In May we had the first Computer User's SIG meeting after the regular Saturday Morning GWA meeting. Since it was the first meeting I made it into a brainstorming session where we could discuss as a group what the goals of the SIG would be going forward. This is the list we came up with:
Goals: The Computer Users SIG will be made up of GWA members who use computers and software as tools to further their efforts in woodworking. This includes the design and creation process, the use of the Internet as a research tool, ecommerce, web marketing, and self publishing.
Meetings: The SIG will meet directly following the GWA meeting every third Saturday of the month. The next (2nd) meeting will be held this coming weekend on June 19th, 2010. Following the discussion of possible topics there was a concensus among the group that this second meeting should focus on computer maintenance topics - as such everyone was invited to bring their computer for group review, or otherwise notes and software maintenance solutions will be provided.
Topics of Interest:
General Computer Information and Guidance
- Computer setup and maintenance
- Software Assistance
Comuter Aided Design Software
- DeltaCad
- Google Sketchup
- Adobe CIS
Internet
- Blogging
- Website
- ecommerce
- Web Marketing and SEO
- eBay selling/buying strategies
- Research
Please join us each 3rd Saturday for more infomation!
John Eaton