The following is a listing of upcoming and past Programs & Guest Speakers. These take place during our General Meeetings, which are held on the second Thursday of every month at 7:00 PM at the Falmouth Volunteer Fire Department, 250 Butler Road.

Next General Meeting: Thursday, July 10, 2008 Organization: Verizon

See Previous Speakers Directions to FPCUG Meetings

To suggest topics for future meetings, please send email to George Bell.

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Previous Speakers

Meeting	Speaker	Organization	Topic
June 2008	Dave the Computer Guy	Techs in the Burg	Solving computer problems
May 2008	Conrad Agramont	Microsoft	Don't Be Afraid of Vista
Apr 2008	Kay Pollock	FPCUG	One Laptop per Child - (pdf) available here
Mar 2008	FPCUG President, George Bell	FPCUG	The State of FPCUG & Election of Officers
Feb 2008	Marci Bartley	Fredericksburg Counseling Service	Relaxation
Jan 2008	Sue Horner	Richmond Camera	Photo preservation, digital cameras and more
Dec 2007		FPCUG	Holiday Party
Nov 2007	Dave Whittle		Whittle’s Picks for the Digital Home.
Oct 2007	Morgan Applegate	Liberty Mutual	ID Theft
Sept 2007	Brian Smelter	Flicko's Video workshop	Converting old films, VHS, or other media into today’s digital presentation modes.
Aug 2007	Mark McDougal	Batteries Plus	Batteries and Battery Applications
July 2007	Karen Dulaney	Moss Free Clinic	Moss Free Clinic overview
June 2007	Joan Williams	FPCUG	Making your E-Mail distinctive
May 2007	Dr. Peter Wong	Gastroenterologist	Colonoscopy
Apr 2007	Patrick Crawford	Former Honda car salesman	How to buy a used car
Mar 2007	FPCUG President, Gil Schor	FPCUG	The State of FPCUG & Election of Officers
Feb 2007	Dave Shotwell & members of the CGS Robotics Team	The Commonwealth Governer's School Robotics Team	Kilroy Demo
Jan 2007	Officer Marc Quince	Virginia State Police	Police Computer Use and Internet Scams
Dec 2006		FPCUG	Holiday Party
Nov 2006	Dennis Dodson	State Farm Insurance	Creating a home inventory and other insurance related topics
Oct 2006	Lori Chaney	Stafford Teacher of the Year	Digital Immigrants: Keeping up with the 21st Century Classroom
Sept 2006	Scheduled Program Postponed
Aug 2006	Robert Buongiorne, President and Ken Johnson, Vice-President	Businets	Is Your Computer Secure.
Jul 2006	Mr. Wallace McMillan	Gateway Computers	All about Gateway Computers & Windows Vista
Jun 2006	Gabe Goldberg	APCUG Advisor for Region 2	Introduction to APCUG and the AARP Website
May 2006	Jim McMath		The Federal Budget Deficit, pdf (464k) available here
Apr 2006	Joe Mathias	Ritz Camera	Ritz Camera Services
Mar 2006	Chuck Hart, President	FPCUG	The State of FPCUG & Election of Officers
Feb 2006	Oya Oliver, Executive Director	Fredericksburg Area Food Bank	Food Bank services for the Fredericksburg community
Jan 2006	David S. Tronson, President	President, Fredericksburg Financial LLC	Financial Planning
Dec 2005		FPCUG	Holiday Party
Nov 2005	Kevin McGrath		Graphics Slide Show Creation
Oct 2005	Marci Bartley	Fredericksburg Counseling Service	Anxiety, Depression, Anger - Does this describe you when you go to your computer?
Sep 2005	Dr. Mark Bryngelson		Computer Tools for Chiropractor's
Aug 2005	Guy Mussey	Extension Agent	Agricultural General Q & A.
Jul 2005	Donna Creasy		NeuroFeedback. Powerpoint (4 MB) available here.
Jun 2005	Master Gardener Elaine Pauley		Landscaping
May 2005	Dave Shotwell & members of the CGS Robotics Team	The Commonwealth Governer's School Robotics Team	Demonstration of this years competition robot.
Apr 2005	Bonnie Balance	Senior Navigator	What's new at SeniorNavigator. seniornavigator.com Website Helps Seniors, Caregivers and Families.
Mar 2005	Chuck Hart	FPCUG President	The State of FPCUG and election of officers.
Feb 2005	Dave Roycroft	Comsense Systems Corporation	Is There a Website In Your Future?
Jan 2005	Stephen Goodwin	The Geek Squad	Having computer problems? The Geek Squad is a 24-Hour Computer Support Task Force that has been rescuing wayward computers for over a decade. A Geek Squad agent can come to your home or office and repair your PC, as well as solve any hardware, software or peripheral problem. Call the Geek Squad at 785- 2200 ext. 2111 in our local Best Buy Store.
Dec 2004		FPCUG	Holiday Party
Nov 2004	Ron Haynes	Cox Communications	The evolution of Cox’s self reliant High Speed Internet service and some of the other internet and computer products that Cox offers.
