2006/2007 CONTEST for
BEST NEWSLETTER ARTICLE
CONTEST IS CLOSED
VOTING IS CLOSED
(see "Winners"
below).
In an effort to generate
more content for our popular Ottawa PC News, the Board of
Directors (BOD) has decided to bring back the contest for
best article written by an OPCUG member. The contest will
launch in September 2006 and run until June 2007. Members
of the BOD cannot participate.
Computer related topics are preferable, but not
mandatory. Articles can be submitted from June 1, 2006 to
April 22, 2007. These will be published in the Ottawa PC
News between September 2006 and May 2007 (inclusive).
Articles will be published in the order they are
received. If a large number of articles is received, some
may not be published due to space restrictions as we
approach the April deadline. And in that case, in order
to have as many contestants as possible, an article
submitted by a new participant will be published over one
submitted by a returning participant. Participants will
be offered a choice of having unused articles published
after the contest period or having them destroyed. Only
those articles published during the contest period will
be eligible for the contest. Articles from members not
interested in participating in the contest will also be
accepted (these members should mention that they are not
interested in participating).
All articles must be original and written by the
participant. There is no word limit. Lengthy articles
will be made available online from the OPCUG website and
two or three pages will be published in the newsletter.
If an article can be broken into two parts of two or
three pages each, then it may be published in two
subsequent monthly issues, space permitting. Only members
of the OPCUG may participate (BOD members are excluded).
The BOD reserves the right to refuse an article because
of improper or questionable content and the article will
be returned to the author for revision or retraction.
Individual participants may submit more than one article
over the contest period.
Voting will take place online at the OPCUG website.
Instructions will follow once the system is in place and
voting time approaches (May-June). The winner will be
presented with a prize at the June meeting of the OPCUG
(prize to be determined).
Send submissions to
between June 1, 2006 and April 22, 2007. Articles may be
written in any basic text editor, MS Word, or Corel
WordPerfect.
Good luck and good writing!
Brigitte Lord
Editor, Ottawa PC News
List
of 2006/2007 contestants and their articles:
Micheline
Johnson, Printing from the Web, RTF, 19.8KB, September
2006
Peter Hawkins, Upgrade Envy, RTF, 27.6KB, May 2007
The
Prize
The
contest winner will receive a copy of McAfee VirusScan
and a Kensington universal laptop docking station (laptop
computer not included) from Harley Bloom of Bloom
MicroTech (http://www.bmtnet.com). The winner will be
announced at the June 13th general meeting and be
presented with the prize.
Please show your support and vote. Voting will remain
open until June 11th, 11:00PM. The winner will be
announced at the June 13th general meeting and be
presented with the prize:
How
to Vote (VOTING IS NOW CLOSED)
Voting for
the best newsletter article will be done electronically.
Voters must be registered users of The PUB, the private
side of the OPCUG website.
Creating an
account on The PUB
As mentioned, the information [public] side of
The PUB is freely available to anyone with a Web
browser at http://opcug.ca. However, to access
conference and file areas, you must be a
registered user. Registering is easy. The
simplest method is through a web browser.
Browse to http://opcug.ca and click The
PUB button on the left side of the screen. New
information will appear on the right. Click the
button labelled New User.
Leave the radio button at the top set to Dynamic
HTML and fill in the other three boxes. For name,
use your real name, and separate your first name
from your last name with a space, as in Sam
Spade. Choose a password, plug it in the two
remaining boxes, and click the Continue button.
A dialog box will pop up asking you to log in. Do
so using the exact same information you just
provided. You will then be prompted to input a
location you want to be considered from and
whether you would like others to be able to page
you while you are connected to The PUB. There is
an on-line chat feature on The PUB that may be
used, if users choose to.
Once you have completed this process, you are
presented with the web interface to the private
areas on The PUB. However, you will still have
limited access. In order to have your account
upgraded to member status, you need to send an
e-mail to . Include your
name as it appeared when you registered on The
PUB, your postal address, and your membership
number, if known. Once your membership has been
verified, your account will be upgraded and you
will have complete access to all member areas on
The PUB. This generally happens within 24 hours.
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Voting
is now closed.
So show your
support and vote. And dont forget to be at the June
general meeting where we will announce the winner after
our annual BBQ.
Winners:
2005/2006:
Lionel Wagner Are you ready for Linux?
Linux is ready for you. RTF, 82KB, December
2005
2006/2007:
Peter Hawkins, Upgrade Envy, RTF, 27.6KB, May 2007
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