GREENBELT INTERNET ACCESS COOPERATIVE

2nd Annual Class Planning Open House
Tuesday, August 1, 2000
Greenbelt Community Center




CLASSES SUGGESTED IN MEETING:

- Word processing basics - creating a simple document, attaching files
  to e-mail. Separate classes for MS-Word, Corel WordPerfect and 
  MS-Write.
- SOHO graphics packages - planning a party and e-mail invitations
- Customizing the Tool Bar
- Relating file extensions to the software they came from and how to 
  view them without the software
- Housekeeping - maintaining the computer's functionality
  - Hardware - particularly the hard disk, DEFRAG
  - Software - backups, files, folders, shortcuts, icons
- How to use and reason for using Windows Explorer and My Computer
- NewDeal software for older machines - demonstration
- FTP - software (CuteFTP, WS-FTP, DiskJockey Pro 2000) and sites
- Maps on the Internet
- Cookies and security



CONTRIBUTIONS E-MAILED (from Joyce Wineland and Bruce Kuhl):

- Ways to improve the speed of access to the Internet, from the time 
  we click on the icon until actually viewing the page we want.
- Ways to use all the capabilities of our PCs.  What we need to make 
  full use of the video and graphics capabilities.
- Websites with free downloads of useful software and files. Our 
  interests include gardening, greeting cards, sewing, travel, 
  finance.
- Searching - how to narrow a search, focus on the concept we have in 
  mind.
- Our PCs came loaded with a lot of software. Periodically, a message 
  pops up saying there is a free upgrade available. How do we know 
  which folder to load the upgrade into?
- What is all this software the PC came loaded with? How do we use it?
  How do we get rid of it if we don't want it?



Mary Camp
GIAC Vice President
August 10, 2000