Kawartha Internet User Group
We meet on the second Thursday of each month
7:00 pm, at the Lions' Hall, Main St. Bobcaygeon.
Next meeting:
Thursday, March 14, 2002
Agenda
Minutes of last meeting:


Who we are...

 The Kawartha Internet User Group began early in 1996 when KawarthaNet subscribers in the Bobcaygeon area got together to assist one another with the internet. In 1997 the KawarthaNet accounts, and its mission, were adopted by PeterboroNet, a change that allowed for expansion of the local user base. Since that time, the User Group has increased both its membership and community spirit.
We meet on the second Thursday of each month, at 7:00 pm, at the Lions' Club (old firehall), Main St., Bobcaygeon.

Kawartha-online

To receive meeting agenda and minutes, and just to keep in touch with the group - join the mailing list "kawartha-online".
There are two ways to do so:

  1. click here and follow the directions

    2. ...or
  2. send an email with "subscribe kawartha-online" in the subject line, to subscribe-kawartha-online@lists.nexicom.net

    The original mission statement and goals of KawarthaNet:
    Mission Statement
    "To provide the Kawartha community with access to public information networks, and to educate the public in the use and value of information technology. To provide local organizations with a cost effective method of distributing information to a wider audience. To bring the information highway to Peterborogh and the surrounding area."
      Goals:
    • To offer public access to local and world-wide computer networks and databases.
    • To offer a means for local information providers to disseminate their information as widely and economically as possible.
    • To build new, and support existing, communication networks among information seekers and providers.

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    Links

    This list of links began compilation at the August 14 1997 meeting. New links will be added as quickly as they can be suggested, so please attend the meeting or e-mail the contact at the bottom of this page.
    Starting in April, 2001, the links are included with the minutes of each meeting

    Past meetings & Links

    March 8, 2001
    Nov 9, 2000
    Nexicom / Kawartha User Group Christmas tree at Kawartha Settlers' Village "Festival of Trees"


    Bev Newman, Ellen Ricks, Garth Scarborough, Anne Panter, Theresa Kelly
    • Free Internet Service Providers. excite.com go to "free ISP"
    • webcam at Ministry of Transport to check traffic on highway 401.
    • Free Internet-to-telephone (no computer required to receive calls)
    • Loan interest calculator at Canoe.ca Be careful with American calculators: American mortgages are different from Canadian
    • Child Find (missing children).
    Click on photo to enlarge
    Oct 12, 2000 Sep 14, 2000 June 8, 2000 May 11, 2000 April 13, 2000 March 9, 2000
    December 1999 Meeting Our "C&W" entry in the Bobcaygeon Festival of Trees

    July 8 1999 Meeting
    www.azinet.com/starshine. and http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/ Project Starshine
    Follow the Voyager 'round the world
    Keyboard shortcuts (Also check out the Help files in Windows)

    June 10 1999 Meeting: Mike Rick's Tour of the Universe
    Mike on Manitoulin Island at last year's "Star Party"
    Solar eclipse photo by Mike & Ellen, Feb '98
    the moon photo taken through Mike & Ellen's telescope
    NASA's solar system simulator When prompted, you can choose one or several views.
    Star pix of the heavens on the current dateTry: Tonight's sky, Skywatching centre, Mars & Spica
    Messier objects
    Pix of some Messier objects Click on M31 to show additional views of the Andromeda galaxy
    From here you can click on JSP Home Page, Astronomy Pages, and select from several choices for neat pictures of stars and deep space objects

    From NetScoop May 19, 1999
    http://www.freedomparty.org Freedom Party of Ontario
    http://www.greenparty.on.ca Green Party of Ontario
    http://www.ontarioliberal.on.ca Ontario Liberal Party
    http://www.libertarian.on.ca Ontario Libertarian Party
    http://http://www.natural-law.ca/ Natural Law Party
    http://www.ontariondp.on.ca Ontario New Democratic Party
    http://www.ontariopc.on.ca Ontario Progressive Conservative Party From the January 1999 meeting
    http://store.infocus.com/lp725/index.htm The InFocus projector demonstrated at the meeting (on loan from Nexicom)
    http://www.infind.com Inference Find: search engine
    http://www.metacrawler.com Metacrawler: search engine
    http://www.acs.ryerson.ca/~journal/megasources.html "Megasources" - a comprehensive list of internet sources maintained by a Ryerson professor of journalism
    http://www.canoe.ca "Canadian Online Explorer" - current versions of the Sun newspapers, and Macleans magazine
    http://www.torstar.com The Toronto star
    http://www.orlandosentinal.com The Orlando Sentinal
    http://www.c-span.org C-SPAN - a TV network sponsored by American cable companies. It is currently showing the US senate hearings on the impeachment of the president.