Oct 2004	Jen Clausen	Smart Computing Magazine	Smart Computing User Group Program.
Sep 2004	David Noel	Director of Information Technology for Stafford Co.	The role of information technology in Stafford County.
Aug 2004	Scheduled Program Cancelled
Jul 2004	Scheduled Program Cancelled
Jun 2004	Dan Elliot	MagNet1 Internet Systems	Designing a web presence.
May 2004	Don Chism	Information Technology Director for VRE.	All about technology use by VRE.
Apr 2004	Chris Muldrow	Fredericksburg.com	All about fredericksburg.com.
Mar 2004	Cliff Dalseide	President, FPCUG	The State of the FPCUG and election of officers.
Feb 2004	Steve Cooley	Vice-President of Information Services for Medicorp Health System	What’s New in Information Systems at Mary Washington Hospital.
Jan 2004	Josh Cockey	FPCUG	North to alaska in 2500 Pictures or Less. Creating a digital slide show for a vacation trip. Click here for summary.
Dec 2003		FPCUG	Holiday Party, a good time was had by all! Click the image for a bigger view!
Nov 2003	Tim McLeod	Spotsylvania Career and Technical Center, and Germanna College	Home Networking and Home Automation.
Oct 2003	Barbara Cannon	Spotsylvania County Schools	Using Computers for Assisted Teaching.
Sept 2003		Bisinets	What to look for when buying a computer!
Aug 2003	David Crane		eBay
July 2003	Ed Lum	BB Marketing	Printer Cartridge Remanufacturing.
June 2003	Josh Cockey	Webmaster, FPCUG	Alternative operating systems. Powerpoint available here, OpenOffice.org Impress available here.
May 2003	Dave Shotwell & members of the local CGS Robotics Team	The Commonwealth Governer's School	Robotics Team accomplishments this year.
Apr 2003	Steve Cooley	VP of Information Systems at Medicorp	The Mary Washington Hospital Information System.
Mar 2003	Cliff Dalseide	President, FPCUG	The State of the FPCUG and election of officers.
Feb 2003	Special Agent C. Darryl Wells	The Virginia State Police	Are you safe when you work on your computer?
Jan 2003	Scott Mohnkern	APCUG	Mr. Mohnkern is on the Board of Advisors of the Association of PC Users Groups and presented an overview of APCUG and noted the services available to member user groups from the organization.
Dec 2002	Santa Claus	North Pole	Holiday Party, see the fun you missed!
Nov 2002	Richard Katz	Microsoft Mindshare	Microsoft will present their holiday product line. The presentation will include Digital Image Pro, Pocket PC, Games, Windows XP Tips & Tricks and more.
Oct 2002	Mike Wissell	Franchise owner of "Geeks on Call"	The service provides in home computer service.
Sept 2002	Dave Shotwell & members of the local CGS Robotics Team	The Commonwealth Governor's School (CGS)	Demonstration of the Robotics team competition robot.
Aug 2002	Josh Cockey	Webmaster, FPCUG	All about PDA's, pda.ppt
July 2002	Martin Titus		How to Make a Screen Saver from Your Pictures See the July Newsletter for details
June 2002	Matt Kendall	Kendall's CPU	How to Troubleshoot Your Computer Problems
May 2002	Nancy Buck, & Mary Buck	Outreach Coordinator, Central Rappahannock Regional Library (CRRL), Reference Librarian, Porter Branch	Library Databases You Can Access from Home
Apr 2002	Josh Cockey	Webmaster, FPCUG	FPCUG Website Resources
Mar 2002	Cliff Dalseide	President, FPCUG	State of the FPCUG and election of officers.
Feb 2002	Katie Benghauser	Manager, Community Outreach and Training, SeniorNavigator.com	New SeniorNavigator.com Website Helps Seniors, Caregivers and Families.
Jan 2002	Andy Coughlin	Microsoft Rep	Windows XP
Dec 2001	Santa Claus	North Pole	Holiday Party
Nov 2001	Rachel Rybarczyk	Cox Communications	Cox's "New" High Speed Internet product that Cox launched on Oct 1
Oct 2001	Jim Jordan	FPCUG Newsletter Editor	Revision of Bylaws & Open Forum
Sept 2001	Bruce & Marty Fries		Music and the Internet
Aug 2001	Nancy Buck	Outreach Services Coordinator Central Rappahannock Regional Library	CRRL Bill & Melinda Gates Lab: Its Origins and Uses
July 2001	Nick Kennedy	FPCUG	Foto Show Demonstration
June 2001	Michele S. R. Brown Jane Borland	CRRL Reference Librarian Porter Branch Medical Librarian, Mary Washington Hospital	Health Answers Online
May 2001	Stan VanDruff	NSWC	Keeping Your Computer Free of Viruses Click here to download the presentation
Apr 2001	Pattie Eberhart	American Red Cross Rappahannock Chapter	The Red Cross' Disaster Service
