Alex toggled between the program he was demoing and PowerPoint. Each slide ended with directions like "Demo: Option Drag," Smooth presentation technique.

Jeff's presentation was only 40 minutes long ("nice and short"), but packed with info and very well received. Narrated photo essays seem well adapted for NIPCC.

Display:

Shooter's plasma display has, on its front, plugs for s-video and the 3 RCA "composite" inputs (This means iBooks and iPods should be able to display, given the
appropriate cables.)

Menu and Dialog font is (painfully) readable; PowerPoint looks great. Most computers will letterbox on the widescreen display. =(

New attendees:

• Richard from vancouver.ca has a business fixes PCs.
• Robert from vancouver.ca blogs at pacificit.ca, and offered to present on blog/vblog/podcast.

Future meetings:

• Rowane and Esther requested basic demo/tutorials for Word, Photoshop, etc.
• Rowane and Esther want more time for arbitrary questions from the audience.
• Robert suggested a big, general, mashup "tech" ("otaku") group, avoiding splintered SIGs.
• Jeff suggested "mixing it up," alternating tech presentations with more social QAs, tours, parties, etc.

Funds:

There was some support for the idea of paying presenters in free Shooter's lunches, but we still don't know how much to charge members (if anything).

Future work:

• Invite Robert to present.
• Find Richard's contact information; consider sending him/Nick PC repair requests.