    From the November 1998 meeting

    http://www.theultimates.comOnline Phone books (including lookup by phone number)
    http://www.htmlguru.comA great source to learn dynamic HTML

    From the February 1998 meeting

    http://www.webgrrls.com/ Web Grrls
    http://www.patents.ibm.com/ibm.html IBM Patent server

    From the November 1997 meeting

    http://www.mirabilis.com/ ICQ Home page

    From the October 1997 meeting

    http://www.mbanx.com mbanx - shown at October meeting
    http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/~martindale/RefCalculators.htm Every calculator imaginable.
    http://www.planplus.com PlanPlus (financial calculators)
    http://www.bmo.comBank of Montreal

    From the September 1997 meeting

    http://www.cibc.com CIBC online banking - demonstrated at September meeting
    http://www.yellowpages.com Canada's Yellow pages
    http://www.inference.com/infind Inference Find - a quick and intuitive search engine
    http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/compass/camera/cammain.htm Traffic on the 401 (where we're not)

    From the August 1997 meeting

    http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/bartlett/ Bartlett's Quotations
    http://www.lanacom.com/ Lanacom Headliner - an excellent news program
    http://www.onelook.com/ OneLook Dictionaries - the faster finder
    http://www.imdb.com/ The Internet Movie Database
    http://www.ipl.org/ The Internet Public Library
    http://www.schoolnet.ca/collections/waterway/main_e_i.htm Trent-Severn Waterway Main Menu
    http://www.dogpile.com/ Dogpile Search Engine - Simultaneously submits search to numerous search engines.

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    Computer Resources

    People new to both computers and the internet face a steep "learning curve". Although we do our best to help new members over the initial bumps, formal training is still a better route. At the February 1998 meeting, we decided to start a list of training facilities in the area. Other computer-related services have since been added.
    If you offer, or can recommend, computer-related services in the area, please let us know at the email address below
    For the list to date,     Click here

    See also Barry Boyle's education links


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    Newspaper Columns: NetScoop

    The Promoter


    January 11, 2002 Who is stealing your phone line?
    November 29, 2001 Connect Ontario
    November 16, 2001 Second Class Citizens on the Internet
    September 7, 2001 Spam, spam, spam, spam
    July 27, 2001 Behind the "Magic"
    June 2, 2001 NetScoop: April, May meetings of Internet Users' Group
    March 9, 2001 Someone is Searching for You
    February 23, 2001 Dot-com Dominoes
    December 15, 2000 Computer Voting
    November 17, 2000Free Long Distance Phone Calls
    June 30, 2000
    May 19, 2000
    April 8, 2000
    July 30, 1999 meeting
    April 9, 1999 meeting
    January 24, 1999 meeting
    July 27, 1998 meeting

    Bobcaygeon Independent / Fenelon Falls Gazette

    Oct 25, 2000Keeping up with Changing Times
    Sep 13, 2000Logging on for Free
    Aug 17, 2000Music on the 'Net
    Aug 9, 2000Get off the Phone!
    July 5, 2000Local Politics on the 'Net
    May 24, 2000Supporting local business
    March 8, 2000Scanning photos for the internet
    January 26, 2000Time to retire the term "Y2K"
    November10, 1999Look it up at the Library
    October 13, 1999 Real Estate Online
    September 1, 1999 Bridging the distances
    August 18, 1999 Music on the Internet
    June 30, 1999 Getting organized
    June 9, 1999 Planning a successful web page
    May 19, 1999 Ontario '99 election: Researching your political "purchase"
    April 21, 1999 Continuing education online: "...be a lifelong learner
    March 10, 1999 Internet lessons at the Seniors Centre: ...it's never too late to learn
    February 3, 1999 Online marketing: "Opportunity knocks"
    January 6, 1999 Kawartha-online mailing list: a helping hand online
    November 18, 1998 www.bobcaygeon.com : "Computer group celebrates"
    November 11, 1998 Telecommuting: "Computers could mean work close to home for FFSS grads
    October 28, 1998 Internet provides equal opportunity for all students: "Education's light at the end of the tunnel"
    September 23, 1998 Local groups listed on www.kawartha.net/~bobcom and ~fencom: "Our communities have a presence on the internet"
    August 12, 1998 Get online with "obsolete" equipment: ... surf the internet on a shoestring
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    E-mail apanter@kawartha.net

    C.A.P (Community Access Program)
    KawarthaNet / Peterboro.net
    Graphics by Adam Panter
    Christmas mice by Deborah Gill