We’re already a month into the "brand new year". Where does the time go? For those of you who weren’t able to attend our last meeting, you really missed an outstanding presentation. Steve Singer of RDI showed us some new motherboards and CPU’s. His information was easy to understand and I, for one, learned things I didn’t know I didn’t know.

The Florida Association of Computer Users Groups is having their Spring Conference in Kissimmee Florida, March 5^th and 6^th. The conference is for officers of Florida user groups to get together and exchange ideas on ways to make their groups better. Anyone who is interested in attending can be given temporary officer status. The conference is $35.00, and the food in previous years has been wonderful. If you want to go, let me or any of the other officers know.

The Greater Tampa Bay Computer Users Group has gotten a date from Microsoft of April 4^th for a presentation. They don’t have enough people to meet Microsoft’s 100-person minimum, and neither do we. They are currently trying to find a place to hold the event and have invited us to participate. I’ll keep you informed as information becomes available. All those who want to attend need to mark that date on their calendars.

In case you haven’t noticed, our presentations calendar for 2000 is almost empty. If you have experience with a specific program, please share your talents with the group. If you aren’t comfortable standing up and giving a presentation, then write down what you know and submit it to William LaMartin for the newsletter. The strength of the group is based on the efforts of each individual. u