Club Minutes

General Meeting Minutes

Technology Club

July 2, 2026 - 1 PM - Meeting Room A


Board Attendance: Ken, Duke, Sue,Gladys, Marsha

Absent: John Hess, 


Q&A: Run by Ken


Minutes

Minutes will no longer be read at the Technology Club meetings. 

Minutes are available at

https://www.cv-computerclub-wpb.com/p/current-minutes.html

Ken Started the meeting announcing that Joe Krebs will be the Treasurer. Bank Account was moved to Truist to secure a free business checking account


  • The club will transition from Zoom  to Google Meet around mid next year to save costs and simplify access for new users
     Technology Club announcements will now be read before Saturday shows at Century Village theater to reach potential new members.
  • Ken  demonstrated using AI to generate meeting minutes from phone recordings. A future session was requested on cleaning up digital storage and organizing subfolder 
  • AI Search: Gemini can now search a user's Gmail and Google Docs for specific information if granted permission.
  • Privacy: AI was used to simplify Google’s new Terms of Service, clarifying that while Google requires permission to store and share your photos, they do not own them.
  • Amazon Photos: Members were informed that Amazon Prime includes unlimited photo storage but caps video storage at 5GB.

  • 250th US Anniversary Presentation


    AI Quiz: The group participated in an AI-generated history quiz. Key facts included: the vote for Independence occurred on July 2nd, and Mary Catherine Goddard was the only woman named on the Declaration.

    NotebookLM Demo: Using Google’s NotebookLM and National Archive sources, the club explored George Washington’s life. It was confirmed he did not have wooden teeth (they were ivory/metal) and had no biological children.

    Raffle: Various tech prizes were distributed, followed by a 50-50 drawing.



    Tech Club Classes:

    Mondays Q and A at 10:30 AM

    Classes are held in the 2nd Floor computer room.



     Meeting adjourned 2:45PM

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General Meeting Minutes

Technology Club

June 4, 2026 - 1 PM - Meeting Room A


Board Attendance: Ken, Duke, Sue, John Hess, Gladys, Marsha

Absent: Lou Harris (passed on May 19, 2026)


Q&A: Run by Ken


Minutes

Minutes will no longer be read at the Technology Club meetings. 

Minutes are available at

https://www.cv-computerclub-wpb.com/p/current-minutes.html


Ken had a slide show of some of Lou’s photos over the years. 


Ken Graff - Citizen Tests (designed by AI)


Ken also showed how to create a multiple choice vocabulary game of

unusual words.  A game

was created in HTML code

and then the game

could be opened in any browser. Copy code - Then text edit

- New File and paste code

Then format to make plain text and name it  - Vocabulary


Presentation - The Future of Finding Information online


At first people used the Library which was time consuming. 

Then in the early 21st century - Google was introduced. 

Now we can search with AI (Gemini, Chat GPT, Perflexity, Claude,

Colilot (all are free to use).


  Browsers: 

https://gemini.google.com/

https://gemini.google.com/

https://chatgpt.com/

https://www.perplexity.ai/

https://claude.ai/

https://copilot.microsoft.com/


Create an account - don’t just sign in with your credentials.

AI understands questions, summarizes multiple websites at once. AI

will Remember questions for better follow-ups and updates in real time.


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General Meeting Minutes

Technology Club

May 7, 2026 - 1 PM - Meeting Room A


Board Attendance: Ken, Duke, Sue,Gladys, Marsha

Absent: John Hess, Lou Harris 


Q&A: Run by Ken


Minutes

Minutes will no longer be read at the Technology Club meetings. 

