Washington Apple Pi AMUG Kicks Off Sunday Software Clinic This Sunday

Sunday, March 6th will mark the debut of regularly scheduled "Software Clinics". These are modeled on WAPi's ever-popular Tuesday Clinics, which focus mainly on solving problems with hardware and file systems. The doors will open at 1 pm and remain open until about 4 pm, depending on the workload. WAPi members (only) are free to bring questions about using the software on their computers. The focus will be on system components, application programs, and utilities. If you have a laptop, bring it, otherwise they will use the classroom computers for demonstrations.

As with the Tuesday evening Clinics WAPi asks for a modest donation. Unlike the Tuesday Clinics, members may donate TIME as well as CASH. The WAPi has many needs for small bits of volunteer labor, and Clinic users may exchange some of their time for that of the people who are helping them.

Clinic users must recognize that the folks providing the help are probably not experts in arcane applications. Most of the helpers are, however, skilled at navigating menus and Help files to extract full benefit from the applications at hand. The spirit here is "Helping Users to Help Themselves."

While this first meeting will be "free form" WAPi asks that potential users of future software clinics register by sending an e-mail at least three days in advance. Washington Apple Pi is the Greater Washington DC Area AMUG. [Bill Fox]