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The Education & Entertainment SIG meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month at Montevideo School in San Ramon at 7:30 p.m. Check the DVPC web site (www.dvpc.org) for information about each month's meeting. The E&E SIG is oriented to exploring the best in education and entertainment software for the PC. Everyone is invited to attend our meetings, and bring your kids along - they'll have a great time, too! Directions: Take 680 to Bollinger Canyon Road, go west to San Ramon Valley Blvd., go south to Montevideo Rd. and turn left. Proceed east on Montevideo about 3 blocks to Broadmoor and turn left The school is 1 block on the right. We meet in Room 22.

The Internet SIG meets at 7:00 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month at Computer Renaissance, 959 Contra Costa Blvd. in Pleasant Hill. We cover everything about the Internet, from browsing and email to creating your own web site and the tools for doing so. For more information, please call Craig Peterson by email at compmail@pacbell.net or by phone at 510-671-7025.
The SIG would like to recommend the following sites:

For the new year: www.alltel.net/~wildrose/NewYears/ny.html
For the new millennium (even though it does not start for a year): greenwich2000.com

To observe Dr. King's birthday: www.angelfire.com/tx/mlkingjr/enter.html
If you like these sites or have others you would like to share, come to the next Internet SIG meeting.  There you can find and share all that is out there in the "wild, wild web".

Mark Allen and Bill Walsh have started a Linux SIG. The first meeting will be held in January. Mark has had various version running for some time, and Bill is using Red Hat Linux 6.0. The first SIG meeting will be held in January. If you are interested contact Bill or Nick at the next DVPC meeting; email them: Mark at mallen@value.net or Bill at bwalsh3@ix.netcom.com; and check the DVPC web site for meeting information updates.

The Microsoft Project SIG meetings are held at 7:30 p.m. on the third Monday of each month at InterPro ADF's office at 3569 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Suite 210 in Lafayette. Park in the lot behind Radio Shack. The entrance to suite 210 is at the back of the building. Enter through the door marked "210" at the parking lot end of the walkway from the street and take the stairs to the second floor. Everyone who is interested in Microsoft Project and project management is invited to attend. If you plan on attending, please call Elias Asmar at 925-299-8500, Fax 925-299-8511, or send an email message to him at:
elie.asmar@iadf.com.

The New Users SIG holds its meetings at 6:30 p.m. prior to the regular DVPC monthly meeting on the first Thursday of each month at  Bank of America building B. We discuss whatever is confusing or puzzling new PC users. If you are a new user of PCs who would like to meet with other new users -- and some experienced users who can answer your questions as well -- then join us at the New Users SIG meetings at 6:30 p.m. prior to each DVPC monthly meeting. Also, remember that  PC 101 (a class on how to use the computer) will start

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