Minutes are available at

https://www.cv-computerclub-wpb.com/p/current-minutes.html


Powerpoint Presentation 

Ken Graff - Senior Citizens Q & A Game Quiz


Digital resources at the library for a tablet or a phone:

Digital content streaming hub

eBooks & Audiobooks, Hoopla & cloudLibrary

Cinema & TV streaming - Kanopy

Hoopla Video and Smart TV Apps

Newspapers available with a digital pass:

Palm Beach Post

New York Times 

(log in and create account, then log into NYT, expires in 3 days

Wall Street Journal  

Digital Magazines with Flipster

(need your library card and 4 digit pin

Movies (Kanopy goes with streaming and downloading)

Music (can be downloaded)


Thomas Kansas mentioned that a 11"Kindle Fire is available on Amazon for  $150 

Tech Club Classes:

Mondays Q and A at 10:30 AM

Classes are held in the 2nd Floor computer room.


Raffles

50/50 

 Meeting adjourned 1:53 PM

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General Meeting Minutes

Technology Club

April 2, 2026 - 1 PM - Meeting Room A


Board Attendance: Ken, Duke, Sue

Absent: Gladys, John, Lou, Marsha


Q&A: Run by Ken

Discussed Breezeline questions and printer setup


Minutes

Minutes will no longer be read at the Technology Club meetings. 

 Minutes are available at

 https://www.cv-computerclub-wpb.com/p/current-minutes.html


Powerpoint Presentation 

Ken Graff - Jeopardy Technology

Round 1 and Round 2

Silver Pro Brain Gym


Ken used Chat GPT

to create the jeopardy game in which all participants participated. 

First ask to create  HTML, then name

the File with your preferred trivia name.

Copy Code and open up in text edit program and paste. 

Save with the game name to the desktop.

Try to create your own game

Tech Club Classes:

Mondays Q and A at 10:30 AM

Mondays at noon with Reggie Harris

Wednesdays at 1 PM with Hugh Green

All classes are held in the 2nd Floor computer room.


Raffles

 

Next meeting will be Thursday, May 7 at 1:00 PM


Meeting adjourned 2:05 PM

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General Meeting Minutes

Technology Club

March 5, 2026 - 1 PM - Meeting Room A


Board Attendance: Ken, Duke, Gladys, John, Lou, Sue

Absent: Marsha


Q&A: Run by Ken

Discussed photo sticks and how to store back ups 

of photos; functions of iPhone 17 action button


Minutes

Minutes will no longer be read at the Technology Club meetings. 

 Minutes are available at 

 https://www.cv-computerclub-wpb.com/p/current-minutes.html


                        Powerpoint Presentation 

Hugh Green - Intro to Windows 11

Windows 12 will be introduced by year end 2026. Could be a paid subscription

Windows 11 slide show was presented. 

Windows 11 has improved performance, sleek interface, 

new features, modern and user friendly.

Windows 11 comes in 32 bit or 64 bit (memory) - more band width on 64 bit

Controls - app interface, disk drive, mouse, printer, keyboard

Processor controls interface to hardware.  

Questions? - email Hugreen10@gmail.com

slides from presentation are available on request.

.

Some older features of Windows 10 are not available on Windows 11

There are 3 cleaner programs that are recommended - Norton, CCleaner and Glary


Tech Club Classes:

Mondays Q and A at 10:30 AM

Mondays at noon with Reggie Harris

Wednesdays at 1 PM with Hugh Green

All classes are held in the 2nd Floor computer room.


The annual luncheon will be on Wednesday, March 25.  

The final day for purchasing tickets is March 9.  


Raffles - 50/50

 

Next meeting will be Thursday, April 2 at 1:00 PM


Meeting adjourned 2:25 PM

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General Meeting Minutes

Technology Club

February 5, 2026 - 1 PM - Meeting Room A


Board Attendance: Ken, Duke, Gladys, Lou, Marsha, Sue

Absent: John Hess 


Q&A: Run by Ken

Questions about saving photos and how pdf’s can be used.


Minutes

Minutes will no longer be read at the Technology Club meetings. 

