KY
                                 Corner of Brownsboro & Blankenbaker
                                 Directions
 

Vice President John Henderson presented (2) two new changes in KIPCUG's future as well as the reasons behind them:

1. KIPCUG has been told by their bank that the current processing of credit cards will no longer be supported.  To this extent,  as of our September meeting we will no longer be accepting credit card payments via a manual credit card receipt process, but will accept credit card payments through our Paypal account.  A computer will be set up at the back table to accept credit payments.  We appreciate your indulgence as we bring our membership processing up to par with  current technology.



2. You may have noticed the absence of our magazine since the May 2007 issue.  One reason is that KIPCUG has decided to move ahead with technology and enter the digital information age.  We are not alone, most of the computer users' groups are dropping their printed versions and replacing them with digital versions.  The Lexington group dropped their printed magazine as of this month (August).  The other contributing factor is the rising cost of printing, which has become a very large portion of our monthly expenses.  [This current newsletter is the 4th attempt and is an evolving work in progress.  Helpful hints as to how we can improve the content and layout are more than welcome.]
   
   This newsletter will be sent to all who "opt-in" to receive it [an explanation of this, as well as problems with not receiving it, are mentioned further along in this article.]  The newsletter will include "links" to articles, additional information at our KIPCUG.org website, along with links to other helpful sites.  We invite you to visit our new Article page, where you will find an index of articles (although limited at this time) which will be archived on our site.  It is a dynamic page, one that will be constantly evolving.
   
   In addition, the Board of Directors believe that there should still be something coming to our members in their mail.  Therefore, a monthly postcard will be sent to our members, notifying them of the upcoming meeting and any current issues.  If you have not been receiving a postcard the past 2 months, please notify one of the board members.  We ask for the indulgence of the members as we continue to implement these changes. 

Now, as to the reasons and remedies for receiving the newsletter, it can be narrowed down to these two :

1. You did not say "yes" to the preliminary emails sent to you, asking you to reply in order to continue  receiving emails from KIPCUG, simply put "opting-in".  KIPCUG, in order to avoid becoming a spam problem to members, has decided to incorporate the dual opt-in process.  This is where a member signs up, receives a confirmation email and, in that email, a request to reply to that email in order to actively receive the newsletter.  The remedy to this problem can be found on www.kipcug.org.  There is a box on the right side of the screen where you can enter your name and email address.  After sending, you will receive a confirmation with a request to reply.  Just follow the instructions, and you should begin receiving the next newsletter, unless, of course, problem #2 becomes an issue for you.
   
   
2. The other possible problem is that the newsletter is still getting caught in your Spam filter.  To remedy this problem, you must go into your Accept list and add (2) domain names:  kipcug.org and bizmailtoday.com.  The second domain name is for the service that we are using to generate the mailings.  Hopefully, your email program should then allow receipt of the newsletter.  Please let John Henderson, Brian Miller, or Sue Foulks know if you continue to experience difficulties.

Understandably, if you are reading this from your email, the above information has been unnecessary.  However, the current copy of the newsletter is added as a link to our home page, which may be the only way some of our members can get the newsletter until their dilemmas are resolved.

Presentation: Sun Microsystem's Servers

At the August meeting, our presenters were from CTBS, a division of Cincinnati Bell Telephone, who in May 2006 purchased ATI and have come to Louisville to provide IT solutions to business customers of all sizes.  As affiliates of Sun Microsystems, their presentation included a PowerPoint slideshow of Sun Microsystems' x64 and Xeon-based servers, their various configurations and applicability from small businesses to large corporations. 

This past month the Courier Journal sent a reporter to interview KIPCUG about our Special Interest Groups (SIGs). If you missed the article, you can view it online at http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070815/ZONE02/708150460/-1/ZONE02. 

We have 6 Special Interest Groups meeting in the next 2 weeks.
Please check out our SIG calendar for directions and times. If you have any questions or would like to see us host a new or different SIG, please contact Charley May at sig@win.net