Wgtn meeting Wed 17 Sept 2025

Arthur Harris sent all the committee members an email, informing us that he had caught the flu and would not be coming to the meeting. Roger then asked us if it would be better if the meeting was postponed for a week and Richard Elam and I both thought that was a good idea. However, Roger has not yet made that official, but I thought a decision had to be made pretty quickly so have decided that the meeting will be postponed. A further announcement will be made next week

Wgtn meeting Wed 20 August 2025

 For this month's meeting nothing has officially been planned so there will just be informal discussion. This is your opportunity to attend the meeting and have any problems solved., or queries answered.

As always the meeting is at Ron Oliver's, 39 Washington Ave, Brooklyn. I hope to see you there. 

Wgtn meeting Wed 16 July 2025

 It's the July meeting so it must be the annual general meeting - and so it is. However, this is going to be an AGM with a  difference because the future of the club is going to be discussed. Some time ago we learned that the rules for incorporated societies, of which we are one, are going to be updated (I wont go into the details here about what that actually entails)  and your committee decided early on that most of the rule changes didn't apply to us and as a consequence we would go our separate way. That means that we essentially become just a group of friends and there will be no subscription charges for members or newsletters after a date in April next year when the new rules will apply. If your subscription is to be renewed before that appointed date, you will be asked to pay a proportion of the usual amount. depending on the number of months involved. If, for whatever reason, you disagree with our decision come to the meeting and put  your case forward. We would love to hear it.

After the above discussion, Roger will talk about Win11 and what it provides that isn't present in Win10 and suggestions as to what to do when the October date arrives and support for Win10 is going to be turned off.

 As always, the meeting will be held at 39 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, in Ron Oliver's basement, starting at 6:30 pm.

Wgtn meeting Wed 18 June 2025

At last month's committee meeting, members were informed that Roger and Penny had planned a holiday in the South Island during mid to late June and that was going to clash with this month's Wellington meeting. Furthermore, no decision was made at the time as to what might be presented at the meeting and that is still true. All that can be suggested is that you come to the meeting and join in, whether it be for a general discussion on computer topics or perhaps to watch similar YouTube videos.

As always, the meeting will begin at 6:30pm at Ron Oliver's, 39 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn. 

Wgtn meeting Wed 28 May 2025

Apologies once again for not placing a notice here last week to inform members that, coincidentally,  Roger was having his second cataract eye operation at a similar time in the month to his first, so the usual third Wednesday meeting was going to be postponed for the second month running. Like the rest of us, he only has two eyes, so that should be the end of the matter!! It seems that his snooker has improved considerably since the first operation. He can now see the cue ball.

This Wednesday, he is going to talk about a variety of video formats and how to convert each of them to the MP4 format, so for those interested in such matters, do come along to the meeting to find out how to do it successfully and with minimum fuss.

As always, the meeting will be held in Ron Oliver's basement at 39 Washington Avenue, commencing at 6:30 pm, so I look forward to seeing you there.

 

 

Wgtn meeting Wed 23 April 2025

Firstly, apologies for not informing members that the usual third Wednesday Wellington meeting was going to be deferred for a week. Roger had informed the committee that he was having cataract operations on both eyes around that time so it was decided to postpone the meeting until this coming Wednesday.

Roger will present the topic for the meeting, which will involve talking about a means of converting PDF files to other text formats, so as to allow editing. As always, the meeting will be held at 39 Washington Avenue, in the basement, starting at 6:30 pm.

Wgtn meeting Wed 19 March 2025

For this meeting, Arthur Harris has volunteered to talk about a program close to his heart called Flightradar24. It follows air traffic around the world on a moving map in real time and it is even possible to see flights that are passing overhead at the time.

If this sounds interesting, do come along to the meeting in Ron Oliver's basement at 39 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn. It begins at 6;30 pm,  but you can always come earlier for a chat before the meeting begins.