 Minutes are available at

 https://www.cv-computerclub-wpb.com/p/current-minutes.html


  Powerpoint Presentation 

Tech Club Classes - Learn, Practice, Review and Outcome

Learn about Technology Club Fundamentals

Computer - CPU, RAM, hard drive

Computer Filing            

Windows 11 Essentials

Organize and find your files    

MAC OS Essentials                

Security and Threats                

Cloud Storage and Backup    

Master your phone safely and comfortably

Biometric Security & Daily Strategy


Navigate Windows 11 and macOS

Recognize and avoid online threats

Back up your precious digital memories

Secure your Phone

Build daily habits that protect you


Tech Club Classes:

Mondays Q and A at 10:30 AM

Mondays at noon with Reggie Harris

Wednesdays at 1 PM with Hugh Green

All classes are held in the 2nd Floor computer room.


There are 20 free common AI  programs including We Transfer, 

Google drive dropbox, Smash, Send anywhere and Transfer Now.


The annual luncheon will be on Wednesday, March 25.  

Cost is $8.00 for Tech Club members and $16 for guests.  

For more information call Lou at 201-669-9323.


Yes Raffles - No 50/50

 

Next meeting will be Thursday, March 5 at 1:00 PM


Meeting adjourned 2:20 PM

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Technology Club Minutes

January 8, 2026 - 1 PM - Meeting Room A

Board Attendance: Gladys, Lou, John, Sue

Absent: Ken Graff , Duke Horton 


Q&A: Run by Hugh Green and Reggie

Questions answered re: iPads, iPhones, security, passwords,

internet access



Minutes

Minutes will no longer be read at the Technology Club meetings.

  Minutes are available at

 https://www.cv-computerclub-wpb.com/p/current-minutes.html


Business

Gladys suggested that members submit 

Topics for Discussion at future meetings: 

AI, Organizing your computer (files, etc.), Apple phones, 

Security, Clean up and remove unnecessary files, VPN, 

Cookies, USB drives for cell phones.


 

Lou Harris gave some luncheon information and told members

what the annual 

dues are used for, then invited people to join the Technology Club

if they haven’t 

done so already.  Columbino’s will supply sandwiches.

  There will also be 

cake, cookies, macaroni and potato salad.  There will

be door prizes.  

Luncheon is $8/person for members, non members $16/person.  

Luncheon monies will be collected at the February meeting.

The annual luncheon will be held on the 2nd or 3rd

Thursday in March. 



No Raffles or 50/50

 

Next meeting will be Thursday, February 5 at 1:00 PM

Meeting adjourned 1:55 PM

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General Meeting Minutes

December 4, 2025 - 1 PM - Meeting Room A

Board Attendance: Ken, Duke, Gladys, Lou, Marsha, Sue

Absent: John Hess 


Q&A: Run by Ken

Questions answered re: iPads, iPhones, security,

additional monitor hook-up



Minutes

Minutes will no longer be read at the Technology Club meetings.

  Minutes are available at

 https://www.cv-computerclub-wpb.com/p/current-minutes.html


Business

  Presentation (Reggie) Operating a 3D printer

Price for Bambu Labs printer currently good around $900,

other models sell for $200-$300; 

Different designs available, open or closed versions

which reduce noise

3D printer uses plastic rolls called filaments (not expensive)

to form finished product

Printer heats up and squeezes out filaments

You can choose from a variety of designs and figures

or create your own

Finished designs can be painted.

Gamma offers the best presentations in a short amount of time.

AI can help with learning the frustrating parts of 3D printing.

Unlocks creativity in a fulfilling way and keeps your mind active.

Certain objects take a long  time to make, smaller objects take less time. 

Figurines can be personalized. 

A full figure demo will be given at another class. 


The annual luncheon will be in March. 



Raffles - 50/50

 

Next meeting will be Thursday, January 8 at 1:00 PM

Meeting adjourned 2:15 PM


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General Meeting Minutes

November 6, 2025 - 1 PM - Meeting Room A

Board Attendance: Duke, Ken, Lou, Marsha, Sue

Absent: John Hess 


Q&A: Run by Ken

Instructions for photo backup given to a club member.


Minutes

Minutes will no longer be read at the Technology Club meetings. 

