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From the Latest Newsletter

The committee at Eastern Bays SeniorNet look forward to seeing you at our Monthly meetings. Bring a friend, neighbour or family. We can learn together, enjoy the companionship of others and socialize over a cuppa.

From the December Newsletter

Greetings to all SeniorNet Eastern Bay Members and Friends Thank you all for your support these past few months. We have had good attendance at all our meetings. As always, it is good to see all those happy faces of everyone who is seeking to learn and sharing a little more in technology. We look forward to seeing you all in the New Year.

In October, Pamela Kay presented "How to maximise the use of APP's". A very interesting topic. So many Apps which we can use in our daily lives which can help us. This is a topic which will be covered again in the New Year.

In November, we had a guest speaker, Mr Gary Harrison, presented 'Verdict on Mt. Erebus crash'. Gary, had assisted Justice Peter Mahon at the time. A very interesting topic which was delivered to members and many other guests. The presentation was followed by a special end of year morning tea

Annual General Meeting

SeniorNet Eastern Bays is a club for seniors who want to learn and share their skills in using computers, the internet and connect with others.

We had our Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, June 21, where we faced the possibility of closing down due to lack of volunteers. However, we are happy to announce that six members have stepped up to form a new committee that will work hard to keep the club alive and thriving. They are John Berrill, Noell Young, Florence Hing, Olga Bognar, Marion Circuitt, Pamela Kay and Robyn Paech. Returning tutors include Elizabeth Jollands, Pamela Kay and Ken Norton.

We value your membership and we hope you will continue to support us in our mission. To confirm your membership, please reply to the email just sent to existing members with your name, phone number and email address. This will help us update our records and keep you informed about our monthly meetings and workshops.

We also welcome your feedback and suggestions on how we can improve our club and make it more relevant and useful for you. Please let us know what topics or activities you are interested in, or if you have any skills or expertise that you would like to share with other members.

Thank you for being part of SeniorNet Eastern Bays. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Scam and Fraud Resources for Seniors Launched

As part of Netsafety Week 2023 which runs from 24-30 July, Netsafe and Chorus are pleased to launch a Scam and Fraud Prevention video presentation created with seniors in mind, featuring NZ Anti-Fraud Award winner and Netsafe 'Scambassador' Bronwyn Groot and Netsafe's Chief Online Safety Officer Sean Lyons.

This is the first initiative as part of a partnership to create online safety resources for older people, so they can enjoy the benefits of technology while being confident and safe online.

Watch this video and share it with older friends and family members, for tips, advice and resources on how to avoid being scammed online.

You'll also find other helpful tools and resources on the same webpage, including a PDF version of the Little Black Book of Scams which is free to download, print and keep on hand for reference, and the CheckNetsafe tool, which tells you if a website or link is likely a scam or legitimate.

Top tips for older people - Netsafe - social media and online safety helpline

Recycling Expert Talks to July Monthly Meeting

The post-Covid era for SNEB started at the July Monthly Meeting with a talk by Robert Herbert, Corporate Client Manager of Computer Recycling. Their factory is in Penrose but they also have many collection points in Auckland and elsewhere. They also stage many collection days at various places and dates up and down the country .

As Robert said, their aim is to recyle "anything with a plug", which includes any and all types of IT gear but also common household items and EV batteries. A star machine at Penrose is the "BluBox", which can recycle a wide range of items.

I got the overall impression of an intermediate-sized firm doing its very best for the recycling effort in a country that, despite its official rhetoric, is still not totally committed to the problem.

Wayne Power

SeniorNet New Zealand

The Central SeniorNet Website for all New Zealand:

SeniorNet New Zealand

Office for Seniors

A very handy governmental website for all Seniors (whether members of a SeniorNet branch or not):

Office for Seniors

Enrolment in Courses and Joining SNEB Itself

For now: Just send us an email to easternbays@seniornet.nz

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Looking Ahead

Have you wondered about your Ancestry? Where did they come from?

Come to the Monthly Meeting on 21st FEBRUARY 2024 at 10 am

OUR GUEST SPEAKER - ALAN COBCROFT will be giving a Presentation on GENEALOGY

Alan will talk about Family Research and Genealogy and how computer technology has changed the way we undertake this work and what support is available.

Alan's first encounter with a working computer was back in 1969 at High School, using punch cards, the same year man stepped on the moon.

This early experience set a career working with computers which has had a number of transformative evolutions to bring us to our present day.

Computers have always been a tool in his life, operating, and programming, servicing, and now simply just using them.

Alan first became interested in his larger family when he attended a family reunion celebrating 200 years in Australia in 1990.

The family chart printout covered the length of the large hangar containing some 5,000 Australian relatives, it had him curious as to how so many people were related.

Computers have been good at keeping records, Family Trees, Written histories, and scanned photographs. Life became busy and it wasn't until 2014 he took the option to retire from work and had a hobby he could now get his teeth into.

At that very time Genealogy (Family History) was also going through an evolution, Genetic matching, digitisation of records, collaboration online, cloud computing.

He is a committee member of the Genealogical Computing Interest group and the Online DNA Interest Group both here in NZ, also a volunteer with the NZ Society of Genealogists & Billion Graves. Come and meet Alan. Hear how one can trace families. Learn how we can record about our families before it is lost.

Monthly Meetings

Our monthly meetings are normally held on the third Wednesday of the Month,
February - November, 10am - noon and are open to everyone.
We may feature an invited speaker, generally from the Computing, IT or industry with a strong computing flavour or else hold a "Demonstration and Discussion" seminar on a computing topic.
The June meeting traditionally doubles as the Annual General Meeting.

Icons, Symbols and Buttons We Most Often Encounter in Computing

The "Computer Hope" people have kindly supplied their free guide to the most often encountered Icons, Symbols and Buttons here. This is also a seperate page on the main menu (in blue at left).

Mobile phone lost or stolen?

If you have your phone's serial number and IMEI number, you should call your service provider immediately, and give them these numbers. They will block the device from their network and other networks, similar to stopping a credit card when your card is lost or stolen.

These numbers are easy to find: just key in these digits to your phone *#06# and long digit codes for the serial number and the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) will appear on the screen.

The IMEI is a 15-17 digit number that allows networks to identify a phone and get information on what type of phone it is, including where it was manufactured and its model.