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2007: January | February | March | April | May | June
2007: July | August | September | October | November | December

CPCUG Training: 3-hour hands-on classes.
Cost: Members, $39-$49 (nonmembers, $49-$59)
For more information and to register

Training returns in September


August 2007


Thursday, August 2

Light Refreshments!
6:30 pm, DCRobotics SIG, free
Planning Session: Promoting and Facilitating Junior FIRST LEGO League
[Robotics league for children 6 to 9 years of age]
AnthroTronix, Inc., 8737 Colesville Rd., Suite L-203, Silver Spring, Maryland
Contact: Janet Lathan: 240-393-1464
Metrorail: Red Line, Silver Spring, 4 blocks
Directions (Driving and Metrorail): http://robotics.cpcug.org/directions/ath_dir.html
http://robotics.cpcug.org

Friday, August 3

10:00 am, Hollin Hall Senior Center SIG, free
Backing Up Your Hard Drive
Hollin Hall Senior Center, Room 215
1500 Shenandoah Road, Alexandria, Virginia
http://hhseniors.cpcug.org


Saturday, August 4

10:00 am, Seniors SIG (MD), free
Gabe's Gadgets Galore: USB-Pluggable Devices, Security & Safety Tools, A Nostalgic & Amazing Electronic Game, Computer Usability Enhancements, & More
Speaker:
Gabe Goldberg

Bedford Court, Sunrise Senior Living, Activity Center
3701 International Drive, Silver Spring, Maryland
Directions: http://comm.cpcug.org/bedford-dir.html
Contact: Paul Shapiro
http://seniorsmd.cpcug.org


Thursday, August 9

6:30 pm, DCRobotics SIG, free
Planning Session: FIRST Tech Challenge
[Formerly FIRST VEX Challenge]

AnthroTronix, Inc., 8737 Colesville Rd., Suite L-203, Silver Spring, Maryland
Contact: Janet Lathan: 240-393-1464
Metrorail: Red Line, Silver Spring, 4 blocks
Directions (Driving and Metrorail): http://robotics.cpcug.org/directions/ath_dir.html
http://robotics.cpcug.org


Friday, August 10, through Saturday, August 18


Aug. 10: 3 to 10 pm. Aug. 11-18: 10 am to 10 pm.
CPCUG Internet Cafe
Get on the Internet in Air-Conditioned Comfort While at the MC Fair!
Montgomery County Agricultural Fair
16 Chestnut Street, Gaithersburg, Maryland
For sale: Entertainment 2008 discount coupon books, $25
CPCUG Show Special:
New and renewing members: Get a 13th month free, still just $42 per year
http://www.cpcug.org


Tuesday, August 14

2:00 pm, Greenspring Village SIG (VA), free
Introduction to eBay and Buying on eBay
Speaker: Mary Jane Cathers

Greenspring Village, Village Square Theater, 7410 Spring Village Drive
Springfield, Virginia
(This address gets you to the Guard's Gate. When you arrive, tell Security you are going to the Computer Club meeting at the Village Square Theater, and ask for directions.)
Contact: Robert Bonner
http://gsv.cpcug.org


Saturday, August 18

Be Sure To RSVP!
1:00 pm, Entrepreneurs and Consultants SIG, free
Building a Scalable Back Office
Speaker:
Doug Smith, CIO, DigitalBridge Communications
Cleveland Park Library
3310 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 1st Floor Large Meeting Room, DC
(west side of Connecticut Avenue between Macomb and Newark Sts.)
Metrorail: Cleveland Park Subway Station on Red Line (1.5 blocks)
Map: http://www.stationmasters.com/System_Map/CLEVELND/clevelnd.html
To RSVP--send e-mail
Registrants get reminder notice with any meeting topic, speaker, or location updates!
http://entrepreneur.cpcug.org/


Monday, August 20

7:00 pm, Virginia SIG, free
Award Presentations:
CPCUG Student Science Fair Awardwinners
Presenter:
Walt Houser, CPCUG Science Fair Coordinator
Short Presentation: Wireless Networking Interference
Speaker: Brian Ohlhausen, Bishop O'Connell High School, CPCUG Student Science Fair Awardwinner

Wireless Wi-Fi Networking Q&A
Washington Gas, 6801 Industrial Rd., Springfield, Virginia
Directions and map: http://comm.cpcug.org/wgas-dir.html
Parking: Free, large lot in front of building
http://vasig.cpcug.org


Thursday, August 23

Postponed!
6:30 pm, DCRobotics SIG, free
Planning Session: FIRST Robotics Challenge:
Getting More Tech and Nontech Mentors, and Funding
AnthroTronix, Inc., 8737 Colesville Rd., Suite L-203, Silver Spring, Maryland
Contact: Janet Lathan: 240-393-1464
Metrorail: Red Line, Silver Spring, 4 blocks
Directions (Driving and Metrorail): http://robotics.cpcug.org/directions/ath_dir.html
http://robotics.cpcug.org

Saturday, August 25

10 am-2 pm, ComBaz, CPCUG's Computer Bazaar
Buyers/browsers, free
Got unused computers, hardware, software, techie gadgets, & books?
Sell, Buy, Trade!
Project Reboot Parking Lot, 101 Fleet Street, Rockville, Maryland
To Sell: Just $10 (Join CPCUG at ComBaz [$42] and get your space free!)
Work out of your car trunk or tailgate. (Tables availabe for advance registrants.)
Donate any unsold items to CPCUG's Project Reboot, our computer recycling program
http://comm.cpcug.org/ComBaz2007.pdf

Monday, August 27

7:00 pm, SQL Server SIG, free
Sql Server 2008 (Katmai) Technical Overview
Speaker: Chad Boyd, Microsoft Corporation
ApexSQL Log Product Demo
Speaker: Andre Mikulec
1900 Gallows Road, Vienna, Virginia
Contact: Jeremy Kadlec
To RSVP--http://www.novasql.com/rsvp.aspx
http://www.novasql.com








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