Minutes are available at

 https://www.cv-computerclub-wpb.com/p/current-minutes.html

Business

  Presentation - Accessibility Feature for

Computer & Smart Phones

Windows

Magnifier makes screen larger - Windows Key and + sign

Full Screen - Control, Alt  + F

Narrator - Windows + Ctrl + Enter

Contrast themes - Enlarge text & add bold colors -

Settings/Accessibility/Contrast themes/Apply

Mouse pointer size - Settings-accessibility-mouse, size to change 

On screen keyboard - windows - Control + O

MAC

Zoom Screen - Option - Command - plus (larger), option

- command - minus (smaller)

Dictation - Sys settings/keyboard/dictation

Voice Over - Command+ F5

Pointer Control - system settings/accessibility/pointer control

- pointer and use slider to adjust

IPhone

Zoom - double tap with 3 fingers to zoom in or out

Larger Text - System Settings/accessibility/Display Text size - drag slider

Read & Speak - system settings/accessibility

- read & speak, swipe down with 2 fingers from bottom

Reading mode - Sys Settings/Accessibility/

Reader read screen, swipe down from top with 2 fingers

Raffles -  No 50/50

 

Next meeting will be Thursday, December 4  at 1:00 PM

Meeting adjourned 2:05 PM


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General Meeting Minutes

September 4, 2025 - 1 PM - Meeting Room A

Board Attendance: Duke, Ken, John, Lou, Sue


Absent: Gladys, Marsha 

Q&A: Run by Ken


Quiz: Run by Ken - Multiple Choice Questionnaire created by Perplexity


Minutes


Minutes will no longer be read at the Technology Club meetings.  Minutes are available at  https://www.cv-computerclub-wpb.com/p/current-minutes.html


Business

A storybook can be created on Gemini by telling Gemini what type of storybook you want. 

Suno is a music app where you can create a song. 

  

Presentation - Journey Thru History - The Dawn of a New Era

1945 - Computers filled a room; 

1960’s space age, color TV, push button phones; 

1981 IBM Computers introduced; 

1983 - Birth of the internet; 

1990’s - Internet - ability to communicate with anyone in the world

1992 - Mobile phone revolution; 

1997 - Social media begins;

2000’s FaceBook introduced, online shopping, banking, digital cameras replaced film camera, 

AI in daily life 

2010’s Smartphone revolution, pocket computers, streaming services replaces Cable TV, 

Health monitoring on watches, Photo albums in digital libraries


Raffles - 50/50

 

Next meeting will be Thursday, October 2  at 1:00 PM

Meeting adjourned 2:07 PM

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General Meeting Minutes

July 3, 2025 - 1 PM - Meeting Room A

Board Attendance: Ken, John, Lou, Sue, Gladys (on Zoom)


Absent: Duke Horton, Marsha 

Q&A: Run by Ken


Quiz: Run by Ken AI Moderated/Created


Minutes


Minutes will no longer be read at the Technology Club meetings.  Minutes are available at  https://www.cv-computerclub-wpb.com/p/current-minutes.html


Business

Access Internet Archives to see old shows - this is a free service.  Pixlrx.com is a free online photo editing program.  Fotor is an action figure generator. Clipchamp is a video editor.

  

Presentation - Web Browsers

Web browsers allow an unlimited supply of information. 

 Cookies are a small snippet of information and a way to get back to the place when  researching a subject.  Mosaic was the first web browser (1993).  It allowed online banking, games, work remotely, email, streaming and videos.  A browser can perform a device diagnostic on any device as long as there is access to the internet.  For Storage and Performance - cloud storage is available in many formats on Google and Apple.  Each google account will give you 15 GB of storage free.  Google My Drive has folders for archiving documents.  A document created in Word will open in Google Docs and is editable.  Microsoft products like Word, Excel are free but may not be robust. To use AI within a browser you can go to Perplexity, Claude, Gemini and CoPilot depending on which browser is used.

 

No Raffles - No 50/50

Please note:

There will be no Technology Club meeting in August.  

Next meeting will be Thursday, September 4 at 1:00 PM

Meeting adjourned 2:10 PM