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Meetings: 2009

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General Information

WAC meetings are free and open to the public. (An RSVP of your attendance may be required for admission to private facilities where meetings are sometimes held.) Our Annual Meeting of the Corporation and Officer Elections are held in January. Meetings are generally scheduled for the third Saturday of each month from 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM. However, the meeting date or location may change due to holidays or scheduling conflicts at the primary meeting site. Always check the home page of this web site before setting out for a meeting, in case of last minute, unforeseen changes.


Important Notice About Meetings
Beginning January, 2009

Starting with the January 17th, 2009 meeting, WACUG will hold joint meetings with OPCUG. It is anticipated that all meetings, except June, July, and August, will be held at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at George Mason University, 4210 Roberts Road, Fairfax, VA, known as the Tallwood Campus. The map below depicts the shortest route from the Fairfax County Government Center to the new meeting location. (The June, July and August meetings will be held at the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, VA.)

TheTallwood Campus of OLLI, located at 4210 Roberts Road, Fairfax, Virginia can only be accessed from Roberts Road - it is not directly accessible from within the main GMU campus. Note that Roberts Road runs in a North-South direction between Little River Turnpike (Route 236) and Braddock Road. Be careful approaching Tallwood from the South because the hill obstructs the view of oncoming traffic.


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Parking at Tallwood. There is parking in front of Tallwood, including several spaces restricted to vehicles with handicapped licenses or tags. Additional parking is available in the swimming pool parking lot immediately to the right as you face Tallwood (i.e., directly North of Tallwood). If both of these lots are full, you may park on Forest Avenue, the first street beyond the swimming pool lot (i.e., North of the lot) or on Still Meadow Road, directly across the street from Tallwood (i.e., East of Tallwood). Please be respectful of residents' driveways and mailbox access.

OLLI 4210 Roberts Rd Aerial View


The latest freely distributable software for Microsoft Windows XP- Vista, and GNU/Linux Intel based computers will be available on disk for a nominal fee before the meeting (12:30 - 1:00 pm).

For more information on WAC meetings and events, call the WAC AnswerLine (voice) at (703) 370-7649. You can also leave messages and questions for the Board of Directors.

WASHINGTON AREA COMPUTER USER GROUP

MEETING LOCATIONS & ROOM ASSIGNMENTS - 2008 / 2009

Meeting Agenda

DATE & TIME

ROOM AND LOCATION
01/17/09 12:30 - 3:30 TA1, OLLI, 4210 Roberts Rd
02/21/09 12:30 - 3:30 TA1, OLLI, 4210 Roberts Rd
03/21/09 12:30 - 3:30 TA1, OLLI, 4210 Roberts Rd
04/18/09 12:30 - 3:30 TA1, OLLI, 4210 Roberts Rd
05/09/09 12:30 - 3:30 TA1, OLLI, 4210 Roberts Rd
2nd Saturday
06/20/09 12:30 - 3:30 2 / 3 FF Cty Gov't Center
07/18/09 12:30 - 3:30 2 / 3 FF Cty Gov't Center
08/15/09 12:30 - 3:30 2 / 3 FF Cty Gov't Center
09/19/09 12:30 - 3:30 TA1, OLLI, 4210 Roberts Rd
10/17/0912:30 - 3:30 TA1, OLLI, 4210 Roberts Rd
11/21/09 12:30 - 3:30 TA1, OLLI, 4210 Roberts Rd
12/12/09 12:30 - 3:30 TA1, OLLI, 4210 Roberts Rd  
2nd Saturday













Playstation 3







Nintendo Wii

June 20th, 2009
12:30 - 3:30 PM
Joint Meeting with OPCUG
Conf Rm 2/3,
Fairfax County Gov't Center, Fairfax



Nintendo Wii &
Playstation 3:
Just for Kids??


Chuck Roberts will introduce us to Nintendo’s system. While the Wii is not all that popular among hard-cord gamers, it is one of the most popular gaming consoles available. In fact, many industry pundits have pinioned that the Wii is vastly over rated. So what makes it so popular among families, seniors, and lots of young folks? Come see for yourself as Chuck brings his Wii to provide a demonstration (and possibly challenges members to a match) — are you up to the challenge?

Geof Goodrum will bring the group up-to-date on the Playstation 3. The Playstation Store (online) now has downloadable movies and TV shows for purchase and rent (many in HD). You can store and view these from the PS3 hard disk. Playstation Home is a virtual 3D world to explore. Meet and talk with other PS3 users around the world, view videos, play games, and customize your virtual self (avatar) and online living space. Purchase virtual items.

The PlayTV DVR (Dual Tuner HD) accessory is not available in the US, yet. Bummer!

For Geof, the PS3 is a winner because you can run alternate operating systems on the PS3, such as Yellow Dog or Ubuntu Linux. Ths system will run applications such as the OpenOffice suite on your TV. It will use USB and network peripherals. Other strengths: Create and manage a digital media library - share media across a network with other DLNA devices. Rip CDs to several audio formats. Upload and catalog digital video. PS3 has a native web browser built-in. Play DVDs and Blu-ray discs. Supports progressive mode and upscaling, SD to 1080p resolution.

Unlike the Wii, the PS3 doesn't have a big library of fitness/personal enrichment type titles. Most are sport or fight/war games. There are a several puzzle and creative games, which will be demonstrated as time permits.


Q&A Session before Presentations: Get Help with Those Nagging Problems

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Door Prize Eligibility: Members Only


WAC is a general interest computer user group that supports a variety of operating systems, including Microsoft Windows and GNU/Linux. For more information, call the WAC AnswerLine at (703) 370-7649.
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