Mar 2001	Ray Pollock	President - FPCUG	State of the FPCUG and election of officers.
Feb 2001	Bob Worthy	Rappahannock Community College	Creating Computer Art, PDF Presentation
Jan 2001	David Gayle	Stafford County Administrator's Office	Local Cable ISP & TV Issues
Dec 2000	Santa Claus	North Pole	Holiday Party
Nov 2000	Chris Muldrow	Editor, fredericksburg.com	Online Banking
Oct 2000	Sue Cocke Sandy Moreland	AARP	AARP & Technology
Sep 2000	Debra Pfundstein	Microsoft Representative	Windows Millennium Edition
Aug 2000	Al Joyner	Past President, FPCUG	An Overview of COMDEX/Canada 2000
July 2000	Barbara Cannon	Director of Rappahanock Adult Activities Technology Lab	Assistive Technology in Practice (including unique uses of power point, digital photography with a twist, getting & using digitized sound)
June 2000	Paul "Trip" Wiggins	F'burg Regional Genealogical Society	Civil War Service and Pension Records
May 2000	Glen D. Rudner	Hazardous Materials Officer, Virginia Department of Emergency Services	The Use of Computers in the Real World
Apr 2000	Gary Price	Reference Librarian, George Washington University	Better Ways to Search the Web
Mar 2000	Ray Pollock	President, FPCUG	State of the FPCUG and election of officers.
Feb 2000	Tim Newman	Mary Washington College	MWC Library and Their Web Development Efforts
Jan 2000	Chris Muldrow	fredericksburg.com	Getting Acquainted with fredericksburg.com
Dec 1999	Santa Claus	North Pole	Christmas Party
Nov 1999	Tom Grant	Virginia Community Bank	Y2K and Your Money
Oct 1999	Debra Pfundstein	Microsoft Consumer Unit	Get More from Windows
Sep 1999	Dave Mirra	Stafford County Schools	Assistive Technology in Education
Aug 1999	Erin Watkins Stacey Thomas Matt Walters	ISP Channel Media General Infinity Computers	Surfing the Net Using a Cable Modem
July 1999	Debra Pfundstein	Microsoft Consumer Unit	Microsoft Office 2000
June 1999	Stan VanDruff	_	Keeping Your Computer Free From The Flu
May 1999	David Perrussel	FPCUG Webmaster	A Visit to the FPCUG Website
Apr 1999	Kay Pollock	Big Planet ISP Rep	Year 2000 Problems and Solutions
Mar 1999	Kay Pollock	FPCUG President	State of the FPCUG and election of officers.
Feb 1999	Carol Martin & Johnny Newett	MWC Office of Computer & Network Services	Year 2000 Problems & Solutions
Jan 1999	(cancelled due to icy roads)		Rescheduled in Sept. 1999
Dec 1998	Santa Claus	North Pole PC Users Group	Christmas Party
Nov 1998	Tony Pereira	President, Clear & Simple, Inc.	Demo of DiskJockey98
Oct 1998	Microsoft Extreme Video	From Microsoft's Mindshare Program via APCUG	Demo of New Micrsoft Products
Sep 1998	Dr. Jeffrey Bach	Acupuncturist & Chiropractor	Preventive & Corrective Health Measures for Computer Users
Aug 1998	Chris Cho	Microsoft Reseller Marketing Representative	Overview of Windows 98
July 1998	Ted Thornton	Director, Genealogy Library at Fredericksburg Church of Latter-Day Saints	Computers & Genealogy
June 1998	Joanne Pizarro	Author of "Coming Home", an international cookbook	Using a Computer to Write & Publish a Book
May 1998	Carol Martin, Johnny Newett, George Thurston	Mary Washington College Office of Computer & Network Services	Year 2000 Problems & Solutions
Apr 1998	Michael Karpie	IKON Office Solutions	Demonstration of "Smart Board"
Mar 1998	Kay Pollock	President, Fredericksburg PC Users Group	State of the FPCUG and election of officers.
Feb 1998	Marsha Tennant	Transition Specialist, Stafford County Schools	Positive Effects of Computers on At-Risk Children
Jan 1998	Karen Hartman	Reference Librarian, Mary Washington College Library	Surfing the Web At http://www.umw.edu/library/
Dec 1997	Santa Claus	Christmas Parties, Inc.	And A Good Time Was Had By All
Nov 1997	Harry Lee	Virginia Dept. of Transportation	Fantastic Photos of Future 4-Lane Butler Road
Oct 1997	Larry Burgess, President	B & G Consultants	Surfing the Web At http://www.fpcug.org
Sep 1997	Ann Haley	Central Rappahannock Regional Library	Surfing the Web At http://www.librarypoint.org
Aug 1997	Faith Smith, Executive Director	disAbility Resource Center	Computers and the Disabled
Jul 1997	Joe Whitesides	IKON Office Solutions	Demo of Projectors
Jun 1997	Ed Lum, Owner	B & B Marketing	Printer and Copier Maintenance and Demo of Reloading Cartridges
May 1997	John C. Galyean, Director of Technology	Spotsylvania County Schools	Evolution of Technology in Spotsylvania School System